Lucky Charms Donuts
A sweet breakfast treat for St. Patrick’s Day, these Lucky Charms donuts are a homemade treat to enjoy with the kids.
Homemade donuts topped with a sweet homemade icing and Lucky Charms creates the ultimate breakfast treat.
The cereal flavors are mixed right into the donut batter so you get the full flavor of that marshmallow cereal with every bite.
Why You’ll Love This Lucky Charms Donuts Recipe
Ingredients Needed
Lucky Charms cereal – The fun cereal will help make these festive and fun for breakfast!
Donuts – These were made with homemade donuts in donut pans. If you don’t want to make your own, you can always buy store bought cake donuts and then make the icing and cereal mixture.
Icing – A homemade icing is best but if you want something super simple you can always buy a can of frosting from the store.
Be sure to check out the full recipe and ingredient list below.
How To Make Lucky Charms Cereal Donuts
See how easy these Lucky Charms donuts are to make with these step by step instructions!
Combine the Lucky Charms cereal and milk in a bowl and allow the cereal to steep in the milk for around 30 minutes. Strain the cereal from the milk and set the milk aside.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 donut pans with nonstick cooking spray.
Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Add the oil, vanilla, eggs, and cereal milk. Whisk until fully combined.
Transfer the batter to a piping bag and pipe it into the donut pans. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the donut bounces back when pressed with your finger.
Allow the donuts to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Once the donuts have cooled down, place the mini marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl and heat in the microwave for 30 seconds to melt. Then, beat together the butter, marshmallow creme, vanilla extract, and green food coloring until smooth.
Add the powdered sugar and one tablespoon of cereal milk and beat to combine. Add more milk, as needed, until the desired consistency is reached.
Dip each donut in the icing, then top with more Lucky Charms before serving.
Substitutions & Variations
- Homemade icing can be substituted with a store bought version or frosting for these Lucky Charms donuts.
- If you don’t feel like making your own donuts, you can buy cake donuts but they will taste differently. For this recipe, the Lucky Charms milk is used to make the donuts.
- You don’t have to top the donuts with cereal. Instead of adding the cereal just top them with the icing and serve.
Tips
- Use a baking rack when making the Lucky Charms donuts! If you’re like me things can get messy and one way to help with cleanup is to use a baking rack. After you have dipped the donuts in the icing, dip them in the cereal, and then place them on a baking wrack with parchment paper under it so that it catches any excess icing that rolls down.
- Using milk from the cereal helps give the icing some extra sweetness and flavors the donuts.
Lucky Charms Donuts FAQs
Can I use premade donuts?
You can go with store bought donuts if you choose to they just won’t have that extra sweetness from the Lucky Charms cereal mixed in.
Can I use store bought frosting?
If you want to grab a can of frosting from the store to use you certainly can. Just skip the instructions for the homemade icing, spread the frosting on the donuts and then add the cereal to the top.
More St. Patrick’s Day Fun
Lucky Charms Donuts
Ingredients
For the Cereal Milk
- 1 1/2 cups Lucky Charms cereal
- 2 cups milk
For the Donuts
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup cereal milk
For the Icing
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup mini marshmallows
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons cereal milk from above
- Green food coloring
- Lucky Charms for topping
Instructions
- Combine the Lucky Charms cereal and milk in a bowl and allow the cereal to steep in the milk for around 30 minutes. Strain the cereal from the milk and set the milk aside
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 donut pans with nonstick cooking spray.
- Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Add the oil, vanilla, eggs, and cereal milk. Whisk until fully combined
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag and pipe it into the donut pans. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the donut bounces back when pressed with your finger.
- Allow the donuts to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once the donuts have cooled down, place the mini marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl and heat in the microwave for 30 seconds to melt. Then, beat together the butter, marshmallow creme, vanilla extract, and green food coloring until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar and one tablespoon of cereal milk and beat to combine. Add more milk, as needed, until the desired consistency is reached.
- Dip each donut in the icing, then top with more Lucky Charms before serving.
Notes
Substitutions & Variations
- Homemade icing can be substituted with a store bought version or frosting.
- If you don’t feel like making your own donuts, you can buy cake donuts but they will taste differently. For this recipe, the Lucky Charms milk is used to make the donut.
- You don’t have to top the donuts with cereal. Instead of adding the cereal just top them with the icing.
Tips
- Use a baking rack! If you’re like me things can get messy and one way to help with cleanup is to use a baking rack. After you have dipped the donuts in the icing, dip them in the cereal, and then place them on a baking wrack with parchment paper under it so that it catches any excess icing that rolls down.
- Using milk from the cereal helps give the icing some extra sweetness.
