These homemade cinnamon rolls are as a delicious take on combining two things I love. Cinnamon rolls and chocolate sandwich cookies! Now, I’ll be the first to admit that the cinnamon roll turning brown-brown wasn’t my initial plan. I thought with adding some of the crushed up cookie bits that the dough would end up flecked with cookies. Instead it just gave it a light brown tinge and a light chocolate taste.

In the end, I was happy with it for the flavor if nothing else.

I lightened these cinnamon rolls up a bit by using a lot of natural sweetener (such as stevia or monk) in place of the most of the sugar. I do like to leave some sugar in there for taste and also to feed the yeast. I also used thin sandwich cookies instead of the usual ones. And for the cream cheese, I picked up a reduced fat version.

When I ended up with was a delicious, rich, fluffy cinnamon roll that had all the things I love about sandwich cookies baked right into them!

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