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Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes

★★★★★ from 10 reviews

(Last updated January 7, 2021)Buttercream & Frosting· Cupcakes· Desserts

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If you like Cheerios, you’ll love these Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes! A soft honey cupcake made with cereal infused milk is topped with a Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream to create a treat you’ll love.

If you like Cheerios, you'll love these Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes! A soft honey cupcake made with cereal infused milk is topped with a Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream to create a treat you'll love.I’ve been toying with the idea of these cupcakes for a while now. I’ve recently rediscovered my love of cereal, and Honey Nut Cheerios came back as a major favorite. One day while eating a bowl of them, I decided Honey Nut Cheerios crushed up in frosting is probably something that should happen.

And if that Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream ended up slathered on top of some subtly honey flavored, soft, moist cupcakes, well – that would be a good thing, right? 

If you like Cheerios, you'll love these Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes! A soft honey cupcake made with cereal infused milk is topped with a Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream to create a treat you'll love.These cupcakes have been in my head for so long that I’ve toyed with so many different options for them. Should I do a filling? Eh…while whipped cream would definitely be good, I decided to keep it simple, and I was glad I did.

The cupcakes come together really quickly and easily, even the cereal milk part. Yes, I said cereal milk. While it’s not 100% necessary, why wouldn’t you want to infuse the milk for the cupcakes with some Honey Nut Cheerio flavor? It’s highly recommended.

If you like Cheerios, you'll love these Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes! A soft honey cupcake made with cereal infused milk is topped with a Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream to create a treat you'll love.The cupcakes uses honey as a flavor, which also adds a gorgeous golden color to the cupcakes. The batter smells seriously delicious between the honey and the cereal milk! The cupcakes bake up golden and puffy. Don’t be scared to fill those muffin tins a good 2/3 full though, or they won’t puff up to the edges of the liners.

If you like Cheerios, you'll love these Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes! A soft honey cupcake made with cereal infused milk is topped with a Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream to create a treat you'll love.The buttercream recipe is traditional, but with the addition of a little honey for flavor and Honey Nut Cheerios crushed into it for wonderful texture and that yummy, nostalgic flavor. Because of the crushed cereal in here, it doesn’t do well piping out of a tip. A big circle tip would likely work well, but I’m lazy so I just plopped it on with an ice cream scoop and smushed the buttercream with a spoon to give it a divot, and garnished with Honey Nut Cheerios. Voila. Some sparkly silver stars made it more fun and just a little whimsical.

This recipe only makes 12 cupcakes, but the recipe is easily doubled or tripled, or even halved. These cupcakes are fun and unique and will be a favorite of any Honey Nut Cheerio fans! Enjoy :)

If you like Cheerios, you'll love these Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes! A soft honey cupcake made with cereal infused milk is topped with a Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream to create a treat you'll love.

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If you like Cheerios, you'll love these Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes! A soft honey cupcake made with cereal infused milk is topped with a Honey Nut Cheerio buttercream to create a treat you'll love.

Honey Nut Cheerio Cupcakes


★★★★★

5 from 10 reviews

  • Author: Rachel Conners
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 12 cupcakes 1x
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Ingredients

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For the cupcakes

  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup Honey Nut Cheerios (lightly crushed)

For the buttercream

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (room temperature)
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream (or milk)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Honey Nut Cheerios (crushed)

Instructions

For the cupcakes

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake liners. Set aside.
  2. In a liquid measuring cup, stir together the milk and 1/4 cup Honey Nut Cheerios. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, and set aside while you prepare the batter.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs on at the time, scraping the bowl as necessary.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a fork or your clean fingers, remove the cereal from the milk. Discard the cereal. Make sure you still have 1/2 cup milk and add more if necessary. Add the honey and vanilla extract to the milk and whisk together.
  5. Gradually add 1/3 of the dry ingredients, mix to combine. Add 1/2 of the wet ingredients, mix. Repeat, ending with dry ingredients.
  6. Divide the batter between 12 muffin cups, they should be about 2/3 of the way full. Bake for 17-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the buttercream

  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip butter for 5 minutes on medium speed. Butter will become pale & creamy.
  2. Add the powdered sugar, honey, milk or heavy cream, and vanilla extract. Mix on low speed for 1 minute, and then on medium speed for 5 minutes. Add in crushed Honey Nut Cheerios and mix to incorporate completely, about 1 minute.
  3. Frost cooled cupcakes immediately.

Notes

Cupcake recipe adapted from The Cake Blog

  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

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  1. Monica says

    May 14, 2015 at 5:41 am

    This is so creative and sounds delicious! I want to give you a virtual high-five! ; ) Love the thought and details in the flavor of the cupcake, plus how they look. The cupcake liners are adorable.

    Reply
  2. Ashley | The Recipe Rebel says

    May 14, 2015 at 9:04 am

    This is a fantastic idea! They look gorgeous and I can just imagine how good they are! Pinned :)

    Reply
  3. Medha (Whisk and Shout) says

    May 14, 2015 at 10:53 am

    That cereal milk is so smart! These are so unique and I love your photos. Pinned! :)

    Reply
  4. Natalie @ Tastes Lovely says

    May 14, 2015 at 11:08 am

    This is too cute! I love honey nut cheerios. My freshman year of college, the cafeteria had 3 cereals, lucky charms, honey nut cheerios and raisin bran. Of course I picked honey nut cheerios! I bet I ate that for breakfast every day for 9 months. Haha! Can’t wait to make the cupcake version : )

    ★★★★★

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  5. Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog says

    May 14, 2015 at 11:28 am

    How absolutely adorable are these? I’m going to a 3 year olds birthday this weekend and am totally going to make these to bring along!

