I remember memories of my childhood where I wished I was a Girl Scout. Not because I wanted to wear the earth tone brown uniforms adorned with tens of merit badges awarding me for such accomplishments as successful knot tying, mind you, but because I wanted to sell Girl Scout Cookies. I wanted to be the type of door - to - door sales girl that people were thrilled to see, as I toted around a bag filled with green boxes decorated with photos of smiling girls and delicious cookies. Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Lemon Cream, even the boring Shortbreads were the items beloved by all, but my favorite were Samoas. The chewy cookies covered in caramel and toasted coconut and drizzled with chocolate were a cookie-lover's dream.
Unfortunately, as a child, I was... how do you say it nicely? Fat. And if I was allowed boxes of cookies, you'd be sure that I'd eat them all and the only thing I'd have to show for it would be plenty of empty boxes and a hefty bill to the Girl Scouts.
Maybe it was a better thing that I wasn't a Girl Scout.
You can imagine the wheels that were turning when I decided to turn this coconut tart into a giant Samoa Cookie. I recently saw a post on Baking Bites linking to YumSugar's take on Samoas, turning them into an ice cream treat. I knew that Dorie's creamy coconut tart would have been a perfect drawing board to turn them into my favorite childhood treat.
Instead of the Sweet Tart Dough, I used Dorie's Chocolate Tart Dough. I kept the rest of the recipe the same, but I drizzled the top with both chocolate and dulce de leche atop the tart.
This tart was HEAVEN. Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight heaven. The rich chocolate tart was the perfect vessel for the creamy, crunchy coconut custard, the pillowy whipped cream, and the delectable duo of caramel and chocolate. Incredible. And a fun little take on a classic cookie.
Check out Beryl of Cinemon Girl for the recipe and check out the rest of TWD for more tarts!
Mmmm... messy, delicious tart.
Oh! Woah... what a beautiful, mouthwatering tart! ...and with the decadence of dulce de leche on top of it! I nasty, nasty temptation... never mind Girl Scout cookies, bleh.
Posted by: vibi | March 02, 2010 at 01:28 PM
samoas are the best! Love your take on the tart.
Posted by: spike | March 02, 2010 at 01:28 PM
I really wish I would of thought of that! I may have to go back and remake this recipe because a girl scout cookie in tart form sounds amazing...
Posted by: Erin | March 02, 2010 at 01:30 PM
Wow- I absolutely love what you did with this tart. I bet it was heaven! It is gorgeous and I can only imagine how delicious it was!
Posted by: Mary Ann | March 02, 2010 at 01:36 PM
Teanna You should be seriously hurt for putting this type of food porn on the net. Oh my f'n gosh (pardon my french)! Samoas are second in line after Thin Mints and this definitely has Samoa written all over it. Great job.
Posted by: Dat757Deeva | March 02, 2010 at 01:40 PM
You are amazing!!! Nice job on the tart!
I love Somoas! I just ate one a few minutes ago! YUM!
Posted by: Sabrina | March 02, 2010 at 01:42 PM
What a scrumptious tart inspired by samoa cookie (which is one of my favorites). Excellent!
Posted by: 5 Star Foodie | March 02, 2010 at 02:07 PM
Oh, it's that time of year. Girl Scouts are out in full force!!!! Samoas are by far my fav, followed by the do si dos and tagalongs.
Fantastic tart!!!!!!
Posted by: jenn (Bread + Butter) | March 02, 2010 at 02:09 PM
Your Samoa tart looks AMAZING. My coconut creme pie lovin hubby would adore this :)
Posted by: Phyllis | March 02, 2010 at 02:35 PM
samoas were far and away the best GS cookie! that is a wicked looking tart!
Posted by: steph (whisk/spoon) | March 02, 2010 at 02:56 PM
Samoas- you had to go there. They are like crack to me. I can eat an entire sleeve in a nanosecond. Awesome job! Thanks for baking with me!
Posted by: Beryl | March 02, 2010 at 03:07 PM
Wow, that looks amazing and I don't even like coconut. Now if you turned it into a thin mint tart, I would be all over that!
Posted by: Rebecca | March 02, 2010 at 03:23 PM
Hot damn, Lady!! How did you know Samoas were my favorite??
Posted by: Jessica | March 02, 2010 at 03:31 PM
Oh, holy moly, that looks like a seriously good tart. I love that you turned what was already coconut deliciousness into something waaaay better with chocolate and caramel. I so wish I could have a piece of that tart. It looks 100 times better than a Samoa.
Speaking of which, I was a girl scout, and, I promise, selling cookies is over rated. I hated the brown uniforms; I don't think we had to wear them that often, thank goodness!
Posted by: Jessica | March 02, 2010 at 03:57 PM
I could never see you as...fat! Your tart looks amazingly yummy! I'd be all over it in a heartbeat!
Posted by: Michelle | March 02, 2010 at 03:59 PM
Oh my gosh, if you keep posting FABULOUS recipes like that I will be fat!!! My gosh, I'm gonna try it this week...in moderation, hopefully!
Posted by: Evelyn | March 02, 2010 at 04:13 PM
a really large girl scout cookie! I can dig that!
Posted by: Bianca @south bay rants n raves | March 02, 2010 at 05:00 PM
my oh my! i wish i would have seen your post before i made mine cause this is brilliant!
i love samoas!
look delicious!
Posted by: Becky O. | March 02, 2010 at 05:16 PM
OH!! MY!! WORD!! That looks fantabulous. Next time I make this - THIS is how mine will be. Way to go, Teanna.
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm-GgXDSBeZtWkOeKNpbduth0dYNkX0uTc | March 02, 2010 at 06:15 PM
Brilliant idea Teanna!! Your tart looks amazing. I love samoas too and I haven't been able to get my hands on any girl scout cookies this year. Bummer!
Posted by: Tracey | March 02, 2010 at 06:53 PM