Snowman Cinnamon Rolls

Name: Snowman Cinnamon Rolls
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1 can (17.5 oz) Pillsbury™ Grands!™ refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing; 4 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened; Blue gel food color; 5 small white gumdrops; 5 small orange gumdrops; 35 brown M&M's® Minis™ chocolate candies; Candy sprinkles and colored sugars, as desired; Small colored gumdrops, as desired

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Prep 20 min
Total 1 hr 10 min
Ingredients 8
Servings 5

When a kid-friendly recipe doubles as a kid-friendly activity, we know we’re on to something! Bring the magic of snowman-building indoors with these five-ingredient cinnamon rolls that are perfect for holidays, snow days and Saturdays!

By Pillsbury Kitchens

Updated October 30, 2017

Ingredients

1 can (17.5 oz) Pillsbury™ Grands!™ refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
4 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
Blue gel food color
5 small white gumdrops
5 small orange gumdrops
35 brown M&M's® Minis™ chocolate candies
Candy sprinkles and colored sugars, as desired
Small colored gumdrops, as desired

Steps

1

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
2

Separate dough into 5 rolls; return icing to refrigerator. Place rolls 2 inches apart on cookie sheet; flatten rolls slightly with hands.
3

Bake about 10 minutes or until light golden brown and firm enough to turn; turn over, and continue to bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4

In small bowl, place icing from container. Add cream cheese; beat with spoon until well blended. On flat side of each roll, spread 1 heaping tablespoon cream cheese icing over bottom two-thirds of roll.
5

For hat, to remaining icing, tint with blue food color to desired color. Spread 2 teaspoons tinted icing to cover unfrosted part on each roll. Slightly flatten white gumdrop; place on hat for pom pom. Press 1 orange gumdrop to form pointed nose; place in center of roll. Place brown candies for eyes and smile. Repeat for remaining rolls. Decorate using photo as a guide.

Make your snowman rolls even more festive, and use red or green food color instead of blue for the hats.
If desired, use miniature chocolate chips instead of M&M’s™ Minis™ chocolate candies. Or use both!
To quickly soften cream cheese, remove from wrapper, and place on microwavable plate; microwave uncovered on High about 15 seconds or just until softened.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 410

Calories from Fat: 140

Total Fat: 15g; 23%

Saturated Fat: 8g; 39%

Trans Fat: 0g

Cholesterol: 25mg; 8%

Sodium: 590mg; 25%

Potassium: 35mg; 1%

Total Carbohydrate: 64g; 21%

Dietary Fiber: 2g; 8%

Sugars: 30g

Protein: 5g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 6%; 6%

Vitamin C: 0%; 0%

Calcium: 4%; 4%

Iron: 8%; 8%

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;