When Girl Scout cookies are near, it's tough to stop after just one or two cookies. The season of boxes on every corner may have passed, but these lighter treats inspired by the classic cookie flavors are delicious any time of year! Whether you're a Samoa-lover or a Thin Mint enthusiast, we've got a lighter homemade treat just for you.
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Vegan Tagalongs
Steer clear of artificial flavors and hydrogenated oil with this cleaner peanut butter patty [1] recipe. They take some effort, but their flavor is well worth all your hard work.
Samoa Breakfast Shake
Blend up this sweet smoothie [2] that's inspired by the classic Samoa and Caramel deLite cookies. For under 300 calories, this satisfying breakfast smoothie offers less than half the sugar and 18 times the amount of protein found in two tiny cookies.
Dairy-Free Thin Mints
Hailing from a popular BabyCakes cookbook [3], these dairy-free and vegan Thin Mint cookies [4] are just as flaky, refreshing, chocolaty, and satisfying as the cookies that come from that green Girl Scout box.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Get your chocolate and peanut butter Tagalong fix with this PMS-soothing smoothie [5]. All the tasty ingredients work to relieve the pesky symptoms that happen during that time of the month.
Vegan Samoas
You'll cut back on calories, carbs, fat, and sugar when you make your own homemade Samoas [6]. You might even find you like these more than the original.
Thin Mint Smoothie
Julianne Hough is a lover of Thin Mint cookies, and she gets her fix with this much healthier chocolate mint smoothie [7]. Just like the classic treat, her smoothie offers the irresistible blend of mint and chocolate you're craving but can easily stand in for a healthy breakfast!