Homemade Girl Scout Cookies

I have always loved Girl Scout Cookies  and really--what human doesn't?  I was a Brownie for like, a second when I was a child (kind of a traumatizing experience really) and almost every year I have bought at least one box of overpriced hydrogenated-oil laden Samoas. (sometimes they are called Caramel deLites but that just annoys me)

I resisted buying some this year because I just don't buy ANYTHING with either high-fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oils in it and I'm pretty sure Girl Scout cookies have both. I had to bite my tongue so I wouldn't tell one of of those bright, shining faces that her cookies cost too much and use crap-ass ingredients. Maybe I should have broken it down for her so she could pass it on, but...I didn't. LeeLee was having a meltdown and it just seemed easier to say 'Sorry, sweetie! I bought some already this year!' 

And speaking of ingredients: they could be worse, but really--they have the resources to make them much, much better. Especially for the price. 

Samoas®

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 2 Cookies (29g)

Servings Per Container about 7

Amount Per Serving

Calories 150 Calories from Fat 70

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8g 12%

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 50mg 2%

Total Carbohydrate 18g 6%

Protein 1g

Saturated Fat 6g 30%

Dietary Fiber less than 1g 3%

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 0%

Calcium 0% • Iron 2%

Sugars 10g

Trans Fat 0g

CONTAINS WHEAT, SOY AND MILK INGREDIENTS

Diet Exchange: 1 Carbohydrate, 1 Fat

INGREDIENTS: Sugar, vegetable oil (palm, partially

hydrogenated palm kernel, soybean and/or

cottonseed with TBHQ to preserve freshness),

enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron,

thiamin mononitrate [vitamin B1], riboflavin [vitamin

B2], folic acid), corn syrup, coconut, sweetened

condensed milk (condensed milk, sugar), sorbitol,

contains two percent or less of cocoa, glycerin,

invert sugar, cocoa processed with alkali,

cornstarch, salt, caramelized sugar, dextrose, soy

lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, carrageenan,

leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate).

So now to the point of this post--I found homemade Samoa recipes! It is already getting hot here and I have tried to curb my sweet tooth/compulsive baking but I might just have to give these a whirl. Or at least these, the simpler version. (although I am not one to shy away from tedious cooking)

I know one of my mama-blogger friends has made them--hey, C how authentic is the taste?