Girl Scout goodies without the trans fats

by Sarah Gilbert (Subscribe to Sarah Gilbert's posts)
Posted Oct 13th 2005 9:34AM
Filed under: Dessert, Trans Fats, Chocolate, Pop Food, Recipes, Baking, On the Blogs

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I adore Girl Scout cookies, but when I swore off trans fats five years ago, Thin Mints and Samoas had to go along with Ritz crackers, Oreos, and all my other long-lost loves. Surely, I thought, this respectable organization will do away with artificial ingredients before long! But, no. They continue to produce their shelf-stable and easily transportable trans-fats and artificial chocolate.Nic from Baking Bites to the rescue. She offers up a Thin Mints substitute made with good close-to-the-earth ingredients like butter, cocoa, and flour, and flavored with peppermint extract. She doesn't offer a chocolate coating recipe; I'm going to experiment and see what I come up with on my own.

OK, so, who's got a recipe for homemade Samoas?

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10-13-2005 @ 11:38AM

Nic said...

Debbie has a recipe for homemade samoas here: http://wordstoeatby.blogspot.com/2005/03/sugar-high-friday-i-want-some-moas.html

10-13-2005 @ 2:43PM

cybele said...

I can't add a recipe, but I can say that Hershey's has created these cookies that are far and away better than girl scout cookies and contain no trans fats. Oodles of calories and regular fat, but none of the nasty hydrogenated oils. The York ones were PHENOMENAL and the chocolate.almond ones were startlingly good. More like candy than cookies.

10-14-2005 @ 1:58AM

Brandon Michael said...

I used Debbie's recipe and I must say the end result was amazing. I definetly recommend this recipe.

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