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 Starbucks copycat 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 (or a silicone frittata pan) in the oven! You will also enjoy my vegetarian egg bites. They’re so good!
Ingredients Needed:
- eggs
- shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese
- cottage cheese
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- cooked and crumbled bacon
How to make Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
- 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 (or — recommended– a silicone frittata pan) 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.
How do these compare to real Starbucks Egg Bites?
They’re a pretty good Starbucks egg bites 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 eggbite copycat 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?
Recipe Tips
- 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!
- Make ahead tip: These Copycat Starbucks Bacon and Gruyere 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.
- Freezing tip: 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!
- If you invest in a silicone frittata pan (instead of using a muffin tin), you’ll be glad you did. The egg bites slide right out of the silicone pan and don’t stick at all.
Here are a few more egg recipes you might like to try:
What I Love About This Recipe:
- Egg bites are a delicious and healthy breakfast.
- They are easy to grab and go.
- I love being able to change up the ingredients and make different flavor combinations.
Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites
Equipment
- One Silicone Frittata Pan
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 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 (or — recommended– a silicone frittata pan) 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.