Samoa Pie — This Samoa pie tastes even better than the Girl Scout cookies you grew up eating! It’s layered with caramel sauce, chocolate, and shredded coconut. YUM!
Addicting Samoa Pie Recipe
Growing up, I was a Girl Scout and I was great at ‘selling’ cookies. I would literally polish off a box of Samoas after school while doing my homework. Chock up another ‘sale’ my parents had to chip in for.
Thin Mints and Samoas are my favorite Girl Scout cookies and since I already have a fast, easy, no-bake, and foolproof Thin Mints recipe, it was time to tackle Samoas. The textures and flavors are all there in this giant Samoa pie. Gooey, chewy, sticky, sweet, and wonderful. Dare I say this may even be better than the real thing?
It’s a fast, easy, no-mixer recipe that comes together in minutes and there’s nothing fussy about it. Making individual Samoa cookies is way too labor-intensive and this giant cookie pie is the opposite.
I made a simple stir-together dough for the crust before topping it with chocolate chips, shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, salted caramel, and a final chocolate drizzle. You can use homemade salted caramel or your favorite store-bought brand. I like salted caramel because the slight saltiness cuts through some of the sweetness but regular caramel sauce is fine.
Since I didn’t dip the bottom of this giant cookie in chocolate like traditional Samoas Girl Scout cookies, I added chocolate chips underneath the coconut layer, a la Seven Layer Bars, and there’s chocolate drizzled on top. You can never have too much chocolate.
The cookie base is soft, chewy, dense, and the perfect support system for the chocolate, coconut, and salted caramel that gets piled on. With this recipe, it’s Girl Scout cookie season year-round. Dangerous.
What’s in This Samoa Pie?
To make this Samoa cookie pie, you’ll need:
- Unsalted butter
- Egg
- Light brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Sweetened shredded coconut
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Salted caramel sauce
How to Make Samoa Pie
Whisk together the melted butter, egg, brown sugar, and vanilla before stirring in the flour and salt. Turn the batter into a greased pie dish and bake until the edges firm up slightly and the center is a little set.
Remove the pie crust from the oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over top. Then, sprinkle on the shredded coconut, followed by the sweetened condensed milk and salted caramel sauce. Return the Samoa pie to the oven and bake until there’s some bubbling near the edge of the dish and the center has dried out some and looks set.
Once the cookie pie is out of the oven, let it cool slightly before drizzling with melted chocolate. You’ll then need to let the Samoa pie set for a good 4 hours, as it needs time to fully set up.
How to Store Samoa Pie
This Samoa cookie pie will stay fresh for up to 5 days at room temperature if store in a sealed container. You can also store it for up to 6 months (I store it by slicing it into small wedges, wrapping each wedge individually in plastic wrap, and putting those in a large zip-top bag).
Can I Use Regular Caramel Sauce?
Yes, you can use regular or salted caramel sauce for this cookie pie recipe. Use whichever you have on hand!
Tips for Making a Samoa Pie
You’ll use about two-thirds of a standard 14-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk. Just eyeball it because it’s way too sticky to measure. The leftover portion can be used in coffee, iced coffee, no-bake truffles, or just eat it with a spoon.
Also, you need to watch your pie like a hawk during the last 10 minutes of baking. The coconut, caramel, and sweetened condensed milk are all prone to burning, so it’s better to under bake than over bake if you’re unsure.
Finally, you MUST let this Samoa pie cool for at least 4 hours (or overnight) before slicing and serving it. If you try to slice the pie immediately, you’ll have a literal hot mess on your hands and it’ll be impossible to eat a slice.
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Samoas Cookie Pie
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, 1 stick, melted
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, for sprinkling
- 1 ½ cups sweetened shredded coconut, loosely laid in measuring cup (not packed)
- two-thirds of one 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk, about 10 ounces
- 4 to 5 ounces salted caramel sauce, homemade or store-bought, regular caramel sauce may be substituted
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted for drizzling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9-inch pie dish very well with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large, microwave-safe bowl melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power.
- Wait momentarily before adding the egg so you don’t scramble it. Add the egg, brown sugar, vanilla, and whisk until smooth.
- Add the flour, salt, and stir until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Turn batter out into prepared pie dish, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula. Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes or until edges firm up slightly and center will have begun to set up a bit. It’s by no means done, but pie will be returned to oven to bake another 25 minutes or so.
- Remove pie dish from oven, and evenly sprinkle 3/4 cup chocolate chips over the crust.
- Evenly sprinkle the coconut.
- Evenly drizzle the sweetened condensed milk (just eyeball it).
- Evenly drizzle the caramel sauce (just eyeball it).
- Return pan to oven and bake for about 25 minutes, or until there’s slightly bubbling near the edge of dish and the center has dried out some and looks more set. Cookie pie will firm up more as it cools. In the last 10 minutes of baking, watch it like a hawk because the coconut, caramel, and sweetened condensed milk will all be prone to burning; better to underbake than overbake if you’re unsure.
- Allow pie to cool in dish on a wire rack while you melt the chocolate for drizzling by adding 3/4 cup chocolate chips to a small microwave-safe bowl and heat to melt, about 1 minute on high power. Stop to check and stir and heat in 10-second increments until chocolate can be stirred smooth.
- Using a spoon (or pastry bag or ziptop bag with corner cut off if you want to be fancier but I didn’t bother), evenly drizzle the chocolate in long vertical lines, parallel to each other, spaced about 1/2-inch apart. Pie doesn’t have to be cooled to add the chocolate drizzle.
