This recipe might seem a bit familiar to you, and if it does then we know you’re a true fan of our Macro Cakes. We’ve taken the Macro Cakes and turned them into Keto Muffins! “Why muffins?” you might be wondering. “Pancakes are the best!” you might be thinking. Well, let me tell you exaclty why!
Keto Breakfast Ideas
If you’re having a nice stay at home brunch on Sunday morning, yes, Macro Cakes are the way to go. But, if you not only want to stay on track all week with perfect macros, but have something ready to go when you need to run out the door you want to make these Keto Muffins!
They package easily in a small container or plastic ziplock bag, and if you decide to eat them at work all you have to do is heat, cut open, add a tbsp of butter and you’re setting yourself up to be a fat burning machine!
Keto Breakfast Muffins
If any of you know me from our youtube videos, you know I’m a no crap kind of girl. I say it like it is because honesty is extremely important to us! So, when I say these muffins beat the cakes I am not joking in the slightest. In order to fully understand you have to make and try them – and I highly suggest you do!
In terms of taste, both hit the spot perfectly with just the right touch of sweetness. However, when it comes to substance the Keto Muffins can’t be touched! They are dense, and pack more flavor in each bite. If you like biting into a slice of pizza, imagine bitting into four slices at the same time. Clearly, one is better than the other! If these keto breakfast muffins aren’t doing it for you, check out some of our other great low carb breakfast recipes! We have these 3 ingredient cauliflower hash browns and these low carb pancakes that are packed full of coconut!
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Keto Muffins
Ingredients:
- 8 oz Cream Cheese
- 8 large eggs
- 4 tbsp Butter
- 2 scoops(62g) Protein Powder
Instructions:
- In a mixing bowl melt butter and cream cheese.
- Add whey protein and eggs, careful not to cook the eggs from the heat of the butter.
- Combine with a hand mixer until completely mixed.
- Pour into muffin baking tray and bake at 350 degrees for 26 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
Written by
Matt Gaedke
Matt is a former college basketball player turned computer engineer who discovered his passion for health and nutrition after cutting sugar from his diet in 2016. That year he founded KetoConnect with Megha in order to share their ketogenic lifestyle through recipes, videos, and educational content. Matt is always seeking to grow and try new things, a passion he shares with his wife and two amazing sons.
Hi guys,
could i sub almond meal or coconut flour for the whey? I currently have a huge bag of flavoured whey! Yuk!
thanks lee.
We’ve never tried it, but you could just add it at the end until you get a decent consistency and it will probably come out tasty. Make sure to add some sweetener too.
Hi Matt,
I just made these they are very good especially with a sausage link! I tried to enter in at “My Fitness Pal” and could not find this in the database. Looked several different ways and couldn’t find. FYI 🙂
What flavor Isopure do you use in these muffins?
We use cookies and cream. That is our favorite!
Hi! my whey protein powder is unflavored. Will that still make a great muffin?
Can add vanilla or vanilla powder – should I? Thanks!
You’re probably going to want some additional flavor if you use unflavored whey. I’d put some vanilla/cocoa powder along with some stevia!
I would love love love if you guys could put the weight in for butter too – tablespoons can be hard to scoop when your butter isn’t soft.
And this is just the keto pancakes but in a muffin mould right?
Yes it is! 1 tbsp of butter is 14g.
DO you know the ratio for coconut flour since I wont be using Whey Protein..
Unfortunately no. My guess would be something like 1 part coconut flour for every 4 parts whey protein.
These look amazing! Could I use flavorless whey isolate to get a more savoury cheesy muffin?
You probably could. These are highly flavored by the protein powder, so you’re going to want to add in some flavor if you are using unflavored whey.
I made these last week using quest protein powder because that’s all I had and they were DELICIOUS! Very bready and similar to a Muffin texture. Today I made them using the isopure cookies and cream and they were totally different. The texture and flavor are very ‘eggy’. Any ideas?
I did the same thing. Nothing like a muffin texture. More of a egg soufflé style taste :/ not sure if I needed to add more protein powder to make the batter thicker?? I may have to retry this recipe because I wanted a muffin not a soufflé.