    Reply
  6. Abby says

    May 14, 2015 at 1:45 pm

    I absolutely MUST bake these cupcakes, Rachel! I’m cereal obsessed, and honey nut cheerios have always been a favorite of mine. This idea is so genius! <3

    Reply
  7. Nora @ Savory Nothings says

    May 14, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    This is so much fun! I try not to have cereal around too much because I will definitely eat the entire box within a day, but I might just have to make an exception to my rule for these adorable cupcakes :)

    Reply
  8. Michelle | A Latte Food says

    May 14, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    These are brilliant! So incredibly adorable and festive! Plus, I am a cereal fanatic so these are right up my alley :-)

    Reply
  9. Patricia @ Grab a Plate says

    May 14, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    Super fun recipe! Love these!

    Reply
  10. [email protected] Chef says

    May 14, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    Simply damn delicious sweet bites !!!
    [email protected] Chef

    Reply
  11. Sneha says

    May 15, 2015 at 1:20 am

    I absolutely MUST bake these cupcakes, Rachel! I’m cereal obsessed, and honey nut cheerios have always been a favorite of mine.Love the thought and details in the flavor of the cupcake, plus how they look. The cupcake liners are adorable. :)

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      May 15, 2015 at 7:25 am

      Thanks so much, Sneha! The cupcake liners were actually a gift from my housemate’s mom – aren’t they cute?!

      Reply
      • Sneha says

        May 15, 2015 at 9:07 am

        :) :)

        ★★★★★

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  12. Sarah @Whole and Heavenly Oven says

    May 15, 2015 at 5:38 am

    Oh my gosh, how totally fun are these cupcakes?! My family would go completely nuts over these if I made them for our next birthday party! Gorgeous photos too, Rachel!

    Reply
  13. Ashley says

    May 15, 2015 at 8:34 am

    How fun are these??? I used to eat honey nut cheerios like crazy as a kid! But I haven’t had them in ages now!

    Reply
  14. [email protected] says

    May 15, 2015 at 9:48 am

    What a creative idea, these look delicious! My mom loves Honey Nut Cheerios, I bet she would adore these!

    Reply
  15. Annie @Maebells says

    May 15, 2015 at 11:16 am

    You nailed it!! These are amazing!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  16. June @ How to Philosophize with Cake says

    May 18, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    Ah those were my childhood! I love cereal milk desserts, they’re always so fun and creative :)

    Reply
  17. Shelby @ Go Eat and Repeat says

    May 18, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    These cupcakes are adorable! I’d never thought of putting cereal on cupcakes before but now I’m thinking Lucky Charms would be pretty amazing on cupcakes!

    Reply
  18. Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says

    May 19, 2015 at 6:51 am

    How fun! Honey nut cherrios are yummy enough as a bowl of cereal, amd I’m sure in cupcake form they’re outstanding!

    Reply
  19. Kristi @ My SF Kitchen says

    May 20, 2015 at 12:23 pm

    These are adorable!

    Reply
  20. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

    May 25, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    YOU’RE SO BRILLIANT!!! I love these cupcakes-they’re beautiful and fun and that buttercream is singingggg to [email protected]

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  21. Allinfopark says

    May 25, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    lovely cakes

    Reply
  22. Nora (A Clean Bake) says

    May 28, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    What a completely adorable idea! I used to love Honey Nut Cheerios and haven’t had them in ages!

    Reply
  23. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    May 28, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    Cheerios definitely remind me of my childhood! I love these little cupcakes and I bet they taste so sweet and delicious.

    Reply
  24. Gautham says

    September 23, 2015 at 11:20 pm

    this is a great idea man.

    Reply
  25. Sathish says

    April 5, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    Loved cupcakes alot……:)

    Reply
  26. karthik says

    April 19, 2016 at 8:46 am

    Ah those were my childhood! I love cereal milk desserts

    Reply
  27. ram says

    January 4, 2017 at 9:35 pm

    Ah those were my childhood! I love cereal milk desserts

    Reply
  28. Bernice says

    October 17, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    These sound delicious! Do you know if there would be a way to make them dairy free?

    My husband and I are celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary soon. We didn’t have much when we got married. Since we couldn’t afford a honeymoon, on our wedding night, we came home exhausted from the day’s celebration and hungry because we didn’t eat much at our reception. We hadn’t purchased groceries for our place yet and had no furniture. So my husband made a quick late night run to the store for some quick and cheap for us to eat. He came home with milk and Honey Nut Cheerios! So we spent the evening just two newlyweds in love chatting and sitting on the floor in our new apartment eating cereal in our wedding attire. Such a fond memory of ours.

    My husband loves cupcakes so I think these would be a perfect dessert to celebrate our anniversary. I can’t have any dairy currently though due to breastfeeding our 9 month old son who has a milk protein allergy.

    I know they won’t taste the same but do you think they would still taste good if I substituted almond milk for the milk and coconut oil for the butter?

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      October 18, 2018 at 9:22 am

      Hi Bernie, wow, what a sweet story! Sounds like the perfect thing to make for your husband for your anniversary :) for the cake, it should be just fine to use coconut oil and almond milk in place of the butter and milk. For the frosting, you may want to use vegan butter or sustainable palm shortenng instead of coconut oil for better flavor. You could also use a premade dairy-free frosting, like Simple Mills, and just stir in a little honey to add some flavor. Hope this helps!

      Reply
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