The Genius Recipe That Has Us Rushing to the Store to Buy Canned Cinnamon Rolls

Homemade cinnamon rolls are a labor of love and can be a weekend breakfast highlight, but there's also a time and place for a canned cinnamon roll smeared with thick white icing. A canned cinnamon roll instantly teleports us back to the mall in middle school and making them couldn't be easier: pop open the tube, place the rolls on a baking sheet, bake and spread generously with that delicious icing that comes in the tube. The principles of eating are dare we say even easier: roll, unroll, bite in, house a roll in one go—there's really know wrong way to do it.

A good canned cinnamon roll never goes out of style, but what do you do when you want to have a little more fun at breakfast ? You could shape them into mini pumpkin-shaped cinnamon rolls —or you can cook canned cinnamon rolls in a waffle iron for the ultimate crispy-edged, cinnamon-laced fall breakfast mash-up. Yes, your cinnamon roll deserved to be made into a waffle !

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What are Cinnamon Roll Waffles?

To put it quite simply, it's a canned cinnamon roll cooked in a waffle iron. The breakfast appliance turns canned cinnamon rolls into crispy-edged-meets-fluffy-belly cinnamon rolls with that signature waffle grid that's perfect for catching butter and maple syrup and all sorts of toppings.

For maximal cuteness, folks online on TikTok have used a mini waffle iron but feel free to use a standard-size waffle iron if that is what you've got (a full-size waffle iron might be a better choice if you're using larger cinnamon rolls like Pillsbury Grands).

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How to Make Cinnamon Roll Waffles

To make this brilliant but breezy breakfast, spray the waffle iron with cooking spray and place a cinnamon roll in the iron. Let cook and top with the can of icing from the package, or go crazy with anything else you want. Peanut butter, Nutella, chocolate syrup , jam, whipped cream or a fat scoop of ice cream (hello cinnamon roll waffle sundae , you beautiful mouthful!) would all be great choices.

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