Author: Nikki
This Samoa Pie is packed with everything you love about the famous girl scout cookies only transformed into a new unforgettable dessert! It has a shortbread cookie crust layered with chocolate and a delightful coconut filling. It is also topped with chocolate and caramel and toasted coconut for the perfect finishing touch!
Shortbread Cookie Crust
- 1 box Lorna Doons
- ¼ cup butter melted
Chocolate Layer
- 1½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon shortening
Coconut Filling
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 2 cups half and half
- 4 egg yolks
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ cup caramel topping
- 1¼ cups shredded coconut
Additional Toppings
- 1½ cups toasted coconut
- 2 ounces Peters caramel, or your favorite caramel, melted
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon shortening
Shortbread Cookie Crust
- Preheat oven to 375
- Unwrap Lorna Doons and blend in a food processor until it produces a fine crumb.
- Place cookie crumbs in a medium mixing bowl and add butter.
- Mix well and press into a 9 inch pie pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool.
Chocolate Layer
- Melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl with shortening. Heat in 30 second increments, stirring between each increment until chocolate is smooth and melted.
- Spread chocolate over crust and refrigerate until chocolate is set. (About 10 minutes)
Coconut Filling
- In medium sauce pan, combine sugar and cornstarch Add half and half and egg yolks and whisk until well combined. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute and remove from heat. Stir in butter, and vanilla. Stir caramel topping and coconut.
- Pour filling into pie crust.
- Refrigerate.
Additional Toppings
- Top with about 1½ cups toasted coconut
- Drizzle melted caramel over coconut
- Drizzle melted chocolate chips over caramel. (Melt the chocolate in the same way you melted the chocolate chips you spread over the pie crust.)
- Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Recipe by Chef in Training at https://www.chef-in-training.com/samoa-pie/
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