If you’re a fan of egg bites, you’ll love this Starbucks bacon egg bites recipe. This copycat recipe (though they are way better than anything you’ll get at Starbucks!) is delicious and doesn’t require a sous vide machine. Can you ask for anything else?
Bacon and gruyere egg bites from Starbucks used to be my go-to road snack. On long trips, we’d pull off the highway
Even if you’ve never ordered Starbucks Egg Bites, this recipe needs to be in your rotation. They’re a perfect brunch dish to impress friends and family. The secret though is in how easy they are to make.
Personally, I usually make them for lunch. They’re an easy and fun meal to whip up when you need something besides a sandwich or salad. They’re also super customizable for everyone living under your roof.
This recipe makes a dozen egg bites, which is a hearty 3 servings. Let everyone in your home put what they want in them, or leave out what they don’t want. Just call them into the kitchen when it’s time for topping. Kinda like making pizza!
Ingredients for Starbucks Bacon and Gruyere Egg Bites
Eggs. You can use any type of eggs you’d like. The size or color doesn’t matter. Egg whites are also an option if that’s your thing.
Cottage cheese. So this recipe calls for whipped cottage cheese. But I know it can be hard to find. So if you can’t find it in your local store, go for whatever type you can find. I do recommend, however, using full-fat cottage cheese. Fat-free just won’t hit your tastebuds like the high-octane stuff.
Shredded cheese. If you want your egg bites to taste as close as possible to the actual Starbucks bacon gruyere egg bites, then I recommend using Gruyere. But Gruyere cheese can be expensive. So use whatever shredded cheese you’d like. Cheddar is an obvious choice, but Monterey Jack cheese is a good option as well as Provolone.
Garlic powder and onion powder. These two work together to provide a fuller flavor, taking these egg bites from good to exceptional. If you’re feeling creative, feel free to add additional spices or herbs such as thyme, basil, or even oregano. You could even add a Cajun twist by adding a teaspoon of Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning.
Salt and pepper. These two are obvious. No one wants under-seasoned food. Just remember that some depending on your cheese choice and topping, you might want to adjust your salt accordingly.
Cooking spray. Cooking spray like Pam, or a spray of olive oil is important to make sure your egg bites don’t stick to your muffin pan. Even if you’re using a silicone muffin pan, I still recommend spraying around the inside. Better safe than sorry!
Toppings. You can keep it veggie and go with tomatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, or even leftover corn or canned corn. Or up the protein and go with bacon, pancetta, or crumbles of cooked sausage. The world is literally your oyster. (Though I don’t recommend adding oysters.)
How to make Starbucks Bacon Gruyere Egg Bites Recipe
Starbucks Bacon Gruyere Egg Bites are super easy to make. You probably have most, if not all, of the ingredients already in your refrigerator and pantry for these faux sous vide egg bites.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Total time: 55 minutes
Kitchen Equipment
- Silicone Muffin Pan or silicone egg mold
- Food processor or blender
- Shallow baking dish for water bath
Ingredients For Starbucks Egg Bites
- 8 eggs (you can also use egg whites if that’s your thing)
- 1/2 cup whipped cottage cheese (or regular)
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ½ cup shredded Gruyere cheese (or shredded cheese of choice)
- Pinch of salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
Toppings for Egg Bites
- 1/2 cup bacon
- 1 diced Roma tomato
- 1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 1/4 cup crumbled bacon or pancetta
- Shaved Parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp minced green onions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- As soon as you turn on your oven to preheat, place your water bath on the bottom rack.
- In a blender make your egg mixture by combining the eggs, cottage cheese, Gruyere cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and salt. Blend until smooth.
- Spray the insides of your silicone muffin pan and pour your egg mixture in equal amounts into each cup. You should have enough for all twelve cups.
- Once you’ve poured your egg mixture into the muffin pan, top with whatever toppings you’re in the mood for.
- Place in your oven and bake for 40-45 minutes until the egg bites are firm to the touch.
- Serve hot with your favorite dipping sauce such as McDonald’s Copycat Breakfast sauce or Sheetz Boom Boom Sauce.
Recipe Notes
If you’re not using a silicone muffin pan or egg mold, your egg bites will cook much much faster. So check them after 10 minutes if using a traditional muffin pan.
Toppings are your friend! Get creative and don’t feel confined by my recommendations. You could even go a little savory and sweet with less garlic and onion powder and add a bit of maple bacon.
If you’re watching your wallet, swap the gruyere cheese for a sharp cheddar cheese, mozzarella, or whatever you find on sale in your local grocery store. Let’s be honest: Cheese is delicious and it’s hard to go wrong when it comes to cheese.
Do you have to use cottage cheese?
I know the world is split on cottage cheese for various reasons. It’s kind of like cilantro in a way. You either hate it, or you love it. I personally feel a little split on it myself, which is part of the reason this recipe calls for whipped cottage cheese. There is just something about the smaller curds that makes it more appealing. However, I will say, I’m a huge fan of pineapple cottage cheese.
