The Girl Scouts Make a Few Great Peanut Butter Cookies

For years I have always said that Thin Mints are my favorite Girl Scout Cookie. I like them best when they're frozen, but they're just as good at room temperature. I like to put them in milk shakes. I don't drink glasses of milk all that often, but when Thin Mints are around, I'll mess with some milk and cookies. Thin Mints are still at the top of the mountain, but there are a few that are making some headway, and not only closing the gap, but taking over.

I'm talking about two cookies in particular, Tagalongs and Do Si Do's. These are two of the peanut butter varietal, which means me, my wife and son get even more since our daughter is allergic to peanuts. She is in the Girl Scouts now too, so we get early access to the cookies. Since my daughter has been selling cookies, we have been buying them. And Tagalongs and Do Si Do's seem to be getting better every year.

Do Si Do's are so good because they're peanut butter through and through. I'm not sure of the exact ingredients, but these cookies are like an explosion of peanut butter. I assume the cookie is made from peanut butter, or some kind of scientific peanut butter flavor. And it is damn delicious. Peanut butter is sweet and savory. You get the best of both worlds. My son is also currently obsessed with getting his protein everyday, and peanut butter packs a protein punch. The filling in Do Si Do's is also straight up peanut butter as well, and it just hits. But I think the best thing about the Do Si Do's is that it never gets too dry. The way they made these cookies, they crushed it. They never cake in your mouth. I don't feel like I have to instantly drink something after eating a few of these cookies. They have something in them that makes you want to keep going back for more and more. Do Si Do's have been, and all credit to my wife for being the first to say this to me, the unsung hero of cookies so far this year. They truly are the unsung hero. They are just a damn good cookie, and I'm kind of shocked more people haven't made some kind of simulacrum. And speaking of milk, my wife has been having a nice glass of milk whenever she eats her Do Si Do's, and I'm thinking I may just try the same thing whenever I have some Do Si Do's next.

But, the cookie that is becoming the biggest threat to the crown of Thin Mints for me is the Tagalong. I'm having the best time with Tagalongs lately. They're so delicious. Tagalong is very simple in its structure, but the taste is incredible. Tagalongs are a crunchy cookie with a peanut butter filling and it is covered in chocolate. Simple right? But all of those flavors make for one fantastic combination. They remind me of the flavors of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, but in a more compact form, which is somehow easier to eat. I love Reese's. It's one of the best candy ever invented. But Tagalongs can be eaten by the sleeve if one chooses. With Reese's, after two peanut butter cups at most, I'm stuffed. But, and this is kind of embarrassing to say, I've eaten ten Tagalongs in one sitting, and probably could have eaten more if I truly went for it. The crispiness of the crunchy cookie is a great texture difference to the smooth peanut butter. I'm usually a crunchy peanut butter fan, but that wouldn't work in this cookie. It has to be smooth peanut butter for this cookie to work. And the chocolate shell around it all gives it the perfect sweetness. It brings the whole cookie together in harmony.

Thin Mints are still on top of the mountain. They're still my favorite. They're still the one Girl Scout cookie I go for first. But the Tagalongs and Do Si Do's are making their way up the rankings, and maybe next year when my daughter sells cookies again, maybe I will reach for Tagalongs or Do Si Do's before the Thin Mints. Time will tell, but these 2 flavors have really hit the spot for me this year. 

Ty

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