As a kid I never stuck to my hobbies and activities for long. I’ve talked before about my one year stint with soccer (and how terrible I was), my two years of basketball, a few years of dance. I basically wanted to do whatever my friends were doing. I was a girl scout for two years. Technically I think I was a brownie cause I wasn’t old enough to be a girl scout. The only reason I signed up was because everyone else was doing it and I thought it was cool to stay after school for it. Trust me I was far from a cool kid. The only thing I remember from girl scouts was selling the cookies and our sleepover at the museum of science. Maybe that sounds fun but let me tell you it was not. My poor mom volunteered with us and I don’t think either of us will ever get over it (sorry again mom!). We slept on the hard floor of the museum and I was totally spooked out by it. I had to skip the 3-d theater cause it made me sick. I was in a group without my friends. Not fun. I’ve never been a fan of sleepovers and this just sealed the deal. I prefer my sleep. I like my own bed. I am not adventurous. I was good at selling the cookies though….or at least my mom was! Thank God for my poor mom! Hopefully these cookies will make up for my two years as a brownie.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup white sorghum flour
- 1/4 cup garbanzo bean flour
- 1/4 cup arrowroot starch
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. xanthan gum
- dash of sea salt
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup brown rice syrup
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. peppermint oil
- 1 tbs. coconut oil
- 1 cup enjoy life chocolate chips
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl combine your flours, arrowroot starch, and cocoa powder.
- Next mix in the coconut sugar, baking powder, xanthan gum and sea salt.
- Using a hand mixer blend in the applesauce, brown rice, syrup, and 1/4 cup melted coconut oil.
- Lastly stir in your vanilla extract and peppermint oil.
- Drop you cookies by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.
- Bake your cookies for 8-10 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool completely then…
- In a microwave safe dish melt together 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 tbs. coconut oil.
- Dip your cookies one at a time into the chocolate to coat them and place them on wax paper to set.
- Let the chocolate cool completely and enjoy!
Makes around 22 cookies
What’s your favorite girl scout cookie???
Were you a fan of sleepovers?
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Love your new profile pic!! Beautiful!
My favorite G.S. cookie is the Somoa (I think that’s what they’re called)–coconut and chocolate. Mmmm.
Thin Mints are a close second, though.
Thanks Michelle! My mom and sister always loved samoas too!
These cookies look delicious, I am not sure what girls scout is, we obviously don’t have t hat
But I definitely wasn’t a fan of sleepovers either. I always woke up at night or too early in the morning and could only star at the wall in the dark cause it wasn’t my house and everyone was still sleeping 
Girl scouts is like an after school group in the US and they sell cookies as a fundraiser! Good to know I wasn’t alone on hating sleepovers!
How funny. I JUST got done telling my mom a minute ago to order me some. Obviously yours are much healthier, Ha!
Favorite: Thin mints (frozen especially), and the chocolate ones w/ pb inside! So good
Too funny! I’ve never tried them frozen but I’ve heard that too! Might be dangerous if it makes them taste even better
my favorite girl scout cookie is a samoa – i love coconut! but thin mints and tagalongs are a close second!!!
We have different Girl Guide cookies here in Canada – the only ones we have are thin mint cookies and chocolate or vanilla sandwich cookies. The thin mint ones are definitely my favourite!
I’ve never seen sandwich cookie ones! Interesting!
You are so creative!
My favorite Girl Scouts cookies are the shortbread cookies or the peanut butter delights….oh, and do-si-dos are delicious, too!!
Thanks Hannah!
thin mints are the best girl scout cookies!! these look amazing! haha my life as a soccer player didnt last very long. Um I loved sleepovers growing up
I know so did everyone! I was the strange child that hated sleepovers
holy cow!!! I’ve been out sick and missed your wonderful blog transformation. it looks awesome!
I think it’s impossible to not like thin mints… I also like the tagalongs. chocolate peanut butter goodness!
Thanks so much Alysia! I used to love the chocolate peanut butter ones!
I lasted all of about 2 months before dropping out of Girl Scouts
Maybe I would have lasted longer if I could have eaten the cookies, but allergies made that kind of tricky. That being said, I couldn’t tell you what my favorite girl scout cookie is, but I do love the combination of chocolate and mint 
Hahaha too funny! I can’t have the cookies anymore either so this is my swap! I love chocolate mint too!
Those look amazing! I’ve always loved somoas!
Thanks Kerry!
I love you for this recipe haha. I never did girl scouts or anything like that, guess I wasn’t cool enough;) And I don’t think I’ve ever tried the cookies either! My parents never bought them. Hmm…I do know I love the good ol’ chocolate and mint combo though! So good.
You would love them! We never got them a lot but I love anything chocolate mint too!
You know what just FLEW out of my mouth when I landed on your page? “Oh wow! New LAYOUT and DESIGN!!” How pretty! I love it! Sleek!!
Oh and those Thin Mint Cookies, they ain’t so bad either, lol!! Reminds me of when I used to eat the Whole BOX of Girl Scout Cookies! 
Thanks so much girl!
I heart samoas and tagalongs, but thin mints came in pretty close. You made my day with this recipe!!
So glad you like it!
Thin mints are the BEST girl scout cookie {especially frozen}
LOVE the new layout and look of the blog!
Thanks so much Madi!
I totally hated sleepovers as a kid too.. still do. I just want my own bed, is that so much to ask? haha. Thin mints are totally my fav though. mmmmmmmm.
Hahaha I couldn’t agree more!
YUM! Always looking for healthy, gf options!
Glad you liked it!