Cooking with Chef Bryan - Festive Christmas Cinnamon Rolls

Transform Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls into delightful holiday treats with this easy recipe! Decorate your rolls to resemble Santa’s belly, reindeer, and snowmen for a festive touch that’s perfect for any Christmas gathering.

Ingredients

Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls (with included frosting packet)

Candy decorations: Tootsie Rolls, candy eyes, vanilla wafers, cherry candies, pretzels, M&Ms, orange slice candies, red and yellow Starburst, black icing gel

Red food coloring

Sugar crystals

Instructions

1) Bake the Cinnamon Rolls: Prepare Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls according to package instructions. Let cool slightly.

2) Decorate as Reindeer: Mix 1 tsp cocoa powder into frosting; spread over a cinnamon roll. Soften a small Tootsie Roll in the microwave for 5 seconds, shape into ears, and attach to the top of the roll. Add candy eyes above the ears. Use a vanilla wafer for the snout, securing a cherry candy as the nose with frosting. Place two small pretzels above the ears for antlers. Finish with a black icing gel smile.

3) Decorate as Snowmen: Spread plain frosting over the cinnamon roll and sprinkle with sugar crystals. Microwave a large Tootsie Roll for 5 seconds, flatten, and cut into a hat shape. Shape a red Starburst into a ribbon for the hat. Create pink Starburst cheeks, M&M eyes, and an orange candy slice nose. Add a black icing gel smile to complete the look.

4) Decorate as Santa’s Belly: Tint frosting red with food coloring and spread over the roll. Sprinkle with red sugar crystals. Microwave a large Tootsie Roll for 5 seconds, flatten, and cut into a belt shape. Use a yellow Starburst to form a belt buckle. Add white candies for buttons.