Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies are a soft, chewy way to enjoy the cinnamon sugar flavor of the favorite cereal!
We are cereal people in my house.
Cereal for breakfast..of course…
Cereal for after school snacks.
And yes, the occasional cereal for dinner. THINGSGETBUSY!
So now…I’ve decided cereal for dessert needed to happen. In cookie form.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch is one of our favorites and to me, is the perfect pairing for a cookie.
Perfect pairing. Heh. I think I’m fancy.
Anyhow, these cookies are perfectly sweet and perfectly chewy…with the perfect amount of cinnamon. With 2 cups of CTC crumbs baked right in it’s like handheld cereal. I’m basically a genius. Sorry, that’s annoying.
And of course I drizzled them with a little white chocolate to make them look purty…but you could totally bake white chocolate chips right inside too!
Just start with 4 cups of your cereal…
When you crush it up, those 4 cups become about 2 cups.
Mix those crumbs right into the batter.
Scoop the dough onto a baking sheet. I used my large cookie scoop.
Bake them for 8-9 minutes-ish.
And look how pretty they are…
But again, I think a little white chocolate never hurt anyone.
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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies
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makes 20 large cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
- *optional ~ 1/2 cup white chocolate chips to melt for drizzle
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Line baking sheet with parchment, set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add in baking powder, salt and cinnamon, continuing to beat until combined, scraping sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.
- Turn mixer to low and mix in flour until just combined.
- Finally add in crushed cereal, mixing until evenly incorporated.
- Scoop large mounds of dough onto baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-9 minutes until edges begin to golden.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- If desired melt white chocolate in microwave in a zip-top bag and drizzle over cookies.
Notes:
4 cups of cereal will yield 2 cups of crushed cereal
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Fun to make, nostalgic flavor. I added more cinnamon than called for just to give the cookies an extra punch and baked mine for 12 minutes.
The flavor is fine and the treat is not extra sweet, which I enjoy. I don’t really like the chewiness of the cereal pieces after they baked inside the cookie. If I make again I will smash the cereal to absolute smithereens instead of just crunching them a little.
Thanks for the recipe! I had fun making it.
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The cinnamon toast crunch cerael was actually chewey after baking. Would not recommend.
I agree with Mickayla….. The batter tasted amazing, the baked cookies, not so much…
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The cereal in it was VERY chewy
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Scoured the web for something to make with the remainder of a box of this stuff. These cookies turned out awesome!! They’re off to a bake sale this weekend. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this!
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I RUSHED out and bought 6 boxes of Chocolate Toast Crunch the week it came out. Alas, it has a horrible health-food texture and NO ONE will eat it. With five cereal (Especially Cinn Tst Crunch) loving, chocolate loving people that’s hard to believe. I’m going to try your cookies to hide the cereal’s texture. Thanks!
I came across this recipe via Pinterest and with this cereal being my boyfriend’s favorite, I knew I HAD to make them. They were amazing! They lasted 1 whole day and he is already asking me to make them again! Thanks for the recipe!
Oooh these look delicious ! I am a huge fan of all things cinnamon (and of cereals as well) so I will definitely give these a go 🙂 Thank you for the recipe !
How fun! My kids would love these… basically, you ARE a genius, & I love it!
These are simply awesome! Love cereal for breakfast but its even better in dessert!
What a fun idea! Love these 🙂
These look divine! I bought the dough tastes so good with the pieces of cereal throughout! Gotta make these this weekend!
What wonderful cookies – I happen to have a cabinet full of cinnamon toast crunch! now I know what to do with it!
Mary x
Cinnamon Toast is my all time favorite snack. I love it!! But cinnamon toast cookies!! You are genius and I love this idea. Kind of perfect for holiday cookie baking too!
My daughter says she is eating these for breakfast
Cin-Toast Crunch is one of my absolute favourite cereals.
I can’t believe you baked it into cookies.
You are a genius.
I have got to try these this w/end! Thanks, Shelly.
WHOA. Cinnamon toast crunch was always my favorite cereal…and you just made it a COOKIE. You’re my hero.
My kids eat cereal just about every day. their preferred kind is Cinnamon Toast Crunch!! They are going to love these!
Cinnamon Toast Crunch is one of my favorites! I’ve never met a (sugary-ish) kiddie cereal I didn’t love. HIde the Capn Crunch and Trix 🙂 I love that you baked C.T.C. into cookies. How fun! And a little white choc never hurt anyone. You’re so right!
Oooo, yum… we love Cinnamon Toast Crunch over here! These look fabulous!
Oh my gosh I love this idea!!!
Cereal was my all-time favorite after school snack as a kid, and if mom bought Cinnamon Toast Crunch, it was a full-house battle to consume as many bowls as possible before the box went empty. Love the idea of baking it into cookies–I have no doubt we’d still try to race each other for the last one!
These sound like snickerdoodles times one million! I’ve been looking for a recipe with Cinnamon Toast Crunch since I tried to make brownies with it and everything went terrible wrong.
My hubby’s favorite cereal. I may have to hide the box and make a batch of these for Christmas.
I keep a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch around so at night when I’m reading, I can pour a big bowl with no milk and eat it like popcorn. But then my husband goes and copies and pours himself a bowl and I don’t know why, it just annoys me. IT’S MY THING.
Anyways. These cookies. I will make them and hide them and my husband will never find them.
Umm…first all, I second Karly’s comment! And secondly, these cookies are SO COOL! Such a fab baked cereal treat!
You are my favorite person in the history of ever and I love you and your cereal cookies with all of my heart the end.
I can only imagine the smell of these cookies wafting from your kitchen They are so puffy and perfect!
Mm mm mmm, love cereal and love cinnamon, think these would be perfect for me!