I believed in Santa Claus a little longer than most kids. I didn’t learn how to ride a bike until I was nine years old. I got a cell phone and an iPod well after those things had become “trendy.” I didn’t lose my virginity until, well, late enough that I’m not going to tell you. So I suppose it’s unsurprising that it took me twenty-nine years to discover the beauty of Samoas.
I was a Brownie, then a Girl Scout, and I probably sold hundreds of boxes of Girl Scout cookies during those years. (That might be a stretch. I wasn’t one of those go-getter cookie sellers. I’d procrastinate, then walk around my neighborhood only to find that some more ambitious girl had already canvassed the area.) Samoas were my dad’s favorite. In case you’re late to the party like me, Samoas are “tender vanilla cookies, covered with caramel on top and bottom, and then rolled in toasted coconut, and striped with a rich chocolaty coating.” It was the coconut that turned me off as a kid. I never tried them.
That all changed last week, when a co-worker brought in the cookies everyone in the office had ordered from his daughter. I had ordered two new kinds (well, new since the time I was a Girl Scout) – All Abouts and Lemon Coolers – and a box of Samoas at someone else’s request. Now that I’m an adult with a more refined palate than I had as a kid, I figured I should finally try one.
Holy cow. I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on these delicious cookies all these years! And I only bought one box! And they only sell them once a year! The caramel is so yummy, the coconut is so toasty and good, and the chocolate is so dark and delicious. Mmmm. On the “Little Brownie Bakers” web site, there’s even a recipe for shrimp coated in crushed up Samoas. That sounds a little strange, yet also intriguing. Guess I’ll have to wait until next year to try it out.
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