Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites

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.

🥘 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.

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.

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.

🍳 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.

🥣 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.

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.

♨️ 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.

💭 Recipe FAQs

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.

🍲 More Breakfast and Brunch Ideas

There's nothing better than starting our day with great food. Here are some of my favorite recipes for breakfast or brunch. Just add your favorite coffee, tea, hot cocoa and maybe a few mimosas and you'll be set.

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

Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites

These bites taste oh so close to the famous Sous Vide Egg bites available at Starbucks.

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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

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  1 Silicone Muffin Pan

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 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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