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.
Ingredients
For the Cereal Milk
- 1 ½ cups Lucky Charms cereal
- 2 cups milk
For the Donuts
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup cereal milk
For the Icing
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup mini marshmallows
- ½ 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.