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This Fruity Pebbles Muffin Recipe is so versatile, you can easily customize it with any flavor of your choice! It starts with a basic muffin recipe and comes out perfect every time.
Fruity Pebbles Muffins
Say goodbye to boring muffins! This one-recipe wonder is all you need to make any flavor of delicious, homemade muffins. From blueberry to chocolate chip and beyond – let your imagination run wild with this one basic muffin recipe.
Like any muffin recipe, these muffins with fruity pebbles use sugar for sweetness, flour for binding, vanilla and salt for flavor, and eggs for fat/moistness and leavening.
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Learn a basic muffin recipe that can be used for any flavor muffins
- Made in one bowl
- Turns out soft and fluffy every time
- Add any mixins – for this recipe we’re adding in Fruity Pebbles!
Basic Muffin Recipe Ingredients
- Oil: I’m using vegetable oil. I love using oil in muffins because it keeps them nice and soft.
- Baking Soda: this needs acid to activate for a light and airy texture. Learn more about baking powder vs baking soda.
- Vinegar: to activate the baking soda for leavening. If you don’t have vinegar, you can use lemon juice instead.
- Sour Cream: this is the secret ingredient. It adds moisture to the muffin without thinning the batter. Be sure the sour cream is at room temperature before mixing.
- Flour: I always use all purpose flour
- Fruity pebbles: any kind of your favorite cereal will work – or you can mix in anything you like!
How to make Fruity Pebbles Muffins
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare your muffin pans with liners.
- Mix eggs in a bowl until thick and frothy. Mix in sugar and oil, beat until creamy. Mix vanilla, vinegar, baking soda, and salt. Mix in sour cream then stir in flour using a wooden spoon. Stir in fruity pebbles.
- Scoop the muffin batter into liners then sprinkle each muffin with a bit of cereal for garnish.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Check them at 15 minutes to gauge the remaining time.
- Cool slightly before eating. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month
Expert Tips
- Always be sure to use fresh baking soda – not expired.
- Make sure your sour cream is at room temperature to ensure your muffins turn out soft and fluffy.
- Don’t overmix muffins!
- Muffins are done when a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
FAQs
Add some nuts, chocolate chips, or peanut butter!
They probably didn’t have enough baking soda.
They should slightly crisp around the edges or poke a toothpick in the center. It should come out clean to determine the muffins are done.
Yes. Muffins should be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days, or you can freeze them for up to a month. It makes for an easy on-the-go breakfast too!
Best Basic Muffins Recipe with Fruity Pebbles
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup (118ml) vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (235g) room temperature sour cream
- 2 cups (248g) all purpose flour
- 2 cups (72g) Fruity Pebbles Cereal plus more for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin pans with liners.
- Using a hand mixer, mix eggs in a large bowl 1-2 minutes until thick and frothy. Mix in sugar and oil, beat until creamy. Mix vanilla, vinegar, baking soda, and salt. Mix in sour cream then stir in flour using a wooden spoon. (Batter may be slightly lumpy.) Stir in fruity pebbles.
- Scoop into liners. I use about 1/4 cup of batter (it helps to use an ice cream scoop). Sprinkle each muffin with a bit of cereal for garnish.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Check them at 15 minutes to guage the remaining time.
- Cool slightly before eating. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month.
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Recipe Notes
- Always be sure to use fresh baking soda – not expired.
- Make sure your sour cream is at room temperature to ensure your muffins turn out soft and fluffy.
- Don’t overmix muffins!
- Muffins are done when a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
- 1 cup fresh or thawed frozen blueberries, raspberries, strawberries or a mix
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Any cereal
I can’t wait to show the girls these. We will be making them – this is my favorite cereal so I can’t wait to try these. It was so nice we could all celebrate our friend Julianne today. xo
I love muffins, we have them in our freezer all the time! The fruity pebbles in these are so fun!
So perfectly fun! These would make adorable lunch-box treats if kids ever get to leave the house again! =)
These are just so fun! My daughter would love all of the lovely colors.
I used to manage a hotel and people would leave comments on their survey that the curtains let in a 1/4 in of light from the parking lot and they couldn’t sleep! Light is a real issue when it comes to sleep! I would have thrown rocks at that light a long time ago 🙂 These muffins look yummy and I love the substitution!
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