When your kids beg you to stop and pick up donuts from the donut shop, you don’t need to pull over and spend a fortune. But you don’t need to deny them the delights of donuts either.

True that donuts can be an intensive process to make, you’re about the learn a huge secret…they don’t have to be!

Air Fryer Cereal Donuts on a cooling rack and plate.

Yes! In fact, you can make Lucky Charm donuts or Fruit Loop donuts in minutes.

Talk about a breakfast every kid will want to eat!

When they start complaining they’re tired of the very same breakfast cereal they begged you to buy last week, make air fryer cereal donuts and nothing will go to waste.

Lucky Charm donuts and Fruit Loop donuts taste absolutely amazing. They look really fun and colorful too, plus they are so easy to make. You only need a few simple ingredients and your air fryer.

And best of all, they literally take minutes to make.

Who knows how long those donuts at the donut shop have been sitting out anyway? Make these fun and exciting air fryer donuts and every mom will want to know where you got them. They’re great for breakfast, snacks, parties, and more!

What You Will Need for Your Cereal Donuts

1 Can Jumbo Sized Biscuits
Cooking Spray
Vanilla Frosting
Your Favorite Cereals (we like making Lucky Charm donuts and Fruit Loop donuts with this recipe, but other cereals will work too!)

Make Your Own Fruit Loop or Lucky Charm Donuts

Donuts ‘do-nut’ need to be complicated. See what we did there? Anyway, you can easily make air fryer cereal donuts with only a few ingredients and in just a few minutes.

You’ll want to get the air fryer preheated to 350 degrees. Then you’ll take that can of biscuits and try not to scream in terror when it pops open (it gets us every time too).

Use a cookie cutter or a glass to cut a circle out of each biscuit in the center. Then spray the biscuits with a light misting of cooking spray. Don’t skip this step or they will stick to the air fryer!

Next, you’ll put them in your air fryer for 4 to 6 minutes. We recommend setting the time for 6 minutes and checking in on them at the 4-minute mark to see if they have browned.

Once they’ve browned, you’ll put them on a cooling rack. Be patient because if you try to dress them up with that vanilla frosting while they’re hot, it will just melt off.

After frosting, you can add those cereals on top for Lucky Charm donuts, Fruit Loops donuts, or any kind of cereal donuts you like. Check out the full steps below to make these super-simple donuts!

Add these and some air fryer french toast to your breakfast charcuterie board for an extra special treat!