Samoa Brownie Parfait with Salted Caramel Sauce
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These Samoa Brownie Parfaits are everything you love about Samoa cookies in the form of a decadent dessert! Rich chocolate brownies, coconut whipped cream, and homemade salted caramel sauce combine to make an over-the-top Girl Scout cookie-inspired treat.

It’s almost that time of year again—Girl Scout Cookie season! I maintain that they are probably the next best indicator of spring after Punxatawny Phil being torn from his little den of slumber to tell us if there will be six more weeks of winter. This year, instead of polishing off a box of Samoas in one sitting, I highly recommend saving a few to make my Samoa Brownie Parfaits with Salted Caramel sauce and Coconut Whipped Cream.
My favorite Girl Scout cookie has always been (and will always be) Samoas. I don’t think I’m alone here, right? Between the shortbread cookie, toasted coconut, sticky caramel, and drizzled chocolate, it’s pretty much the perfect cookie. I decided to take those flavors and put them in a parfait, and needless to say, it’s good.
And these parfaits aren’t just made with the flavors of Samoa cookies! They’re made with actual Samoas, too. Chopped Samoa cookies are baked into the rich brownie base; the brownies are topped with sweetened whipped cream infused with coconut flavor and toasted coconut, salted caramel sauce, and then more chopped Samoas for the perfect finishing touch.
(PS – If you love Samoas, then you should also try my Samoa Cookie Moose Munch and Samoa No-Bake Cheesecake!)

What You’ll Need
If you bake often, you probably have a lot of these ingredients on hand in your pantry!
For the Samoa Brownies:
- Semi-sweet chocolate
- Butter
- Cocoa powder – You can use Dutch process or natural cocoa; Dutch process has a richer, more bittersweet chocolate flavor.
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Flour
- Samoa cookies – In some parts of the country, these are sold as Caramel deLites.
- Toasted coconut flakes – Spread the coconut on a sheet pan and bake at 325ºF for 5 to 10 minutes, or until fragrant and golden brown.
For the Coconut Whipped Cream:
- Heavy whipping cream
- Sugar
- Coconut extract – This allows you to get a lot of coconut flavor in your whipped cream without changing the texture or consistency.
For the Salted Caramel Sauce:
- Sugar
- Water
- Corn syrup – Use light corn syrup.
- Heavy whipping cream
- Butter
- Sea salt
To assemble:
- Samoa cookies
- Toasted coconut
What if I don’t have Samoas?
If it’s not Girl Scout cookie season, you can use Keebler Coconut Dreams cookies instead. Chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons (not macarons, which are something completely different!) will work too, although they don’t have the shortbread layer or caramel.

How to Make Samoa Brownie Parfaits
Be sure to allow yourself the time you need to make this recipe! You’ll want the brownies to cool completely before cutting them and assembling the parfaits.
Make the Samoa Brownies:
Prepare. Preheat the oven to 350ºF and position an oven rack to the lower-middle position. Line a 9×9-inch baking pan with two pieces of foil to form a sling so you can easily lift the brownies out of the pan, then spray the foil with non-stick baking spray.
Melt the chocolate and butter. In a double-boiler or microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter and chocolate. If you’re using a microwave, heat in 30-second bursts, stirring after each until the mixture is smooth.
Make the brownie batter. Whisk the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt together in a mixing bowl, then whisk in the chocolate mixture until just combined. Stir in the flour, then fold in the chopped cookies and toasted coconut.
Bake the brownies. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center out almost clean, with just a few crumbs.
Cool. Place the brownies on a wire rack for at least 90 minutes, then remove them from the pan and cut them into one-inch pieces. You’ll have some extras to snack on!
Make the Coconut Whipped Cream:
Beat the whipped cream. Place a cup of heavy whipping cream in a mixing bowl or in your stand mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed and once the cream starts to thicken, slowly whip in the sugar and coconut extract. Just before stiff peaks form, add in the additional coconut flakes, if you’re using them.
Chill. Place the bowl of whipped cream in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use it.
Make the Salted Caramel Sauce:
Start the caramel. Combine the sugar, water, and corn syrup in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring to ensure all the sugar has melted. Boil until the mixture turns a dark, golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Add the remaining ingredients. Remove the pan from the heat and slowly stir the cream into the mixture, being sure to stir constantly. The sauce will sputter and expand, so be careful, but keep stirring. Once combined, stir in the salt and butter. Let the sauce cool to room temperature.
Assemble. Place a dollop of whipped cream into the bottom of bowls, ramekins, or stemless wine glasses. Top this with the brownies and chopped Samoa cookies. Drizzle with the salted caramel sauce and repeat until the parfait reaches the top of whatever container you’re using. Top with extra toasted coconut and one whole Samoa cookie. Serve immediately or chill until serving.

