It’s Girl Scout cookie season!
A.k.a. so many reasons to indulge in Girl Scout cookies and trash up other baked goods to mimic them!
The final product!
Honestly, this recipe was born out of a necessity to use up some of my Caramel & Coconut Coffee Creamer. I bought it and had high expectations that were not met at all. Sad :(. BUT-when life gives you creamer, put it into cupcakes?
I searched high and low for recipes using creamer. They’re out there, but man it takes the right recipe, the right kind of creamer, a certain amount, etc. to decide to go for it. So, I found a Thin Mints cupcake recipe (cited at bottom of page), and decide to go for it while transforming it into a Caramel Delite/Samoa version. (I grew up calling them “Caramel Delites” and somehow “Samoa” has sneaked into my cookie vocabulary…)
Toasted coconut
And I knew I had to include caramel frosting, but I had to tweak it a little. So I mixed in some cream cheese and added coconut on top!
My taste testing spoon!
Ready to be delivered!
Samoa Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Total Time: 45m
- Yield: 26 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 package Devil’s Food cake mix
- 1 cup Coffee-mate Girl Scout Caramel & Coconut Creamer
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1/3 cup oil
Frosting & Garnish
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon salted caramel sauce
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon Coffee-mate Girl Scout Caramel & Coconut Creamer
- 1/2 package Duncan Hines Salted Caramel Frosting
- 1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes, toasted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Stir all ingredients together in one bowl until smooth.
- Scoop batter into prepared cupcake pan. I put about 2-3 tablespoons of batter in each well.
- Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes, turning the pan at the halfway point.
- To make the frosting, cream the butter on medium/high for about 1-1.5 minutes.
- Add in the cream cheese and mix until evenly incorporated.
- Now add the salted caramel sauce, half of the powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat until combined.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar and coffee creamer. Once combined, beat on high for 1-2 minutes until fluffy.
- Add the salted caramel frosting to the mix and beat until combined.
Frosting adapted from this recipe.
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