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    Home » Desserts » Lucky Charms Doughnuts

    Mar 11, 2015 · Modified: Mar 3, 2019 by Sues · This post may contain affiliate links, uses cookies, and generates income via ads · View privacy policy + disclosure statement linked in footer · 17 Comments

    Lucky Charms Doughnuts

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    You don't need a holiday to enjoy a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal or a Lucky Charms dessert, but these Lucky Charms Doughnuts are the perfect St. Patrick's Day treat!

    Overhead view of Lucky Charms doughnuts on a marble surface with bowl of Lucky Charms in the background and recipe title at top

    In second grade, we had this thing on St. Patrick’s Day called The Eating of the Greens. All three classrooms came together and ate about a billion different green foods. I remember thinking it was SO crazy how many green foods we managed to pack on our plates. Looking back, I now realize it was probably all vegetables, jello, and green-dyed cake. Maybe some guacamole? Making an entire green meal really isn’t that impressive to me anymore. I mean, I drink a green smoothie pretty much every day and eat avocados by the bushel.

    I also have lots of experience with green food coloring. Once, at my old apartment, I made a recipe with green food coloring. I don’t even remember what it was. All I know is that we found traces of green food coloring in our apartment for months. Like, we had no idea how it kept showing up. On the counter, on the floor, sometimes even on my hands. We finally moved… And after a couple months, it started happening in our new apartment! Chris has basically banned me from green food coloring forever. I tried to blame it on Leprechauns.

    So, instead of giving you a green dyed dessert for St. Patrick’s Day this year, I’m giving you Lucky Charms doughnuts. Sure, there’s some green dye in those Leprechaun hat marshmallows, but no green food coloring was used to make these doughnuts. And so far, we have not had any green food coloring incidents in our new house. Phew.

    LUCKY CHARMS DOUGHNUTS RECIPE

    These Lucky Charms doughnuts are baked (and still delicious!) and super easy to make. You can whip up a batch in no time at all for any St. Patrick’s Day festivities you may be attending this year. And, in my personal experience, almost everyone loves Lucky Charms and will gladly welcome any treats made with them. Also? While they're extra fun during St. Patrick's Day, Lucky Charms are really socially acceptable year-round.

    Can we talk about the serious issue with cereal to marshmallow ratio in Lucky Charms? Like, how is this OK? Why haven’t we been actively fighting this? Hello?

    Overhead view of a bowl of Lucky Charms marshmallows and a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal with the marshmallows removed

    Please let me know if you want to start a petition.

    And now, onto the doughnuts! To start, pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. I recommend putting your Lucky Charms in a bag to crush them. Make sure you get a semi-reasonable cereal to marshmallow ratio. Look at those colors!

    Overhead view of a bag of crushed Lucky Charms cereal

    In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with hand mixer, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Then mix in the egg until combined

    Collage showing process for making Lucky Charms doughnut batter, including butter being creamed and butter and sugar being creamed together

    In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour,  crushed Lucky Charms, baking powder, and a pinch of salt.

    Overhead view of dry ingredients for Lucky Charms doughnuts in a bowl with a whisk

    Stir dry ingredients into the butter sugar mixture, alternating with whole milk, until just combined. Stir in vanilla extract. Be careful not to over-mix, otherwise you’ll get cake-y doughnuts, which are generally looked down upon. I really think that's the biggest complaint people have about baked doughnuts.

    Lightly spray a doughnut pan with cooking oil and evenly distribute batter into pan, filling cavities almost all the way. I recommend putting batter in a pastry bag and piping it into the pan since the batter is rather thick. You can also use a Ziplock bag with the corner cut off.

    Collage showing Lucky Charms doughnut batter in a piping bag and batter in a doughnut tin

    Bake the doughnuts at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes, until doughnuts are starting to turn golden around edges and lightly spring back when touched. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

    Overhead view of Lucky Charms doughnuts baked in doughnut pan and doughnuts cooling on metal rack

    Now, you need to get your marshmallow icing on. This is a super quick recipe, but you can make it ahead of time if you want because it keeps for 10 days in the fridge!