Shortcuts
If you want to make Samoa brownie parfaits for a crowd, making each component from scratch might not be practical! I recommend making the brownies from scratch since the Samoas are baked into them. For the whipped cream, you can use frozen whipped topping and stir in coconut extract, or buy a can of coconut whipped cream. Then, you can use a high-quality store-bought salted caramel sauce in place of homemade.
How to Store
You can store these parfaits covered in the refrigerator for up to a day. After this, the whipped cream will start losing volume and getting watery.
Can This Be Frozen?
Yes, these parfaits can be frozen for later. Cover them tightly and let them thaw in the refrigerator before serving. They’ll last about 2 months in the freezer.


Samoa Brownie Parfait with Salted Caramel Sauce
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Girl Scout Cookies are back and this dessert is chock full of them, along with coconut whipped cream and salted caramel sauce.
Ingredients
Samoa Brownies:
- 8 ounces Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped and melted
- 8 Tbsp Butter, cut into cubes
- 3 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 3 Eggs
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 cup Samoas Cookies, chopped
- 1/3 cup Toasted Coconut Flakes
Coconut Whipped Cream:
- 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 Tbsp Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Coconut Extract
Salted Caramel Sauce:
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup Water
- 1 Tbsp Corn Syrup
- 1/2 cup heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
Extras:
- 8–10 Samoa Cookies for garnish, some chopped/some whole
- Extra toasted coconut for garnish
Instructions
Samoa Brownies:
- Adjust oven rack to the lower middle position and turn oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9×9 baking pan with two pieces of aluminum foil to form a sling for easy removal of brownies. Spray foil with non-stick spray.
- Melt chopped semi-sweet chocolate and cubed butter until smooth. Set aside.
- Whisk the eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt together. Whisk in warm chocolate into the egg mixture until just combined.
- Using a spoon, pour in flour and combine batter. Add in toasted coconut and chopped Samoas cookies, stir to combine.
- Pour into the prepared baking dish and spread out evenly. Bake for 35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the brownies comes out nearly clean, with just a few crumbs hanging on.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack for at least 90 minutes before removing and cutting into 1″ cubes for parfaits. There will be leftover brownies from this recipe.
Coconut Whipped Cream:
- Place 1 cup heavy whipping cream into a large bowl or stand mixer bowl. Beat on medium until cream turns frothy.
- Beat continuously until the cream starts to thicken, slowly whip in sugar and coconut extract. At the very end just before stiff peaks form, add in additional coconut flakes if desired.
- Set aside or chill until you are ready to assemble parfaits.
Salted Caramel Sauce:
- Stir together sugar, water and corn syrup in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat. Bring mixture to a boil, gently stirring to ensure all the sugar has melted.
- Boil until the mixture turns a dark golden brown, About 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and VERY carefully and very slow stir the cream into the mixture, being sure to stir constantly. BE VERY CAREFUL, the sauce will sputter and expand – but keep stirring.
- Once combined, add the salt and butter and continue stirring until both are completely melted and combined. Cool to room temperature.
To Assemble:
- In bowls, ramekins or stemless wine glasses, dollop a bit of whipped cream into the bottom. Top with cut brownies and bits of chopped Samoa cookie. Drizzle with salted caramel sauce.
- Repeat process again until parfait reaches the top of the dish. Top with extra toasted coconut and one whole Samoa cookie. Serve immediately or chill until ready to serve.
Notes
Salted Caramel Sauce adapted from Bakingdom and Brownies adapted from America’s Test Kitchen
Keywords: samoa brownies, samoa dessert, chocolate parfait
*fine print* I was given 5 boxes of cookies by the GSoWW to create this recipe. I was not compensated for this post.
Oh my goodness, this sounds amazing! Samoas always were my favorite. ^_^
Question… do you think one box of Samoas would be enough to make this recipe?
Owuh mah guhd. {thud}
I have no words. Samoas are by far my favorite Girl Scout cookie. You’ve outdone yourself for sure.
Samoas are the best aren’t they? I mean why buy any other GS cookie, ever?
oh my! i have no words….
There really aren’t. It just means you HAVE to make one hahah To confirm that there are no words. It’s like science.
um. holy sh!t
I KNOW!! I’m a terrible person. I had to split one of these parfaits with Ben. It was so good, I almost had to unbutton my jeans with one!
Woman. I love you.
The end. 🙂
Right back at cha doll face!! 🙂
I might have fallen out of my chair when I saw this. Holly Molly! I want a Samoas Brownie Parfait for dinner.
I might have fallen out of my chair when I ate this. haha It’s a common side effect of eating these.
Soooo. I feel like this is the type of dessert only a single girl on Valentine’s Day could get away with eating. But crap. I’m not single. Maybe we could pretend for 7 minutes, while I inhale both servings?!
