These Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins consist of soft and crumbly muffins bursting with blueberries, stuffed with cheesecake and topped with a crunchy streusel topping. For breakfast baking or a tasty treat - these are the dream muffins!
Reader Review:
The muffins were wonderful! I gave some to one neighbor and she wanted the recipe, and then froze a plate for the other neighbor who was away.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Bonnie
Blueberry muffins are a classic. Back when I had the bakery we would always add our signature crumb topping to the muffins to make them extra special. Now today we go one step further and stuff them with sweet cream cheese deliciousness!
The base recipe is the same as my Raspberry Crumble Muffins and uses the same cheesecake filling as my Cheesecake Stuffed Carrot Muffins. And combined into these Blueberry Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling - it's a match made in heaven!
Ingredients
- All-purpose Flour - Regular all-purpose flour is great for these muffins. If you are using self-raising flour instead, just skip the baking powder.
- Eggs - Large eggs are best and I always recommend Free Range.
- White Sugar - Try to find extra fine white sugar (caster sugar in the UK)
- Sour Cream - The sour cream does wonders for the texture and flavour of these blueberry cream cheese muffins! It makes them beautifully soft and also adds a slight tang which compliments the blueberries and makes them a great breakfast option.
- Vegetable Oil - The oil adds moisture, you can use different oil such as sunflower or canola, but make sure it's flavourless (i.e. not Olive Oil)
- Vanilla Extract - The vanilla is more of a compliment than a feature in these muffins, it just brings all the other flavours together nicely and rounds them out.
- Blueberries - You can use fresh or frozen blueberries. I actually like the way frozen blueberries behave in this batter, and they tend to give off a nice streak of colour as you mix them in, but fresh blueberries work beautifully in the muffins too.
- Cream Cheese - you can't have cheesecake-stuffed muffins without cream cheese! To make your life easier, make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature before starting, this will ensure a nice smooth cream cheese filling for your muffins without any lumps.
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
These blueberry muffins with cream cheese filling are unbelievably easy to make. You don't need a mixer or any special equipment, just a bowl and a whisk! Make these muffins by hand in no time at all.
Make the Crumble First
- Throw all the crumble ingredients in a bowl and mix with a fork until it is crumbly. This is the same topping I use for my Blueberry Crumble recipe - it's super buttery and delicious!
Prepare Cream Cheese Filling
- Put all cream cheese filling ingredients in a bowl and beat together with a spoon until smooth
Make the Muffin Batter
- Whisk together the eggs and sugar
- Add oil, sour cream and vanilla and whisk until smooth
- Add flour, baking powder and salt and whisk until smooth
- Fold in the blueberries
Assemble the Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins
- Fill each muffin case half-way with blueberry muffin batter
- Spoon 1 teaspoon of cream cheese filling into the centre of each muffin
- Top with more batter, filling the cases to the top
- Sprinkle a generous amount of crumble topping onto muffins
- Bake
It's that easy! You can whip up some cheesecake stuffed blueberry muffins first thing in the morning for breakfast or anytime you are craving a sweet treat.
Hint: Try not to let the cream cheese filling spill out to the edges of the batter, do your best to keep it in the centre so the cheesecake will all be contained inside the muffin
Video
I have a step-by-step video tutorial for how to make the blueberry muffins with crumble topping. Just follow the instructions in the recipe card below to add the cream cheese filling to this easy muffin recipe.
Variations
These cream cheese filled muffins work really well with any kind of berry, why not try with:
- Raspberry Muffins
- Strawberry Muffins
- Blackberry Muffins
If you want to add another element to your blueberry cream cheese muffins, you could also throw in some nuts or even some chocolate chips.
Or if you want to bake with blueberries but want something other than muffins, you can try my Mini Blueberry Bundt Cakes with Blueberry Glaze.
Storage
You have a few options for how to store your blueberry cream cheese muffins.
If you are just storing for one day - If you just baked the muffins and need to keep them until the next day, they actually will do best stored in a container or basket with a clean dishtowel draped over the top. This is because it lets the muffins breathe, so they won't go all soggy. This only works though for storing overnight or maximum one day, any longer than that and you risk them starting to go a little stale.
To store at room temperature - If storing more than one day, put muffins in an airtight container with a layer of paper towel underneath to absorb any condensation and moisture - this helps to stop the moisture from building up on the muffins themselves. They will be good like this for three days.
