Making a Halloween Breakfast is a fun way to celebrate Halloween all day long! Or if you are really in the spirit, all month long. These spooky Bloody Gut Cinnamon Rolls are easy to make by using store bought cinnamon rolls. It makes an excellent kids Halloween treat!!
You can also make these with a green frosting and call them Zombie Brains!
Halloween Themed Breakfast
Don’t let all the Halloween fun only be at night! You can start the kids day with this spooky breakfast. They will for sure think you are the coolest Mom (or Dad) around!
Another fun idea would be to add some grenadine or red food dye to their milk and serve it with a syringe in the glass (by syringe I mean a kids medicine syringe, if you are like me then you have like 500 of them!)- see these Bloody Shirley Temples as a visual reference.
These Chocolate Hand Pies from Howe We Live would be cute too. I would think you could even sub in jelly for more of a pop tart feel.
If your kids like eggs in the morning you could dye them green and put some plastic spiders or eyeballs on top.
Halloween Dinner
It is tradition around here that we get together with all our friends and have chili before we go out trick or treating with the kids on Halloween. It is a great way to get in the spirit and have some fun in a large group.
If you need some great Halloween dinner recipes, here are a few that we like to use:
- Classic Chili with Beans
- White Chicken Chili
- Sweet Potato & Quinoa Chili
- Ground Turkey Chili
- Of course… bloody gut cinnamon rolls to go with the chili! (It’s a Midwest thing)
- Sweet Cornbread
- Apple Pie Bars
Ingredient Tips
This is not difficult at all! You will not be making homemade cinnamon rolls for this recipe. We keep our baking super easy around here.
First make sure you buy the kind of cinnamon rolls that come in the tube. It needs to be the kind that you can unravel.
I have found that Pillsbury is NOT the unraveling kind. They are more of a stamped cinnamon roll. The store brand or great value brand will usually unravel for you. I believe the Aldi ones do too.
Also to get the true BLOOD RED frosting color it is best to use a gel food coloring. It has WAY more pigment than traditional liquid food coloring. You can find a great red gel coloring on Amazon. (then you can use it for Christmas too!)
How to make Bloody Guts Cinnamon Rolls
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Pop open your cinnamon rolls. Now unravel all the cinnamon rolls so you have long strips.
On a quarter baking sheet (about 9×13 size) start to coil, twist, and turn the cinnamon rolls so they look like intestines. It is ok if there are some spaces because they will expand as they cook.
I have not had the cinnamon rolls stick to the pan but if you are worried about that you can spray a bit of non-stick spray before laying the cinnamon rolls down.
Now put them in the oven to bake for 10 mins.
The package instructions will say to cook for longer, but since they are not cooking in a full roll that time would be too long. Do not follow the package instructions!
As they cook you can dye the frosting (aka- blood). Mix 1 cup of powdered sugar with 1 Tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons milk and then mix in the red food coloring. The gel food coloring that you buy at a bakery shop or Michael’s will be more powerful than the standard liquid food coloring.
If you are in a pinch and are using the liquid food coloring, lessen the amount of milk added to just 1 Tablespoon.
Once the cinnamon rolls come out of the oven drizzle them with the blood (aka- red frosting), and then place some spooky decorations on the Bloody Guts Cinnamon Rolls, ie. plastic eyeballs or spiders.
Fun Fact…. My birthday is on Halloween ♥
Variation Ideas
I have heard from many of you that these might be too spooky for your little ones. Instead of the bloody red frosting you can try one of these options for your crew:
- Use green food coloring in the frosting and make these Zombie Brains or Zombie Guts.
- Call them Zombie food instead of bloody guts.
- Ravel them into the shape of a pumpkin and use orange food coloring in the frosting
More Spooky Halloween Recipes
We LOVE a good Halloween Recipe around here, check out some of these other recipes to celebrate the whole month of October:
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Halloween Breakfast – Bloody Guts Cinnamon Rolls + Video
Equipment
- 9×13 rimmed baking sheet
Ingredients
- 2 (8 count) package store-bought cinnamon rolls – - make sure to buy the kind that unravel, I found that the store brands or best choice usually unravel (Pilsbury does not unravel, it is more of a stamped cinnamon roll). I believe Aldi's cinnamon rolls unravel as well.
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoon milk - more as needed
- red gel food coloring - SEE NOTE ABOUT FOOD COLORING
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees
- Open your cinnamon roll packages and unravel all the cinnamon rolls.
- On a quarter baking sheet ( 9 x 13 in size) start to twist, turn, and coil your unraveled cinnamon rolls. You want them to look intestine-y
- Bake the cinnamon rolls for 8-10 minutes. Pro Tip: don't follow package instructions, that cooking time will be too long!
- Meanwhile make the red frosting (aka – blood) by mixing together the powdered sugar, milk, and enough food coloring to get the red you are going for.1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoon milk, red gel food coloring
- Drizzle the frosting over the baked cinnamon rolls.
- Time to eat your Halloween Treat!
Recipe Tips and Notes:
Originally Posted September 8, 2019 – Republished September 19, 2020
Ashley says
This was so fun to make and they were so good. A very simple and tasty recipe. My family and I enjoyed this on Halloween morning. So festive, I love the creative baking around the holiday’s. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. 🍁🍂🎃
Susie Weinrich says
Wonderful! I’m so glad your family loved the spooky Halloween breakfast.
bonnie says
not dirt pudding, kitty litter.
bonnie says
I’ll be making them tomorrow for church. I have taken spiders and dirt pudding and mice, but this is a new one to me. I’m sure people will say yuck, but I’m equally sure that they will go pretty fast.
Susie says
Made this for my work friends came out super cute only I used the grands cinnamon rolls- worked well 👍🏼
Liz Rushman says
I can’t wait to try all your recipes !!! Thank you so much ! 💕Liz R
Linda Janson says
Great idea. I made mine with yeast dough, and while they were bigger, they are great. I’m thinking about using a melted strawberry or raspberry jam for the frosting.
Nadine says
You’ve done a fabulous job on all your Halloween treats!! Thank you for sharing!🤗👍🎃
Kim says
These are great! My coworkers will be totally grossed out – but they’ll eat them anyway 🙂
But, really? You have chili on Halloween when you could be having Ghoulash?? 😂
Susie Weinrich says
Ghoulash…. Oh my gosh that is PERFECT!!!!!
Richard Cory says
I made this this morning and WOW SO REALISTIC. I dont recall it looking so horrible before the oven and after it was realistic even more so.cutting it up…. id say it wa probably the most viral thing i made for halloween to date kids loved it
Megan smith says
Do I use the frosting that comes with the cinnamon rolls too?
Susie says
You certainly can… Just dye it red before drizzling it on.
Jennifer says
Making this for my son’s Senior Frankenstein English Class party tomorrow. Thanks!
Susie Weinrich says
Perfect!!
Emily Bruno says
Made this for my kids yesterday- they loved it!!
Tawnie Kroll says
These are so fun, going to make them this year!!
Lauren Nagel says
I’m terrified and hungry! So cool!
Lauren Grant | Zestful Kitchen says
Such a fun way to celebrate Halloween, we love this recipe!
John says
Kids love this, adults love this – it’s a winner all around!!
Mary Souvanna says
What is the receipe for the icing for for cinnamon rolls? I am not understand
Susie Weinrich says
It is powdered sugar and milk, with some red food coloring. You can also use the frosting that comes with the cinnamon rolls and dye it red.