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2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups are such a fun way to enjoy a cinnamon roll and apple pie flavors at the same time! This 20-minute recipe is perfect for any breakfast or dessert when you want a delicious, hot pastry drizzled with frosting, but with minimal effort.

2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups

2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups

Sometimes the best recipes are the easiest! We loved this tasty and super easy 2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups recipe. It’s a great dessert or a sweet breakfast treat. This is a recipe you can whip up any time because you can easily keep the two ingredients on hand to use whenever needed.

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The Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make this super easy apple dessert (the exact measurements and full recipe instructions are below in the printable recipe card):

  • Refrigerated cinnamon rolls with frosting
  • Apple pie filling
Cinnamon Rolls and Apple Pie Filling

How to Make 2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups

  • Grease 8 cups of a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Place a cinnamon roll in each greased cup and press it up the sides of the cup to form a well.
pressing cinnamon rolls into a muffin pan
  • Fill each well of the cinnamon roll with apple pie filling.
cinnamon rolls in a muffin pan filled with apples
  • Bake at 375ºF for 15-18 minutes until the cinnamon rolls are cooked through. Cool in the muffin pan for 5 minutes, then remove them and place on a wire cooling rack.
freshly baked 2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups before adding frosting
  • Drizzle the cups with the frosting from the cinnamon roll package.
drizzling frosting over cinnamon rolls filled with apple pie filling
  • Tip: for easy cleanup, place a cookie sheet under the wire cooling rack to catch the excess frosting that will drip off of the edges.
apple pie cups on a wire cooling rack
  • Serve the apple pie cups warm or at room temperature.
homemade 2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups on a wood table

Variations

After you try making this super easy apple dessert, you might want to get creative and try some fun variations. Here are some ideas:

  • Different pie filling – raspberry, peach, cherry, strawberry, or blueberry pie filling instead of apple
  • Cinnamon – dust the top of the top of the finished apple pie cups with cinnamon
  • Cream cheese – beat 8 tablespoons of cream cheese with 1-2 tablespoons of granulated sugar, then add a tablespoon of the mixture to the apple pie cups before adding the apples.
  • Orange – use orange flavored cinnamon rolls for an extra hint of flavor.
apple pie cups stacked on a white plate

How to Store Leftovers

Keep leftover pie cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days. To reheat, microwave on high heat for 10-15 seconds at a time until warm.

2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups on a white platter

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5 from 75 votes

2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups

2 Ingredient Apple Pie Cups are such a fun way to enjoy a cinnamon roll and apple pie flavors at the same time! This 20-minute recipe is perfect for any breakfast or dessert when you want a delicious, hot pastry drizzled with frosting, but with minimal effort.
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 18 minutes
Total: 28 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
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Ingredients 

  • 1 can (about 13 ounces) Pillsbury refrigerated cinnamon rolls with frosting
  • 1 1/3 cups apple pie filling

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 375F. Prepare a muffin pan by spraying 8 wells with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Press one cinnamon roll into each greased muffin well and up the sides to form a cinnamon roll cup.
  • Scoop the apple pie filling into the wells of the cinnamon rolls.
  • Bake the apple filled cinnamon rolls at 375F for 15-18 minutes until the cinnamon rolls are fully cooked. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove and place on a wire cooling rack.
  • Drizzle the cinnamon roll frosting over each apple pie cup. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Calories: 199kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gSodium: 349mgPotassium: 18mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 9IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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63 Comments

  1. Tammy says:

    5 stars
    Easiest thing to make. Very very yummy. Will be doing these again with a different fruit

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Tammy!

  2. Sandra says:

    5 stars
    The apple pie cups are delicious and so easy to make

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Sandra!

  3. Amy Sanders says:

    5 stars
    I cut up the apples. Easier to stuff.

  4. Bonnie L Von Rueden says:

    5 stars
    Apple pie cinnamon rolls were delicious and so easy to make!! Thank you!!

    1. Jill says:

      Thank you Bonnie!

  5. Sillyiepoochie says:

    5 stars
    Absolutely love your ideas, great to see thank you

    1. Jill says:

      Thank you Sillyiepoochie!

  6. Christine says:

    5 stars
    Thanks for sharing the recipe they were delicious.

    1. Jill says:

      Thank you Christine!

  7. Barbara says:

    5 stars
    where do I find the recipe for the topping??
    Barbara

    1. Jill says:

      Hi Barbara. The topping is just the frosting from the cinnamon rolls.

    2. Marilee says:

      In the baking section of your grocery store.

  8. Ginger Leininger says:

    5 stars
    It was very good, try with pecan pie filling and a drizzle of Carmel. Taste alot like monkey rolls.

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Ginger!

    2. Amy Sanders says:

      Yum. Definitely. Thank you

  9. Esteban Sanchez says:

    5 stars
    I love the recipe easily to make.

    1. Jill says:

      Thank you Esteban!

  10. Brittany Fugate says:

    I would love to make this any idea for a Gluten-Free Alternative for the cinnamon rolls?

    1. Jill says:

      Hi Brittany. You could make a GF version of our 1 hour easy Cinnamon Rolls to use?