Cookies and Cream Cinnamon Rolls: A twist on traditional cinnamon rolls, these easy homemade cinnamon rolls are made with Oreo cookies!
We love cinnamon rolls around here and if you have an air fryer, you will also love checking out our air fryer cinnamon rolls recipe!
Why you’ll love this recipe
There will always be a place in my heart for a classic cinnamon roll (you know the kind- fluffy cinnamon rolls smothered in luscious cream cheese frosting…mmm).
But now and then I like to get creative and try something a bit different, and these cookies and cream cinnamon rolls were just the thing!
You can never have too many tasty, easy recipes for something like cinnamon rolls, and I’m so excited to add this one to the list!
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Ingredients for cookies n cream cinnamon rolls
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 tablespoons dry active yeast
- 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2½ cups Oreo cookies, crushed or chopped
- ½ cup salted butter, melted
Optional Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- extra crushed Oreos, optional
How to make cookies and cream cinnamon rolls recipes
- In a small bowl, combine the warm milk, dry yeast, and sugar. Give the ingredients a quick stir and allow to rest under a towel until the yeast begins to foam.
- Once the yeast is foamy, add the coconut oil and stir again.
- In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the flour and 1 cup of the crushed Oreos. Use a wooden spoon to combine the ingredients until they begin to pull away from the bowl.
Stand Mixer: You can combine the yeast mixture with the flour and Oreos in the bowl of a stand mixer, then use the paddle attachment to combine the ingredients on low speed until they begin to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
Add yeast mixture. Combine.
- Pour the mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 3-4 minutes.
Stand Mixer: Switch to the dough hook attachment and mix for 3-4 minutes until the dough forms a ball.
- Place the dough back in the mixing bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and allow to rise for 30 minutes at room temperature until it has roughly doubled in size.
Return dough to bowl and let rise.
- After it has risen, roll the dough out into a large rectangle about ½ inch thick. Spread the melted butter over the surface of the dough and rub the remaining 1 ½ cup of the chopped cookies into the butter.
Roll dough to large rectangle.
- Roll the dough lengthwise (from the long side) to create a tube and then divide dough into 16 equal pieces (or 12 pieces, if you want larger rolls). You can use a sharp knife to cut the dough or use unflavored dental floss! Slide the floss under the dough roll where you want to cut it, then pull the two strings up and together in a cutting motion.
- Spray your 9×13 with cooking spray and then place rolls in the 9×13 baking dish, cover with plastic wrap, and allow to rise for 20 minutes.
- As the dough is rising, heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place rolls in 9×13 pan.
- Bake the rolls for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick can be cleanly removed from the dough. Let the rolls cool for a few minutes.
Bake rolls 15-18 mins.
- Spread the frosting of your choice (or follow the easy recipe in the card below) on top of warm cinnamon rolls and add a few extra cookie crumbs if you like. Serve and enjoy!
Add frosting & cookie crumbs. Serve and enjoy!
Active dry yeast vs. instant yeast?
You can use either of these forms of yeast for this yeast dough recipe. When using instant yeast, you do not need to add it to the wet ingredients and let it sit. Instead, simply add the instant yeast in with the dry ingredients (the flour and cookie pieces) and then mix it with your wet ingredients as the recipe indicates.
Oreo cinnamon rolls easy variations
We used Oreo cookies in this cookies and cream rolls recipe, but you could use any chocolate sandwich cookies and it would still taste great.
For the frosting, we recommended a cream cheese frosting (like the one we use on our air fryer cinnamon rolls), but the options are endless. If you have a buttercream frosting, vanilla glaze, cream cheese glaze, or even chocolate frosting recipe that you like, give it a try!
Storage
These cinnamon rolls can be stored in the fridge for about five days in an airtight container.
Alternatively, you can store these cinnamon rolls either baked or unbaked in the freezer for up to three months. Simply allow the rolls to thaw in the fridge before eating or baking.
Cookies and Cream Cinnamon Rolls
Expert tips and FAQs
Since we are adding so many cookie crumbs, we need to cut back on the amount of flour we add to the recipe. Traditionally, we would use about five cups of flour to make this many cinnamon rolls but cutting out one cup of flour in place of the crushed Oreos it keeps the dough from drying out in the oven.
See our air fryer cinnamon rolls for an easy cream cheese frosting recipe. This frosting will go great with cookies and cream cinnamon rolls as well.
However, you can also add cookie crumbs to your cream cheese frosting to add an extra chocolatey flavor and give the frosting a different texture!
The best way to store these cinnamon rolls is in the fridge for about five days in an airtight container. Alternatively, you can store these cinnamon rolls either baked or unbaked in the freezer for up to three months. Simply allow the rolls to thaw in the fridge before eating or baking.
Related Recipes
We have so many delicious Oreo cookie recipes on our website! If you liked these cookies and cream cinnamon rolls, you’ll also like these Oreo Rice Krispie treats and this easy, no-bake Oreo cheesecake recipe!
Looking for other cinnamon roll recipes? Try our air fryer cinnamon rolls or this cinnamon roll casserole!
Cookies and Cream Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 tablespoons dry active yeast
- 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2½ cups Oreo cookies crushed or chopped
- ½ cup salted butter melted
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- extra crushed Oreos optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the warm milk, dry yeast, and sugar. Give the ingredients a quick stir and allow to rest under a towel until the yeast begins to foam.
- Once the yeast is foamy, add the coconut oil and stir again.
- In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the 4 cup of flour and 1 cup of the crushed Oreos. Use a wooden spoon to combine the ingredients until they begin to pull away from the bowl.Stand Mixer: You can combine the yeast mixture with the flour and Oreos in the bowl of a stand mixer, then use the paddle attachment to combine the ingredients on low speed until they begin to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- Pour the mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 3-4 minutes.Stand Mixer: Switch to the dough hook attachment and mix for 3-4 minutes until the dough forms a ball.
- Place the dough back in the mixing bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and allow to rise for 30 minutes at room temperature until it has roughly doubled in size.
- After it has risen, roll the dough out into a large rectangle about ½ inch thick. Spread the melted butter over the surface of the dough and rub the remaining 1 ½ cup of the chopped cookies into the butter.
- Roll the dough lengthwise (from the long side) to create a tube and then divide dough into 16 equal pieces (or 12 pieces, if you want larger rolls). You can use a sharp knife to cut the dough or use unflavored dental floss! Slide the floss under the dough roll where you want to cut it, then pull the two strings up and together in a cutting motion.
- Spray your 9×13 with cooking spray and then place rolls in the 9×13 baking dish, cover with plastic wrap, and allow to rise for 20 minutes.
- As the dough is rising, heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bake the rolls for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick can be cleanly removed from the dough. Let the rolls cool for a few minutes.
- Spread the frosting of your choice on top of warm cinnamon rolls and add a few extra cookie crumbs if you like. Serve and enjoy!
Cream Cheese Frosting – if desired
- Combine 8 oz. cream cheese, 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla in a bowl and mix together until evenly mixed. Sprinkle crushed Oreo's on top (or even mix in to the frosting before spreading if desired).
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Allyssa says
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing cookies and cream cinnamon rolls recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
Jessica says
Oh you’re so welcome!! I’m so glad you liked these too, thank you for taking a second to review too!
Rory Tynor says
These were AMAZING! My kids were fighting over the last one, lol!
Jessica says
Haha! Those are the best kinds of recipes! So glad they liked these cinnamon rolls, thank you for sharing!
Erin says
Of course, anything with Oreos is delicious, but I really liked the cream cheese frosting!