Copycat Girl Scout Tagalong Cookies

It’s cookie season! You may have seen the Girl Scouts in your area selling cookies and you MAY have ordered a few boxes already. But if you haven’t gotten your hands on a box yet, you’ll want to make this delicious recipe of Copycat Girl Scout Tagalong Cookies – my favorite!

Copycat Girl Scout Tagalong Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Filling:

• 1 ¼ cup peanut butter
• 1 cup powder sugar, sifted

Shortbread Cookie:

• 3/4 pound salted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Chocolate Coating:

• 1 lb. Milk Chocolate for candy dipping

Directions 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Start by making the dough for the cookies.  Using a paddle attachment on a mixer, mix together the butter and 1 cup of sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt if wanted, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. If your dough is a little dry try adding 1 Tbsp. of water at a time until the dough comes together.  Roll dough into a ball and wrap in plastic, chill for 30 minutes.

• Bake for 14-16 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool room temperature.

Peanut Butter Filling: 

• While Cookies are baking start the peanut butter filling.   In a small mixing bowl, mix together peanut butter and powder sugar until it’s completely blended and no sugar can be seen.
• On a cooking sheet, lay wax paper or grease the pan with cooking spray. Place ½ tablespoon of the peanut butter mixture on the prepared pan. I used a cookie dough scooper and it worked great.
• Once Cookies are cool use a spatula, remove the peanut butter from the pan. Place 1 ball in the middle of the shortbread cookie and use a butter knife to spread the peanut butter around the cookie. Repeat with remaining peanut butter balls and cookies.

Chocolate Coating: 

• Melt Chocolate coating according to package. Once melted use a fork to dip the cookies into the chocolate.
• Allow the excess chocolate to drip off the cookies and transferred to wax paper to allow cookie coating to harden.

Our family agrees these taste JUST like the Girl Scout Cookies…maybe even better!

Pin the Copycat Girl Scout Tagalong Cookies to make later. Check out my Cookie Pinterest board for other ideas too!