These DIY Beach Cinnamon Rolls are so fun to make for your family or a beach party this summer with cinnamon roll-shaped seashells, turtles, and starfish!
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These diy beach cinnamon rolls are such a fun way to celebrate summer with your family.
I had so much fun making 2 seashells, 2 turtles, and a starfish out of a can of cinnamon rolls (although you can definitely make them out of homemade cinnamon rolls, too!).
I topped them with a colorful homemade icing to make them extra fun for summer.
And because I love sprinkles and sparkles, I couldn’t help but add some edible glitter and pearl sprinkles on top too.
To complete the look, I made some edible “sand” for the beach cinnamon rolls to sit on top before my son and I dove into them.
(Did you catch my water pun?)
I hope you have fun making seashell cinnamon rolls, turtle cinnamon rolls, and starfish cinnamon rolls this summer!
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DIY Beach Cinnamon Rolls
These DIY Beach Cinnamon Rolls are so fun to make for your family or a beach party this summer with cinnamon roll-shaped seashells, turtles, and starfish!
Ingredients
- Cinnamon Rolls (we got ours from Trader Joe’s)
- Icing (you can use the packet that comes with it or mix powdered sugar and French vanilla creamer -or milk & pure vanilla extract – to the desired texture)
- Neon Food Coloring
- White Pearl Sprinkles
- White Pearl Sprinkles, 5 Sizes
- White Sparkle Sugar
- Light Pink Sparkle Dust
- Blue Sanding Sugar, similar
- Golden OREOs
Instructions
- First, preheat your oven to the temperature it says on the packaging of your cinnamon rolls, and then line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Open your cinnamon rolls, place the icing to the side, and pull out all of the cinnamon rolls.
- Unwind each cinnamon roll and reshape it into a seashell, turtle, and star shape on the parchment paper.*
- For the shell, I unwound and carefully stretched the dough so it would be long enough to create the shell shape.
- For the turtle, I unwound the cinnamon roll partway and cut pieces off of it to create the head and 4 legs.
- For the star, I unwound the cinnamon roll completely to create the shape of the star and pinched the 5 corners to make more of a star shape.
- Bake the cinnamon rolls according to their packaging instructions.
- While the cinnamon rolls are baking, open up the OREOs, remove the filling, and crush them with a small food processor. Once crushed, so that it looks like sand, set it to the side.
- Then make your icing, place it in 3 small bowls, and add food coloring to dye it blue, pink, and orange.
- Once baked, let cool slightly, then add your icing and sprinkles.
- Shell: I used pink icing, White Pearl Sprinkles (comes in 5 Sizes), and Light Pink Sparkle Dust.
- Turtle: I used blue icing, Blue Sanding Sugar (similar to this), and White Pearl Sprinkles (comes in 5 Sizes).
- Star: I used orange icing, White Sparkle Sugar, and White Pearl Sprinkles.
- Sprinkle the cookie “sand” on a platter or parchment paper, top with your beach cinnamon rolls, and enjoy!
Notes
- It’s important to squish the cinnamon rolls together before baking so that they keep their shape while baking
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