Homemade Tagalongs
Dear Girl Scouts of America:
We need to talk.
For quite some time, I’ve wondered why you never ask me to buy your cookies.
I mean, you’re obviously motivated young ladies. You know how to make fire with two sticks and all that.
And hellooo, I’m totally your target customer. All the signs are there–I have a dessert blog, a child who loves cookies, and the most damning evidence of all:
I’ve got a fat roll. And a person doesn’t get one of those from NOT eating cookies, I can tell you that much.
Every year I wait to be approached about purchasing cookies, only to find myself cookie-less, driving by Walmart in the hopes you might have a table set up outside.
It’s very sad.
A few weeks ago in a moment of panic, I posted a frantic plea on my Facebook wall and a very kind person offered to sell me cookies.
It was not my proudest moment, but neither are most of my moments.
I’ve got my cookies. That’s all that matters.
But you should know, that I don’t deserve to resort to begging for cookies. I was almost a Girl Scout myself.
Of course, once I realized that I would be required to wear a button-down shirt and a vest and do outdoorsey stuff, I decided it wasn’t for me. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t regret my decision once I saw the movie Troop Beverly Hills.
So…I guess that’s about it. I really like your cookies, I’m sorry I was never a Girl Scout (if only the uniform included a tutu or something pink), and I hope we can move past it.
In the meantime, I have created my own cookie recipe so I can enjoy your tasty treats year round.
See ya next year (or WILL I??)
Kristan
Cookbook Queen aka the Woman Who Pointed Out Her Fat Roll on the Internet OMG What Did I Just Do
(click here for printable recipe)
INGREDIENTS
2 cold sticks salted butter, cut into small pieces
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup peanut butter
Chocolate almond bark, or chocolate candy melts
Preheat oven to 300 and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix the flour and sugar together. Using your hands OR a food processor, cut in the butter until the ingredients are well mixed and can hold together. Using a hand mixer (or your food processor if that’s what your mixture is in) mix in the egg until a soft dough forms.
Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place on parchment lined baking sheets, about an inch apart. Flatten to about 1/8-1/4 inch thick with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until edges are golden.
Once cookies are cool, spread a dab of peanut butter on the top of each. Melt your chocolate according to package directions and using a set of tongs (if we’re being honest here, I used my hands–not the best idea but whatevs), dip cookies peanut butter side down, then place right side up on wax paper to harden.
If you want to speed up the hardening process, place them in the refrigerator.
**makes about 4 dozen cookies
Of course, these cookies aren’t IDENTICAL to Girl Scout Tagalongs, but they are pretty darn close and very, very good.
Have a happy Wednesday and thanks for stopping by!!
P.S. Stop judging my fat roll.
Thanks for visiting my blog! I realize you could be doing more important things with your time. Like watching the news or washing socks. I hope you stay awhile. Much more fun than socks, I promise. 
Hilarious! Unfortunately, they do ask me to buy their cookies. You know I do. As a matter of fact, I overbuy. Not at a stockpile or hoarding level, but definitely more boxes than I should. Because, well, I have one of those cookie rolls, too. :D
These look so good! They also look like something I would eat without remorse! P.S. I'm not judging the roll, since I have my fair share!
I've had a tagalongs copycat recipe bookmarked for a while but this one looks great to try too
You crack me up Kristan! I seem to have the same problem you have – no girl scout cookie stands in sight this year! I don't get it, they used to be in front of every grocery store. You really need an "in" with someone whose kid is selling them and then you can order tons ahead of time, which is pretty awesome but doesn't help my cookie roll :-)
In the past, the Girl Scouts in my neighborhood have been quite clever, camping out in front of the grocery store to sell their cookies. I loved it! Much more convenient that way. Unfortunately, this year they have come up missing. Thankfully, I now have your recipe. Thanks for sharing!
LOL! Don't worry, I'm not judging. I can eat an entire box of Samoas in one sitting if I don't stop myself. Love this copycat version of tagalongs!
