coconut oil replacement?

[soiamme]

I really wanted to try the toasted coconut cupcakes from vegan cupcakes take over the world last night, but of course I didn't have any 'coconut oil'. that ingredient already left me wondering, and today when I went shopping I realised my fear wasn't without a reason. no coconut oil. I even asked people working in the stores and they only gave me funny looks, asking if I was sure I didn't mean coconut milk. (....)

sooooo... since this seems to be such a 'weird' thing, what else could I use instead of coconut oil? any ideas? :/