Hi Angela,
Did it work the 2nd time round? My first attempt gave me puffed up hollow soufflés, just like you described.
I wonder if it is the whey protein I used.
The same thing happened to me. Egg souffle. I used isopure zero carb creamy vanilla. What gives?
Mine did the same thing. The flavor is good, but they were completely hollow.
I just made these with Peanut Butter Quest powder – It’s what I had on hand, and I thought it would be interesting. I splattered some of the mix of cream cheese and butter – I opted to mix the protein powder in while it was still warm, and then added the eggs – so just the mix of protein powder, cream cheese and butter – was like peanut butter frosting. I might just mix the butter and cream cheese one of these days with chocolate mousse protein powder, or cookies and cream isopure….freaking amazing.
anyways, the muffins were delicious too! The diff protein powder changed the macros just a bit, but they were still perfect !
Wooh! Sounds like an amazing adaptation of the recipe – thanks for sharing!!
Good lord. These were awful. 0/10
Would not recommend for anyone who likes normal food.
What can I sub for the whey protein?
I can’t digest whey protein.
Almond Flour should work!
Just made these and they are delicious!!! I added a teaspoon of vanilla and three blueberries to each muffin and voila! A blueberry muffin!
I’ve tried several of your recipes and this is by far one of my favorites.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Crystal! Glad you enjoyed them 🙂 These are one of our favorites for meal prep.
So flavor of the whey is actually the cookies and cream flavor? Interesting, does the flavor come through strong?
Ya, that’s our favorite flavor. It come’s through a little bit, but more as just a general sweetness as not so much the actual cookies and cream flavor.
Is there any substitution over the whey protein? such as coconut flour?
Ya you could us coconut flour, but the pancakes will be more crumbly. You will not need as much coconut flour as you would whey protein.
When you say “melt” the butter and cheese…do you want it literally melted or just soft enough to mix with the other ingredients?
Softened on the verge of melting. Usually the butter is basically fully melted and the cream cheese is still a bit solid. It doesn’t matter all that much to be honest.
How much is in a “scoop” of protein powder?
62 grams! Updated the recipe to reflect that, thanks.
Can I substitute coconut flouror they protein powder?
Did you get a good result after using coconut flour?
These muffins are bomb! I’ve been Keto for 2 months now and have been really sticking to the basics, but the ingredients on this were so simple I figured even I could do it! I underestimated how much they would puff up and looked slightly mutant when they came out of the oven was delicious. I was scared about being able to taste the protein powder but you totally can’t. Love your videos on YouTube, thanks so much for the recipe.
I’m sensitive to whey. Can I use egg protein instead?
Love your chocolate muffins! Make them with Arrowhead Coconut Flour.
I think egg protein should work in a similar way. The protein we use has a strong flavor, so if your egg protein is unflavored you’re going to want to add some sweetness of cinnamon for flavor.
I recently discovered I am sensitive to whey! Sadly I love smoothies and has protein powder often..Do you use an egg white protein powder? How is it and can you suggest a good one?
I suggest you try casein. Slow proteins. It doesn’t spike your insulin as much as whey. I have a casein drink (with 5 grams of creatine in it) every day. Looove it!
Cheers from Stockholm, Sweden!
flavor of whey protein?
We like cookies and cream the best, we’ve tried a couple flavors. The one we use is linked in the recipe!
Why do you use the Whey Protein? Can you leave it out or will it effect the consistency of the muffin? Thanks
No you cannot leave it out, it is the flour of the recipe.
I have the cookies and cream protein powder. Do I still use 2 scoops?
Yes, the two scoops should be around 60g.
What floor whew protein?
What?
I laughed way too hard at this.
OMG…ME TOO! hahahahaha
Me, too!
I’ll bet she meant WHAT FLAVOR WHEY PROTEIN?
Damn millennials whodontbrealize baby boomers can’t “text”.and instant translate! (I’m one, my daughter does it to me all the time you need). BTW going on your 90 deep tomorrow.