Apple-Pecan Mug Muffins
with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting & Fruit Salad
- Milk
- Tree Nuts
- Wheat
- Eggs
15-minute muffins with no pots to clean? We’ll get out of your way so you can get right to it! For this fall-inspired not-too-sweet breakfast treat, you’ll add diced apple, cinnamon, pecans, and maple syrup to our batter mix, divide between mugs, and microwave for just about two minutes. Top with maple-cream cheese frosting, serve with a side of fruit salad and bada-bing! You’ve got a fast and friendly breakfast in a flash!
Ingredients
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
½ ounce
Pecans
(Contains: Tree Nuts)
1 unit
Apricot Jam
½ tablespoon
Baking Powder
2 tablespoon
Crème Fraîche
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
2.25 ounce
Red Grapes
1 ounce
Dried Cranberries
1 unit
Apple
82 g
Tempura Batter Mix
(Contains: Milk, Wheat, Eggs)
1 teaspoon
Cinnamon
4 tablespoon
Maple Syrup
Not included in your delivery
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Sugar
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring cream cheese to room temperature. Wash and dry produce.
• Dice half the apple into ½-inch pieces; thinly slice remaining apple. Halve grapes.
• In a large bowl, whisk together crème fraîche and ¼ cup water (½ cup for 4 servings) until mostly smooth.
• Add in tempura batter mix, baking powder, cinnamon, diced apple, pecans, half the maple syrup, 1 TBSP sugar, and ¼ tsp salt (2 TBSP sugar and ½ tsp salt for 4 servings). Whisk until thoroughly combined, 1-2 minutes.
• Coat two microwave-safe mugs with nonstick cooking spray (four mugs for 4 servings). Evenly pour batter into mugs.
• Microwave until batter is no longer wet, 2 minutes. Continue microwaving in 30-second intervals until mug muffins are springy to the touch and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Wash and dry bowl and whisk.
• While muffins cook, in bowl used for batter, combine sliced apple, grapes, cranberries, and as much jam as you like. Set aside until ready to serve.
• In a small bowl, whisk together cream cheese, sour cream, and remaining maple syrup until smooth.
• When mug muffins are done, let cool for 5 minutes.
• Dollop each mug muffin with cream cheese frosting and serve with fruit salad on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the tasty blend of flavors, though some found the muffins a bit bland and suggested adding more cinnamon or fruit.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to make, with most finding it fun and easy, though a few noted it took longer than the stated 15 minutes.
- Suggestions: Consider adding cranberries to the muffin batter for extra flavor. Adjust microwave time carefully to avoid dryness or undercooking.
- Texture: Some found the muffin texture perfect, while others experienced issues with doughiness or heaviness. Cool before frosting for best results.
- Frosting: The maple cream cheese frosting was popular, but a few found it too thin. Try adding extra cream cheese for a thicker consistency.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was fun and easy to make. My daughter said the fruit salad was a bit sweet and she didn't care for the cranberries. I think it would have been fun to put the cranberries in the muffins.
Super tasty and easy to make! My only critique is that the frosting comes out a little soupy - I had to add some extra cream cheese to really make it gel and not be water.
I took mine out of the mug for one and left the other in the mug. Easy to make, in my microwave was about 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Definitely wait to cool before putting the cream cheese/sour cream onto.
The muffin was perfect! The fruit salad was not so good. Recommend putting some cranberries in the muffin and just leaving the grapes plain but even better would be orange slices on the side and skip the apricot jam in this one.
Served them for a light supper, but found that we were hungry two hours later. Perhaps a bit more of fruit; the apple was quite small.
These were delicious and not too sweet! A wonderful blend of flavors and textures. Recommend!
I sometimes have issues with textures and the apple in the muffin bothered me a bit but everything tasted awesome!
Such a nice little breakfast treat. Not a lot of prep time either.
First time I ever baked anything in a microwave. I am impressed how well it turned out.
If this is easy to see on my regular weekly menu, I will for sure order this again. Kids and husband really liked it. If it's only offered under extra add-ons, I won't see that it's offered.