OK. This wins the prize for most mouth-watering thing I have seen on the internet all day. And trust me, I have looked at a lot of internet.
ooooooo.mmmmmmmm.gggggggggg.
I love the Girl Scouts (Girl Guides in Canada) program! It really helps girls to grow up and learn how to be self-sufficient.
I could totally dive into this parfait head first and wouldn’t even bother coming up for air. Yummmo!
I want this for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.
o.m.g.
These look like heaven.
Why have you done this …. whhhhhyyyyyyy ..now I’m looking all over for those girl scouts!!!!
This parfait looks amazing! We just got a few boxes of Girl Scout Cookies and I’m dieing to transform them into something. Good luck on the contest!!!
These look incredible! I am so happy a friend is bringing her daughter over tomorrow to sell cookies!
This is like my husband’s ultimate Valentine’s Day gift. ohmyfreakinggoosness
HOOK A SISTER UP! that’s all I have to say. Except Happy Valentine’s Day. Now I’m done. 😡
SO MUCH COOKIE. Ah. I want to curl up next to that and cuddle.
Holy parfait, these are goooooooorgeous! I sure hope you win sweet lady! Can I just lick the whole thing clean for you?
Now this is all I can think about.
You bitch 😉
I bought my first box last weekend – those cute little girls stopped me on my way out of the grocery store and there was no hope for me, had to get a box, brought them home and made some cupcakes with them. I LOVE these parfaits!
Until I saw this parfait, I never thought of doing anything other than eat Girl Scout cookies straight from the box. Now this parfait is all I can think about! What a fun contest….but it seems you have already won 🙂
DAMN!!! THIS is why I love you!
I need to get my hands on a box of Samoas. This looks incredible!
I can’t tell you how much I want one of these parfaits. There are no words. No words at all.
Oh guuuuurrrrl, no you didn’t!!
Girl Scout cookie season should be considered a real season…and the best season. It’s no mystery that samoas are the best and putting them in a brownie is an instant life-improver. Where you get your ideas, I don’t know but your ideas and I should hang! 😉
Oh man. these are my favorite cookies. This looks incredible.
I seriously want to hide in a closet and stuff my face with these. No sharing allowed! I’ll be hunting girl scouts soon!!! I hate that the rest of the country already has cookies.
Samoas lovers unite! This parfait looks absolutely amazing, Megan. I can’t think of a more delicious, decadent dessert!
Girl, you have outdone yourself again! This is the ultimate girl scout dessert. Samoas cookies are the BEST and paired with brownies, cream and extra caramel it’s out of this world good! I’d hide in the closet and eat them alone
Thanks for sharing Megan
Thanks Roxana!! And thanks so much for pinning the samoas recipe, too! XOXO!! 🙂 You’re the sweetest!
Is there anything better than a parfait?? so many great treats in one dessert…great job on the contest!
As far as I’m concerned, there’s no better cookie than a Samoa. They’re truly the bomb diggity! I could go craaaaazy over these parfaits and would def. not be trustworthy around one or all of them.
holy moly, this looks incredible! too bad i can’t find any girl scouts around here
I think I want this for dinner tonight…and tomorrow…and the next day… and maybe the next twelve or so. 😀
I’m seeing this in my trifle bowl… thank YOU!!!!
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unfortunately, Keebler makes “Coconut Dreams” which you can buy year round. Yay and DAMMIT! I concur that they are very close and tasty.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2011/03/do_the_keebler_elves_hate_girl.php
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I absolutely love the Samoas cookies too…the coconut and caramel just gets me every time. But this parfait? Holy cow!!! It is absolutely fantastic looking! I’m dying over here!!!
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OMG, I cant wait to try this at the dinner party that Im hosting next week!!!
I tried to make these but they did not turn out right. Did you mean to put 350 in stead of 250? I had mine in the over well over an hour trying to cook them on 250. Also how much salt?
I might have died into dessert heaven. That just looks amazing. I MUST share this!
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with this recipe do you have to keep the recipe cold or will it thaw really quickly.
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this looks DELICIOUS!! this may sound like a strange question but i am wondering where the spoon in the picture was purchased? i am looking for new flatware and am obsessed with hammered looks.
Hi Elizabeth!! We got that flatware at Target a few years ago, I’m not sure if they still carry it, but we do like them. They’re heavy and sturdy. Good luck! And thanks for the compliment on the parfait as well 🙂
SERIOUSLY ?!? Just about 1,800 calories PER SERVING.
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I’ve read through these remarks and find it odd no one questions when to pu the cocoa in. It’s listed in ingredients but never in the directions! Â I went back through your pictures and figured it was added with eggs and such. Well, that’s when I added it. Brownies are baking so we shall see if they turn out. When is cocoa added??
Sorry Julie, I’ll get that added in!! Typing too fast! But yes, you add it in with the eggs, or you can always whisk it in with the flour when it’s dry. I’ll make the changes. I hope they turned out!
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