Oreo Cinnamon Rolls

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Oreo Cinnamon Rolls: A twist on traditional cinnamon rolls, these easy homemade cinnamon rolls are made with Oreo cookies!

Cookies and Cream Cinnamon Roll on a plate.

Homemade cinnamon rolls are a vintage recipe that is an incredible treat. When adding other flavors to them, like my strawberry cinnamon rolls, and now these Oreo cinnamon rolls, it makes them even more unbelievable.

Why You’ll Love These Oreo Cinnamon Rolls

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), like these mini cinnamon rolls too. They’re a classic, like this coffee cake recipe!

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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Why You’ll Love These Oreo Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients for Oreo Cinnamon Rolls
How to Make Oreo Cinnamon Rolls
Active Dry Yeast vs. Instant Yeast?
Variations
Storage
Expert Tips and FAQs
Related Recipes
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Ingredients for Oreo Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients for cookies and cream cinnamon rolls

2 cups whole milk
2 tablespoons dry active yeast
2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
2 tablespoons oil (vegetable, canola or 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 Oreo Cinnamon Rolls

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.

Combine yeast, sugar and milk in a small bowl. — Combine yeast, milk, sugar.

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.

Oreos, yeast and mixture in mixing 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.

Oreo cinnamon roll dough in mixing bowl. — 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.

Oreo cinnamon roll dough rolled out on counter. — 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.

Raw Oreo cinnamon roll dough rolled up in to rolls and in a baking dish. — 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.

Baked Oreo cinnamon rolls in baking dish. — 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!

Oreo cinnamon rolls topped with Oreo and cream frosting.

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.

Variations

We used Oreo cookies in this Oreo cinnamon 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!

One Oreo cinnamon roll on a spatula, over a dish.

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.

Expert Tips and FAQs

How do I make sure the cinnamon rolls aren’t too dry?

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.

What frosting goes best with Oreo cinnamon rolls?

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!

How long are Oreo cinnamon rolls good for?

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.

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! Then of course this cookies and cream milkshake for the ultimate dessert!

Looking for other cinnamon roll recipes? Try our air fryer cinnamon rolls or this cinnamon roll casserole!

Or, these pumpkin cinnamon rolls are a hit during the fall months for sure!

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