If you're lucky enough to have a Girl Scout in the family, or have a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-coworker who knows a Girl Scout, your cookie cravings are most likely satisfied. But those of us without a hookup might need to take matters (and spatulas) into our own hands.
While there's nothing quite like biting into a fresh Thin Mint or Samoa, these knockoff Girl Scout cookie recipes aim to recreate the experience. Many of the recipes are also all-natural or gluten-free, which might appeal to some cookie lovers even more than the originals.
Thin Mints
Gluten-Free Girl Scout Thin Mints–Style Cookies (iVillage, pictured)
All-Natural Thin Mint Cookies (101 Cookbooks)
Vegan Thin Mints (Chef Chloe)
Homemade Thin Mints (In Katrina's Kitchen)
Samoas (Caramel deLites)
Homemade Samoas (Baking Bites)
Homemade Samoas (In Katrina's Kitchen)
Samoas (Instructables)
Peanut Butter Patties (Tagalongs)
Homemade Tagalongs (Cakespy via Serious Eats)
Tagalongs (Baking Bites)
Homemade Tagalong Cookies (We Are Not Martha)
Trefoils (Shortbread)
Homemade Trefoils (Seattle Weekly)
Trefoil Shortbread Recipe (Instructables)
Gluten-Free Trefoils (Totally Together)
Do-si-dos (Peanut Butter Sandwich)
Do-si-dos (Baking Bites)
Homemade Do-si-dos (Saveur)
Homemade Do-si-dos (Cakespy via Serious Eats)
Savannah Smiles
Lemon Coolers (Something Edible)
Homemade Lemon Coolers (Baking Bites)
Lemonades
Lemonades (Babble)
Dulce de Leche
Alfajores
Ingrid Hoffmann's Alfajores
Thanks-A-Lot
Two-Tone Cookies (Delish)