    In the bowl of a stand mixer beat together egg white, corn syrup, and pinch of salt on high speed for 4-5 minutes until it thickens quite a bit and turns white. Then, mix in the  powdered sugar, vanilla, and cream of tartar on low speed, until combined.

    Stir in 2 Tbsp hot water to turn what is essentially marshmallow fluff into marshmallow icing.

    Collage showing process for making marshmallow icing, including icing in bowl and icing on whisk

    When doughnuts are cooled, ice them… And top with Lucky Charms marshmallows, of course.

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! You should be aware that this recipe only makes 6 doughnuts. You may need to times it by 50 in order to keep everyone happy on St. Patrick’s Day.

    But then, due to the seriously sucky marshmallow ratio in Lucky Charms, you’ll have to buy a few boxes of the cereal.

    Lucky Charms doughnut topped with marshmallow icing and marshmallows on a marble surface with second doughnut in the background

    We rarely keep cereal like this in our home as it can get seriously dangerous. I’m almost ready for bed now and all I can think about is a giant bowl of Lucky Charms. Already brushed teeth. Must not succumb. Also, already ate one of these doughnuts tonight.

    Overhead view of multiple Lucky Charms doughnuts with marshmallow icing and marshmallows on a marble surface

    Also dangerous? You’ll have some of that marshmallow icing leftover after frosting these doughnuts. And eating it with a spoon is pretty much the best thing ever after these Lucky Charms doughnuts.

    I would try to justify all of this by reiterating that these doughnuts are baked and not fried. But I think all that really means is that they’re more like cake instead of deep fried dough. But still?

    Landscape overhead view of Lucky Charms doughnut topped with marshmallow icing and marshmallows on a marble surface

    I use a variation of my baked doughnut recipe all the time and it took a long time for me to perfect. I’m a big believer in frying doughnuts, but baking is a lot quicker and less intimidating for many people. Also, it keeps your house from smelling like oil, which is always a major plus. This recipe is my favorite alternative to frying because it’s not dense or too cakey…. Especially with a good icing on top.

    And marshmallows. Always marshmallows. Though the little Lucky Charms marshmallows are strangely more delicious than any other marshmallows (as I wrote that, I realized I probably should have said “magically delicious.”

    Overhead view of Lucky Charms doughnuts with marshmallow icing and marshmallows on a marble surface with bowl of Lucky Charms in the background

    If you want to check out any of my other Lucky Charms recipes, I highly recommend this Lucky Charms Ice Cream or this Lucky Charms Martini. However, I am also seriously swooning over this “cake” from Jackie Alpers. Maybe next year!

    Do you have any St. Patrick's Day food traditions? My parents make an incredible corned beef dinner, so I'll be heading there for what I'm sure will be a feast this weekend!

    Lucky Charms Doughnuts -- You don't need a holiday to enjoy a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal or a Lucky Charms dessert, but these Lucky Charms Doughnuts are the perfect St. Patrick's Day treat! | wearenotmartha.com

    Lucky Charms Doughnuts

    You don't need a holiday to enjoy a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal, but these Lucky Charms Doughnuts are the perfect St. Patrick's Day treat!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: Baked Donuts, Baked Doughnuts, Lucky Charms Desserts, Lucky Charms Donuts, Lucky Charms Doughnuts
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Makes: 6
    Author: Sues

    Ingredients

    • 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
    • ½ cup crushed Lucky Charms
    • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
    • Pinch salt
    • ⅓ cup whole milk
    • 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
    • 1 batch marshmallow icing (recipe below)
    • 1 cup Lucky Charms Marshmallows

    Marshmallow Icing:

