Homemade Tagalongs are made with a buttery cookie base, peanut butter center, and covered in milk chocolate; they’re better than the originals.
These Copycat Girl Scouts Tagalongs Cookies have become my favorite cookies to make and devour. I am adding yet another cookie to my cookie addiction repertoire.
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While I completely love those original tagalong cookies from the Girl Scouts and could eat an entire box on my own, there is still nothing like homemade.
I honestly feel those cute little girl scouts see me coming from a mile away with a sign on my head that says, “sucker for cookies.” I am not the only one who falls for the cookies and their cute little smiles. I always feel for the moms standing out in the cold with them at the grocery store, trying to push cookies like there is no tomorrow.
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Can you freeze homemade Tagalongs?
Yes! All cookies can be frozen, but it is best to wrap them individually to freeze them and only do this once they have cooled completely. Another way to freeze then is to stack them in layers in a Ziplock bag or container, separating the layers using parchment paper. I personally love individually wrapping them as I feel they taste better. Also, sometimes cookies taste better frozen. Let them sit out on the counter to come to room temperature before eating.
How long will Tagalongs stay fresh in an airtight container?
If properly stored, these cookies will last upto to a few days at a normal room temperature and stored in an airtight container. If you freeze or put in the refrigerator they will last longer. I like storying them in the fridge.
For the past few years though I will say that I didn’t buy the tagalong cookies. Mainly because I wanted to save myself from the self-inflicted torture of debating on whether to eat the whole box in one hour or draw it out a few.
A few years I have lied to myself by thinking, I will buy the ones the kids like and not eat any. Well, that’s a joke. It always happens that on a busy afternoon, I find myself have eaten a ½ row of Thin Mints. Then I find myself consequently cursing the cute little girl from Jordan’s dance class that sold it to me.
I decided last year that if I am to eat cookies, I’m going to eat my favorite! That’s when I decided to pull it together and come up with my own Tagalong cookie. So I got my little helper, Jersey Cake and whipped up a batch.
The result is essentially identical, if not better. The butter cookie tastes fresh, making a complete difference. So while you may be tempted to just buy a box don’t. Try out these Copycat Girl Scout Tagalong Cookies from scratch, they won’t disappoint, I promise. Want to try some of your other Girls Scout favorites?
Try these Girl Scout inpsired treats! Samoa Truffles, Homemade Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies, and Samoa Magic Bars.
Enjoy the cookies friends, life is too short not to enjoy a little sugar. XOXO San
Don’t forget to pin this recipe for COPYCAT GIRL SCOUT TAGALONG COOKIES to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
Tagalongs Cookies
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Filling
- 1 ¼ cup all natural peanut butter like Adam’s All-Natural Peanut Butter
- 1 cup powder sugar sifted
Shortbread Cookies
- 3/4 pound salted butter at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Salt to taste, if wanted
Chocolate Coating
- 1 lb. Milk Chocolate dipping candy I like Chocomaker
Instructions
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 use my cookie dough scooper and use only ½ of scooper full of the peanut butter (I just eye ball it). Set in the refrigerator while making the cookies.
Shortbread Cookie
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, 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. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick and cut with a 3 by 1-inch finger-shaped cutter. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Once cool, take out peanut butter balls from the fridge. Using 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. You will have some left over cookies (8-10) – just dip those in the left over chocolate.
Chocolate Coating
- Melt chocolate per directions of the package. Once melted, place the cookie on a fork and dip into the chocolate. Remove the cookie from the chocolate once it is fully covered while still on the fork. Let the excess chocolate drip off and transfer on to wax paper to cool or greased cooling rack to harden.
This recipe was recently updated from it’s original posting date February 2014.
Beautiful! Tagalongs are my fave Girl Scout cookie. I won’t buy them, but you can bet I’ll make them!
These look perfect! I have never had Tagalong cookie, or any other Girl Scout cookie. But I would love to try these out.
Oh they sure look like the tagalongs I had to sell for the girlscouts. Really awesome, might try the recipe too:)
I am pinning this right now. These are my favorite cookies. I never buy them because I eat the whole box and and want more, but at $4 a box, that is tough.
This is awesome! Would love if you shared at Link It or Lump it Link Party http://www.sohosonnet.com/link-it-or-lump-it/link-it-or-lump-it-link-party-27/
Um, yum!!! They look just like the GS ones! My kids would love these!!
These look great, love these cookies as girl scouts but they are so expensive. So have to try your recipe – pinned!
These look delicious
These look so yummy!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
Of course the kids loved them to bits! I think they’re amazing and I would love about a million of them 🙂
I definitely need to make these for my boyfriend as a surprise. I’d get major points!
Well that’s fun that you made your own. If ever you need a taste tester… well, I’m here for ya!! 🙂
I’m In Heaven They Look So Yummy!!
Ok, Sandra, these are my FAV Girl Scout cookies. And I don’t know any GS so I didn’t know that you now have to “place and order”. Therefore, I have no said order. (Yes, I’m a little bitter but moving on..)
Anywhoo ~ I am very happy to have found you over at Twirl and Take A Bow party and I’m pinning this.
I’d LOVE for you to share these over at my Brag About It link party on VMG206 if you get the chance!
~ Megin of VMG206
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Thank you for sharing this at DIY Showcase on VMG206. I’m featuring you at Brag About It tomorrow!
~ Megin of VMG206
oh my goodness! I’m going to have to make these! I’m so excited to try them!
These look so perfect and so yummy! Thanks for showing us how to do it! I have a craving for peanut butter and this looks perfect!
These look so good and I can not wait to try them!!! They are my favorite Girl Scout cookie!!!
We usually buy a lot of girl scout cookies, but didn’t this year. (I’m eating Thin Mints as I leave this comment!) I am going to add this to my to do list with the kids…yum!
holy yummy 😛 wow! This looks very delicious and I swear i want to taste of those 🙂
Oh my this cookies look yummy, the gooey butter filling is enticing. i want a bite in those cookie. Thanks for sharing the recipe, will save this
Oh these are my FAVORITE!! Thanks for sharing… I AM PINNING!
Tagalongs happen to be my favorite girl scout cookie! Can’t wait to try these!
Yummy for my tummy!! These look sooooo yummy!! My family will love these, gotta try 🙂
Yum tagalongs are my favorite too. I have to try this recipe sometime. Thanks for sharing this with us at Great Idea Thursdays. I’ll be featuring this.
Yay! I love girl scout copy cat recipes. The boxes I order just dont last long enough haha.