23 Muffin Recipes Everyone Will Love

Whether regular, jumbo, or mini, filled with fruit, chocolate, or gluten-free, it's an undeniable fact that everyone loves muffins. Because someone took the time and care to bake up a pan from scratch, muffins — especially ones with extra-fluffy muffin tops — make meals feel extra special. And the best part for home cooks is that the process of assembling and baking muffins is fast and easy to do. 

This Mashed round-up of muffin recipes has something for everyone. There are muffin ideas for at-home breakfasts, and muffin recipes for get-togethers with a crowd. Mini chocolate chip muffins are the perfect bite for tucking inside lunch boxes as a treat, and honey cornbread muffins are delicious for breakfast or as a side for dinner with your loved ones. 

If you prefer your muffins to be filled with fruit, this round-up has plenty. Try apple cinnamon muffins, blueberry banana muffins, or toasty oatmeal raisin muffins. Make muffins to celebrate the season or holidays, like cranberry muffins for Christmas, pumpkin streusel muffins in the fall, and chocolate zucchini muffins at the end of summer. No matter which muffin recipe you choose, they will surely be a hit with all your hungry fans. 

Capture the flavors of fall in a batch of these homemade muffins. They're filled with nutmeg and cinnamon, have a lovely orange hue from pumpkin puree, and chocolate chips in every bite. It takes only ten minutes to mix the muffin batter, and they bake up in less than 20. Taste Of Home shares that muffins are easy to freeze and warm up later, which is a great way to have them on hand any time a craving strikes. 

Recipe: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

For all the reasons you love banana bread — super moist, sweet, easy to make — you'll love these Banana Nut Muffins just as much. Ripe bananas are the key ingredient here, a perfect way to use up those leftover brown bananas that no one will eat. The ripe bananas, along with Greek yogurt and oil, help create exceptionally moist muffins that get topped with a crunchy streusel of brown sugar and chopped walnuts. The recipe makes 12 delicious muffins. 

Recipe: Banana Nut Muffins

These muffins are full of autumn flavors like apple and cinnamon, but they're so delicious you should really be making them all year long. The from-scratch muffins include a blend of white and brown sugars and chopped apple. Baking apples like McIntosh and Rome will be softer after baking, while crisper varieties like Gala and Honeycrisp apples will have more of a bite. The muffins are topped with a streusel made from brown sugar and oats. Make them for a family breakfast, bring them to brunch, or treat your co-workers to some freshly-baked fall flavors. 

Recipe: Apple Cinnamon Muffin Recipe

There are benefits to including more bran in your diet. According to Health.com, adding bran can help prevent heart disease and diabetes, and also promotes better digestion. These soft muffins are a fantastic, delicious, and versatile way to add some more bran into your meals. Look for wheat bran or a bran cereal like Kellogg's All-Bran and add it to the mixture along with a little sugar and warming spices. Enjoy the muffins for breakfast or as a midday snack. 

Recipe: Spiced Bran Muffins

These muffins will remind you of the boxed crumb cakes made by Entenmann's, with a tender, cakey bottom and crumbles of cinnamon streusel over the tops. The batch of 12 muffins are perfect for sharing with friends, bringing to brunch, or freezing to have on hand for future snacks and breakfasts. The recipe is easy to follow, including the streusel topping made with a blend of melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. As a bonus, your kitchen will smell unbelievably good as they bake!

Recipe: Cinnamon Muffins

Look for frozen cranberries at the store, or throw a bag of fresh cranberries in your freezer the next time you find them in the produce aisle. Having them stashed away means you can bake a pan of tender cranberry muffins any time you wish. The batter is very simple and can be jazzed up with spices like cinnamon or ginger, or with add-ins like white chocolate chips. The muffins take only 25 minutes to bake. Make them for overnight guests or surprise your roommates with a batch. 

Recipe: Cranberry Muffins

Made with ripe bananas, Greek yogurt, and a pinch of cinnamon, this fruity muffin recipe is a lovely one to bookmark for lazy weekends or to treat guests staying over at your house. Since they bake in just 20 minutes, it's easy to serve them warm with butter or jam. Another nice thing about this banana muffin recipe is that it's very customizable: Try them with chocolate chunks, chopped walnuts, raisins, or sweetened, shredded coconut. 

Recipe: Banana Muffins

It really is possible to make homemade muffins that are gluten-free, yet still fluffy and moist. This recipe is easy enough for beginning bakers, and from start to finish takes about 35 minutes. Ingredients like Greek yogurt and oil give the muffins their tender texture, while sugar and milk chocolate chips add sweetness. (You can also use dark or semisweet chips.) The only specialty ingredient is gluten-free, all-purpose flour — check your grocery store for options from flour brands like King Arthur Baking, Bob's Red Mill, and Krusteaz.

Recipe: Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffins

This recipe takes two homebaked favorites — blueberry muffins and banana bread — and mashes them into one wonderful muffin. Really ripe bananas are important, as they give sweetness and moisture in the muffins. According to The Pioneer Woman, you can use your oven or microwave to speed-ripen yellow bananas in 20 minutes or less. Fold fresh blueberries into the batter and portion it into paper liners in a muffin pan. Banana Blueberry Muffins are wonderful for breakfast, and make a unique dessert when served with ice cream and a drizzle of maple syrup or caramel. 

Recipe: Banana Blueberry Muffins

Cornbread muffins are just as at home on the breakfast table as they are served with dinner entrees like meaty chilis, roast turkey, or meatloaf. This recipe makes them extra special with the addition of honey to the batter, which gives the muffins a moist texture and sweetness that nicely complements their corn flavor. If possible, use raw honey from local growers, which has a much more pure and complex flavor than regular store-bought honey. These muffins are the perfect way to let that flavor shine.

Recipe: Honey Cornbread Muffins

Use fresh apples from your apple-picking day — or just a couple from the store — to make a pan full of cinnamony apple muffins. Along with chopped apples, the batter gets an extra dose of fruit in the form of cinnamon applesauce, an ingredient that also makes the muffins really tender. The final touch is a streusel topping of brown sugar and cinnamon. It's one of the best autumnal snacks or breakfasts around. 

Recipe: Apple Cinnamon Streusel Muffins