Fun Mini Muffin Tin Recipes & Appetizer Ideas
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I love making fun things and anything mini! These are great for a quick snack or if you want individual party appetizers for a crowd!
I started making things like this when my kids didn’t really want to eat – and for some reason just because it was fun size they actually ate it!
My kids also love making these easy meals for kids to cook – they like to help me make things and the simpler the recipe the better for starting out!
You can finally make use of that mini muffin pan that you have had in your cabinet for years and never use! I think I used mine like 3 times prior to finding these recipes and now I have actually bought another one and I use them all the time!
These mini muffin pan recipes are perfect for any occasion – breakfast, dinner, snacks or party appetizers!
Also see: 15 Yummy Bit Size Snacks and Appetizers
Easy Cheeseburger Puffs
These easy Easy Cheeseburger Puffs are the perfect lunch or snack. Top them with your favorite cheeseburger toppings to make them your own!
Jalapeno Popper Wonton Cups with Bacon
Jalapeno Popper Wonton Cups are baked wonton wrappers stuffed with cream cheese, mozzarella cheese and bacon. An easy appetizer recipe perfect for game day and holiday parties.
Crab Rangoon Crescent Cups
Delicious crab and cream cheese are the perfect combination. This is one of the easiest recipes to put together and my guests always rave about them!
Ham Quiche Cups {Low-carb, Gluten-free}
Quiche cooks up light and fluffy inside ham crusts. A perfect on-the-go breakfast or finger food for your next party that is low-carb and gluten-free.
Best Spaghetti & Meatball Cups
No fork twirling required. These spaghetti cups make a great appetizer or fun dinner for kids.
Southwestern Chicken Cups
These Southwestern Chicken Cups are such a cute, quick and easy dinner recipe! They’re perfect for serving to guests and they make great snacks for a party!
Mini Meatloaf Recipe with Potatoes
This Easy Mini Meatloaf Recipe with Potatoes gives you meat and potatoes all in one delicious shot! Make meatloaf and scalloped potatoes when you're craving something hearty, in miniature form. And best of all, dinner's on the table in just around 30 minutes!
Parmesan Hash Browns
Crispy Oven Hash Browns are baked in muffin tins using frozen or real potatoes. This is the easy way to make perfect hash browns without spending time at the stove.
Bite-Sized Mini Pecan Pies
Mini pecan pies are a convenient, handheld way to serve everybody’s favorite pie at an autumn afternoon tea, Thanksgiving, or baby shower! They’re two bites and full of that gooey filling that makes pecan pie so good!
Buffalo Chicken Pizza Cups
Buffalo Chicken Pizza Cups are made with just 5 ingredients and are perfect for snack, lunch, or dinner! Make them in a muffin tin for an extra fun twist on pizza!
Lemon Blueberry Pancake Bites
Portable lemon blueberry pancake puffs drenched in a cream cheese icing makes for a yummy weekend breakfast treat!
Muffin Tin Mini Apple Pies
Skip the forks in favor of your fingers with this easy recipe for Muffin Tin Mini Apple Pies starring a quick-fix homemade pie crust.
Baked French Eggs
This recipe for Baked French Eggs is the epitome of quick and easy. They’re made in a muffin pan giving you the freedom of making as many eggs as you need in one fell swoop. Oeufs cocotte is certain to become a family favorite to make!
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Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins
Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins blend the taste of your favorite sugar donut with a cinnamon-flavored muffin.
Easy Mini Peach Pies
These Mini Peach Pies only require a few simple ingredients and are one of the best ways to use fresh summer peaches. Or use frozen or canned peaches when the fruit isn’t in season, for a super easy hassle-free year round treat!
Easy Chicken and Sweetcorn Pies
You can't beat these delicious chicken and sweetcorn pies, you can make them individually or as one big family sized pie.
Tater Tots
How to make the best tater tots in the oven. These healthy and easy homemade tater tots with cheese and bacon are the BEST side dish recipe!
Mini Muffin Tin Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bites
Little buttery, flaky pie bites, filled with apple and spices, and drizzled in caramel and salt!
5-Ingredient Muffin Tin Crispy Roast Potatoes
Crispy roast potatoes with 5-ingredients and a muffin tin. A simple, yet flavorful roasted fingerling potato recipe that is a hit every time it hits the table.
Brownie Bites
Brownie bites are dense, chocolaty brownie bites that are like the edge of a brownie with a soft, fudgy middle.
To-Go Baked Oatmeal with Your Favorite Toppings
To Go Baked Oatmeal with your Favorite Toppings- A standard baked oatmeal recipe is prepared in a muffin tin and topped with your favorite flavors (chocolate, fruit, etc.). A great grab and go breakfast!
Mini Ham and Cheese Quiches
This ham and cheese mini quiche recipe is whipped up in a regular ol’ muffin tin, and the cute little quiches are a hit whenever I serve them to friends or family!
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
These Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are buttery soft peanut butter cookie cups stuffed with melty peanut butter cups. This holiday classic is SO easy to make!
Jam Tarts (Scandinavian Jam Cakes)
These raspberry jam tarts (or jam cakes) are amazing. Crumbly and sweet, they're like filled shortbread baked in muffin tins. They were one of the best cookie cups I have ever made. Perfect for your holiday baking, they are a total crowd-pleaser. I added a Nutella filling option and a video with step-by-step instructions.
BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups
BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups only have 5 ingredients: biscuits, beef, bbq sauce, cheese and seasoning. So easy and they only take 30 minutes to make!
Chili Lime Shrimp Wonton Cups
These shrimp-filled wonton cups are like mini shrimp tacos. Wonton wrappers are baked in the oven until crisp, filled with arugula and lime sour cream, and then topped with a big juicy chili-lime shrimp. You can make the wonton shells in advance, but assemble the cups just before serving.
Baked Cheddar Broccoli Rice Cups
Simple to whip up with ingredients easy to have on hand, this side is a sure kid-pleaser that adults will enjoy as well.