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Cinnamon Snails from Cinnamon Rolls

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Adorable cinnamon snails are easily made from your favorite cinnamon rolls. Just follow the easy step by step instructions below and serve up cuteness this morning!

cooked cinnamon snails

These cinnamon snails were inspired from a video I saw on Tiktok where they had a cinnamon snail disaster!

So I set to work to figure out the best way to recreate this idea successfully – I hope you love these cinnamon snails as much as I do.

Cinnamon Snails

You won’t have any trouble at all making adorable snails with just these two items.

Please follow the step by step recipe and instructions below to have a no fail cinnamon snail breakfast:

  • 1 tube, 12.4 oz, 8 rolls, unbaked cinnamon rolls
  • 16 foil cupcake liners

Tip: My pampered chef bar board (cutting board) has a ruler on it, so it’s super easy to measure! I haven’t found the exact one on amazon, but here is (affiliate link) a similar version that helps you measure while you cut. 

cut off a piece of your cinnamon roll for the body of the snail

 

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Making Cinnamon Snails without a Liner

While cinnamon snails can be made directly on the sheet, your snail will fall over while baking and not sit up like the ones here. 

Use Cupcake liners (2-3 liners per snail works the best for strength) to allow the cinnamon rolls to remain and bake upright. 

You can reuse your liners for more batches by just re-spraying with cooking spray and then moving onto a new batch. 

How to make Cinnamon Roll Cinnamon Snails from TikTok

Preheat oven to 400 degrees or the temperature mentioned on the package of cinnamon rolls.

Place parchment paper onto a baking sheet.

Double up 2 foil cupcake liners and use your thumb to press down one side of the liner on the cookie sheet.

Spray with cooking spray to prevent sticking.

cupcake liners allow support for your snail to stand

Unroll a cinnamon roll and cut 5″ off of one end.

Using that 5″ piece, cut one end into a triangle and cut about 1/2″ into the center of the opposite end to create the head.

Roll the cut pieces to replicate the snail’s tentacles.

front of snail and back of snail being cut

Place the remaining rolled cinnamon roll, cut side down, onto the snail head/tail segment.

Gently press down.

simple cinnamon snails for awesome breakfast

 

Place the snail onto the cupcake liner, making sure the tail lays on the flat edge and the head is on the top edge of the liner.

cinnamon snails in cupcake liners without being cooked yet

Bake for 13-15 minutes or according to the package directions.

Cool completely before removing from the foil liner.

baked up cinnamon snails

Makes 8

 

cinnamon snails inspired from tiktok

 

Now how fun will these be when you serve them up? I find them just so adorable!

You can continue to follow me over on Pinterest here and get the full recipe card below to help you print off the instructions in a condensed form.

As always, I love your feedback, suggestions, and ideas to improve my recipes from your kitchen, so feel free to leave a comment. 

~Trisha

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Cinnamon Snail Cinnamon Rolls


Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Cinnamon Rolls shaped into adorable Cinnamon Snails is a totally fun way to eat breakfast - not just for a slumber party, you can shape up your cinnamon rolls into cinnamon snails any day for a cute way to start the day. While these cinnamon rolls are not the best and most homemade cinnamon roll recipe you will ever eat, they may very well still be your favorite. Super cute, there is no secret ingredient to create a fun to eat "cinnamon snail" that rolls perfectly into these little miniature snail characters. Kids will be delighted to not only make but eat these cinnamon rolls for breakfast - adorable, filling, sweet AND fun! 

Ingredients
 

  • 1 tube 12.4 oz, 8 rolls, unbaked cinnamon rolls
  • 16 foil cupcake liners

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 or the temperature mentioned on the package of cinnamon rolls.
  • Place parchment paper onto a baking sheet.
  • Double up 2 foil cupcake liners and use your thumb to press down one side of the liner on the cookie sheet.
  • Spray with cooking spray.
  • Unroll a cinnamon roll and cut 5" off of one end.
  • Using that 5" piece, cut one end into a triangle and cut about 1/2" into the center of the opposite end to create the head.
  • Roll the cut pieces to replicate the snail's tentacles.
  • Place the remaining rolled cinnamon roll, cut side down, onto the snail head/tail segment. Gently press down.
  • Place the snail onto the cupcake liner, making sure the tail lays on the flat edge and the head is on the top edge of the liner.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes or according to the package directions.
  • Cool completely before removing from the foil liner.

Notes

  • Cook times may vary based on your own cinnamon rolls
  • You can reuse cupcake liners by just respraying with nonstick spray before next batch

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 696kcal | Carbohydrates: 98g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 755mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 63g

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