• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Green Smoothie Gourmet
  • HOME
  • Recipe Index
  • Dessert Recipes +
  • Breads & Muffins Recipes +
  • FREE Chocolate Course
  • Cookbooks
    • 4-Ingredient Smoothies & Juices Cookbook
    • Crazy Healthy 4 Ingredient Recipes Cookbook
  • About +
    • My Amazon Store
    • 10 Steps to Instagram Growth 2021
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • ALL Recipes
  • Healthy Desserts
  • Brownies & Bars
  • Cakes & Cupcakes
  • Smoothies
  • Detox Drinks
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Desserts » Cookies, Pies & Tarts » Samoa Cookies

    Samoa Cookies

    Jan 2, 2022 · Updated: Mar 7, 2022 by Dee Dine · Affliate links disclosure.

    Jump to Recipe Jump to Video

    Samoa Cookies, a healthy copycat of the traditional girl scout cookie, only 5 ingredients, and full of fiber, iron and potassium, supporting hair, skin, nails and providing energy. View step by step video in this post.

    Samoa Cookies

    Samoa Cookies

    Samoa cookies are melt-in-your-mouth wonders, with a buttery shortbread base, melted chocolate and fresh coconut. They are easy to make, use only a few ingredients and are full of healthy benefits.
    I make them in a mini donut pan mold but you can also make them without the hole in a cupcake pan.

     

    Samoa Cookies

    Table of Contents For this Post
    • Samoa Cookies
    • What Is a Samoa Cookie?
    • Girl Scout Cookie Changes Name
    • Main Ingredients for Samoa Cookies
    • How to Make Samoa Cookies
    • How Healthy Are Homemade Samoa Cookies
    • Tips To Make Homemade Samoa Cookies
    • Try My Other Healthy Chocolate Treats
    • Samoa Cookies

    What Is a Samoa Cookie?

    A Samoa cookie is a round, buttery shortbread base topped with a creamy caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut and dipped and drizzled with dark chocolate. The cookie was made famous in 1970s by the Girl Scouts, a youth girls organization, when they included the cookie during their annual food drive.

    Samoa Cookies

    Girl Scout Cookie Changes Name

    A little fun trivia for you. The Girl Scout's made this Samoa cookie famous, but recently had to change the name to Caramel Delites because the Girl Scouts switched manufacturers, and the original manufacturer of Samoa cookies had a federal trademark on the name.

    Main Ingredients for Samoa Cookies

    Dates: Full of iron and fiber, as well as add sweet flavor and binding. I used Medjool, but you can use the kind you can find. Look in your grocer's produce area for packaged dates, not dried.

    Maple Syrup: A sweetener with a healthier panel than sugar so we can use less brown sugar.

    Nut Butter or sunflower seed butter: This ingredient is important as a binder and instead of processed oil. I have made these with nut butter as well as Sunbutter, an excellent sunflower seed butter if you want to make these cookies nut-free.

    Samoa Cookies
    Shredded coconut: Use shredded coconut that is unsweetened and as fresh as you can buy it.

    Chocolate: I use chocolate chips but you can also chop chocolate. I use Enjoylife chips for their clean ingredient panel, or HU gems if you don't want cane sugar in your chocolate.

    Before we dive into the recipe, I'd like to invite you to sign up for my free chocolate course. Five lessons hit your inbox with detail on how to create your own simple healthy chocolate desserts.

     

    Okay, so back to this recipe...

    How to Make Samoa Cookies

    Step 1: Bake the shredded coconut for 5 minutes until brown. Boil dates for 5 minutes as well to soften enough to pit them.

    Samoa Cookies
    Step 2: Make the cookies by processing the browned shredded coconut and dates into a sticky mixture. I used a food processor but a blender will also work.

    Samoa Cookies
    Step 3: Press the mixture into a mold or the bottom of a cupcake pan. Chill while you make the caramel center.

    Step 4: Put the nut butter and maple syrup in a pyrex measuring cup and microwave for 15 seconds, stir until smooth. Pour on chilled cookies.

    Samoa Cookies
    Step 5: Sprinkle more browned coconut on cookies and drizzle with chocolate.

    Step 6: Store Cookies in a sealed container at room temperature for 4 days or freeze for three months.

    Samoa Cookies

    How Healthy Are Homemade Samoa Cookies

    Samoa cookies are relatively healthy as cookies go with 2 grams of protein and fiber each, and only 4 grams of sugar.

    The sweet flavor and texture of the cookie comes primarily from fresh dates which have a highly nutritious composition, including potassium and iron, and antioxidants which fight off disease. [source]

    The other prominent ingredient in samoa cookies is shredded coconut. The shredded nature helps the cookie bind the dates into the soft chewy texture found identical to the processed commercial version. And raw coconut brings an extraordinarily nutritious profile to the cookie, including cholesterol control, weight loss support, digestion help and blood sugar stablization. [source]
    Samoa Cookies

    Tips To Make Homemade Samoa Cookies

    Tip #1: Make sure the dates are fresh and soft. I buy them packaged in the produce section of the grocery store, and always check the date (haha). But at home, before use, I boil them for about 5 minutes to soften them up, then pit.

    Tip #2: Make sure the shredded coconut is fresh and from a reputable company. If it's not fresh, the taste will reflect a stale quality. Bob's Red Mill and Let's Do Organic are always fresh in my experience.

    Tip #3: To produce a flat chocolate base on the cookie, dip and place the cookie immediately on wax paper. Parchment paper might work but I find wax works better. Once the chocolate is set, peel the cookie off the paper.

