Keebler’s Coconut Dreams, reviewed
- July 22, 2010
- New Products, Product Reviews
- 17 comments
The only way to get those classic Girl Scout Samoas (a.k.a. Caramel de Lites) is to wait for another Girl Scout selling season to roll around – or to set aside some time in the kitchen to make your own homemade Girl Scout cookies. Although I can and do make them at home, I still look forward to “cookie season” and when I saw a box of cookies with that familiar Samoas design on the packaging at my local grocery store, I stopped in my tracks to check it out. They were Keebler’s Coconut Dreams, a new cookie from Keebler’s that is just like a samoa. I will always prefer homemade cookies to storebought, but I could not resist giving these Samoas look-a-likes a try.
I am very surprised that it has taken this long for a Samoas knock off to appear in stores. They’re always a hot item during the cookie sales. These cookies are simply described as fudge, caramel and coconut cookies, and yet there is no mistaking their chocolate-drizzled, ring shape for anything but a Samoa. Flavor-wise, they are very close, if not identical, to the Girl Scout cookies, with a nice fudge flavor and a great toasted coconut and caramel topping.
I’m still very partial to homemade ones these days, but would buy these again in a minute if I really wanted a quick Samoas fix and didn’t want to wait a few more months for Girl Scout cookie season to come around again.
17 Comments
my fiance’ is so excited about these! glad to hear they are a pretty good match! I am surprised it took this long too!
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My husband was thrilled to hear that there is a Samoa look-a-like available year round. I agree though that nothing beats a homemade cookie!
mmm…you just made me crave caramel delites! i’m going to guess keebler’s version are more affordable than the girl scouts’.
keebler makes girl scout cookies in some parts of the country, so they’re not exactly knockoffs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Scout_cookie
Thank you so much for pointing these out! I’m going to have to get a package of these tonight! The girl scout cookie version of these is the only way I’ll eat coconut!
I don’t usually buy packaged cookies (except for Girl Scout cookies), but I’m going to have to try these. Thanks for sharing.
This is the best news I’ve heard all week!
I was a girl scout and love to support their cookie sales, but I think an all-year samoa supply would been a boon to my relationship with my fiance. I have found that nothing cures a cranky boy like a samoa! Now I’ll just have to find a way to fool him into thinking it’s always girl scout cookie time…
i’m surprised to hear that these are new, since i know we’ve had them in our local wal-mart for a good year now. they also have their version of thin mints and peanut butter patties. it’s my understanding that keebler and girl scouts have the same manufacturer (is that the right word?) and are essentially the same product. while i love the convenience, the allure of gs cookies is that fact that they are only around for a limited time each year.
K, I LOVE SAMOA’s…no mint cookies for me from the Girl Scouts. My wife got these last Friday and I’ve already gone through them and another package. They are DEEEEEVINE! Love wrapped in a Keebler package. Hmmmm…..maybe it’s not a good thing these are available year round? Maybe the Girls Scouts were really watching out for my waist line? Well, nonetheless they are yum in my tum.
I think your homemade = better assertion is tacked on and obsolete. You may get a better experience after making them yourself, but there is no way you’re making them better than Keebler. Sorry.
i kept writing letters to keebler telling them to do this and yay, they finally did. it probablly wasnt my letters that made it happen, but really, like everone said, its about time!!! so i bought these tonight, and fortunately theyre very good!!! taste just about as good as the real grl scout samoas! im so happy about this
Moondance has it right, sort-of. Keebler owns Little Brownie Baker, the manufacturer behind one of the two contracted companies who make GS cookies.
given that GS cookies are going to be $ 4.00 a box, and the girls may get a whopping fifty cents from the sale of the cookies, less and less people are willing to purchase the cookies to support the scouts.
these keebler cookies are $ 2.00 to $ 2.50 a package.
they taste the same
Not surprising – Keebler makes the cookies for the Girl Scouts. If anyone were going to make a knock-off that tastes like the real thing, they would be the ones.
Keebler also has thin mint clones called Grasshoppers and Tagalongs called Peanut Butter filled.