20 Creative Recipes Using Cereal

Cereal isn’t just for breakfast anymore! These recipes show you how to use your favorite cereals to make tasty snacks and desserts. From cereal bars to crispy treats, you’ll find new and fun ways to enjoy cereal any time of the day. Get the kids involved! It’s a great way to get creative in the kitchen.

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Cereal Milk Tartlets

Three small tarts topped with piped whipped cream, colorful marshmallows, and rainbow sprinkles are displayed on a marble surface. One tart is served on a white plate with a fork beside it.

These Cereal Milk Tartlets have a funfetti blondie crust filled with pastry cream made with Lucky Charms cereal milk! Topped with homemade vanilla bean whipped cream and Lucky Charms marshmalows, these little cuties are magic!

Get the recipe: Cereal Milk Tartlets

3-Ingredient Easy Peanut Butter Cereal Breakfast Bars

Close-up of homemade cereal bars made with round, honey-colored oat cereal pieces that are stuck together, likely with a sticky syrup or honey, and cut into rectangular shapes.

Take breakfast on the go with these super easy 3-ingredient cereal bars! Flavored with peanut butter and sweetened with honey, they’re a fantastic way to start your day.

Get the recipe: 3-Ingredient Easy Peanut Butter Cereal Breakfast Bars

Avalanche Bars

Three stacked rice crispy treats with visible mini marshmallows and chocolate chips, surrounded by more treats, scattered chocolate chips, and bowls of marshmallows and chocolate chips on a white surface.

Avalanche Bars are crispy, melty, and delicate confections held together with melted chocolate and peanut butter.

Get the recipe: Avalanche Bars

Fruity Pebbles Donuts with Cake Mix

A group of colorful donuts topped with fruity cereal pieces are arranged on a white marble surface. A plate with three additional donuts is on the right, next to a bottle of milk with a blue straw. The arrangement creates a bright and cheerful display.

Fruity Pebbles Donuts are fun to look at and delicious to eat. These baked cake mix donuts are easy to make and only require a handful of ingredients making them perfect for any occasion.

Get the recipe: Fruity Pebbles Donuts with Cake Mix

Chex Muddy Buddies

A bowl with red stripes is filled with chocolate-covered snack pieces dusted with powdered sugar. In the background, there are green pine branches and a snowman decoration, giving a festive holiday feel.

This Chex Muddy Buddies is a favorite treat during the Holidays. Chocolatey and so easy to make any time of the year.

Get the recipe: Chex Muddy Buddies

Chocolate Lucky Charms Bark (Marshmallow Cereal)

A plate of colorful white chocolate bark decorated with rainbow sprinkles, marshmallows, and candy shapes like stars and moons. The bark pieces are piled on a light-colored plate against a marble background.

Magically delicious is what you will find in this Chocolate Lucky Charms bark! This crispy treat is made with white chocolate bark that is rainbow-colored and topped with Lucky Charms kids cereal and festive sprinkles. Break into pieces and nibble on this delicious St. Patrick’s Day chocolate bark dessert.

Get the recipe: Chocolate Lucky Charms Bark (Marshmallow Cereal)

Golden Graham S’mores

A close-up of gooey s’mores cereal bars made with melted marshmallows, graham cereal, and chocolate, showing a hand pulling apart one sticky, melted bar from the stack.

Easy no-bake Golden Grahams s’mores are made with cereal, marshmallows, & chocolate chips and take less than 15 minutes to make.

Get the recipe: Golden Graham S’mores

Cornflake French Toast Recipe

Two slices of French toast topped with mixed berries, including raspberries and blueberries, are drizzled with syrup on a white plate. A fork rests to the side of the plate.

Cornflake French toast recipe makes French toast that’s crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. This French toast recipe can be made from scratch in just 15 minutes!

Get the recipe: Cornflake French Toast Recipe

Crunchy Baked Chicken Nuggets

A tray filled with crispy golden chicken nuggets and crinkle-cut French fries, accompanied by two dipping sauces: one red and one orange. The tray is on parchment paper, and a checkered napkin is partially visible nearby.

Crunchy baked chicken nuggets are made with a cornflake coating for nuggets that are crispy outside and tender inside. This recipe is perfect for weeknights and can be made in just 30 minutes.

Get the recipe: Crunchy Baked Chicken Nuggets

Air Fryer Lucky Charms Marshmallow Donuts

A white-iced donut topped with colorful marshmallow shapes sits on a white plate, with a jar of pastel marshmallows and more donuts in the background.

If you want to make special donuts for St. Patrick’s Day or Easter, these air fryer Lucky Charms marshmallow donuts are perfect. They are made with canned buttermilk biscuits as a shortcut making this a quick and easy recipe.

Get the recipe: Air Fryer Lucky Charms Marshmallow Donuts

No-Bake Cornflake Cookies

These easy no-bake cornflake cookies only require 4 main ingredients and come together In 15 minutes. It’s chewy, sweet, salty and crunchy makes it a huge hit with kids and adults.

Get the recipe: No-Bake Cornflake Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats

Peanut Butter Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats – peanut butter rice krispies coated in milk chocolate and loaded with Reese’s for a yummy bar anyone can create.

Get the recipe: Peanut Butter Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispie cake

This Rice Krispie cake recipe is a fantastic option as an alternative to a traditional cake or as a simple, no-bake cake for any celebration.

Get the recipe: Rice Krispie cake

Chocolate Crunch Cake

Make this easy and delicious Chocolate Crunch Cake with simple ingredients. A perfect treat for chocolate lovers craving a delightful crispy texture.

Get the recipe: Chocolate Crunch Cake

Fruity Pebbles Meringue Cookies

Indulge in the sweet crunch of Fruity Pebble meringue cookies! Easy to make and loved by all, they’re perfect for cereal lovers of all ages.

Get the recipe: Fruity Pebbles Meringue Cookies

Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets

Delicious, golden, crunchy with a corn flakes crust these Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets are sure to become a family favorite! They are healthy and so easy to make!

Get the recipe: Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets

Fruity Pebbles Treats

These fruity pebbles treats are made with only 4 ingredients, are a no-bake recipe, are made with melted marshmallows, and are perfect for fruity pebbles lovers!

Get the recipe: Fruity Pebbles Treats

Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats (Easy & Quick)

These chocolate rice krispie treats are loaded with chocolate flavor and are gooey, and chewy, take 20 minutes to prep, and are always a crowd-pleaser!

Get the recipe: Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats (Easy & Quick)

Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispie Treats Sandwiches

These Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispie Treats Sandwiches are classic Rice Krispie treats with a fruity twist! An easy dessert for the whole family!

Get the recipe: Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispie Treats Sandwiches

S’mores Chocolate Marshmallow Rice Krispies Treats

S’more Rice Krispie Treats made with Golden Graham, Rice Krispies, Marshmallows, Butter, and Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bars. The perfect S’more Rice Krispies that can be made in less than 15 minutes!

Get the recipe: S’mores Chocolate Marshmallow Rice Krispies Treats

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