Caramel deLites (ABC) Samoas are the more flavorful of the two, using a dark chocolate coating and a heavy caramel layer along with more toasted coconut. While Samoas put most of the emphasis on the toppings, Caramel deLites use them as a complement for the cookie.
Why did Samoas become Caramel deLites?
This is because the Girl Scouts of America have two different bakeries they work with to make their cookies. The cookies sold as Samoas are baked by Little Brownie Bakers while the cookies sold as Caramel DeLites are baked by ABC Bakers.
Are Samoas now Caramel deLites?
Samoas are now “Caramel deLites.” Do-si-dos are “Peanut Butter Sandwiches.” Tagalongs are “Peanut Butter Cookies” and Trefoils are “Shortbreads.” The problem is that there are two bakeries producing these cookies and only one is allowed to use the special brand names.
What are Caramel deLites Girl Scout cookies?
Vanilla cookies topped with caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut, and laced with chocolatey stripes.
Why are caramel Delights not called Samoas?
Thus, the Little Brownie Bakers became the exclusive owner of Samoas to identify cookies throughout the United States. And, in fairness, Interbake Foods, LLC, the bakery that produces Caramel deLites may not want the name, since it too has a federal trademark registration for the Caramel deLites brand cookie.
Who makes Caramel deLites?
ABC Bakers
ABC Bakers, based in Richmond, Virginia, makes Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties, and Shortbread and sells them in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, most of North Carolina, and some other areas. This map from the Los Angeles Times breaks down what cookies are sold where.
Why are Caramel Delights not called Samoas?
What did Caramel deLites used to be called?
Samoas
“Caramel deLites used to be called Samoas.”
Why did they rename Samoas?
d/b/a/ Little Brownie Bakers, apparently coined the name Samoas and/or was the first to start using it in commerce to identify the cookies they produced for the Girl Scouts. Thus, the Little Brownie Bakers became the exclusive owner of Samoas to identify cookies throughout the United States.
Where are they called Caramel deLites?
In Fort Worth, Texas people enjoy Caramel deLites, which are more cookie than coconut, vanilla-flavored cookie drizzled with a milkier chocolate; a few miles east, in Dallas, the same cookie — here called Samoas — has a heavier layer of caramel, a darker chocolate drizzle, and its coconut is noticeably more toasted.
What are Caramel deLites?
Caramel DeLites are vanilla cookies coated in caramel, sprinkled with coconut & laced with chocolate stripes.
What are Tagalongs called now?
Trefoils are now called Shortbread, Tagalongs are Peanut Butter Patties and the Do-si-do is a Peanut Butter Sandwich cookie. The Thin Mint will not change names. It is the sacred cow (and best-seller) of all Girl Scout cookies.
