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Muffin Tin Potato And Bacon Cups Recipe – an impressive game day appetizer, made with Idaho Spuds Flavored Instant Mashed Potatoes. Ready in just 45 minutes and made with a few basic ingredients.
At this time of the year, I get all excited about game day parties. What I get even more excited about is game day food. I try to stick to traditional appetizers/snacks, that everyone will love.
I’d like to share with you today one of my newest creations – muffin tin potato and bacon cups. These will definitely make your game party unforgettable!
Pretty much everyone around here loves potatoes. This is why, potato recipes are always a winner. These are also some of the most popular recipes on my blog.
Big flavors, big game, right? These muffin tin potato and bacon cups are definitely loaded with some great flavors. Tree cheese mashed potatoes and crispy bacon – this is an amazing combination. Topped with sour cream, bacon bits and chives. These Potato And Bacon Cups are so good!
These mini bites are bursting with flavor. Extremely easy to make and they look impressive.
You can even make them a day in advance and then just reheat them. But I’d like to mention that I always prefer appetizers like these muffin tin potato and bacon cups – fresh!
The best part? These are made with Idaho Spuds flavored instant mashed potatoes.
These potatoes are ready in just a few minutes and taste amazing!
Idaho Spuds Flavored Instant Mashed Potatoes are made from real potatoes. I used their tree cheese variety, which worked out great in the recipe. Their mashed potatoes are smooth and flavorful! The combination of Cheddar, Romano and Parmesan tastes great!
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If you are a potato lover, you should definitely try this recipe for Potato And Bacon Cups!
MUFFIN TIN POTATO AND BACON CUPS RECIPE
Ingredients
FOR THE POTATO CUPS:
- 2 packages Idaho Spuds Tree Cheese Mashed Potatoes
- 4 cups hot water
- 1/2 cup cooked chopped bacon
- 1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp chives, chopped
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
FOR GARNISHING:
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp chopped cooked bacon
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
OTHER:
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
- In a bowl, combine instant potatoes and hot water. Whisk for 1-2 minutes until combined.
- Add mustard, sour cream, chives, bacon and eggs. Mix to combine. Add black pepper.
- Fill muffin tin cups with mixture (almost full is fine).
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the inside is cooked and top is golden.
- Cool for 10 minutes then carefully remove potato cups from muffin tin.
- Top with sour cream, chopped bacon and chives. Serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I’m not a huge sports fan, but I can always get behind delicious game day food! These potato cups look amazing, Mira! Such a creative recipe! I love the bacon in here and the fact that you made this in a muffin tin. Looks absolutely perfect for game day!
SO many amazing things you loaded into these potato cups, Mira! These would be so great for a brunch!
this will be perfect for games day Mira! such a fun recipe!
Game day eating is my favorite sport! 😉 These look SO good. I mean come on, who wouldn’t want to eat bacon and potatoes with their hands!?
I love any recipe that requires a mini muffin tin!! Looks great!
I’m all for game day food and I love these little flavor filled cups!
These are right up my alley! I could eat a dozen!
They look falvorful! Great photography as well.
Such a simple and delicious potato snack!
As far as I am concerned Potatoes are in their food group. My question is do you use a mini muffin tin or a regular sized one? Appetizer makes me think Mini but looking at the ingredients I think regular size.
I also didn’t see a serving size.
Thanks
Hi Pamela,
I use Regular size muffin tin.
What food group are referring to?
Yes, this is an appetizer. You can eat it with a fork in small bites.
The reason why I did not use mini muffin tin is that thes are really hard to remove from the mini slots, and regular works best for me.
You are more than welcome to try and make the mini version. Let me know!
Serving size is in the nutritional label an it is one (1) muffin per one (1) person.