This recipe for Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites mimics the delicious egg bites sold at Starbucks.
If you have tried the Egg Bites with Bacon & Gruyère at Starbucks, then I’m sure you can agree that they’re pretty wonderful. I buy them every time I’m there! So now you can make a copycat version of Starbucks egg bites at home. These are a pretty good substitute for the real thing, and they’ll be a lot cheaper to make yourself. Plus, you don’t need a fancy sous vide machine. These are made in muffin tins in the oven!
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This recipe comes from a new cookbook: Dirty, Lazy, Keto Cookbook by Stephanie Laska and William Laska. There are 100 affordable recipes that all have less than 10g net carbs per serving. Stephanie has a different approach to the Keto diet. She wrote the cookbook with this in mind: You don’t have to be perfect to be successful at losing weight. Weight loss is possible without so many strict rules. There is more than one way to Keto, and I’m going to introduce you to mine. Stephanie lost 140 pounds eating her version of the Keto diet, and she has kept that weight off for 6 years now. She did it all while still enjoying her favorites like light beer, tortillas and chocolate. It’s an interesting concept, and for sure intriguing for those who have been trying to eat Keto!
Here’s a sampling of recipes you’ll find in the book:
- Counterfeit Bagels
- Slow Cooker Taco Bell Soup
- Big Mac Salad
- Cool Ranch Dorito Crackers
- Consolation Prize Cloud Bread
- Fast Two Step Pizza
- Zucchini Fries
- Keto Fried Chicken
- Basil Coconut Curry Shrimp
- Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Shake
- Secret Ingredient Chocolate Pudding
How to make Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites:
This is a very easy recipe! You’ll need a regular-sized muffin tin (this one is my favorite). And you’ll spray 6 cups of the muffin tin with nonstick spray. (Note: you may have enough for more than 6). Eggs are whisked together with Swiss/Gruyere cheese, cottage cheese and a little salt and pepper. Readers have (highly) suggested putting the mixture in a blender to really get the cottage cheese blended in– it’s a little more fluffy that way. I’d probably blend in the blender with the eggs and cottage cheese and then stir in the cheese after blending. Then the egg mixture is divided between the 6 (or more) muffin cups. Fill the cups 1/2-full since you will want room for them to expand while baking. Before baking, you’ll top each one with cooked, crumbled bacon. They bake in the oven for 30 minutes. A tray of hot water will be set on the rack under the egg bites.
Try making different variations of egg bites. Ham and cheese are a good combo. Use all vegetables. Try cheddar or another cheese in place of the Swiss cheese. Be creative… the possibilities are endless!
How do these compare to real Starbucks Egg Bites?
They’re a pretty good copycat. The egg bites are Starbucks are made in a sous vide cooker. So they will have a slightly different texture than this copycat version. Making them at home vs. picking them up in the Starbucks drive-thru allows you to be in control of the ingredients. This Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites recipe avoids “fillers” like potato starch that are commonplace in commercial production. Who wants potato starch or cornstarch in their egg bite if you don’t need it?
Make ahead tip:
Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites are a great, make-ahead breakfast recipe. Double the recipe, and freeze individual portions in zip baggies. They’re easy to take out and heat in the microwave for a quick breakfast. Egg Bites are also easy to freeze. Just freeze them individually wrapped. Take one out and let it sit at room temperature until thawed (or in the refrigerator overnight). Microwave to heat up. Easy!
Here are a few more egg recipes you might like to try:
- Egg Muffins
- Baked Italian Egg Pastries
- Egg in a Bagel
- Crustless Brie, Vegetable and Egg Bake
- Sheet Pan Egg in a Hole
- Egg Scramble with Sundried Tomatoes
- Double Cheese and Bacon Egg Biscuits
- Creamy Scrambled Eggs
Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites
Ingredients
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese
- 1 cup cottage cheese (use full fat for Keto)
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 strips no-sugar-added bacon, cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Place a rimmed baking sheet on the rack below the rack you're going to use for the egg bites. Pour some hot water into the baking sheet. This is going to create a steaming effect for cooking the egg bites. Spray 6 or more cups in a regular-sized muffin tin generously with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Then whisk in the cheese, cottage cheese, salt and pepper. Alternately (suggested from readers), you can combine the eggs and cottage cheese in the blender, and then stir in the cheese, salt and pepper. This results in a fluffier texture without the cottage cheese being visually present.
- Pour the mixture into the muffin tins- filling each about ½-full to leave room for the egg to expand while baking. Top with bacon bits.
- Bake 30 minutes, or until the eggs are completely cooked. Remove from the oven, take out of the tin and serve warm.
Notes
- If you are preparing this recipe as GLUTEN-FREE, just be sure to use a brand of bacon that is known to be GF.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This recipe sounds great! Haven’t tried yet but actually wanted to reply to the author that said Gruyere is swiss cheese – I just felt like the answer wasn’t very helpful to the commenter. While technically correct, yes Gruyere is a cheese from Switzerland making it a swiss cheese… Many Americans are referring to a specific type of swiss cheese (as comes labeled as ‘swiss cheese’ in grocery stores), which is noted by the holes in the cheese and it’s pungent flavor. This swiss cheese and gruyere have very different flavor profiles and most people don’t know that American labelling doesn’t make it clear that there are MANY kinds of swiss cheeses, not just the one that we see labelled as ‘swiss cheese.’
Delicious!! I made these with Cheddar cheese, chives and bacon. Used Pampered Chef’s silicone egg bake pan and this recipe made 14!
Hello. I love this recipe. Could these be frozen?
I think they probably can be. Perhaps scroll through the comments to see if anyone else commented about freezing them.
My Mom is an egg bite junkie! 😀 I made these today. Tweaked ingredients to include mozzarella and provolone, green onions and leftover Easter ham. Delicious!
Mine were beautiful, then caved in the middle all the way to the bottom of the muffin pan? What did I do wrong. A knife inserted came out clean and I cooked the recommended time.
I loved the taste and how easy they were to make. I used the blender for the cottage cheese and sliced Swiss,
I’m not sure!
WOW! First recipe I made from here. these were amazing! tasted pretty identical to the starbucks egg bites that im obsessed with and I can control the nutritional value in them. absolutely amazing! super easy and great taste!
First time trying this but I used shredded mozzarella, real bacon bits, and I also added some slap ya mama seasoning and onion powder. These things are amazing. I’ll definitely be making these every week from here on out. Thanks!!!
I put the mixture in a 9×9 greased pan and they turned out great too and cut into 9 squares and my family loved it! Thanks so much as we don’t have Starbucks nearby 🥰
OMG, they taste amazing! If I could post a picture, I would have!
If it’s literally called “Bacon & Gruyère egg bites” at Starbucks, why wouldn’t you use Gruyère? Seems like a no brainer. So this is pretty misleading as it really isn’t a copycat considering 1 of the 3 main ingredients isn’t included.
Are you aware that Gruyere cheese is Swiss cheese?
Good flavor, but as written, the recipe makes a dozen egg bites, not six, and I found they are impossible to remove intact form even a non-stick, well-oiled muffin tin.
try using a silicone cupcake pan- they’ll pop right out… otherwise, foil or parchment cupcake papers work well too.