If you like the caramel delights (salamos?) Make your favorite shortbread cookie recipe. Press into a baking pan or roll out on a cookie sheet. Cover with caramel sheets that you buy to make caramel covered apples. Top with shredded coconut and bake. Cut into bars while warm and let cool. dip bottoms into melted chocolate and drizzle chocolate on top. If you make the dough too thin it will make it a little hard to handle. I have wanted to try the caramel topping in the jars but haven't gotten around to it yet.
You are hilarious…I had the same problem….I wad looking for girlscouts! Love it!
OMG, GREAT recipe. Only 6 ingredients?! Sold!
Try the Cookie Finder, and enter your zip to find little cookie pushers.
http://www.girlscoutcookies.org/
I have my own pusher, and though we purchased many boxes to feed the roll, I still find homemade cookies better. Consider yourself lucky :)
I think the Tag-a-longs are the same as the Peanut Butter Patties?!? I bought my 12 year old son 15 boxes because they freeze well and he loves them!!! He was bummed I only bought 15 boxes. Now, I can try your recipe and hopefully he likes it.
I wish I could get away from all the girl scouts:-) I have been running past them at Walmart!!! It must be tagalong day…I posted a cupcake with one baked in it today:-) Love your blog and how real and funny you are!!!
YUMM! these look amazing! this year i only ordered thin mints and samoas, so i might just have to make these my self!
Kristan, I absolutely love reading your blog. You really do make me laugh out loud. We wouldn't get girl scout cookies either if it weren't for my husbands co-workers. However much to my disappointment, the hubby didn't get any thin mints or the dulche de leche ones. Maybe next year. Your cookies look amazing, I can't wait to try them.
Hysterical! My husband and I were actually trying to avoid the girl scout cookie tables this year because we're dieting…but as we were walking into a restaurant for a quick lunch one Sunday afternoon they sent over the cutest, youngest girl scout we'd ever seen. She asked sweetly if we'd like to buy some cookies and of course we were absolutely helpless to her powers at that point. She could have sold us the entire table! LOL! Tagalogs are my favorite (and the ones we ended up buying that day) so I can't wait to try this recipe! Thanks!
Honey, I don't have a fat roll, I have a fat LOAF so I judge no one!! And Tagalongs are my favorite so you know I'll be trying this recipe out!
you. are. awesome. I am really happy that my friend introduced me to your blog. These are my favorite girl scout cookies, so I will be trying this recipe too. I have the opposite problem of yours – we know too many girlscouts. And of course, we buy four boxes from each of them (because who wants to write a check for $3.50?). Happy Wednesday to you!
You're so funny…that's just gravity, not a fat roll! What a darling photo with your son:) I may have to make these cookies because I have yet to see one G.S. around here this year.
Troop Beverly Hills, love that movie. I had to sell my cookies door to door. Setting up at table and letting the people come to you is easy work! Though we only had one choice of cookies to sell. These cookies look awesome.
These cookies look so good!
Um, hello…. who doesn't L.O.V.E. Girl Scout Cookies! Whoever says they don't are liars… it's true. Anyway, your homemade Tagalongs look yummy!
The girlscouts are always out of the good cookies (tagalongs and thin mints), so even when they are selling directly outside of the store where I work, I am tormented by the unavailability. When I was a kid, we went door to door and took people's orders. Harumph, I say!
I have a cookie roll also, but you know, I'm just doing my civic duty and all, eating those girl scout cookies. My neighbor knows that she always has one good sale – our house – five kids, 3 of which are teens and one pre-teen and me. Hubby has some weird paranormal resistance powers in regards to cookies. Don't know how he does it, because cookies are what makes life worth living in my book. In fact, after all this cookie chat, I need to go eat some….
I bet these are even better than the real thing. Nicely done!!
Give me a homemade cookie any day.
Will be making these for sure; peanut butter and chocolate, always a great combination.
Thank U 4 the recipe / recipes.
I so enjoy coming to your blog every morning
ColleenB.
You are your fat roll are too funny! I never get asked to buy GS cookies either. I think it has something to do with my house full of boys:) These sound really yummy! I think I need a homemade version of a thin mint now!
That recipe looks super yummy! I will definitely have to try it since they are my hubby's favorite!