Back to the point, though. Yes, you can definitely use something else besides cottage cheese. Try substituting cream cheese or ricotta. Both work wonderfully. Just as an FYI, ricotta will be more expensive. So expect the additional cost. And at the end of the day, I swear on my favorite Microplane that you’ll never know that there is cottage cheese in this recipe.
Toppings Ideas for Starbucks Egg Bites
You can go with the traditional topping of bacon (or pancetta), cheese, tomatoes, and chives as I’ve done here. Or, you can mix it up a bit. Below are a few toppings and mixes that I’ve found flavorful and out of this world.
- Spam and pineapple for a Hawaiian pizza twist.
- Using cream cheese instead of cottage cheese? Throw in some smoked salmon and top your egg bites with everything bagel seasoning!
- Mozzarella, tomato, and basil (throw in some Italian seasoning, and bam, pizza egg bites!)
- Hot sauce! Regardless of what you’ve put these egg bites with, you’ll need your condiments. (Aren’t condiments a religion?) From hot sauce to ketchup, you do you when it comes to what you dip these babies in. Maple syrup? Serve these egg bites with pancakes and why not?!
Starbucks Bacon Gruyere Egg Bites Recipe
Equipment
- Silicone Muffin Pan or silicone egg mold
- Blender or Cuisinart
- Shallow baking dish for water bath
Ingredients
- 8 eggs you can also use egg whites if that's your thing
- ½ cup whipped cottage cheese or regular
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ½ cup shredded Gruyere cheese or shredded cheese of choice
- Kosher salt a pinch
- freshly ground black pepper a few twists
- cooking spray
For Toppings
- ¼ cup bacon or pancetta crumbled
- 1 Roma tomato diced
- ¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes diced
- shaved Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top
- 2 tbsp chives minced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and gather your ingredients.
- As soon as you turn on your oven to preheat, place your water bath on the bottom rack.
- In a blender, make your egg mixture by combining the eggs, cottage cheese, Gruyere cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and salt. Blend until smooth.
- Spray the insides of your silicone muffin pan and pour your egg mixture in equal amounts into each cup. You should have enough for all twelve cups.
- Once you've poured your egg mixture into the muffin pan, top with whatever toppings you're in the mood for.
- Place in your oven and bake for 40-45 minutes until the egg bites are firm to the touch.
- Serve hot with your favorite hot sauce!
Notes
Nutrition
Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites Recipe FAQs
Do you need a fancy Machine to Make Starbucks Sous Vide Bacon Egg Bites?
Full disclosure, I do not own a sous vide machine. So no, you don’t need a fancy machine to make Starbucks Egg Bites of any flavor or variation. On top of that, you can still get the velvety texture without one.
The key is using a water bath to help steam your egg bites and give them that sous vide texture. We’ll go over this more below, but a single shallow bowl filled with water will work just as well as an expensive machine.
Does Starbucks use real eggs in their egg bites?
This is a funny question to cover in a recipe, but I get it. We’re now in a world with so much modified food that it’s sometimes hard to tell what’s real and what’s not. But yes, Starbucks uses real eggs in their Starbucks Bacon Gruyere Egg Bites, and in all their egg bites.
Now to clarify, they do use eggs, but they also use a TON of other ingredients. When I looked up the actual ingredients in their egg mixture, I was a little shocked. I probably shouldn’t have been, but I was.
The ingredients in the Starbucks Bacon Gruyere Egg Bites Recipe include ingredients you can pronounce such as eggs, pasteurized milk, butter, and cornstarch. But there are also ingredients that I’ve rarely heard of such as Maltodextrin and Natamycin which is a “natural mold inhibitor”! What?! My thoughts exactly.
In this recipe, there are less than a dozen ingredients (with toppings!) So make your egg bites at home. They are tastier, healthier, and have ingredients you can pronounce.
The (Actual) Starbucks egg bites nutrition for one bite (130 grams):
- Calories: 300
- Total Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 mg
- Cholesterol: 215 mg
- Sodium: 680 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g
- Sugars: 2 g
- Protein: 19 g
Who makes the egg bites for Starbucks?
Starbucks actually makes their makes their own egg bites! The egg bites were first introduced in 2017 and are made using the sous vide cooking method. But the good news is that you can also be the ones making them (at home at least).
More Starbucks Copycat Recipes
If you love bacon egg bites from Starbucks, check out these other copycat recipes from Starbucks.
Starbucks Iced Caramel Macchiato
Starbucks Copycat Lemon Loaf
Starbucks Pink Drink
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I have never worked with a “water bath” before…do you put the muffin tin in the water bath or on the rack above it?
You can do it a few different ways when it comes to water baths. But for this one, you can put it on the rack below the muffin tin. In a water bath for say, a cheesecake, you typically would put it directly in the water. Hope that helps!
Hi! Two questions: do you whip the cottage cheese or is that something that exists in the store that I’ve never heard of? Also what’s the best spray for the muffin pan? I just bought a silicone just for this recipe. Thank you!!
Hi! Great question. It is a certain kind of cottage cheese you can get at the store. But if you can’t find it or don’t have it, just use regular. It’ll still be delicious!