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While we have spent the past week focusing on this weekend’s Super Bowl Sunday, next weekend also has a fun event going on- it’s Girl Scout Cookie Weekend! Keelin and I both have fond memories of being Brownies as little girls. I had so much fun at our weekly meet-ups and loved earning badges throughout the year. I remember sitting in my bedroom admiring all the various badges on my sash. I also loved wearing my Brownie uniform to school each week with my Brownie friends.

One thing that many people associate with the Girl Scouts program are their cookies. This annual tradition is the largest fundraiser for local Girl Scout troops. In fact, after the costs of the cookies are paid for, all revenue stays with the local Girl Scout council. Cookie selling also helps girls with five life skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.

Fellow Massachusetts residents: more information on the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts can be found on their website Time Well Spent. They will also be hosting Fork It Over, a competitive, culinary fundraising event featuring some of the region’s top chefs who create original appetizers and desserts using Girl Scout cookies and present their creations to the public and a distinguished panel of judges at Coral Seafood on Thursday, February 6 from 5 – 7 pm. More details and ticket information can be found on Time Well Spent website.

Starting February 7th through 9th, please support your neighborhood Girl Scout for National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend! You can also visit the National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend website to learn more about how to buy cookies. You can also follow Girl Scouts on Pinterest and Facebook for more cookie information!

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What’s your favorite Girl Scout Cookie? For me, it has to be a toss-up between Thin Mints and Samoas…I can’t wait for my boxes to arrive!

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Samoa Truffles with Toasted Coconut and Caramel

Did you know that you can make truffles with just about any type of cookie or brownie? It blew my mind when I discovered all the different type of truffles out there. My boyfriend was as shocked as me and then immediately made me make Samoa truffles.

Samoa Truffles

These cookies would be perfect if you froze your Girl Scout Samoas for a rainy day. I don’t really know many people that can do that- we certainly can’t save Samoas around here. They are way too delicious and we love cookies far more than the “average Joe.” So instead, we bought Keebler’s Coconut Dreams which are practically the same thing. I am pretty sure they are the same thing- they just don’t have the nostalgia of Girl Scout Cookies. Anyways for the purpose of this recipe, they are perfect because we are going to pulverize them into dust (okay, more like crumbs but I was going for the dramatic statement here.) The crumbs are then mixed with cream cheese, rolled into balls, partially froze and then dipped in melted chocolate. You could end it there but then I topped them with toasted coconut and drizzled them with caramel. Oh yeah, that’s how we do it around here. Go big or go home!

Also as a side note, I keep truffles in the freezer and then bring them out before serving. That’s why my truffles have a little condensation on them!

Bite of Samoa Truffle

Samoa Truffles

Author: 2 Sisters 2 Cities

Serves: 24

Ingredients

1 box of Samoas or Keebler’s Coconut Dream
2 oz. cream cheese , at room temperature
8 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, melted
¼ cup sweetened coconut,
2-3 caramel pieces
half and half or milk (caramel sauce)

Instructions

In the bowl of a food processor, grind the cookies into a crumb consistency. In a medium bowl mix together the crumbs and the cream cheese at room temperature. Stir them until they are combined into a dough like consistency.
Roll the dough into balls. Mine was a little smaller than a ping pong ball. Place on a wax paper covered baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes.
While the balls are freezing, place shredded coconut in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Stir until lightly browned and toasted. Watch the coconut carefully because it will burn easily.
Melt the chocolate in a medium-sized heat proof bowl in the microwave in 30 second intervals. Stirring in between until completely melted.
Once the dough balls are in the freezer for 30 minutes dip them in the melted chocolate. Place on a waxed paper covered baking sheet and sprinkle with toasted coconut. Repeat for remaining dough balls.
Place tray back in the freezer for chocolate to harden.
Take a few pieces of caramel candy chews in a small bowl with a few drops of half and half or milk. Microwave in 5-10 second intervals to melt, stirring in-between. Watch the caramel carefully because it will start to burn very easy (I burned my first batch.) With a spoon drizzle the caramel in zig-zags on top of the toasted coconut that is stuck on the chocolate coating. Let cool an enjoy!

Source- Adapted from Cookies and Cups

Samoa Cookie Truffles

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