Starbucks Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
This Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Muffin recipe is made with just a few simple ingredients and tastes just like the original. It’s moist, velvety, and has a hint of spices that will fill your home with an unforgettable aroma.
Packed with pumpkin goodness, these muffins are sure to become a family favorite! No need to waste your time waiting in line at the coffee shop when you can whip up a batch of these pumpkin cream cheese muffins at home.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Deliciously moist with a hint of spices.
- Perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack.
- Tastes like the real Starbucks Pumpkin Muffins!
🛒Ingredients
You will need a few basic ingredients to help you make this pumpkin cream cheese muffin recipe. You should have most of these ingredients on hand or you can grab them while you are at your local grocery store.
- all purpose flour
- granulated sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- pumpkin pie spice
- salt
- pure canned pumpkin
- large egg
- melted butter
- vanilla
- Roasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
Filling
- cream cheese
- granulated sugar
- all-purpose flour
- milk
- vanilla extract
See the recipe card below for quantities.
🔪 How to Make This Starbucks Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Making these pumpkin cream cheese muffins is so simple. Just follow the step-by-step directions and you will have delicious cream cheese filled muffins in no time at all.
Step 1: Mix the dry ingredients
In a mixing bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
Step 2: Combine the wet ingredients
In another bowl combine the canned pumpkin, egg, butter, and vanilla.
Step 3: Finish the batter
Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and gently stir to combine.
Step 4: Fill the muffin pan
Fill your lined muffin tin with the batter.
Step 5: Make the filling
Combine the filling ingredients with a whisk. And, then place the filling ingredients in a small ziploc bag and snip the end off.
Step 6: Fill the center of the muffins
Pipe the filling into the center of each muffin batter.
Step 7: Top the muffins with seeds
Roughly chop the pumpkin seeds. And, then sprinkle the seeds around the edge of the muffins.
Bake 8: Bake the muffins
Bake in a 350-degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until baked through. And, then cool slightly and serve!
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Nuts: Use different types of nuts instead of the pumpkin seeds such as walnuts, pecans, or almonds.
- Add a touch of chocolate: Stir in some chocolate chips
- Spices: Add some spices to the batter such as ginger, nutmeg, or allspice.
If you love pumpkin muffins you may also enjoy these Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins.
🥄 Equipment
You will need a few pieces of equipment to help you make these delicious muffins. Gather these tools and get ready to enjoy these sweet muffins.
- mixing bowls
- muffin pan
- piping bag or ziploc bag
- paper liners
🥫 Storage
Due to the cream cheese center in these muffins, we recommend that you store them in the fridge for up to four days. Make sure to keep them in an airtight container to keep them fresh.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tools that you can use to help you ensure that this Starbucks Pumpkin Muffin Recipe turns out perfectly every time that you make it.
- Make sure that your ingredients are at room temperature.
- Instead of the storage bag, you could also use a piping bag if you have one on hand.
- When filling the muffin tin with the batter fill it up to 2/3 of the way full. Because you are adding the cream cheese filling you don’t want to overfill your muffin tin.
- You can use cupcake liners or silicone liners if you want. If you are not using liners make sure that spray the muffin pan well with nonstick cooking spray.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Each muffin that you make with this recipe has approximately 350 calories at Starbucks.
You don’t need a mixer for this recipe, as it can easily be whisked together by hand. However, you can use a hand mixer to make it easy if you prefer.
Yes, you can freeze these muffins. Simply place them in an airtight container and store them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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🧾Recipe Card
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Starbucks Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Equipment
- mixing bowls
- muffin pan
- piping bag or ziploc bag
- paper liners
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cup pure canned pumpkin
- 1 egg
- ¼ melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Roasted pumpkin seeds pepitas
Cream Cheese Filling
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon flour
- 1 teaspoon milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt.
- In another bowl combine the canned pumpkin, egg, butter and vanilla.
- Combine the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently stir to combine.
- Fill your lined muffin tin with the batter.
- Combine the filling ingredients with a whisk.
- Place the filling ingredients in a small ziploc bag and snip the end off.
- Pipe the filling into the center of each muffin batter.
- Roughly chop the pumpkin seeds.
- Sprinkle the seeds around the edge of the muffins.
- Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until baked through.
- Cool slightly and serve!
