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    Modified: Feb 8, 2024 · Published: Dec 21, 2020 by Melinda O'Malley Keckler · This post may contain affiliate links · this blog generates income from ads.

    Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites

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    Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites are full of cheese, veggies and a unique blend of egg, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt. These bites taste oh so close to the famous Sous Vide Egg Bites available at Starbucks. Best of all, they are easily customizable just add your family's favorite veggies.

    Egg bites go great with Blueberry Baked Oatmeal and delicious Country Potatoes for a spectacular brunch menu.

    Egg bites on a large plate.
    Jump to:
    • 🥘 Why You'll Love Egg Bites
    • 📋 Ingredients to Have on Hand
    • 🍽 Equipment for Egg Bites
    • 🍳 Starbucks Egg Bites in the Oven
    • 🥣 How to Fill the Cups
    • 🍴Egg White Bites
    • ♨️ How to Store and Reheat Egg Bites
    • 💭 Recipe FAQs
    • 🍲 More Breakfast and Brunch Ideas
    • Recipe
    • Comments

    🥘 Why You'll Love Egg Bites

    Just like a classic cheesy quiche, there's a lot of flexibility with this recipe, especially with the vegetables you add. But you'll love the combination of red peppers and green onions.

    No need to be precise when measuring the amount of diced vegetables to add, as long as you have roughly four cups total you'll have plenty of veggies for 24 muffin cups.

    Diced red peppers and chopped green onions in a skillet on the stove.
    Twenty-four muffin cups with diced veggies.

    Place about a tablespoon of the red pepper and green onion mixture in each cup.

    📋 Ingredients to Have on Hand

    • Eggs
    • Monterey Jack cheese
    • Sharp Cheddar cheese
    • Cottage cheese
    • Non-fat Greek yogurt
    • Red peppers
    • Green onions

    Scroll to the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

    Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites are savory and delicious, serve them with Fresh Fruit Tart or the Best Blueberry Cake for a great combination of flavors. You could also make Crockpot Banana Bread and serve warm slices of that topped with Easy Homemade Honey Butter. So many great ways to enjoy these egg bites!

    🍽 Equipment for Egg Bites

    Pro Tip: I highly recommend using (affiliate link) a silicone muffin pan. This is the one I use, but any brand will work. Just make sure it's silicone, that's what helps create the soft texture of each egg bite and ensures that they will pop out of the pan after baking.

    Egg bites with fresh basil on top.
    Sprinkle fresh basil on top of each egg bite before baking.

    A friend of mine tried this recipe using a regular, metal muffin pan and she told me the egg bites were very hard to remove from the pan.

    Pro Tip: A Silicone pan is best for this recipe.

    Diced red peppers and chopped green onions in a measuring cup.

    🍳 Starbucks Egg Bites in the Oven

    The egg bites we find at Starbucks are called sous vide, which sounds very complicated, but as you probably guessed, it is French and translates to mean "under vacuum."

    It's pronounced "soo-veed," and although I took several years of French (many years ago), it wasn't until Starbucks first launched these that I heard sous vide being said in a drive-thru!

    Sous vide is essentially cooking food in a vacuum-sealed bag in a temperature-controlled environment, like water.

    But this recipe for Starbucks Egg Bites is oven-baked. No water is needed. No vacuum sealing is required.

    Egg bit ingredients in a bowl.
    Big flavor and some of the texture comes from cottage cheese and Greek yogurt.
    Liquid ingredients for Starbucks copycat egg bites in a measuring cup.
    As long as you have about 4 cups of liquid, there will be plenty to make 24 egg bites.

    🥣 How to Fill the Cups

    It's tempting to fill these cups to the top, but just like recipes such as Blueberry Rhubarb Muffins or Carrot Banana Muffins, we want to avoid over-filling the muffin cups.

    Muffin cups nearly filled with egg bite ingredients.

    Pro Tip: Be sure to leave about ½ inch of space between the liquid ingredients and the top edge of the muffin pan.

    🍴Egg White Bites

    Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites are full of great egg protein, there are eight eggs to be exact in this recipe. But to mimic the consistency of what we find in the famous Starbucks version, it's helpful to have a few extra egg whites in the liquid ingredients.

    Pro Tip: Use six whole eggs and two egg whites.

    Egg White Option: You can also make these egg bites using just egg whites. To make up for the lost volume by not including yokes from 8 eggs, I recommend using egg whites from one dozen eggs.

    Copycat Starbucks egg bites arranged on a plate.

    ♨️ How to Store and Reheat Egg Bites

    The microwave oven is the best place to warm up leftover, refrigerated egg bites. Microwave ovens vary in terms of wattage, so you'll want to experiment with it. I get the best results by lowering the power by 50 percent.

    • Wrap egg bites in waxed paper or a paper towel
    • Set microwave timer for about a minute
    • Set microwave oven for half-power
    • After one minute, check egg bites for the proper temperature
    • Add 5 or 10 seconds on full power, if needed

    To freeze the egg bites, after baking, let them cool and place them in a freezer-safe zip-top freezer bag or other sealed containers. When you're ready to serve, warm them in the microwave for approximately 1 minute per egg bite.

