Swirls does St. Patrick's Day: Thin MInt and Guinness Jameson cupcakes and meetup on Saturday!

We are having a meetup this Saturday, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day from noon-1 at Swirlz, 705 W. Belden, Chicago! Looking forward to it, especially their special flavors, Thin Mint and Guinness Jameson, for sale March 16 and 17 only! Swirlz offers gluten-free and regular cupcakes and also does custom orders. Follow Swirlz on Facebook and visit swirlzcupcakes.com for more information.






mango coconut cupcakes (not related to St. Patrick's Day, but sounds like a fun flavor)

5 Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes

It's Girl Scout cookie cupcake time! Here's 5 Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes. Next up: Thin Mint cupcakes! If you've made some, email us at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "Thin Mint" in the subject and the photo, description, price (if applicable) and your URL.


Samoa cupcakes by Put a Cupcake In It


Boulder, Colorado bakery Tee & Cakes is selling these Samoa cupcakes; via their Facebook page




blogger Mama Hen's Kitchen made these Samoa cupcakes and has the recipe


Gigi's Cupcakes in Murfeesoboro, Tennessee, via Facebook: "Caramel cake with chocolate ganche filling, caramel frosting, topped with toasted coconut, a caramel and chocolate drizzle, and a somoa cookie on top."


Samoa cupcakes by blogger Kathleen's Confections. She writes:

I tried the traditional cookie recipe for this last year and absolutely loved it, and figured it could use the cupcake make-over routine. Not that the cookie needs improvement, it's just always fun to play with the flavors in a different form. The cupcake rendition does have an added frosting layer which you won't find in the cookie, but the cupcake doesn't have a crunchy cookie either. In any case, I think it's quite tasty. I chose a chocolate cupcake base to keep the flavors rich (but it might be good with a vanilla cupcake too), topped with a carmel buttercream, toasted coconut flakes, caramel swirl, and then a bittersweet ganache.

Thin Mint and Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes, plus hot cocoa, butter pecan and s'mores at Sublime Cupcakes

Sublime Cupcakes in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, does a fun promotion for its customers: when you click "like" on Facebook on a day's given cupcake photo, you're entered to win free cupcakes. Win/win, as they tell their customers about new flavors. They've been serving up Girl Scout cookie cupcakes (Thin Mint and Samoa) as well as hot cocoa, butter pecan and s'mores, among many others. You can find out more at sublimecupcakes.com.

Thin Mint and Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes at The Cake Mamas

Thin Mint and Samoa Girl Scout cookie cupcakes at bakery The Cake Mamas in Glendora, California, via @thecakemamas on Twitter. Visit thecakemamas.com for more information.

Twitter postings lead to Cupprimo Cupcake Wars appearance tonight!

From Austin Business Journal comes some cool news about Austin, Texas bakery Cupprimo that is a major reminder that social media is extremely important and is in no way just about reaching your local community, but about reaching the entire world:

“Cupcake Wars” usually chooses combatants from audition tapes, but producers approached Brown after following her tweets that constantly promote Cupprimo.

“I never dreamed [Twitter] would lead to such an incredible opportunity,” Brown said. “I know people in this business who have been trying to get on ‘Cupcake Wars’ for three years.”

And if you hadn't heard, Cupcake Wars is now casting for Season 5!

You can follow those Tweets @Cupprimo on Twitter and also find them on Facebook and cupprimo.com and watch them tonight on Cupcake Wars on the Food Network. They're located at 8650 Spicewood Springs Rd Suite 105 in Austin and can be reached at cupprimo at gmail.com and 512-335-7746.

Below are some photos from their Facebook page, including fun chalk art. They have Thin Mint cupcakes! Or had them yesterday. Again, keep up with their social media to know what flavors they have each day. "It is a thin mint cupcake, chocolate mint cake, filled with a magic concoction, topped with mint buttercream and of course, that persnickety little girl scout cookie." Sorry I couldn't grab a larger size of the photo (if anyone is making Girl Scout cookies, now is the time to email us those photos! cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "Girl Scout cookie" in subject line).