5 Ingredient Mini Doughnut Hot Buttered Cheerios Recipe
This 5 ingredient mini doughnut hot buttered Cheerios recipe is super fun party food you can change up for any holiday! From my cookbook! Checkout my other cookbooks here.
5 Ingredient Mini Doughnut Hot Buttered Cheerios
Prep: 5 min Cook: 5 min Yield: 8
Ingredients
4 cups Cheerios
¼ cup butter, salted
¼ tsp pure vanilla extract
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Salt to taste (optional)
Directions
- In a small bowl, add the cinnamon and sugar and mix together. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, add the butter and melt over medium heat. Add the vanilla and stir well. If desired, add a few dashes of salt to taste.
- Add the Cheerios, and stir to coat evenly in the butter. Cook for 3 minutes. When the Cheerios are lightly toasted, remove skillet from heat.
- Pour the sugar-cinnamon mixture over the toasted Cheerios, making sure they are coated evenly.
- Allow to cool, and then serve.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Tip!
For a Halloween party food, after the mixture has cooled slightly, gently fold in orange and black/purple M&Ms, Halloween sprinkles, candy corn or other festive candies.

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Check out my cookbooks and journals below!
Cookbooks
Deviled Eggs: 30+ Recipes for Picnics, BBQ’s, Holidays, Parties, and Everyday Snacks
3-Ingredient Cookies: 30 Tasty and Easy to Make Recipes for Any Occasion
Summer Iced Tea Recipes: 50+ Regular, Herbal, Milk, and Fruity Teas
50 Ways to Eat Sardines: …a recipe journal
50 MORE Ways to Eat Canned Sardines: . . . a recipe journal
2-Ingredient Cookbook: . . . for Busy People
Salmon Patties, Cakes and Burgers: 25 Best Fish Patty Recipes
Best Chicken Liver Cookbook: 50+ Delicious Recipes for Everyone
Beef Liver Cookbook: 50+ Family Friendly Recipes
Cozy Winter Teas and Drinks: Tea, Cider, Hot Chocolate, Lattes, Cold/Flu Teas & More
Winter Soups and Stews: 50+ Heartwarming and Soul-Satisfying Recipes
Favorite Side Dishes for Thanksgiving—It’s Not All About the Turkey!
Best Dressing and Stuffing Recipes: Not Just for Thanksgiving!
Turkey Leftovers—20 Delicious Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Journals and Log Books
All the Walkies!: A dog walking journal
My Feather Signs Journal: Tracking sacred messages and meanings on my life journey
5 Senses Journal: Build awareness skills of your surroundings
Nature Day by Day: A 30 Day Guided Journal
I Came I Mowed I Kicked Grass Lawn Mowing Lawn Care Appointment Book: Logbook
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