We have so much in common…I have a fat roll and I WAS a Girl Scout. I can even cook over a tuna can turned into a cook eye and make hobo packs.
You bring the cookies, I'll make the hobo packs.
Girl… that aint a fat roll. Thats a little skin. You wannna see a fat roll?? Yeah, I didnt think so. ;)
We totally joined the girl scouts after Troop Beverly Hills too. We were confused when they took us to an actual camp site instead of the Beverly Hills Hotel. But at least we got the cookies. And now we can have them any time – hurrah!
So not judging, but I am laughing my rear off! You are so funny. Super funny & cute post + yummy recipe to try = LOVE YOUR BLOG!
oh…LOVE the stripey background on the cookie photo. So pretty!
AHHHHHHH!!!! I am so glad you posted this! Tagalongs are my FAVE! And I knew that there must be a way to create something similar! Than you so much for sharing this!
Kristan, you are hilarious! I laughed out loud when I read your post. Tagalongs are my absolute favorite GS cookies! Thanks so much for posting the recipe!
I am not judging your fat roll. In fact, I wish I had only that tiny thing to complain about. I love Girl Scout Cookies, but no one ever comes selling them in my neighborhood either. Last year I had to stoop to buying like 10 boxes in front of a Starbucks. (I wanted to use the thin mints in a recipe!)
I can't wait to make these! Thanks for the recipe!
So hilarious! I'm cookieless this year too, but I think it has to do with girl scouts not hanging out in front of city grocery stores. I will have to make your tagalongs (my favorite!) to make up for it.
First off I just want to say you ROCK! Oh and my belly roll puts your little body to shame(not that that is a good thing ;O(
You can make copy cat thin mints too , just dip Ritz crackers in melted Dark chocolate that has a drop of mint extract mixed in. Who need the Girl Scouts of America when you have the Belly Brigade of America at your side?
you. are. so. AWESOME!
….can you do caramel delights next? and then thin mints? :)
I love you, Kristan!!!
Those cookies look great…but you look better!
I too am guilty of doing Walmart drive-bys hoping for a Girl Scout table! You are not alone!
Hilarious! You may have just lit a little *camp fire* under your local Girl Scout branch. Wouldn't it be funny if you were suddenly inundated with more cookies that even you could handle!
You look awesome and are awesome and we need to be neighbors. I come here when I am in a bad mood and need a laugh, and you always deliver!
You completely crack me up! Thanks for the laugh and the recipe. I'm sure my family will go nuts over them. Ba doom cha.
My boys love peanut butter. This is going to be great bribery tokens!
Kristan, You never fail to deliver! You make me laugh and drool at the same time :)
oh no you didn't OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!!! Tagalongs are MY FAVORITE!!! Ugg. And today is my day to re-re-rededicate myself to my eating good goal.(i've still got 20 lbs of baby weight from my 13 month old!)
Must be strong. MUST NOT BAKE! (but I did print it out . . . !)
i made my own tagalongs as well! and your post is hilarious, ha! you look great playing twister, dont be silly :-P
anyway, love this. thanks for sharing!
-meg @ http://clutzycooking.blogspot.com/2010/04/you-can-make-your-own-girlscout-cookies.html
So funny…as always. Tagalongs are my fave! And you are TINY to be such an awesome baker, I would have to be airlifted from my house if I could bake like you! TROOP BEVERLY HILLS ROCKS! I love that movie!!!! Your blog = my fave part of the day. :)
Ahh, you should see my cookie belly… i mean, you know i just had a baby 6 months ago… takes some time to melt away. hmmm – nice to see you having fun with your little boy :) twister is the best!
So brave to post a pic of your cookie hangout. I call mine my chocolate ball.
YUM, those cookies look amazing! Thanks for sharing. If you have your own recipe for Samoas, please keep it to yourself. I could eat those cookies all day. ;)
Nom nom nom. I eat cookie. No judge.
Oh, fabulous. You genius.
I'm not judging your fat roll because it's, like, my fat roll's mini-me. Seriously.
