What do you get when you cross your favourite cereal with your favourite baked good? Froot Loop Glazed Donuts! Gorgeously golden fried donuts that are topped with a drippy pink cotton candy glaze and a generous scattering of crunchy Froot Loops cereal.
Made from a soft and buttery yeast dough, these donuts just about melt in your mouth. With their pop of colour, they are also guaranteed to make you feel like a kid again AND they give you an excuse to buy Froot Loops! Win win, my friend.
Remember a few months again when I made my Froot Loop Cereal Milk Layer Cake? I love to use cereal in my baking ever since I visited Momofuku Milk Bar in New York earlier this year. They quickly gained fame for many of their unique creations including their sweet cereal milk.
I have long loved Froot Loops and remember starting off my birthdays with a big bowl as a kid. Nowadays, I have to think of a recipe to use them in so I have an excuse to buy them without the husband asking too many questions. Enter Froot Loop Glazed Donuts.
Have you ever made fried donuts at home? I have shared a few baked donut recipes on Sweetest Menu, like my Cinnamon Sugar Baked Donuts but this is my first fried recipe. While their calorie intake is a little higher, homemade pastries are just such a treat. I just love to work with dough and yeast – I find it incredibly rewarding.
The donuts only take one hour to rise too, so none of that overnight business. Once you fry them, its simply a matter of dunking them into the glaze, popping on plenty of Froot Loops and then devouring straight away while they are still slightly warm.
Let’s Bake
Froot Loop Glazed Donuts
Gorgeously golden fried donuts that are topped with a drippy pink cotton candy glaze and crunchy Froot Loops cereal.
Ingredients
Donuts
- 385 grams (2 and 3/4 cup) plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 2 and 1/4 teaspoon instant dried yeast
- 3 tablespoons caster sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 240 ml (1 cup) milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 egg yolks
- 115 grams (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Vegetable oil for frying
Cotton candy glaze
- 250 grams (2 cups) icing or powdered sugar
- 4 tablespoons milk
- A few drops of cotton candy flavouring
- A few drops of pink food colouring
- 2 cups Froot Loops Cereal
Instructions
- In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, add 2 cups (280 grams) of your flour, the yeast, sugar and salt. Heat your milk in the microwave in 20 second bursts until it reaches 40 C (105 F) or is quite warm to the touch. Add the milk, vanilla and egg yolks to your flour mixture and beat on medium speed until smooth. Scrap down the sides of your bowl, then add the remaining flour and diced pieces of the butter. Mix again until smooth. Scrap the sides and bring the dough together into a ball (it will be sticky, this is ok) at the bottom of the bowl. Cover the plastic wrap and leave in a warm place to rise for one hour.
- Line a baking tray with baking or parchment paper. Turn out your dough onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough out using a rolling pin until its about 1 and 1/2 inches thick. Cut out the dough using a cookie cutter or any round shaped object you find around the place. It’s up to you whether you cut out the middle or leave the donut whole – i did my batch half half. If you want a hole in the middle, simply cut it out using a small round cookie cutter or similar round object – I used a water bottle cap!
- Place each donut onto your prepared tray and cover lightly with plastic wrap. You then need to leave for the donuts for at least 15 minutes to rise again. This is a great chance to get your oil ready. You will need to add your oil into a large heavy bottomed saucepan and use a thermometer to heat the oil to 180 C (360 F). The amount of oil needed will vary depending on the size of your saucepan. You will want enough oil to come up about halfway of the saucepan, with plenty of room for the donuts to sizzle.
- Once the oil is ready to go, gently pop your donuts into the oil, one at a time, being carefully not to overcrowd the pan. Just do 2 or 3 donuts at a time. Let them cook for 1-2 minutes on either side, turning a couple of times. Once they are beautifully golden brown, lift them out gently using a slotted spoon and pop them on a plate lined with paper tower. Continue until your have cooked all your donuts.
- To make the glaze, sift the icing or powdered sugar into a small bowl, add the milk and stir with a spoon until smooth and creamy. Add the cotton candy flavouring to taste and the pink food colouring and stir until it reaches your desired colour. Once the donuts have cooled, dunk them in the glaze and then top with Froot Loops. These donuts are best enjoyed on the day they are made.
Notes
Keep an eye on your temperature of your oil, I found I had to turn the heat up and down on my stove to try and keep it at a consistent heat. Watch that once it hits 180 C (360 F) it doesn’t just keep getting hotter and hotter as your donuts may burn.
Yeast donut recipe adapted fromĀ Chowhound.
Hayley says
These donuts look and sound incredible, Jessica! I love Fruit Loops and always forget to buy it at the store. Now I have another reason to purchase it next time I’m there because these donuts are soooo happening.
Jessica Holmes says
Oh I really hope you get to make them Hayley, you would LOVE them!
Trisha says
Wow! Yum! Totally pinned!
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks Trisha!
Ashley says
Fruit Loops are my daughter’s FAVORITE and I never buy them for her — it’s weird having to try to be a responsible parent when all you want to eat is junk! Lol. She would be so ecstatic if I made these! I’m going to have to keep them in mind for a special treat one day!
Jessica Holmes says
Hahaha oh I can only imagine Ashley! Definitely save them for a special treat!
Leah says
Jess these look SO yummy! I absolutely loved fruit loops growing up, and I love the way you used them here. You better believe I will be making these the very second they come out with gluten-free fruit loops! š
Jessica Holmes says
Me too Leah! I hope they make GF ones too!
Danielle says
I absolutely love fruit loops, it was by far my favorite cereal as a kid. The donuts are so creative, I love that you combined the two. Gorgeous pictures too, Jess!
Jessica Holmes says
Mine too Danielle! Thank you!
Johlene says
Love the colour of the glaze! The idea is perfect.. two favourite breakfast ideas in one! š š
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks Johlene!
Kelly says
Oh my goodness, these are the most creative donuts! So colorful and fun! Love the cotton candy glaze & fruit loops and yay for fried donuts š
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks Kelly!
Kushi says
Drooling! That’s gorgeous, YUM
Jessica Holmes says
Thank you Kushi!
Jessica says
These donuts look amazing, Jess! Love the colour! Never tried fruit loops before, but I really want to now! š
Jessica Holmes says
Oh you need to Jess, you would love them!
Denise says
These are the funnest donuts ever! I love fruit loops, these look amazing!
Jessica Holmes says
I love Fruit Loops too Denise!
Anu says
I love donuts, and these look phenomenal, Jess. What an incredible combo of donut + cereal. So YUM! Just amazing.
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks so much Anu!
June @ How to Philosophize with Cake says
Those look delicious! If they’ve got breakfast cereal in them, they count as breakfast food, right? š Love the cotton candy glaze too!
Jessica Holmes says
I totally agree with that logic June! š
Nicole says
Uh what? Fruit loops and doughnuts? Girl, you are a bonafide genius.
Jessica Holmes says
Hahaha thanks Nicole! š
Beeta says
These look out of this world! I love baking with cereal because I’m just such a fan of cereal in general. I also love working with yeast and dough; you’re right, it’s so rewarding. These look so fluffy and moist – definitely a wonderful treat that I wish I could have waiting for me when I wake up tomorrow! š
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks Beeta! I love cereal too! I wish I could pass you a donut or two š
Jessica says
Holy crap. You combined two of my favorite things in the whole world – donuts and cereal! I even wrote cookbooks featuring both and I never combined them like this! Awesome!
Jessica Holmes says
Aw thank you so much Jessica! My two favourite things too – I will have to check your cookbooks out, they sound amazing!