The Best Starbucks Egg Bites Recipe {Copycat} - The Girl on Bloor (2024)

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Why do Starbucks egg bites taste so good? ›

The Secret Ingredient Is Cottage Cheese!

It's blended with the eggs which is why it's completely unidentifiable in the final cooked product. That trick (plus the one shared in the recipe) helps give the bites that fluffy, luscious texture and the perfect salty tang.

Egg Whites, Cottage Cheese [Cultured Nonfat Milk, Milk, Nonfat Milk, Contains 2 % Or Less Of: Whey, Salt, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides, Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Natural Flavors, Vitamin A Palmitate, Carbon Dioxide (To Maintain Freshness), Enzymes], Monterey Jack Cheese [Pasteurized ...

The Starbucks recipe development team chose sous vide cooking to devise a lineup of new breakfast recipes. And so, sous vide egg bites were born. This also resulted in home cooks everywhere wanting to create their own versions of Starbucks sous vide egg bites.

Costco Now Has a $2.40 Starbucks Egg Bite Copycat

The two available flavors, gouda with bacon and egg whites with red pepper, are both the same as Starbucks. For fans of a cheap, convenient breakfast, this product is a huge win.

We may be fooling ourselves if we think egg bites are actually part of a nourishing diet. The item is not healthy, it's healthy-ish. You're scarfing down 470 milligrams of sodium in a pair of egg bites, which is equivalent to a Gatorade, RXBar or four Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Sous vide egg bites are often made with eggs, milk, cheese (in this case, cottage cheese too) and some sort of veggie or meat filling. Rather than baked in an oven, the egg bites are cooked in a heat-controlled water bath, which helps give them their soft and fluffy, souffle-like texture.

Bacon & Gruyère Egg Bites have 19 grams of protein and 680 milligrams of sodium, Kale & Mushroom Egg Bites have 15 grams of protein and 340 milligrams of sodium, and Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper Egg Bites have 12 grams of protein and 470 milligrams of sodium.

Most of Starbucks egg dishes are made with a "frittata egg patty" that contains soybean oil and water, as well as unmodified corn starch, xanthan gum, citric acid, and powdered cellulose.

Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then use a spatula or fork to carefully remove them from the muffin tin. Enjoy! Store the egg bites in the fridge for 3 days or freeze for 2-3 months. Reheat in microwave or warm oven.

Can I freeze Starbucks egg bites? ›

Egg bites can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 2 months. Plus, they reheat beautifully in the microwave, making them a convenient, high-protein option for busy mornings or on-the-go snacks.

These are fully cooked, include uncured bacon & gruyére, and have 17g of protein per serving!

Velvety cage-free eggs with aged Gruyere and Monterey Jack cheese are topped with a layer of Applewood smoked bacon.

When Starbucks and Cuisine Solutions entered a partnership in 2017, the chain offered two different types of egg bites. The first type brings together sous vide eggs, applewood bacon, and aged gruyere cheese, while the second includes sous vide egg whites, cheese, spinach, and roasted red peppers.

The Sous Vide Egg Bites come in two flavors: Bacon & Gruyere (310 calories per two bites and 19 grams of protein) and Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper with spinach and Monterey Jack cheese (170 calories and 13 grams of protein). But why sous vide?

In conclusion, Starbucks egg bites are considered to be gluten-free and generally safe to consume for those who are gluten-free or that have celiac disease.

They're healthy in that they don't have refined flour or sugar, but unless you're extremely devoted to keto, the bacon and cheese don't scream “health food.” Their primary ingredient isn't even egg: It's cottage cheese. The egg bite, contrary to my first thought, isn't exactly a frittata.