Homemade muffins with lots of pumpkin flavor in bite-size form....just perfect for popping into your mouth, one after the other. Mini Pumpkin Muffin Bites take just 25 minutes to make and talk about moist! Add a cup of warm cider to these pumpkin mini muffin bites on a chilly Autumn morning - so perfect.
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 10 minutesminutes
Total Time: 25 minutesminutes
Servings: 24muffins
Calories: 85kcal
Ingredients
Mini Muffin Bites
1cupcanned pumpkin or fresh pureed pumpkin
6Tbs.unsalted butter, melted
1/3cuppacked dark brown sugar
1/4cuppure maple syrup
1large egg
1cupall-purpose flour
1tsp.pumpkin pie spice
1/2tsp.baking soda
1/2tsp.kosher salt
Glaze
2/3cuppowdered sugar
tiny smidge of kosher salt
1/2tsp.vanilla extract
milk, water, or orange juice
Instructions
Make the Muffin Bites
Preheat the oven to 350. Spray a 24-count mini muffin pan with non-stick baking spray; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the pumpkin puree, melted butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and egg: whisk until well blended.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt; add to the bowl with pumpkin mixture, stirring just until the ingredients are combined. Don’t over mix at this point.
Using a small cookie dough scoop, divide the batter between the prepared mini muffin cups; bake on the center oven rack for 10-11 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean.Allow the mini muffin bites to cool completely before removing them from the pan.
Make the Glaze
In a small bowl, make the glaze by combining the powdered sugar, salt and vanilla, adding the liquid a tiny amount at a time, just until the glaze is the consistency you desire, whisking until smooth. **You can make it a bit thicker if you're going to dip the tops of the muffins into the glaze, or thinner if you'd like to drizzle the glaze over the muffins.
Drizzle the glaze over the cooled mini muffin bites, or invert them and dip the top of each one into the glaze. **Sometimes I add just a teeny bit of orange zest to the glaze - it really compliments the pumpkin and maple flavors well.
Store the mini muffin bites in an air tight container for up to 3 days.