Samoa Cupcakes

I Love girl scout cookies, especially the Samoas.  They are so sweet and salty and pretty much awesomeness.  I saw a recipe for Samoa cupcakes and it was love at first sight.  Here they are, my newest obsession....

After making these I had to run to the store, okay I'll admit it I went to go buy some chocolate syrup, I had destroyed my kitchen while making these and was out of pans, bowls, everything and was much too lazy to actually wash any dishes.  Annnnnyways, the point being when I walked back into my house it smelled like a big-ole box of Samoa Cookies.  Heaven. 

Cupcakes:

Mix together in large bowl:

2 cups sugar

1 3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 1/2 tea baking powder

1 1/2 tea baking soda

1 tea salt

Add:

2 eggs (room temp)

1 cup milk (room temp)

1/2 cup veg oil

1 tea vanilla

2 tea coconut flavoring (I used coconut emulsion)

Mix well then fold in:

1 cup packed coconut

Add:

1 (scant) cup boiling water

Bake 325 until done

Buttercream:

I used vanilla buttercream recipe (minus adding the vanilla)

add approx 2 tbl caramel to every cup of frosting

Top each cupcake with some toasted coconut, a drizzle of chocolate sauce, and a tiny sprinkle of salt.