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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

Published: Jun 8, 2022 by Raquel · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

These delicious cinnamon toast crunch cupcakes are a fun dessert with a tasty cinnamon sugar flavor. They have little cinnamon bits in the cake and are topped with a cinnamon toast crunch buttercream.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

Why This Recipe Rocks

This easy cupcakes recipe is a fun way to incorporate your favorite cereals into a dessert.

This cupcake recipe and method can be used to make other cereal flavored cupcakes.

These are made with a cake mix to save you time.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

These are so tasty too!

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

Ingredients

Cinnamon cupcakes are so easy to make.

  • cinnamon toast cereal
  • white cake mix
  • eggs
  • powdered sugar
  • butter
  • vanilla
  • cinnamon chips
  • whipping cream

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes Step 1

Step One: Heat oven to 375°f. Place paper liners into muffin cups. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, cake mix, vegetable oil and water. Fold in crushed cereal pieces. (Crumble cereal pieces in a food processor or using a rolling pin).

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes Step 2

Step Two: Pour better into prepared cupcake pan. Place into oven and bake as directed.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes Step 3

Step Three: Prepare frosting per recipe card below. Prepare drizzle with cinnamon chips and milk.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes Step 4

Step Four: Once cupcakes have cooled, frost with frosting, drizzle caramel with a spoon.

Hint: For best results, use room temperature butter when making the frosting.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

Substitutions

Here are a few substitutions for this recipe

  • Cake Mix - You can use a vanilla cake mix or white cake mix in place of the yellow cake mix.
  • Caramel Drizzle - You can use a caramel sauce from your grocery store rather than make your own.
  • Cake - You can use this recipe to make a Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cake instead of cupcakes if you wish.

Equipment

For this recipe you will need the following:

  • large mixing bowl
  • electric mixer
  • cupcake or muffin tins
  • cupcake liners
  • piping bag - optional
  • piping tip - optional

Storage

Store cupcakes in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

Raquel Pineira
These delicious cinnamon toast crunch cupcakes are a fun dessert with a tasty cinnamon sugar flavor. Easy to make and a family favorite.
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Course brunch or dessert, Cupcakes
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 293 kcal

Equipment

  • 24 cupcake liners
  • cupcake tin
  • Bowl
  • mixer
  • piping bag
  • piping tip

Ingredients
  

Cupcake Ingredients

  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal
  • ¾ cup water
  • ⅓ cup cooking oil
  • 4 large eggs

Frosting Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups salted butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt I used pink Himalayan
  • 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • ⅓ cup crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal

Drizzle Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup Hershey’s Cinnamon Chips
  • ½ tablespoon milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or line a standard muffin tin.
  • In a large mixing bowl filled with the cake mix, add in the water, oil, and eggs. Using a hand or stand mixer, mix on medium until well incorporated.
  • Fold in ¾ cup of the crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal.
  • Add batter into the muffin tin until each is about ⅔ full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting Preparation

  • In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream the butter, and beat until light and fluffy. Mix in the vanilla extract and salt.
  • Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, while adding in a tablespoon of the cream in between each cup. Continue to mix for 1 minute or until creamy.
  • Fill your prepared piping bag with frosting. Frost cupcakes.

Caramel Drizzle

  • In a small bowl, add the cinnamon chips and milk. Heat at 50% power for 25 seconds. Stir. If the chips are not completely melted, repeat.
  • Drizzle mixture over the frosted cupcakes. Top with a bit of the crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal. Enjoy!

Notes

*If you can’t find the cinnamon chips, you can skip this step
For Best Results - use a tea spoon to drizzle caramel sauce on cupcakes.

Nutrition

Calories: 293kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 1gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 298mgPotassium: 16mgFiber: 1gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 383IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Sew Crafty Crochet

    June 15, 2022 at 1:53 pm

    Your cupcakes look really yummy! I'm sure my kiddos would LOVE them, so I'm absolutely pinning this recipe! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Tamara

    June 16, 2022 at 8:15 am

    One of our favorite cereals! This would be such a blast to make.

    Reply
    • Raquel

      June 21, 2022 at 10:37 am

      They were fun to make!

      Reply
  3. Diane

    June 17, 2022 at 4:58 am

    Oh this looks so tempting! Combining two of the best memories of my younger years -- cupcakes and cinnamon toast crunch!!!

    Reply
  4. Bernice

    June 24, 2022 at 7:55 am

    5 stars
    What fun! i love playing with different cereal flavours and these cupcakes were delicious.

    Reply
  5. Glenda

    June 24, 2022 at 9:56 am

    5 stars
    Cinnamon Toast Crunch was one of my favorite cereals! So it makes perfect sense that I couldn't stop eating these delicious cupcakes. Made them for a birthday party and wow! What a hit! Thank you for the recipe.

    Reply

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