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.
Oh boy oh boy!! I am totally picking up the stuff I need for these and I am making some this weekend!!
San, these look so so so amazing. I love girl scout cookies and they never come to my house. Tagalongs, thin mints and samoas are my favorite. So I can’t wait to try these ones and then some homemade thin mints (I’ve got a recipe for samoas already!) Thanks for sharing!
We typically wind up with a few of these boxes and they do not last!
These look perfect and are our favorite Girl Scout cookies, hands down! So excited that you shared this recipe – pinning! Hope you are having a happy Monday!
These are foodgasmic! Hope that’s not inappropriate, but it’s true! Pinned this!
I am so sold on these cookies. Delish
Oh wow! I have pinned these and can’t wait to try them. I love anything with peanut butter!
I love these Girl Scout cookies! I’ll have to try this recipe. Thanks!
These were always my fav. girl scout cookies. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Pinned these look delicious. Great post explaining everything!
You are awesome, I never thought to ‘copy’ their cookies! I just suffer silently when I run out. I am going to have to use this recipe and try to find others like it. The kids will be thrilled!
Oh gosh, these things are making crave chocolate so bad!! They look so bomb!!
I haven’t had Girl Scout Cookies in a long time. Your Tagalongs recipe looks great.
Those look so good. I love chocolate and peanut butter.
This is really cool. I have never thought to make copycat Girl Scout cookies before!
These look amazingly good.
Oh My Gosh! I am dying over these! I love them so much!
I mistakenly showed this to my husband since he loves Tagalongs. Looks like I have a project this weekend! 😉 Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
They look so dangerous! Yum! I am definitely going to try this out!
Truthfully, I would have cooked the shortbread cookies and stopped there. I LOVE shortbread cookies. Can I exchange the sugar for agave or something else? I can’t eat white sugar. LOVE LOVE LOVE this post.
Wow, these look amazing. Tagalongs are a family favorite so it would be nice to be able to make them at home.
Even though I have the Girl Scout Tag’s in the back of my van (we have 2 girl scouts) I will be making these! I love homemade cookies! And I bet my kids will enjoy helping me make these and claim they are 10 times better than the GS. 🙂 That’s why I love making treats. I always get told they are so much better than store bought.
Those look delicious! I’d love to try this with my sister sometime.
I pinned these earlier today! They look so yummy! Can’t wait to try them!
These look so good, I saved to come back and try them! I haven’t had GS cookies in a while! You’ve made me want them!