Best Ever Samoa Chocolate Chip Cookies
These homemade, gooey Samoa-style chocolate chip cookies are the best ever! They’re made with sweetened coconut, caramel bits and chocolate chips galore! Bake up an easy modern twist on the iconic Samoa Girl Scout cookies with this easy DIY samoa cookie recipe. Gluten-free Option!
Servings: 18 Large cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter cold & cut into small cubes
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour or gluten free 1 to 1 flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips of choice we used 1 cup milk chocolate & 1 cup semi-sweet
- ⅔ cup coconut sweetened shredded or toasted
- 1 ⅓ cups caramel bits
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper.
- Using a mixer, beat cubes of cold butter with sugars. Beat 2 to 3 minutes until butter is mixed in well.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract. Continue mixing to combine.
- Add in flour, baking soda and salt. Dough should be thick and mixed together with no flour streaks
- Mix in chocolate chips, coconut and caramel bits.
- Using ice cream or large cookie scoop, (¼ cup or 4 tablespoons worth) and scoop dough and place at least 2 inches apart on lined pan.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookie edges are lightly golden and the middles are set. Do not over bake these cookies. Cookies will firm up slightly while cooking.
- Remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes. Finally, carefully transfer them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Can make cookies smaller, just adjust time for less baking time.