Welcome to Cupcake Corner! My little corner of the cupcake world!

With all the St. Patrick’s Day Food I shared and everything else happening, I’ve missed a few weeks for Cupcake Corner. I apologize.

Since it’s not quite time to share Easter Cupcakes and I shared a few Spring Cupcakes last time, I thought it would be fun to share Girl Scout Cookie Cupcakes. I was a Girl Scout growing up and enjoyed selling {and eating} the cookies that we worked so hard to sell.

I had a little discussion going last night on Facebook, asking what their favorite Girl Scout Cookie is…Thin Mint was the overwhelming winner. I personally like Tagalongs the best, there is something about Chocolate and Peanut Butter that I love! But since Thin Mint was most everyone’s favorite, let’s start with those…

Thin Mint Cookie Cupcakes

I shared these Thin Mint Cupcakes last year. I think I need to make them again soon!

Manic Mother shares her version of Thin Mint Cupcakes. Doesn’t that frosting look heavenly?

Girl Scout Cookie Pops

Aren’t these Girl Scout Cookie Pops darling? Dollhouse Bake Shoppe Blog shared them

Girl Scout Shortbread Cookies

I love cherries and these Cheesecakes made with Shortbread Cookies, from My little cottage in the making, look yummy!

Girl Scout Tagalongs

Tagalongs are my favorite. These Tagalong Cupcakes, from DIY Louisville, look delish!

Moms Crazy Cooking shared her Tagalong Girl Scout Cupcakes this week on Cupcake Tuesday.

Somoa Cookies

Owen’s Mom shared these yummy Somoa inspired Cupcakes over at Adventures in all things food.

And even though they aren’t Girl Scout Cookie Cupcakes, I just had to share these luscious Strawberry Swirl Cupcakes that I made for Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter yesterday.

As always…if you were featured on Cupcake Corner, shoot me an email and I’ll send you the featured button.

I’m linking to…Delicious Dishes

Which Girl Scout Cookie is your favorite? Join us in the Coffee Talk Community and share your thoughts.

Welcome to Cupcake Tuesday!   If you are new here, grab a cup of tea or a glass of milk and enjoy a cupcake!

During my recent visit to Nashville for the Blissdom Conference, my very dear friend, Dawn, took me by Gigi’s Cupcakes, unfortunately it was Sunday and they weren’t open. But, Dawn was telling me that during the time that the Girl Scouts sell cookies, Gigi’s offers a cupcake and donates a portion of the proceeds to the Girl Scouts. Well, since I don’t sell my cupcakes, I was trying to figure out how I could help the Girl Scouts in our town. And I came up with this idea…for every link, today, I am donating to our local Girl Scout troup.

Then, I needed to come up with a cupcake to share. So, I jumped on Twitter and asked my Tweet buddies, what their favorite Girl Scout cookie was, and the majority rules…Thin Mints

One of my goals on Hoosier Homemade, is to share with you, simple, easy recipes, still keeping it homemade, but easy.  A way to “Make Your House A Home” without having to spend hours and hours cooking, baking or decorating. These cupcakes, are a perfect fit. They are ooey, gooey, chocolatey and minty. But, very easy.

I started with one of my favorite chocolate cupcakes, from the Farm Chicks

And I used a jar of hot fudge, peppermint extract, green food color, whipped cream and of course, a box of Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies.

Begin by whipping the heavy cream until stiff peaks forms, add about 1/4 cup of powdered sugar, 4-6 drops of food color and 4-6 drops of extract, depending on how strong of mint flavor you want and what color you want it. Place whipped cream in a decorator bag, I used the Wilton plastic bag with a 1M tip.

Spread hot fudge, straight from the jar, onto the cupcake. By trial and well, lots of error, I discovered that heating up the hot fudge, even for a few seconds, made it drip down the sides of the cupcake making a big mess.

Then pipe on whipped cream. You could also frost with Buttercream Frosting, but I wanted it to taste light and airy, minty, like a Thin Mint cookie.

And add a cookie

These cupcakes would also make a yummy St. Patrick’s Day treat. Green and mint…perfect.

Do you have a Girl Scout in your house? Do you have cookies everywhere?

Now it’s your turn! Please share your cupcake or muffin recipe! For the guidelines, you can visit Cupcake Tuesday. Be sure to link back to this post and visit some (or all) of the other participants.

You are welcome to link any post, new or old, as long as you haven’t shared it on Cupcake Tuesday. The linky will be open for a week, so you are welcome to come back all week long.

Thanks for helping the Girl Scouts!