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Samoa Cupcakes (and a Giveaway!)

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Samoa Cupcake Recipe

Chocolate cupcakes topped with caramel frosting, toasted coconut and chocolate ganache.  These Samoa Cupcakes will make you fall in love all over again.

My favorite part of these cupcakes is the coconut topping.  I toasted a bunch of coconut and then stirred in some store bought caramel sauce.  Yes, you can make your own caramel sauce and it will be even better, but I opted to save some time and use the store bought stuff.  But this coconut-caramel stuff was heavenly! It’s so easy too!

Samoa Cupcakes

How did I pipe these?  Well I used a large round top and piped out a circle and then made a sort of “well” with a knife and filled it with the coconut filling! I didn’t want the filling dripping everywhere, it may be luxurious for photos but it makes it hard to eat!

Samoa Cupcake

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that these are better than Samoa cookies.  I know, I said it. But really, these taste incredible! I was shocked how similar the coconut filling tasted to a samoa but I love that it’s oozy and gooey and fresh!

Amazing Samoa Cupcakes

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But back to the Samoa Cupcakes…

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Samoa Cupcakes

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake:

  • 1 box devil's food cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 C. oil or melted butter
  • 1 C. sour cream
  • 1/2 C. milk or buttermilk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract

Caramel Frosting:

  • 1 C. butter softened
  • 2 1/2 -3 1/2 C. powdered sugar
  • 3-5 Tbsp. caramel sauce

Coconut Caramel Topping:

  • 1 1/2 C. shredded coconut (I used the sweetened)
  • 1/2 C. - 1 C. caramel sauce

Chocolate ganache or melted chocolate to drizzle

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
  2. 2. In a large bowl, sift cake mix to remove any lumps and continue to add the rest of the cake ingredients. Stir until smooth.
  3. 3. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
  4. 4. Let cool.
  5. 5. Caramel Frosting: Beat butter until smooth. Add 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar and beat again. Slowly add in caramel. Add more powdered sugar to make thicker if needed.
  6. 6. Coconut Caramel Topping: Carefully toast coconut in a pan on the stove or in the oven on broil. But be careful because the coconut can easily burn! Pour into a bowl and crush up with your hands or a spoon. Just crush it enough hot there aren't long pieces left. Pour in 1/2 cup of the caramel sauce and stir. Depending on how thick you want the topping, continue to add more caramel.
  7. 7. To decorate, pipe a circle of frosting on the top of each cupcake. Use a knife to create a "well" in the frosting and fill it with the coconut topping. Then drizzle with melted chocolate or ganache (chocolate melted with cream).

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  1. Dani says

    My favorite dessert is by far ice cream – I could eat it every day and even after a big meal. There’s always room for ice cream – it melts between the cracks 😉

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  10. Victoria says

    The photo of the cupcakes, make me wish there was scratch and sniff or smell-o-vision on my screen. I am having bake night at church for our children’s ministry fundraiser, and this will be one of the cupcakes for the kids to make. I love watching and teaching our kids the fun math/scienCe in baking.

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  14. Susan P says

    I tried to follow This Silly Girls Life using the twitter link you provided, but I get a message “This doesn’t exist.”

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  25. Hanna Lee says

    These look amazing! I love Samoas and have tried making the cookies on my own before and they were so good. I can’t wait to try them in cupcake form!

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  30. Rafiqah S says

    Hi Liz! Im making cupcakes for an outdoor wedding. Which cupcake recipes would you recommend that could withstand the heat?

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    • Lizzy Mae Early says

      Well it would depend how hot it gets! You can always add a little extra powdered sugar to frostings to get them thicker, but I would try and not pile on the frosting too high either. I’ve never had too much of a problem with the heat as long as I start with a thick frosting

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  32. Bernadette says

    I love love love your blog!
    I would love for you to made a coffee cupcake. I bought both of your books and i love then to death! <3<3<3<3

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    • Lizzy Mae Early says

      I don’t drink coffee, so that’s why you don’t seem much of that on my blog. But you should check out my Tiramisu Cupcakes! They have coffee! Plus, you can always add coffee into any cake replacing the liquid (the milk in my recipes).

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  35. Maria says

    My desert anything chocolate,I love sweets favorite gs cookie samoa,can wait to try this,hope I get to win after all would be my big 50 in 17\3!!good luck everyone and thanks for the chance!

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  59. Dawn says

    I made the Samoa cupcakes for a co-worker’s birthday yesterday. Oh. My. Gosh. Rave reviews. Very yummy!

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  60. Tiffani says

    Made these (along with three other kids of cupcakes) for my son’s grad party. They turned out great!

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