To store in the fridge - If you prefer to store your muffins in the fridge, pack them the same as you would for room temperature - in an air-tight container with paper towels to absorb moisture. Remove from the fridge at least one hour before serving to enjoy them at their best.
Recipe
Blueberry Crumble Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling
Ingredients
- 375 g (3 cups) All-purpose Flour 375g
- 4 ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- 3 Eggs
- 300 g (1 ½ cups) Granulated Sugar 300
- 345 g (1 ½ cups) Sour Cream 345g
- 218 g (1 cup) Vegetable Oil 218g / 240ml
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 300 g (2 cups) Blueberries 300g fresh or frozen
- 340 g (1 ½ cups) Cream Cheese 340g (room temperature)
- 50 g (¼ cup) Granulated Sugar 50g
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 60 g (½ cup) All-purpose Flour 60g
- 67 g (⅓ cup) Granulated Sugar 67g
- 56 g (¼ cup) Unsalted Butter 56g
Equipment
Instructions
- Melt the butter in the microwave56 g (¼ cup) Unsalted Butter
- Put flour and sugar in a bowl and mix together60 g (½ cup) All-purpose Flour, 67 g (⅓ cup) Granulated Sugar
- Gradually add the melted butter to the flour/sugar mix a little at a time while stirring with a fork until clumps form. You should have a soft and crumbly mix with various sizes of clumps
- Break apart the clumps so they are as big or as small as you want them, and then set aside until you are ready to put them on top of the muffins
- Beat the cream cheese, vanilla and sugar until smooth, set aside340 g (1 ½ cups) Cream Cheese, 50 g (¼ cup) Granulated Sugar, ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C and line a muffin pan with muffin cases
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar3 Eggs, 300 g (1 ½ cups) Granulated Sugar
- Mix in sour cream, oil and vanilla extract345 g (1 ½ cups) Sour Cream, 218 g (1 cup) Vegetable Oil, 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Add flour, baking powder and salt and keep whisking until lump-free375 g (3 cups) All-purpose Flour, 4 ½ tsp Baking Powder, ½ tsp Salt
- Fold in the blueberries, don't worry if they colour the batter a little!300 g (2 cups) Blueberries
- Fill each muffin case halfway with batter
- Spoon a heaped teaspoon of cheesecake mix on top of the batter. Try to keep the cheesecake in the centre of the muffin and avoid spreading out to the sides if you can
- Add more batter on top of the cheesecake to fill muffin case almsost all the way to the top (we want them nice and full so they will rise and make those beautiful muffin tops!)
- Put a generous sprinkle of crumb topping on top of each muffin
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
Bonnie Simmelink
The muffins were wonderful .. gave some to one neighbor and she wanted the recipe and froze a plate for the other neighbor as she was away.
Jules Grasekamp
So glad you and your neighbours enjoyed the blueberry muffins Bonnie! Thank you for letting me know 🙂
Jules
Shannon
This recipe must be for the jumbo-sized muffin tins! My yield was 20 regular sized muffins. Very delicious. I did use Greek yogurt and they are maybe a tad tangier than the author intended. But I like them that way. The next time I make them I will also rub some fine lemon zest into the crumble mix. Yes, I do like my tangy flavors and lemon really brings out the blueberry.
Jovanessa Alcantara
Hi Jules! can i substitute the cream cheese in the filling with greek yogurt?
Jules
Hi Jovanessa, personally I wouldn't recommend subbing for greek yoghurt as greek yoghurt can be temperamental when exposed to high temperatures, it might curdle. If you are looking for an alternative, I recommend mascarpone 🙂
Penny
This is the first recipe I have ready where the ingredients are listed with each step instead of having to scroll up and down! THANK YOU!! It will be fun to make and I am sure it will be delicious too…
Jules
I'm so glad you like this feature! I always find it frustrating to have to scroll up and down so I'm glad other people appreciate this too! Thank you for your comment and I hope you love the muffins!
Jennifer Trujillo
I can’t wait to make these muffins this weekend! I love how you included the ingredients and amount to use, in each step of the mixing process! That is Fabulous!!
Chris Radwanski
Blueberries. If it has blueberries, I will eat it. Divine.
Robin
You could substitute Greek yogurt for the sour cream in the muffin batter. You might try Neufchâtel for the full-fat cream cheese. It has half the fat.