[Photographs and original illustrations: Cakespy]
Jessie Oleson (aka Cakespy) drops by every Monday to share a delicious dessert recipe. —The Mgmt.
Fact: Samosas and Samoas, while both delicious, are not the same. In a nutshell, the former is a savory snack, often eaten before an Indian meal; the latter is a sweet cookie, sold by Girl Scouts, enjoyed basically any time.
Of course, there’s no need to power through this homonym haze in some areas of the country, where these chocolate-coconut-shortbread-caramel confections are known as “Caramel deLites.”
But regardless of geography and nomenclature, one thing is for sure: these cookies are tasty little morsels. And when you’ve reached the end of the box you purchased from your local Scouts, there’s a surefire solution for sweet gratification: make your own batch (my recipe is adapted from recipes on Baking Bites and Batter Licker), and call them whatever you want.
Not nuts for coconut? Try your hand at homemade Thin Mints or Tagalongs instead!
