Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins - Starbucks Copycat Recipe! So Good! (2024)

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins – Soft pumpkin muffins made with pumpkin, pumpkin spice and cinnamon, topped with oats and filled with a homemade pumpkin spice cream cheese filling.

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I had my first pumpkin cream cheese muffin when I started working at Starbucks. Well… I think that was the first time I ever had one. If I had one before then, I don’t remember it. I got a job at Starbucks when we lived at Camp Lejeune and one of the things we had to do when hired was taste the product so that we’d know what it was like when a customer asked. We had to taste thepastries, theregularcoffees and the coffeespecialtydrinks.

I started working at Starbucks in the Fall, so thePumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins were the most popular item we had. Those and the Pumpkin Spice Lattes sold like hot cakes.

I was hooked. ThePumpkin Cream Cheese Muffinsactuallymade me fall in love with cream cheese, which made me fall in love with the Cream Cheese Danishes from Starbucks… but I’ll have to save that for another post. Anyways, theStarbuckspumpkin muffins arefabulous, but want to know what’s even morefabulousthan aStarbucksPumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin??! A homemadePumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin! I am so pleased at how these came out. Fluffy and Wonderful! That’s what these muffins are. I also added oats to the top of mine (I think the Starbucks ones have pumpkin seeds if I remembercorrectly)

QUICK GLANCE AT INGREDIENTS FOR Pumpkin Muffins:

FOR CREAM CHEESE FILLING

• 1cuppowdered sugar
• 8ouncescream cheese, softened
• 1/2teaspoonpumpkin spice
• Butter for coating the muffin pans

FOR MUFFINS

• 5large eggs
• 3cupssugar
• 1teaspoonground cinnamon
• 1 1/2tablespoonspumpkin pie spice
• 1teaspoonsalt
• 1 1/2teaspoonsbaking soda
• 3 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
• 2cupspumpkin puree
• 1cupvegetable oil
• 1/2cupoats

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More Starbucks Copycat Recipes:

• Copycat Starbucks Iced Chai with Pumpkin Sweet Cream Foam
• Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Bread
• Copycat Milk and Cookies Frappuccino

How to make Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins:

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Yield: 16 LARGE MUFFINS

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins - Soft pumpkin muffins made with pumpkin, pumpkin spice and cinnamon, topped with oats and filled with a homemade pumpkin spice cream cheese filling.

Ingredients

FOR CREAM CHEESE FILLING

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
• Butter for coating the muffin pans

FOR MUFFINS

• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup oats

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350F.

In the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a regualr bowl and use an electric mixer) , cream together the eggs and sugar. Mix in the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, salt and baking soda until combined.

Slowly add in the flour and mix well. Add pumpkin puree and vegetable oil. Mix until everything is combined into batter.

Lightly butter a large muffin pan. The pan I used makes 6 very large muffins.

Add 3 medium scoops of batter to each muffin cup. (about 3/4 full)

Sprinkle oats on top of muffin batter. Bake at 350F for 25 minutes.

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Remove from muffin pan and place on a wire rack to cool.

FOR THE CREAM CHEESE FILLING:

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and pumpkin spice and mix until smooth.

Once muffins are cool enough to handle use a small pairing knife to cut a hole into the top of the muffin. Fill a pastry or a large ziplock bag with the cream cheese filling and pipe into the center of the muffin.

Notes

You can exchange the oats for pumpkin seeds if you want them to be exactly like starbucks!

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 16Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 519Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 349mgCarbohydrates: 75gFiber: 2gSugar: 48gProtein: 7g

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