    • 1 large egg white
    • ½ cup corn syrup
    • Pinch salt
    • ¾ cup powdered sugar
    • ½ Tbsp vanilla extract
    • ⅛ tsp cream of tartar
    • 2 Tbsp hot water

    Instructions

    • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray a doughnut pan with cooking oil.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with hand mixer, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
    • Add the egg and mix to combine.
    • In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, crushed Lucky Charms, baking powder, and salt.
    • Stir dry ingredients into the butter sugar mixture, alternating with milk, until just combined. Stir in vanilla extract. Be careful not to over-mix.
    • Evenly distribute batter into prepared doughnut pan, filling cavities almost all the way.
    • Bake the doughnuts at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes, until doughnuts are starting to turn golden around edges and lightly spring back when touched.
    • Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
    • Once cooled, frost doughnuts with marshmallow icing and top with Lucky Charms marshmallows.

    Marshmallow Icing

    • In the bowl of a stand mixer beat together egg white, corn syrup, and salt on high speed for 4-5 minutes until it thickens quite a bit and turns white.
    • Mix in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and cream of tartar on low speed, until combined.
    • Stir in hot water.
    • Marshmallow icing can be stored in airtight container in fridge for about 10 days. This recipe makes enough to frost 4 batches of doughnuts.
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    1. Jersey Girl Cooks says

      March 11, 2015 at 12:31 pm

      5 stars
      Love this idea. I am sure my kids could eat several of these!

    2. Christina @ Bake with Christina says

      March 11, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      Omg those doughnuts are adorable! They look and sound SO delicious too! Such a creative idea 🙂

    3. sarah k @ the pajama chef says

      March 11, 2015 at 4:46 pm

      these are super adorable. love love love em!

    4. Odetta says

      March 11, 2015 at 5:31 pm

      Holy yum!!! These are perfect!!!

    5. Jessica @ Sweet Menu says

      March 11, 2015 at 9:59 pm

      This donuts are so cool! I had lucky charms for the first time last month when I was visiting the US - they are delish! Love love love these.

    6. Culinary Flavors says

      March 12, 2015 at 4:54 am

      They are totally adorable!

    7. Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says

      March 12, 2015 at 8:26 am

      These donuts are adorable, Sues! So fun and festive!

    8. Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog says

      March 13, 2015 at 2:45 am

      OMG! These are perrrrfect for St. Patricks day!

    9. Joanne says

      March 13, 2015 at 7:22 am

      I think the issue is that Lucky Charms really needs to make a box of cereal that's 90% marshmallows, 10% cereal. Let's start a petition.

      These donuts are SOOOOO fun!!

    10. Leah | So, How's It Taste? says

      March 13, 2015 at 10:29 am

      Lucky Charms were my favorite as a kid! And yes, we do need a petition about that marshmallow ratio! I'd love these with my coffee this morning. I bet I'd have no problem inhaling at least three. 😉

    11. Pam says

      March 13, 2015 at 3:40 pm

      You have no idea how much my kids would LOVE these awesome donuts. I'll be honest, I'd love them too!

    12. Justine says

      March 13, 2015 at 4:50 pm

      Hooray! Best idea ever!!!! Prettiest one too <3

    13. Betty says

      March 14, 2015 at 12:49 am

      What a fun doughnut- Magically delicious! 🙂

    14. Kelsey @ Snacking Squirrel says

      March 14, 2015 at 5:41 pm

      no way!!!! you made me so happy with this post. the bright colors and the memories of childhood all come flooding to me. and i love the pics you took because you really get to see its beauty from all angles. i love doing that too.

    15. Carol at Wild Goose Tea says

      March 14, 2015 at 8:24 pm

      What a CUTE idea for ST Paddy's Day!!!!!

    16. Emily aka The Three Bite Rule says

      March 16, 2015 at 10:02 am

      that bag of crunched up cereal is memorizing!

    17. Emily aka The Three Bite Rule says

      March 16, 2015 at 10:02 am

      ahhh. mesmerizing. #autocorrect

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