This year, girl scout cookies are already in stock. This made me start brainstorming for "new" holiday recipes for us. I haven't searched the official site, so if these are already there, sorry official GS peeps. I'm just a mom with two girl scouts who are expected to sell about 140 boxes each. Here are my thoughts so far. (Not tested yet.)
Winter Tropics Pie
Smoosh Caramel Delights and mix w/ melted butter. Press into pie pan for crust and chill. Into Chilled crust, place a layer of thin, sliced banana. Add vanilla or coconut pudding, made per box directions. Top w/ whipped cream. Garnish w/ candied pineapple, toasted coconut, and or caramel drizzle.
Chocolate Candy Cane Pie
Smoosh Thin Mints and mix w/ melted butter and chill. Put a thin layer of fudge topping between crust and other fillings. Add chocolate pudding, made per box directions. Top w/ whipped cream and Andes mints or mini candy canes or round mints.....)
Another thought is to use above thin mint crust for a cheesecake base with a no-bake cheesecake recipe. I think shortbread cookies or even the lemonades would work well for that too. We could make a real cheesecake w/ shortbreads for the base. At camp, we used smooshed shortbreads for cobbler topping and it was sooooo good. The Thanks-a-lots and Lemonades are larger round, shortbreads. I bet they'd make good ice cream sandwiches. Use peppermint ice cream w/ the chocolate, and swirl some sweetened cranberry puree in with vanilla for the lemon.
Of course, they are girl scout cookies. Who really needs recipes? For those who hate to bake, they just got their ticket to the cookie exchange.
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