Zombie Guts (Cinnamon Roll Intestines)

Halloween is fast approaching! These creepy Zombie Guts use store bought cinnamon rolls! Perfect for breakfast Halloween morning… and kids LOVE helping make these!

Craving warm and cozy desserts this Fall? Check out these Cinnamon Apples, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Apple Pie Bars, Salty and Sweet Kettle Corn Cookies

I’ve seen these over the years and I’m always so grossed out by them. But, at the same time, they are SO fun and really amp up the Halloween spirit! They are made of standard store bought Grands Cinnamon Rolls. They take a little over 20 minutes from beginning to end. You have so many options on how you want to present these – gotta love choices!

Ingredients

• Grands Cinnamon Rolls – I used the Original – but use whatever version you prefer – it just HAS to be the Grands
• Powdered Sugar
• Unsalted Butter
• Cream Cheese – I used whipped cream cheese because it is what I had on hand
• Vanilla
• Kosher Salt
• Food coloring of your choice

How to make edible Zombie Guts

Cinnamon Roll Intestines: Open two packages of Grands Cinnamon Rolls. Set the icing aside. Unroll each cinnamon roll. In a 9×13 pan, begin winding each cinnamon roll in the pan in a shape that resembles intestines. Continue with each cinnamon roll. The more variation – the more ‘lifelike’. Bake at 400*F for 15-17 minutes.

Cream Cheese Icing: In a medium bowl, add icing from cinnamon rolls, powdered sugar, softened butter, room temp cream cheese, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Mix until well blended and no chunks of powdered sugar remain.

Dyeing Icing: This is where you can have fun! Personally for me, red is hard to achieve. I used a random combo of red, black, green, orange, and purple to get the purpley-pink you see. I think it’s fun and a little bit less super gross and “straight out of a horror movie”! Keep adding and mixing until you are happy with a color you create!

Frosting the cinnamon rolls: Once the cinnamon rolls have finished baking and cool for a few minutes, pour the icing over the pan and spread around. Next, you’ll want to use your knife or spatula to help separate the lines to allow the icing to seep into the grooves. This will really allow the Zombie Guts to take shape!! Decorate with plastic spiders, roaches, skulls or anything you think is spooky and the kids will love!

Cut or pull apart (we used skeleton hands) and serve immediately!

Recipe Alternatives

You can let your imagination run wild here!

• I added a few small dollops of low sugar strawberry preserves around these Cinnamon Rolls Intestines and helped them into the grooves with my spatula
• If you grew up with cinnamon rolls and chili – I’m talking to you Mid-westerners – I would pull back on the icing by about half and you could add your chili here
• Love cinnamon? Add an extra 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the icing
• You could easily add some fruit – think berries or cherries – and mix them in with the icing
• If you want less sugar, mix up the icing that came with the cinnamon rolls and combine until smooth. Add the icing to a small ziplock bag, cut the tip off and drizzle over the Zombie Guts

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