I don't know about you, but I have had nothing but Girl Scout cookies on the brain for the past few weeks. Thinking about where to buy them, when to buy them and how many I need in my inventory has really wracked my brain.
Normally this type of behavior would be seen as weird or obsessive but not today, my friends! It's the Girl Scouts birthday, y'all. That's right. Juliette Gordon Low registered the first 18 members of the Girl Scouts on March 12, 1912 in Savannah, Ga. If there was any day where it's OK to just think about Girl Scout cookies for 24 hours, today would be it.
And any kind of celebration calls for some dessert, especially a birthday. Why not bake some fabulous confections using the Girl Scouts' very own delicacies? Here are the seven best Girl Scout cookie recipes to make this day — and the rest of the year — a special one.
1. Thin Mint Truffle Pops
A photo posted by Christi of Love From The Oven (@lovefromtheoven) on Mar 10, 2015 at 2:49pm PDT
For many, few combinations taste better than chocolate and mint. Throw in some cake, and you've got yourself one terrific-tasting trio. Love From the Oven has a delectable recipe for Thin Mint Truffle Pops that will tempt you to eat the whole batch in one sitting.
2. Chocolate Peanut Butter Tag-A-Dos Cheesecake This recipe uses not one but two Girl Scout cookies, which means it's extra-amazing. Not only is the crust of this cheesecake made out of Do-si-dos, but you're going to top it all off with a little Tagalong garnish at the end. Check out the full recipe over on First Look, Then Cook, and its beauty will make you shed a few tears.
3. Coconut Cream Pie With A Girl Scout Cookie Shortbread Crust Shortbread cookies are always the ones you have left over, aren't they? But whatever you do, don't throw them out, because you can use them to make a nice crust for a sweet coconut cream pie by following this recipe from Betsylife.
4. Girl Scout Cookie Fudge Did you know you can turn your Girl Scout cookies into rich, creamy fudge? Yeah, it's a thing, and Dine & Dish has a recipe to help you try it out yourself. The best part is you can use any Girl Scout cookie you want.
5. Samoa Donuts
Get these Samoa donuts into your life ASAP.... recipe's in the bio link. A photo posted by Thrillist (@thrillist) on Mar 7, 2015 at 6:12am PST
Samoas already look like mini-doughnuts, so why not turn them into the real deal? This recipe from Thrillist will show you how.
6. Apple Trios Crumble
Trios is one of the new Girl Scout cookie varieties for 2015, and there's already a delish recipe using the cookie. You can use Trios to make a totally gluten-free apple crumble with this recipe from The Real. It'll almost make you feel like you're eating something healthy.
7. Lemon-Blueberry Layered Dessert
If you're feeling fruity, this frozen dessert from MyRecipes will surely hit the spot. It's got layers of crushed Lemonade cookies in between layers of blueberry pie filling and frozen whipped topping. This is the easiest pie-like dessert you will ever make
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