The Best Cereal Milk Frosting
Do you love buttercream frosting? I sure do and this Cereal Milk Frosting recipe might just be my all time favorite. Being able to flavor your frosting with your favorite cereal is not only delicious but also genius. Add it to your favorite cookies {or cake} and enjoy breakfast for dessert.
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The Best Cereal Milk Buttercream
I will admit that when I first discovered that I could flavor my frosting with cereal milk I was skeptical. Would the milk really have enough flavor to allow the cereal to shine?
The answer is YES! It absolutely does and I can’t get enough of it. In fact, these Lucky Charms Cookies use it and are awesome!
Now I want to cover everything from sugar cookies to brownie cakes with it and I want to try different flavored cereals.
If you have a favorite breakfast cereal and would love to have frosting that tastes just like it…this recipe is for you!
What goes into this Recipe?
- Heavy Cream- Using heavy cream for the cereal to steep in and then add to the frosting is amazing. The creamy texture enhances the flavor and texture of your buttercream.
- Favorite Cereal- The sky’s the limit! Do you love fruit loops? Use them! Maybe Apple Jacks is your favorite or Lucky Charms? They all work!
Cereal Ideas
Any kind of cereal will work wonderfully to make this buttercream but the sweeter it is the more the flavor will come through. Here are a few kinds that would be delicious.
- Crunch Berries
- Lucky Charms
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch
- Cocoa or Fruity Pebbles, this Fruity Pebbles Cookie would be perfect!
- Golden Grahams
- Apple Jacks
- Fruit Loops
How to make Cereal Frosting
1. Pour the heavy cream over the cereal and allow it to set at room temperature for 20-25 minutes.
2. After 20-25 minutes, strain the cereal from the heavy cream with a fine sieve.
3. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until it is light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and cereal milk, continue to mix until you have a spreadable frosting. If it is too thick, add a teaspoon of milk at a time until you get the right consistency.
Expert Tips
- If you don’t have heavy cream use whole milk. The higher fat the milk the more it will hold the cereal flavor.
- Do not allow the cereal to steep in the cream for longer than 30 minutes. If it soaks in the cream too long the cereal will absorb the milk.
- Whip the butter with an electric mixer for a minute or two before adding the other ingredients. Skipping this step may result in a frosting with chunks of butter.
- Mix the frosting until it is smooth and creamy. Over mixing it could make the ingredients separate.
- Only add the buttercream to cooled baked goods. If you add it to something that is too warm it will melt.
- Refrigerate the frosting after making. The addition of milk products makes it keep longer when refrigerated.
Recipe FAQs
You can use any cereal you enjoy. It will work better if the cereal is sweeter because it helps flavor the milk better.
Absolutely!! Do you have milk left in the bowl after eating a big bowl of cereal? Keep and use it instead of making your own.
Using a fine mesh sieve to separate the two ingredients works best.
If it soaks too long and the cereal has absorbed a lot of the milk, just press down on the cereal in the sieve and it will release it.
Need a cookie recipe to add this frosting to? Look at these awesome recipes…
The BEST Cereal Milk Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup favorite cereal
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup butter {softened}
- 2-2 ¼ cups powdered sugar
- 1-3 teaspoons milk {if needed}
Instructions
- Pour the heavy cream over the cereal and allow it to sit for 20-25 minutes. After the cereal has steeped in the heavy cream, drain the heavy cream from the cereal {keeping the heavy cream and discarding the cereal}.
- In a mixing bowl, add the butter and beat for a minute or until it is light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and cereal milk to the butter and continue to mix until it is a thick consistency. Note: If the frosting is too thick, add a teaspoon of milk at a time until you get the right texture.
- Divide the frosting between cooled cookies or spread out onto a cake using the back of a spoon {or an off-set spatula}. Top with additional cereal and enjoy!.
Notes
- If you don’t have heavy cream use whole milk. The higher fat the milk the more it will hold the cereal flavor.
- Do not allow the cereal to steep in the cream for longer than 30 minutes. If it soaks in the cream too long the cereal will absorb the milk.
- Whip the butter with an electric mixer for a minute or two before adding the other ingredients. Skipping this step may result in a frosting with chunks of butter.
- Mix the frosting until it is smooth and creamy. Over mixing it could make the ingredients separate.
- Only add the buttercream to cooled baked goods. If you add it to something that is too warm it will melt.
- Refrigerate the frosting after making. The addition of milk products makes it keep longer when refrigerated.
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- Crunch Berries
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- Lucky Charms
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- Cinnamon Toast Crunch
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- Cocoa or Fruity Pebbles
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- Golden Grahams
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- Apple Jacks
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- Fruit Loops
