By Emily Etheredge
It turns out there is more to a box of Girl Scout cookies than the cookies themselves.
As many Girl Scouts spend the majority of February selling and distributing the cookies, Hannah Grace Childress, 11, shares several recipes using Girl Scout cookies as an ingredient.
“You can use these recipes any time of the year,” Childress said. “The recipes are really easy to make and anyone can do them. You can also use your cookies any time.”
Childress is part of Jemison Girl Scout Troop 759 where she has participated in Girl Scouts for five years.
Currently a cadet, Childress enjoys participating in Girl Scouts because she loves helping the community and participating in different events with her friends.
Childress said her favorite Girl Scout cookies are the Tagalongs because they taste like Reese’s peanut butter cups.
Tagalong Brownie Trifle
1 9×13 pan of baked brownies crumbled
1 5.1-ounce package instant vanilla pudding
3 cups of milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
½ cup smooth peanut butter
1 8-ounce container thawed Cool Whip, divided
2 packages of Tagalong cookies, hand chopped (set aside a few cookies to garnish)
Instructions:
Combine pudding and milk and beat for two minutes. Add peanut butter and vanilla and beat until smooth. Gently fold in two cups of Cool Whip.
Layer in trifle dish, brownies, cookies and pudding mixture, repeating until trifle dish is full.
Top with Cool Whip and remainder of cookies.
Chill at least four hours until serving.
Girl Scout Cookie Balls
1 package of your favorite Girl Scout cookies
½ block of cream cheese
1 package Almond Bark white chocolate
Food coloring in your desired color
Instructions:
In a food processor, crush the cookies and add cream cheese. Pulse until the cookies have mixed with the cheese and become moist.
Take a teaspoon scoop of your mixture and form into balls.
Place balls in freezer until firm. Melt the almond bark according to directions and reserve ¼ cup of melted bark to use as garnish.
Childress used Savannah Smiles lemon cookies and Dulce de Leche to create her Girl Scout cookie balls.
She also recommends not using Tagalong cookies in the recipe, as the peanut butter in the cookies does not process well in the food processor.