    Try My Other Healthy Chocolate Treats

    Avocado Chocolate Tart

    Chocolate Brownie Protein Bars

    Rocky Road Fudge

    Swiss Roll Cake

    I invite you to keep up with me on: Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram | Food Gawker | Twitter

    Don’t miss a thing, subscribe here to get recipes delivered to your inbox!

    Samoa Cookies

    Samoa Cookies

    Created by Dee Dine
    Samoa Cookies, a healthy copycat of the traditional girl scout favorite, only 5 ingredients, and full of fiber, iron and potassium, supporting hair, skin, nails and providing energy.
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Recipe Pin Recipe
    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 45 mins
    Total Time 50 mins
    Cuisine vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free
    Servings 12

    Ingredients
     

    Cookie base

    • 8 dates soaked and pitted
    • ¾ cup shredded coconut unsweetened

    Caramel filling

    • 4 tbsp nut butter or sunflower seed butter to make nut-free
    • 1 tbsp maple syrup

    Coconut sprinkles

    • ¼ cup shredded coconut, unsweetened

    Chocolate coating

    • 1 cup chocolate chips melted
    • 1 tbsp coconut oil

    Equipment

    • 1 mini donut mold pan

    Instructions
     

    Prep

    • Preheat your oven to 375 F.
    • Line quarter cookie sheet with parchment paper
    • Boil 8 dates for 5 minutes, drain and pit
      Samoa Cookies

    Make Cookie base

    • Toast coconut by spreading 1 cup on to the parchment paper and bake for 5 minutes or until browned.
      Samoa Cookies
    • Add ¾ cup browned shredded coconut and pitted dates to a food processor and process mixture until sticky.
      Samoa Cookies
    • Press 1 tbsp per well into a mini donut mold. If you don't have a mold, press into a paper-lined cupcake pan.
      Samoa Cookies
    • Freeze while you make caramel center
      Samoa Cookies

    Make Caramel Center

    • Mix the nut butter (or sunflower seed butter) and maple syrup in a pyrex measuring cup, microwaving for 15 seconds to make it smooth.
      Samoa Cookies
    • Spread over the cooled cookies while still in the mold (or cupcake pan).
      Samoa Cookies
    • Sprinkle tops with fresh shredded coconut.
      Samoa Cookies
    • Place the mold (or cupcake pan) in the freezer for 30 minutes to allow the caramel to set.

    Dip the Cookies

    • Remove the cookies from molds.
    • Melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil in the microwave for 1 minute.
      Samoa Cookies
    • Dip the cookies bottoms until coated. Because they are frozen, the chocolate should set fast but set them on a cooling rack up side down until that chocolate bottom is set.
      Samoa Cookies

    Drizzle the tops

    • When the bottoms are set, drizzle the tops with melted chocolate. I use a frosting bag with the tip cut off but you can use a ziplock sandwich bag as well with the tip cut off.
      Samoa Cookies

    Store Cookies

    • Store in a sealed container at room temperature for 4 days or freeze for three months.
      Samoa Cookies

    Video

    Nutrition

    Calories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 15mgPotassium: 89mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword healthy samoa cookies, samoa cookies, samoas
    Leave a ReviewLet us know what you think of my recipe!
    « Golden Milk | 7 Healthy Benefits
    Easy Jackfruit BBQ Sandwiches »

    Let's Connect

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube

    Feel Great in 2022

    1. Blender Ginger Juice
    2. Blender Celery Juice
    3. Blender Turmeric Shots
    4. Blender Ginger Shots
    5. Benefits of Lemon Water
    6. Cauliflower Smoothie
    7. Making Smoothies, from Smoothie Cubes
    8. The Best Green Smoothie

    About the Author

    Dee Dine is founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a plant based recipe blog, and author of two recent cookbooks, Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients and the immunity-boosting smoothie /juice/wellness shot book, 4-Ingredient Smoothies + Juices . On this blog you'll find incredibly healthy easy recipes with hidden veggies for anyone wanting to eat healthier, regardless of diet. Dee has graduate degrees in sciences and journalism, is editor at The Feedfeed and a nutritional expert at WikiHow. More about Dee Dine here.

    My Two Cookbooks

    4-Ingredient Smoothie CookBook4-Ingredient Dessert Cookbook

    Do You Like Healthy Recipe Videos?

    Look for my recipes with videos and subscribe to my Youtube Channel!

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Rochelle Joanne Gettings

      April 06, 2022 at 3:38 am

      Hello I am going to make Samoa Cookies . Can you advise of the type of baking mould you have used please?

      Reply
      • Dee Dine

        April 07, 2022 at 12:27 pm

        That's great news, I used a mini donut mold and I linked to it in my ingredients, but here it is again off amazon.

        Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Start Here

    To get you started, check out my:
    Healthy Desserts
    Chocolate Desserts
    Detox Drinks
    Simple Smoothies
    Smoothie 101 Guide.
    Dairy Free Ice Cream

    Visit me on Instagram, YouTube or TikTok
    cover for my 4-ingredient book
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube

    Hello and Welcome!

    picture of dee dine.I'm Dee, and I make healthy dessert recipes that often include hidden veggies. All are vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free. Visit me on Instagram where I always post new recipes first!

    logos where green smoothie gourmet is featured

    Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved. Green Smoothie Gourmet · Log in
    Design by BDW | Privacy Policy | Disclosure & Copyright