FOOD NEWS
For Actual Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites, You Need Cottage Cheese
By Megan Anderson
Having Starbucks egg bites for breakfast every day can get expensive. Luckily, there are many recipes to recreate them at home, and using cottage cheese makes all the difference.
This may come as a surprise, but cottage cheese is actually the first ingredient listed in two of Starbucks' egg bite varieties and second only to egg whites in the other.
Given its prominence as a component of this snack, it's imperative to include cottage cheese if you want your egg bites to resemble the Starbucks version.
Using cottage cheese and eggs as your base maintains that signature taste and texture while allowing you to get creative with your fillings, including meats, cheeses, and veggies.
Egg bites, whether purchased from Starbucks or homemade, are packed with protein. Making them yourself means you can up the protein by adding more eggs or cottage cheese.
One cup of low-fat cottage cheese has 25 grams of protein, so a dozen bites with 1 ¼ cups of cottage cheese and six eggs yields 12 grams of protein per serving of two egg bites.