Starbucks Truffle, Mushroom & Brie Egg Bites
Starbucks Truffle, Mushroom & Brie Egg Bites are light and fluffy with a hint of truffle, a creamy brie and little bites of mushroom. Making these at home saves you so much money and gives you more of everything in every bite!
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Starbucks is one of my favorites to copycat because they list their ingredients! They lead the name with Truffle but – guess what – it’s at the BOTTOM of the ingredients list (which means it’s got the least amount in the bites). But I bit the bullet and bought Truffles on Amazon. That does make the cost go up – but even with the Truffles – these are still 1/3 the price of Starbucks!
Starbucks Truffle Egg Bite Ingredients
Starbucks has a lot of varieties of egg bites from Kale & Mushroom, Bacon & Gruyere, Italian Sausage, Egg White and the Potato Chive – and I’ve got recipes for all of them! Here’s what you’ll need for the Truffle, Mushroom & Brie:
- Eggs – this recipe makes 12 egg bites and you’ll need 8 full eggs.
- If you’re looking to lighten this recipe up – you could swap out some egg whites for full eggs – but be sure to double the # of egg whites to equal the full eggs.
- Cottage Cheese – I would recommend at least using 2% milk cottage cheese but you can also use full fat.
- Brie Cheese – I used a little less than half a wheel of Brie for this but finely diced it so that we get some of those melty bites in the egg bites. I like to use a Double Creme Brie – it has more cream and a higher butterfat content.
- Monterey Jack Cheese – this is grated and blended in with the egg mixture for flavor.
- Truffles & Mushrooms – it’s not easy to find truffles in rural Ohio – so I went to Amazon and found a tiny tiny jar of black truffles for $20. I also know truffles are very rich and I didn’t need much. I used about 7-8 slices of truffle (about 1/3-1/2 jar).
- For the mushrooms – I just diced up 4 button mushrooms for this part. You just need a couple pieces in each egg bite.
- Seasonings – parsley, salt, pepper, hot sauce
Cheaper Options for the Truffles
You may not want to shell out the money for actual black truffles – so here are some ideas to making them without the actual truffles:
- Truffle Oil – DO NOT use truffle OIL as a replacement! Anthony Bourdain famously said “Truffle Oil is not a food.” and I agree. It’s just stinky!
- Porcini Mushrooms – these have a strong flavor – especially if you buy them dried and rehydrate them in the recipe
- Truffle Salt – this is a little more readily available and gives some of that flavor – although some of the truffle salts are not made with real truffle.
- Skip ’em – You can just go without the truffle and use more mushrooms – you’ll miss that truffle flavor – but if mushroom & brie is pretty great together on their own!
How to make Starbucks Egg Bites
Egg bites are easy to make – especially with a good blender or food processor. Don’t skip the water bath step – it really makes a big difference in giving you that creamy richness!
- PREHEAT oven to 325º and set a rimmed baking sheet in the oven with enough water to go halfway up the sides of the pan. Spray a muffin pan with nonstick spray.
- BLEND cottage cheese, 1 egg, Monterey Jack cheese, truffle slices, hot sauce, parsley, salt & pepper.
- WHISK remaining eggs with cottage cheese mixture.
- SAUTE mushroom in a small skillet and finely dice brie.
- SPLIT mushroom and brie pieces among the 12 muffin cups.
- LADLE egg mixture into muffin cups.
- PLACE muffin tin into the baking sheet with water and bake for 20-25 minutes.
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Starbucks Truffle, Mushroom & Brie Egg Bites
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese grated
- 5-7 slices truffle 10-15 grams
- 1 tsp hot sauce
- 1/2 tsp parsley
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 3 oz brie finely diced
- 4 oz mushroom finely diced
- non-stick spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325
- To the blender, add 1 egg, cottage cheese, jack cheese, truffle, hot sauce, parsley, salt & pepper until blended.8 eggs, 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese, 5-7 slices truffle, 1 tsp hot sauce, 1/2 tsp parsley, 1/4 tsp sea salt, 1/4 tsp pepper
- Then whisk by hand with rest of eggs,8 eggs
- In a small skillet, heat pan and add spray olive oil. Saute mushrooms for 3-5 minutes4 oz mushroom
- Into a nonstick muffin pan, sprayed with non-stick spray, add brie and mushrooms to the tins.3 oz brie, non-stick spray
- Ladle in egg mixture and stir lightly.
- Place muffin tin in a rimmed baking sheet with 1-2 cups water.
- Bake 325º for 20-25 minutes. Center of egg bites should register 170-175º
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then use a spatula, carefully remove them from the muffin tin. Enjoy!