- Allow pie to continue to cool on wire rack for at least 4 hours (or overnight) before slicing and serving. Don’t slice too early because chocolate drizzle needs to set and interior of pie needs to firm up or you’ll have a literal hot mess.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Originally posted February 12, 2015 and reposed on April 10, 2020 with updated text.
Would love to make this today but I don’t have caramel sauce. I trust this would still be okay? Your thoughts?
I feel like this could be quite dry without it. In a pinch you could perhaps add extra sweetened condensed milk but you won’t get the caramel flavor with that though.
Cant wait to make this for Christmas eve! I noticed you said it can cool on a wire rack over night; if I do overnight, do I leave it on the counter or put it in the fridge? Thanks!
Counter. This pie does not need to be refrigerated. Although after it’s fully cooled, you can cover the pie plate with foil or plasticwrap.
I made this for Mother’s Day and everyone loved it! I’ve since made it again! This recipe is easy to follow and quite delicious. The only thing I would comment about is I find it easiest to put the condensed milk in a ziplock cut the corner and evenly squeeze over the pie. Otherwise you have to blob it on since it’s not thin enough to drizzle and it’s hard to spread over coconut shavings. So good! Will absolutely be making again!
Thanks for the 5 star review, Olivia, and I am glad to hear you made this for Mother’s Day and another time quickly thereafter. That’s great! I have never had an issue with the condensed milk being overly thick. Maybe shake the can really went before you open it? I always buy the Borden/Eagle brand that is extremely common in grocery stores. https://amzn.to/3wIvTXf But regardless glad you have another trick to use!
Wondering if it would be okay to toast the coconut first? Or would it burn? It doesn’t seem like it really toasts up with the milk and caramel over it.
You could toast it if you wanted to. I don’t find it necessary and haven’t ever tried it so can’t say for sure if it would burn, although it’s protected by the other ingredients so I doubt it, but do a light toasting if you try it.
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I made the Samoa Pie, and I can only say that you are a baking goddess! What an amazing recipe. I made it just as written, and my family loved it! A perfect dessert!
I made the Samoa Pie, and I can only say that you are a baking goddess! What an amazing recipe. I made it just as written, and my family loved it! A perfect dessert!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad it was amazing for you! Thank you for that sweet compliment, too! How nice :)
Impressive!
Impressive!
I made this pie for Pi Day 2019 (3.14) and it was amazing! I thought it would just taste like sweet coconut (and be delicious), but it tasted EXACTLY like a Samoa cookie! It was wonderful, and super easy. I made the linked recipe for salted caramel sauce while my crust baked. I did make one enhancement, because my coconut didn’t really rise up and toast, so since I had about 3/4 cup of leftover sweetened coconut in the bag, I toasted that, added it to the top of the cooked pie when it came out, then did the chocolate stripes on top. It added a nice top layer of extra crunchy toasted coconut on the top, like the cookies. The crust was perfect, and the assembled pie cooked for 23 minutes. The pie super sweet, so a small piece is perfect, and you can get a lot of servings from just one pie. I shared the pie, and the recipe, with my Samoa loving friends!
Thanks for the five star review and I’m glad it tasted exactly like a Samoa Cookie! And what a great pie to make for Pi Day yesterday!
It looks amazing. Easy to make. Wish I could post a picture !
Thanks for the five star review and I’m glad it was amazing!
I carefully followed this recipe. At 8 minutes left, I noticed the condensed milk really bubbling and browning around the edges. Took it out immediately, and now I have an unattractive ring around the outside of the pie. It’s not burnt, but definitely not pretty. Has this happened to anyone else?
All ovens, pans, etc. vary and with a recipe with both coconut and sweetened condensed milk in it (since they are both prone to burning), it’s not uncommon for things to get done quicker than you expect and it does have a lot to do with the oven. Some run hotter than others.
I’ve made this a couple of times – LOVE it!!!! when I take it to social events, it’s gobbled up SO fast!!
Thanks for the five star review and I’m glad this is a hit at your social events, too!
I’ve made the Samoa Cookie pievthree times now and each time it was difficult to cut and the cookie crust came apart. Any suggestions?
Overbaked. Bake less the first time around, rather than 10-12 mins, I’d go for 7-8ish based on what you just described.
It was DELICIOUS! I also used the homemade caramel recipe and it turned out beautifully. One of the rare times caramel has met all of my expectations. I am about to make this for the third time and I tell everyone how delicious both recipes are.
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad this recipe is a winner for you as well as the caramel recipe! Glad it meets all your expectations!
Where can I find this homemade caramel recipe? This is exactly what I came to the comments wondering about! So excited to try this!!
https://www.averiecooks.com/the-best-and-easiest-homemade-salted-caramel-sauce/ Every single aqua/teal highlighted mention of the salted caramel sauce is hyperlinked to the recipe. Enjoy!
Hi Averie,
I love your recipes!!!!
By accident I used a smaller pie dish (the alluminumn ones you can get at the store) so I think I put too much in one pie. I mean I love my stuff gooey and sometimes underbaked, but I got nervous because of the smaller pan and not sure if it’s cooked as it’s SUPER gooey. I guess I’ll try baking them a big more. My kids were fighting so o got distracted with the time lol.
Thanks for your awesome recipes !!
Put a pan underneath the pie plate, because it will run over the edges. Still looks great though, and can’t wait to taste it!
I have never had issues with this running over. Some recipes I do and that´s encouraged but with this one, I have never found it necessary.