    For best freshness, use the frozen egg bites within 4 months.

    Egg bite cut in half with whole egg bites on a plate.
    Diced red peppers create bites of veggie-sweetness in every bite.

    💭 Recipe FAQs

    What garnishes or toppings are good with egg bites?

    Thinly sliced fresh basil is delicious on baked egg bites, it adds a touch of subtle flavor and smells wonderful! Diced chives are equally tasty and a spoonful of salsa adds a little spicy kick to each egg bite.

    Are there other ingredient combinations?

    Absolutely! In place of green onions and red peppers, use diced mushrooms and green peppers or cooked broccoli and chopped ham. You could also add a few pieces of crumbled cooked bacon or cooked breakfast sausage.

    Note: The Crinkled Cookbook is not in any way affiliated with Starbucks. This recipe is simply my best guess at what their special recipe for Sous Vide Egg Bites might be.

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    If you tried Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites or any other recipe on my website, please leave a 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 star rating and let me know how it goes in the comments below.

    Recipe

    Egg bites on a large plate.

    Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites

    These bites taste oh so close to the famous Sous Vide Egg bites available at Starbucks.
    4.98 from 212 votes
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 2 egg bites per person
    Calories: 197kcal
    Author: Melinda O'Malley Keckler

    Equipment

    • 1 Silicone Muffin Pan

    Ingredients 

    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 2 red peppers - sliced and diced into small pieces, about 2 cups
    • 7-10 green onions - sliced, about 1 ½ cups
    • 2 cups Monterey Jack cheese - grated
    • 8 eggs - 6 eggs including yokes plus 2 egg whites
    • 1 cup cottage cheese - small curd
    • 1 cup Greek Yogurt - non-fat
    • ¼ cup flour
    • ½ cup Sharp Cheddar cheese - grated
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon white pepper
    • 10 basil leaves - sliced very thin

    Instructions

    Prepare Muffin Cups

    • Preheat oven to 350°
    • Using 2-3 teaspoons of olive oil, dab a paper towel in the oil or use a basting brush to coat the interior of the muffin cups on two 12-cup muffin pans, for a total of 24 muffin cups. I highly recommend using silicone muffin pans.

    Cook Veggies

    • In a skillet on the stove, place 1 tablespoon olive oil and heat over medium high heat, until the oil starts to shimmer. Add diced red peppers and sliced onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
    • Place about a tablespoon of red pepper and onion mixture into each muffin cup, top with about a tablespoon of Monterey Jack cheese.

    Mix Egg Filling

    • In a blender, food processor or using an immersion blender, mix the eggs, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, flour, Sharp Cheddar cheese, salt and white pepper. Blend until well-combined.
    • Pour the blended cheese and yogurt mixture over the cheese and veggies in each muffin cup, leaving about a ½” of space between the rim of the muffin cup.
    • Place a few shreds of the sliced basil on top of the ingredients in each muffin cup.

    Bake

    • Bake for 25-35 minutes or until puffy, lightly browned on the edges and set in the center.
    • Use a fork or small spatula to remove the hot egg bites from the muffin pans and serve right away. Or, store in a covered container in the refrigerator and warm in the microwave on low power before serving.

    Notes

    For best result, please use a silicone muffin pan. 
    You can also make these egg bites using just egg whites. To make up for the lost volume by not including yokes from 8 eggs, I recommend using egg whites from one dozen eggs.
    Calories: 197kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 14gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 135mgSodium: 437mgPotassium: 163mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1083IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 230mgIron: 1mg

    Please note, the nutrition details are estimated using a food database, so they’re just a rough estimate not an exact science.

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    1. Kristen says

      October 09, 2024 at 11:20 am

      5 stars
      I love this recipe so much I make it pretty much every other week so I can always have a stash in my freezer and they heat up great in the microwave. Even my toddler loves them!

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      • Melinda O'Malley Keckler says

        October 09, 2024 at 7:56 pm

        It's so great to hear that these egg bites are toddler approved! That's high praise indeed. Thank you Kristen!

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    2. Jennifer says

      August 18, 2024 at 6:30 pm

      5 stars
      Prepped these today for breakfasts this week. Bought a silicone muffin pan just got the occasion. I tried one fresh from the oven. SSSOOOOOO good! I can't wait to enjoy breakfast all week. My 12yo loved them too. I want to try to other veggies as well like spinach and broccoli.

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      • Melinda O'Malley Keckler says

        August 19, 2024 at 7:07 am

        That's great to hear, I bet spinach and broccoli will be tasty in egg bites. Thank you for the five star rating Jennifer!

        Reply
    3. Monte says

      September 05, 2022 at 10:08 am

      5 stars
      I made these for the family to have the first week of school. Perfect easy grab warm and go.

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      • Melinda O'Malley Keckler says

        September 05, 2022 at 11:19 am

        I think so too! Glad to hear your family enjoyed egg bites, Monte. Thank you for the five star rating!!

        Reply
    4. Amy says

      June 22, 2022 at 2:28 am

      5 stars
      Delicious! Made some for the kids for school snack.

      Reply

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