What do you do when you’re craving Samoa Cookies but there’s not a girl scout in site? Make this copycat girlscout cookie recipe at home! They may look different, but these Coconut Kiss Cookies have all the key flavors!
Raise your hand if you enjoy Girl Scout Cookies? Yeah, mine are both in the air right now. We made these Samoa Truffles which mimic the flavor of my favorite GSC! Or give our coconut macaroons a try next!
Why this Recipe is Best
Leave one of these out and the Samoa is incomplete! It’s all about the harmony between the textures and flavors.
- Can be made in individual mini tart pans, or a mini muffin pan!
- Sweet sugar cookie base.
- Chocolate kiss center (like a peanut butter blossom)!
- Caramel, chocolate, and coconut topping.
For more Girl Scout bliss, be sure to try our Thin Mint Puppy Chow (no cookies needed) or our copycat Tagalongs.
How to Make Coconut Kiss Cookies
It’s surprisingly easy to make copycat Girl Scout cookies. There are a few steps involved but the results are more than worth it!
Toast the coconut: Use our easy guide on how to toast coconut.
Make the cookie dough: Use your hands to pinch off tablespoon sized balls of dough. Press the dough balls into a mini tart pan (or mini muffin pan) and bake for 10 minutes.
After removing from the oven, Immediately press a Hershey kiss into center of each cookie. Let the cookies cool about 5 minutes in the pan, then slide them onto a wire rack or parchment paper.
PRO TIP: Make sure the cookies cool completely before you add all the toppings!
Add the toppings: Combine caramel sauce with flour in a bowl. Drizzle the sauce over the cooled cookies, then sprinkle with the toasted coconut flakes. Press the flakes into the caramel if necessary to make sure they stick.
Finally, drizzle the cookies with melted chocolate and let them set until the chocolate firms.
Pour yourself a big glass of milk or dalgona coffee and enjoy these sweet caramel coconut cookies!
Tips and Tricks
- Use a non-stick mini tart pan if possible. If your tart pan isn’t non-stick, spray it with baking spray before adding the cookie dough.
- Can you make these without a tart pan? Yes! A mini muffin pan is a perfect substitute.
- Caramel sauce: I used Hershey’s caramel topping for the caramel sauce. Any kind of caramel you’d drizzle on an ice cream sundae will work.
- Store cookies in airtight container in refrigerator or room temperature. We love these chilled!
- Freeze cookies in airtight container with parchment paper between layers.
- Love coconut? Try our delicious, moist coconut cake recipe!
More Easy Cookie Recipes
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Pizookie
- 7 Layer Bars
- Smores Cookies
- Iced Oatmeal Cookies
- Chocolate Macadamia Cookies
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Coconut Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookie:
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
For the topping:
- 48 Hershey kisses
- 1 cup sweeteened shredded coconut toasted
- ¼ cup milk chocolate chips or bar, melted
- ½ cup caramel topping
- 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
Instructions
- In large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together several minutes. Add egg, milk, and vanilla extract. Add in the flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Using hands, pinch off large tablespoons of dough. Press into tart pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Immediately press a hershey kiss into center. Allow to cool in pan 5 minutes before removing. I use non-stick tart pans, if yours tend to stick spray with baking spray first.
- In small bowl, mix caramel topping with flour. Set aside.
- When cookies are cool, first drizzle with caramel sauce. Sprinkle toasted coconut onto the caramel, pressing lightly. Drizzle with melted chocolate. Allow to set.
Notes
- Use a non-stick mini tart pan if possible. If your tart pan isn’t non-stick, spray it with baking spray before adding the cookie dough.
- Can you make these without a tart pan? Yes! A mini muffin pan is a perfect substitute.
- Caramel sauce: I used Hershey’s caramel topping for the caramel sauce. Any kind of caramel you’d drizzle on an ice cream sundae will work.
- Store cookies in airtight container in refrigerator or room temperature. We love these chilled!
- Freeze cookies in airtight container with parchment paper between layers.
- Love coconut? Try our delicious, moist coconut cake recipe!
Nutrition
Enjoy the satisfying combination of chocolate, caramel and coconut all year long with this easy Coconut Kiss cookies recipe.
Are you able to make these in a mini muffin pan or only a tart pan? Thank you.
Mini muffin pan is perfect!
These cookie cups look so delicious! The ingredients are some of my favorites for sure. I want to make some soon. Thanks for sharing!
Mmmmm….they look completely amazing!
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I think these are extremely cute and quite ronabtic!
It would be perfect to make for my other-half
YUM! These look delicious! Great pictures and what a great recipe!
I have never seen coconut chocolate kisses before. They could definitely create some good dessert ideas! These look great.
I don’t know if I should admit this or not…but I’ve eaten almost a whole bag of those kisses in two days. I even bought two bags because I knew I’d do that and I still wanted to cook with some. 🙂 These cookies…awesome!
Those look delicious! Too bad we don’t have coconut Hershey Kisses here in Canada, in fact we only have one kind of Girl Scout cookie as well, so I have never tried Samoas, either!
I love you. Marry me. Your dowery will be jars and jars of these 😉
I only moved to the U.S. at 23, and have discovered girl scoot cookies only after childhood, but I’ll kill for a samoa!
Ive seen those kisses but didn’t know what to do with..NOW I know! GREAT idea!
Caramel coconut and chocolate… wonderful combination! Hope you have a wonderful friday and a relaxing weekend!
yum! i haven’t seen coconut hershey kisses around. or maybe i’m just being blind in the candy aisle! i LOVE samoas, so i think i’d be a huge fan of these too. creative recipe!
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Delightful! The swirls were executed impeccably and the ingredients are to die for. You’ve concocted quite the treat here!
These look delicious – especially with your out of site photography 😀
Look likemini macaroons almost!
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I have to get my hands on a bag of those kisses. Your version looks so much better to me. Love a girlscout cookie but nothing beats homemade.
I love those particular kisses….bet you didn’t know that with all the coconut I inhale:-) And stuffed into a sugar cookie…one word…AMAZING!!! Don’t freeze them…mail them to your coconut filled friend:-)
hershey kisses of any kind are my favorite ingredient ever!!!!
These look AWESOME– pinned!
Oh my word…coconut kisses!?! Can’t wait to find some of those 🙂 Your cookies look amazing!