Girl Scout cookie season is here, which means anyone with a sweet tooth is facing serious temptation and forced restraint. To add insult to injury, it comes at a time when any groceries beyond the basics feels like a splurge, and dropping $6 on a single box of cookies — even for a good cause — asks for at least a brief internal budget meeting.
Luckily, if what you’re really after is that Thin Mint snap or that caramel-coconut situation, plenty of grocery chains and big-box stores sell dupes that taste almost identical for a fraction of the price.
Here are 10 Girl Scout cookie dupes that are cheaper and just as delicious.
Benton’s Peanut Butter Filled Cookies
Internet consensus says that if your budget does not allow for Tagalongs from the Girl Scouts of the USA, Aldi has something that works as a stand-in for much, much less. Benton’s Peanut Butter Filled Cookies cost $2.45 and follow the same structure with a crisp cookie base, a thick layer of peanut butter, and a full chocolate coating.
Reviews say the dupe cookies have an identical flavor, and many argue that these are even better than the OG. “I firmly believe they’re actually better,” said one user on Reddit. “Especially for the price!” another one added.
Great Value Caramel Coconut & Fudge Cookies
Great Value Caramel Coconut & Fudge Cookies are, according to many shoppers, a solid budget answer to Girl Scout Samoas. You can find them in Walmart for around $3 and get the same crunchy cookie base, a layer of caramel mixed with coconut, and chocolate drizzled over the top.
Oven Baked Fudge Mint Cookies
Dollar Tree’s Oven Baked Fudge Mint Cookies are often compared to Thin Mints because, well, they’re also thin, chocolate-based cookies coated in a mint-flavored layer that gives you that cool, crisp bite. The one real difference is the price — the knockoff from Dollar Tree will cost you $1.25.
Keebler Fudge Shoppe Coconut Dreams Cookies
If you were one of the smart people who bought Keebler Fudge Shoppe Coconut Dreams Cookies and thought they taste suspiciously similar to Samoas, that’s because they’re very much connected behind the scenes. Coconut Dreams are sold by Keebler Company, and the bakery that makes those cookies — Little Brownie Bakers — is the exact same licensed baker that produces Samoas and other Girl Scout cookies. They usually are sold at major retailers like Walmart and Target, and standard 8.5-ounce package goes for around $3.50 to $4.
Keebler Fudge Mint Delights
You might know these by their old name, Grasshopper. Keebler rebranded them in 2024, and they are now called Keebler Fudge Mint Delights, but the cookie itself did not change. It’s still a thin, crisp mint cookie that tastes very close to Thin Mints from Girl Scouts. They go for around $3 a pack and are available year-round. “Keebler Grasshoppers are basically Thin Mints,” said one Redditor.
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Great Value Fudge Covered Peanut Butter Filled Cookies
Walmart also makes its own take on Tagalongs with Great Value Fudge Covered Peanut Butter Filled Cookies. They’re chocolate cookies with a thick peanut butter filling and a fudge-y coating, giving you the same core idea — peanut butter and chocolate in one bite — outside of Girl Scout cookie season for around $2 – $2.50 for a 9.5-oz bag.
“They are basically the same size and the same amount of peanut butter filling,” said one user on Reddit. “The main difference is the Tagalongs, now called Peanut Butter Patties [in some regions], have white shortbread cookies, the Great Value fudge covered peanut butter filled cookies have chocolate cookies.”
Clover Valley Fudge Mint Cookies
Dollar General’s Clover Valley Fudge Mint Cookies are the discount-store version of a Thin Mint-style cookie and sell for around $1.85–$2 a box, which makes them a year-round, ultra-budget alternative if you’re craving mint chocolate cookies outside Girl Scout cookie season.
Benton’s Caramel Coconut Fudge
Aldi’s answer to Samoas is Benton’s Caramel Coconut Fudge, and yes, it’s doing the same caramel-coconut-chocolate thing. It has the crisp base, the sticky caramel mixed with toasted coconut, and the chocolate stripes across the top. The only difference is an 8.5-ounce bag of Benton’s Samoas knockoffs will cost you $2.55 instead of $7.
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Lorna Doone
Of all the so-called copycats, plenty of taste testers — and more than a few Reddit loyalists — agree that Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies are one of the rare dupes that genuinely come close to Girl Scout Trefoils. Since you can find them at most major grocery stores year-round, they’re an easy stand-in when cookie season wraps or your budget gently reminds you to pace yourself.
Trader Joe’s Chocolate & Peanut Butter Joe-Joe’s
Trader Joe’s Chocolate & Peanut Butter Joe-Joe’s are exactly what you’d expect from a TJ’s knockoff. The grocer went all in on the Tagalong concept, but instead of a cookie base with peanut butter and chocolate on top, these start with two cocoa-flavored sandwich cookies filled with peanut butter cream, then get fully coated in a peanut butter shell and finished with a chocolate drizzle.
At $3.99 for a 6.8-ounce box, they come in well under the typical $6 to $7 Girl Scout price tag, and you can grab them in-store at Trader Joe’s year-round.
“They’re incredible! They remind me of the Girl Scout Tagalongs only the Joe Joe’s taste way better,” said one Redditor.
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