You're HYSTERICAL!! Ya, those dang Samoas…addicting! If you can incorporate a recipe for those you're my new best friend :) I'm ashamed to say I've been known to drive to the Girl Scout hang-outs by myself grab a box for home & a box for me to eat on the way home,,ha!!
Awesome and exciting! Though if you're looking for cookies, there is a site: http://www.girlscoutcookies.org/. And we Girl Scouts very much appreciate your support–cookie sales not only help girls learn management, marketing, and finances, but they support programs, camps, and everything else for the girls, so that the girls can have the best experience as they learn to lead and make a difference in their communities! Thank you!!
Here in Canada, my favourite Girl Guide cookies are the ones they sell in the Fall. They are chocolate mint cookies!! I swear I could OD on those buggers!!!
Once I get me another baby gate to confine my active 10 month old in the kitchen, I'll get to try out some of these recipes including these tagalong cookies!
Cheers!
Andrea
The Girl Scouts always come to my door… And, I always oblige and buy cookies, even though I usually prefer a homemade version. Mine are set to arrive on Saturday, so I think I'll have to whip up a batch of these for a comparison taste test. I'm betting on yours for the win!
Being a brownie leader, I must say i am sorry I don't live near you because I would hit you up for some cookie sales for SURE. BUT still love you recipe. Fat roll or not, hey, you are on the floor playing TWISTER and that's not easy, Lady!
Flora
http://www.urbandomesticdiva.com
Seriously you crack me up! These cookies look fantabulous!
Ha, I love this post! I too feel like I have to beg to buy girl scout cookies each year. Stupid workplace rules prevent employees from advertising their ability to get you girl scout cookies…so you have to be in the know as to who has a daughter about the right age to be selling cookies. I'm very anxious to try your recipe, in the hopes of avoid the annual attempt at finding a girl scout willing to sell me some cookies!
I've only been able to find Girl Scouts selling cookies during the first week of the cookie sale and none since. :-(
Yummy! I love Tagalong, I even made them into a cupcake. Check it out: http://fromtheheartsof.blogspot.com/2011/02/girl-scout-cookie-time.html
Thanks!
We have an overabundance of the cookies in No Ca (Sacramento area … ) I can't escape them and we have a love/hate relationship ;) My mouth loves them and my thighs do not. Ha ha! Your post is cracking me up!! Keep on baking and blogging. Love it!
girlie, you are hilarious and with a side of talent at that ;) girl scout cookies is my fave season and i say that with pride haha. hubs tells me its not a season and that i shouldnt eat so many of them because if i dont i wont stop. anyways i made girl scout cookies my fave season and i will eat them all the day long. its my season to have a little extra weight lol. happy cookies hun.
These look delicious. I found you from Today's Creative Blog. I'm excited to look through the rest of your posts – great pics and the cookies/treats look scrumptious!
this year I was able to place my order (10 boxes…I was really hungry) via text message!! woot!
I started making my own thin mints over Christmas after reading something somewhere. I wish I could give credit where it is due. Ritz crackers dipped in melted andes candies or andes baking chips. Lay out on wax paper. Pop in the fridge for 5 min. Yum!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA Oh lordy that’s funny….. you are too much….
You are a trip! I’m about to wet myself from laughing and that will not be my proudest moment. I’ll be checking back in…..waiting PATIENTLY for a Thin Mints post……I’m pregnant and I haven’t seen anyone selling cookies here either. I need Thin Mints :)
If you lived here, I could introduce you to lots, lots and lots of girl scouts. Can’t shake a stick without tripping on one around here. (Of course, it doesn’t hurt that I used to be a girl scout.)
If you get desparate, let me know. I can find you a connection. I can be a cookie dealer. hahahaa
Love this post! I have the reverse problem. In my area the Girl Scouts are out everywhere! I find myself trying o avoid them. I love their cookies, but feel so guilty every time I open a box. They instantly disappear, like throwing away 4 bucks. You recipe looks and sounds a lot more reasonable to me. Sure going to try it! And by the way, that is not a fat roll! That is merely a handle.
Your story is hilarious! But, I bet these home-made cookies are much better than the Girl Scout ones :)