Would you believe they are magic..?

I love a good cupcake. It's the perfect self-contained dessert - no cutting, no figuring out how much of it you should eat - it just comes in one heavenly little package. I like to consider myself a bit of a cupcake connoisseur. I mean, I TiVo Cupcake Wars.. that's enough, right? I wish I could understand that middle judge, but whatever, that's another story.

Anyway, so as I was surfing other cupcake blogs, I came across the Cupcake Queen. She has some fabulous recipes on her site. I found myself drooling over these. MAGIC CUPCAKES! Basically, if you're familiar with magic cookie bars, kind of the same deal, but in cupcake form. Graham cracker crust, melted chocolate, and toasted coconut.. how can you go wrong?

So, although my trusty baking assistant was napping in his crib, I set out to make these so-called "magical" cupcakes. First, melt 1 stick of butter with 1-1/4 cup crushed graham crackers. Easy enough.

Line your cupcake tin with muffin liners and spray with a good coating of Pam. Press a little bit into each muffin liner, until it's all gone (this should make 12 cupcakes).

Pour one 14 oz can of condensed milk over your crumbs, dividing it equally among the 12.

 
Now it's time for the chocolate. Sprinkle 12 oz of chocolate chips (1-1/2 cups) next, divided equally.

Lastly, top them with 1-1/3 cup of coconut flakes, and bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for 25 minutes.

They should come out gorgeous and crispy on top. 

Downright magical. They are delicious right out of the oven, however, they do take about 24 hours to set properly. So they don't come out of the wrapper very well on day 1. Hope you enjoy!
Stay tuned for some more deliciousness later this week... I got a little something yummy I'm cooking up!