Crazy Awesome Cinnamon Roll Recipes

From classic cinnamon filled to sweet n' fruity to indulgent Nutella, you're sure to find a new favorite with this collection of amazing, delicious cinnamon roll variations!

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Cinnamon rolls are a fun and classic treat that lets you feel like you are having dessert for breakfast. As easy as it is to pop open can or bake up premade frozen rolls, nothing beats a batch of fresh homemade cinnamon rolls! Especially because you can customize the fillings and toppings for a new, amazing treat each time. My basic cinnamon roll is so easy you can make them in an hour, but I’ve got so many other variations that you simply must check out! So whether you are looking for the tried and true cinnamon sugar goodness or you want to try some thing fun like Oreo or Sweet Potato, you’ll find the best cinnamon roll recipes that any home chef can master below.

Cinnamon Roll Recipes

Rediscover the classics and discover some brilliant new flavors!

Classic Flavors

Its hard to beat the classic flavor of a sweet cinnamon sugar in a buttery, goey gooey roll. These recipes have the cinnamon roll flavor you love with different ways to make them.

Frosting baked cinnamon rolls in pan with berries and lemon surrounding
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon Rolls are a gooey classic, with brown sugar, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and delicious icing.
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Easy Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Easy Cinnamon Rolls ready in just one hour! Soft rolls topped with rich cream cheese frosting—the perfect homemade breakfast or family treat.
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cinnamon sugar rolls in crockpot with icing
Slow Cooker Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Slow Cooker Cinnamon Rolls are perfect for making gooey, delicious rolls in half the time. Try them on the the weekends or for the Holidays!
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Cinnabon Copycat on spatula 4x3
Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls are gooey, buttery, cinnamon buns. Topped with gobs of cream cheese icing, your favorite mall treat at home!
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Fruit Flavors

Adding a bit of fresh fruit technically makes these treats healthy right? Either way, these sweet rolls will have everyone wanting seconds!

Blueberry Lemon Cinnamon Rolls single roll cut in half on plate side view
Blueberry Lemon Cinnamon Rolls
Blueberry Lemon Cinnamon Rolls are soft, buttery, easy sweet rolls with fresh blueberries, cinnamon, and lemon zest with cream cheese icing.
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Cranberry White Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls in baking dish with icing
White Chocolate Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls
White Chocolate Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect holiday breakfast. Gooey rolls with chocolate, cranberries and cream cheese icing.
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Sausage Blueberry Cinnamon Roll on plate
Sausage Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls
Sausage Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls are easy homemade cinnamon rolls stuffed with pork sausage, fresh blueberries, and cinnamon sugar. With cream cheese icing!
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Apple Crisp Cinnamon Roll on plate
Apple Crisp Cinnamon Rolls
Apple Crisp Cinnamon Rolls are homemade cinnamon rolls filled with cinnamon apple pie filling, topped with a brown sugar oat crumble and cream cheese icing.
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Orange Rolls on serving plate 1x1
Orange Rolls
Orange Rolls are a bakery-worthy pastry perfect for a holiday morning or brunch. Light, fluffy rolls are filled with orange flavor and topped with icing.
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Strawberry Roll sliced in half on plate
Strawberry Rolls
Easy Strawberry Rolls with Strawberry Frosting are buttery sweet rolls with a strawberry jam filling and topped with rich strawberry cream cheese frosting.
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Specialty Flavors

These genius flavor combinations take your sweet rolls to the next level. From fall flavors to indulgent chocolatey goodness, these irresistible recipes are all must try!

Oreo Cinnamon Rolls roll on plate with fork
Oreo Cinnamon Rolls
Oreo Cinnamon Rolls are the ultimate sweet breakfast treat! Tender rolls are made with cinnamon and oreo filling and topped with cream cheese icing.
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Caramel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
Caramel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls are the best sweet, gooey sticky buns recipe! Easy homemade dough with cinnamon sugar filling, rich caramel sauce, and pecans.
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls on serving plate 1x1
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Easy Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls are the ultimate gooey homemade cinnamon roll recipe made with pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice filling, and cream cheese icing.
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Nutella Cinnamon Rolls in baking pan with fork 1x1
Nutella Cinnamon Rolls
Nutella Cinnamon Rolls are soft, sweet, warm rolls with a cinnamon and Nutella filling and cream cheese frosting. It’s the perfect holiday breakfast!
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Maple Cinnamon Rolls with icing in baking dish
Maple Cinnamon Rolls
Maple Cinnamon Rolls have a classic gooey pastry topped with cream cheese maple icing. Perfect for weekend mornings, holidays, and brunches.
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Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls are unbelievably soft and tender, with warm, comforting flavors. The ultimate comfort treat for a cozy night!
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As you can see, the possibilities for gooey, indulgent cinnamon rolls is vast! And I’m often in the kitchen testing new and exciting flavor combinations. If you are cinnamon roll lover like me, be sure to bookmark this page and check back in for new additions or drop your suggestions for my next recipe in the comments. Looking for more breakfast and brunch options? Check out my Breakfast Casseroles and Mother’s Day Brunch collections too!

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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