Mardi Gras King Cake Wreath (Printable)

Festive wreath blending cinnamon rolls and King Cake flavors for Mardi Gras enjoyment.

# What You'll Need:

→ Dough

01 - 2 cans (8 oz each) refrigerated cinnamon roll dough with icing

→ Filling

02 - 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
03 - 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
04 - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

→ Glaze and Decoration

05 - Reserved icing from cinnamon roll cans
06 - Purple, green, and gold sanding sugar or sprinkles
07 - Optional: small food-safe plastic baby figurine

# How To Make It:

01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
02 - Open the cinnamon roll cans and separate the rolls. Unroll each cinnamon roll into a long strip.
03 - Brush each strip lightly with melted butter, then sprinkle with brown sugar and ground cinnamon.
04 - Twist each strip gently and arrange in a large circle on the prepared baking sheet, overlapping the pieces and pinching the ends together to form a continuous wreath.
05 - Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.
06 - Allow the wreath to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes.
07 - Drizzle the reserved icing evenly over the warm wreath.
08 - Immediately sprinkle the icing with purple, green, and gold sanding sugar in alternating sections for a festive appearance.
09 - Optional: Gently tuck a food-safe plastic baby figurine under one of the rolls after baking and before serving.

# Expert Suggestions:

01 -
  • It looks elaborate enough to impress but genuinely takes less time than driving to the bakery.
  • No yeasting, no kneading, no waiting around—the shortcut dough means you're eating warm, gooey cake within an hour.
  • The wreath shape gives regular cinnamon rolls this sudden, joyful Mardi Gras personality that makes people smile before they even taste it.
02 -
  • Don't skip the cooling step—I once tried to move a wreath straight from oven to platter and watched half of it slip sideways like it was melting, a moment of kitchen humility I'll never forget.
  • The icing needs to be applied while the wreath is warm or it won't stick and won't create that glossy, professional-looking finish that makes people gasp.
03 -
  • If your cinnamon roll cans are cold, they unroll more cleanly and tear less—there's actual physics in that shortcut.
  • The moment you see caramelization starting on the edges is when you know the wreath's flavor has developed—don't underbake waiting for it to look perfect.
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