Top 10+ Best Gluten-Free Homemade Girl Scout Cookie Recipes (2024)

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It’s that time of year when they’re everywhere. Girl Scouts. Super cute Girl Scouts wearing big smiles and selling Girl Scout cookies. Mostly gluten-full Girl Scout cookies. When I first gathered up homemade gluten-free Girl Scout cookie recipes to share with you, you couldn’t buy gluten-free Girl Scout cookies. They didn’t exist. There are actually a couple of flavors of gluten-free Girl Scout cookies for sale now.

Still, they may not be readily available in your area or you may have additional ingredient restrictions that prevent you from eating the ready-made varieties. But no worries, because there are really some terrific gluten-free homemade Girl Scout Cookie recipes that will allow you to enjoy your own safe and delicious Girl Scout cookies. Gluten-free blogger friends seem to create new recipes every year so I’ve updated this collection of the best gluten-free homemade Girl Scout cookie recipes for you! You have about 20 recipes to choose from. No more Girl Scout cookie deprivation!

Plus, if you make your own, you might not end up scarfing down a box of cookies at a time. Oh, wait, that wasn’t you, that was me! (With a fair amount of help from Mr. GFE, of course.)

It’s a well-known fact that Girl Scout cookies tend to evaporate any way, right? Perhaps it’s those addictive and questionable ingredients they contain.That fact has not changed with the addition of gluten-free varieties.

Today I’m sharing the “Best” Gluten-Free Homemade Girl Scout Cookie recipes from some of my very talented blogger friends, plus a little bonus at the end for recipes (and non-recipes) that just might be better than Girl Scout cookies!

Here’s the listing starting with my two personl favorites, gluten-free homemade Samoas and Thin Mints—delicious versions of the two most popular Girl Scout Cookies.

Gluten-Free Homemade Samoa Cookies (also known as Caramel DeLites)

~ Samoasfrom Angela’s Kitchen (gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian)

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Samoas from Angela’s Kitchen

~ Grain-Free Samoas from Against All Grain (gluten free, grain free, dairy free, refined sugar free, vegetarian)

Gluten-Free Grain-Free Samoas from Against All Grain

~ Keto Samoa Bars from All Day I Dream About Food (gluten free, grain free, egg free, sugar free, vegetarian, keto)

~Paleo Samoasfrom Elana’s Pantry(gluten free, grain free, vegetarian)

Gluten-Free Samoas from Elana’s Pantry

~ Samoas from Fork and Beans (gluten free, dairy free, egg free, vegan)

Gluten-Free and Vegan Samoas from Fork and Beans

~ Samoas (aka Homemade Caramel deLites) from Go Dairy Free (gluten free when you use gluten-free option noted above recipe, dairy free, egg free, vegetarian, vegan)

Samoas (aka Caramel deLites) from Go Dairy Free

~ Samoasfrom Spabettie (gluten free, dairy free, egg free, vegan)

Gluten-Free and Vegan Samoas from Spabettie

Gluten-Free Homemade Thin Mint Cookies

~ Keto Thin Mints from All Day I Dream About Food (gluten free, vegetarian, keto)

Gluten-Free Keto Thin Mints from All Day I Dream About Food

Gluten-Free Homemade Gluten-Free Tagalong Cookies

~ Tagalongs from Against All Grain (gluten free, grain free, dairy free, egg free, vegetarian)

Gluten-Free Tagalongs from Against All Grain

~ Tagalongs from All Day I Dream About Food (gluten free, vegetarian, keto, low carb)

Gluten-Free Tagalongs from All Day I Dream About Food

~ Tagalongs from Angela’s Kitchen(gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian)

Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Tagalongs from Angela’s Kitchen

~ TagalongsfromElana’s Pantry(gluten free, grain free, dairy free, egg free, vegetarian, paleo)

Gluten-Free Tagalongs from Elana’s Pantry

Gluten-Free Homemade Do-Si-Do Cookies

~ Do-Si-Dos from All Day I Dream About Food (gluten free, vegetarian, keto)

~Do-Si-Dosfrom Angela’s Kitchen(gluten free, dairy free, with egg-free option)

Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Do-Si-Dos from Angela’s Kitchen

~Do-Si-Dosfrom Faithfully Gluten Free (gluten free, vegetarian)

Gluten-Free Do-Si-Dos fromFaithfully Gluten Free

~ Do-Si-Dos from Fork and Beans (gluten free, dairy free, egg free, vegan)

Gluten-Free and Vegan Do-Si-Dos from Fork and Beans

Gluten-Free Homemade Trefoil Cookies (Shortbread)

~Trefoilsfrom Angela’s Kitchen (gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian)

Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Trefoils from Angela’s Kitchen

~ Trefoils from Fork and Beans (gluten free, dairy free, egg free, vegan)

Gluten-Free and Vegan Trefoils from Fork and Beans

And sometimes you’re thinking of Girl Scout Cookies when you create something similar, but quite different. Check out the following recipes for treats that are decidedly not re-creations of Girl Scout cookie favorite, but I think you will be very surprised because you truly might like these gluten-free Girl Scout cookie-inspired creations even better!

~Samaroons fromA Few Shortcuts (as the name implies, these cookies offer a combination of features from both Samoas and macaroons)

Gluten-Free Samaroons from A Few Shortcuts

~Chocolate-Covered Mint Leavesfrom Lentil Breakdown (Adair’s version of Thin Mints are unconventional but brilliant!)

Gluten-Free Thin Mints from Lentil Breakdown

Check out all of Adair’s other brilliant Girl Scout cookie knockoff recipes—Samoas, Tagalongs, and Do-Si-Dos.

See if you can guess what the base of this Samoa “cookie” is!

Gluten-Free Samoas from Lentil Breakdown

Another non-traditional base works perfectly in the Tagalongs below.

Gluten-Free Tagalongs from Lentil Breakdown

Be sure your mini rice cakes are truly gluten free when making your alternative Do-Si-Dos (“Do-Si-D’Ohs” per Adair).

Gluten-Free Do-Si-D’ohs from Lentil Breakdown

~ Samoa Brownies from Real Everything (formerly Paleo Parents) (The only thing that could be better than a Samoa cookie would be a Samoa brownie, right?)

Samoa Brownies from Real Everything

~ Samoa Donuts (Keto) from All Day I Dream About Food (everything is better in a donut version, right?)

~Samoa Taste Cookiesfrom me at Gluten Free Easily (yes, you get the taste of Samoas and even a similar texture with very little effort)

Gluten-Free Samoa Taste Cookies from Gluten Free Easily

~ Tagalong Cookie Bars from All Day I Dream About Food (bars can be so much easier to make and just as satisfying, if not more so!)

Gluten-Free and Keto Tagalong Cookie Bars from All Day I Dream About Food

Which gluten-free Girl Scout cookie recipes will you make? I have no doubt that you’ll enjoy any of these recipes so why not work your way through the list?

p.s. If you’re one of those rare birds who is not into Girl Scout cookies, but love cookies in general, please check out my gluten-free Flourless Cookie recipes. (The top two most popular recipes are my Flourless Peanut Butter Cookiesand my Flourless Oatmeal Cookies.)

Originally published March 1, 2013; updated January 22, 2024.