Copycat Little Bites Mini Blueberry Muffins Recipe

This Copycat Little Bites Blueberry Muffins recipe creates soft, moist, and flavor-packed mini muffins bursting with juicy blueberries—made with simple, real ingredients for a treat you can feel good about! 

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Copycat Little Bites Blueberry Muffins Recipe.

These easy mini blueberry muffins are the perfect addition to kids’ lunchboxes! Their bite-sized shape makes them perfect for packing in a lunch box or enjoying as an after-school snack. Looking for full-sized muffins?  Check out my Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Muffins!

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Easy Lunchbox Treat – Little Bites Mini Blueberry Muffins.

They stay fresh for days and freeze beautifully, so you can always have a batch ready for busy mornings or snack time. If you love Entenmann’s Little Bites, this homemade version delivers the same delicious taste, but without the extra preservatives. Let’s bake!

The Players for Little Bites Blueberry Muffins Recipe

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Ingredients for Little Bites Blueberry Muffins Recipe.

Ingredients:

  • Butter – I generally always use salted butter when I bake, but feel free to use unsalted butter if that’s what you have. You can also use melted coconut oil or avocado oil as a butter substitute!
  • Sugar – White granulated sugar is needed to make these moist muffins.
  • Milk – Adding 1/2 cup milk helps create a smooth, tender batter while adding moisture.
  • Egg – You’ll need one room temperature egg.
  • Vanilla extract – Using pure vanilla extract adds a warm, bakery-style sweetness to these easy blueberry muffins.
  • Flour – Plain all purpose flour is used in this mini muffin recipe.
  • Baking Powder – This leavening agent helps to create fluffy muffins.
  • Salt – Just a pinch of salt brings all the flavors together.
  • Blueberries – You can use either frozen or fresh blueberries to make these blueberry mini muffins.  I’ll be using frozen blueberries today!

Tools:

a mini muffin tin on a counter sitting next to mini muffin liners.
You’ll need a mini muffin tin and liners (liners are optional – you can spray just spray with a nonstick spray instead!)

How to make Little Bites Blueberry Muffins Recipe

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a mini muffin tin with paper liners or lightly spray it with nonstick spray, and set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the wet ingredients of cooled melted butter, sugar, milk, egg, and vanilla extract.

In a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Take the flour mixture and add it to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.  Don’t over-mix.

In another bowl (or reuse the bowl that had the dry ingredients), toss frozen blueberries with 1/2 tablespoon of flour.  Note:  skip this step if using fresh blueberries.

Fold the blueberries into the batter.

Using a small cookie scoop or spoon, divide the blueberry muffin batter evenly among the muffin cups, filling about ¾ full.

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Fill up the mini muffin tin 3/4 full with batter. I did half of the muffins with a liner and half without to show the difference.

Bake the muffins for 12-14 minutes.

Allow the muffins to cool in the muffin pan for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

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Copycat Little Bites Mini Blueberry Muffins.

Storage and Freezing Instructions for Little Bites Blueberry Muffins Recipe

To store leftover little bites muffins, place them into an airtight container and keep them on the counter for up to 4 days.

To freeze, place the cooled muffins on a wire rack and place them in the freezer to flash freeze for 1 hour. Once frozen, move them into a freezer bag. They will keep in the freezer for up to 2 months. 

To thaw, pull the desired amount of muffins you’d like out of the freezer and allow them to defrost on the counter for an hour before eating. Alternatively, you can also place them in the fridge overnight to thaw.  I find that I can place a frozen muffin into my kid’s lunchbox and the muffin will be thawed in time for lunch!

Looking for a mini muffin recipe with chocolate chips? Try my Copycat Little Bites Mini Chocolate Chip Muffin recipe!

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Little Bites Blueberry Muffins Recipe.

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Copycat Little Bites Mini Blueberry Muffins Recipe

This Copycat Little Bites Blueberry Muffins recipe creates soft, moist, and flavor-packed mini muffins bursting with juicy blueberries—made with simple, real ingredients for a treat you can feel good about! 
4 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Servings 26 mini muffins

Ingredients
  

Wet Ingredients

  • 5 tbsp melted butter, cooled
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 cup blueberries*

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a mini muffin tin with paper liners or lightly spray it with nonstick spray, and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, mix together the wet ingredients.
  • In a separate small bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
  • Take the dry ingredients and add it to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Be sure to not over-mix.
  • In another bowl (or reuse the bowl that had the dry ingredients), toss frozen blueberries with 1/2 tablespoon of flour.  Note: skip this step if using fresh blueberries. Fold the blueberries into the batter.
  • Using a small cookie scoop or spoon, divide the blueberry muffin batter evenly among the muffin cups, filling about ¾ full.
  • Bake the muffins for 12-14 minutes.
  • Allow the muffins to cool in the muffin pan for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

Notes

*if using frozen blueberries, toss frozen blueberries with 1/2 tablespoon of flour to prevent them from sinking, then fold into the batter.
Storage & Freezing Instructions:
To store: Place muffins into an airtight container and keep them on the counter for up to 4 days.
To freeze: Place the cooled muffins on a wire rack and place them in the freezer to flash freeze for 1 hour. Once frozen, move them into a freezer bag. They will keep in the freezer for up to 2 months. 
To thaw: Pull the desired amount of muffins you’d like out of the freezer and allow them to defrost on the counter for an hour before eating. Alternatively, you can also place them in the fridge overnight to thaw.  I find that I can place a frozen muffin into my kid’s lunchbox and the muffin will be thawed in time for lunch!
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  1. 5 stars
    Really yummy! Made both blueberry & chocolate chip, I have a very picky 4 year old (hence the chocolate chip ones). Easy to follow directions. Thank you for the wonderful recipe, this will be my go to mini muffins

    1. Thank you so much Jamie for giving this recipe a try! I’m so sorry to hear it wasn’t as sweet as you were hoping. You can definitely increase the amount of sugar by 1/4 cup if you ever decide to make them again. I try to keep the sugar intake on the lower side for my kids lunchbox treats. Thank you again for your feedback, I really appreciate it! 😀