Mini muffins are the perfect size for little hands and the most ideal food to start your baby weaning journey. These were one of the very first foods I ever fed to Oscar (my little munchkin) when he was only 6 months old. I absolutely love muffins for baby led weaning breakfast (or lunch or snack or dinner or anytime). They offer an ideal, simple base for almost any food you’d like to introduce to your little one’s diet, and they’re a perfectly sized, healthy finger food that allows tiny hands to eagerly explore mealtime.
Can you freeze baby friendly muffins?
Mini muffins are a brilliant freezer food idea, you can make ahead and just defrost as needed. Each little baby friendly muffin is a perfect portion for a baby and a couple of them are an ideal toddler snack on the go. With each batch making around 24 mini muffins these are easy batch cook and stock up for when you need a quick and easy snack solution. I love how diverse mini muffins are, as you’ll see from my round up of recipe below, there are loads of options for both sweet and savoury ideas.
So check out my round up of 25 delicious baby friendly muffins for weaning and kidsand let us know which is your new favourite.
Apple Cinnamon Sugar Free Baby Friendly Muffins
These beautifully soft and moist Apple Cinnamon and Raisin Muffins are surprisingly sweet, but they contain no added sugar—it’s all in the fruit! As far as baby led weaning breakfast goes, you cannot ask for a more nutritious option. Apples and raisins are both loaded with fibre, and together, they offer heaps of vitamin C, calcium, antioxidants, iron, and more.
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Banana Courgette Wholemeal Muffins
These healthy banana and courgette wholemeal muffins with chocolate chips are sure to be a hut for babies and toddlers alike.
Healthy Breakfast Muffins
I often get asked for healthy baby led feeding breakfast ideas and as Mum of 3 I know what a struggle breakfast time can be. These satisfying little muffins are a perfect solution to the breakfast time conundrum, satisfying and healthy they offer your kids, big and small, something different and tasty. I like to make a double batch because these muffins freeze really well and defrost really quickly too! Just pop the amount you need into the oven and reheat until soft the entire way through. It only takes about 10 minutes and that smell in your kitchen…it will get the kids up, I promise!
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Blueberry Muffins
Isn’t this photo cute!? These little muffins are absolutely perfect for toddler snack time, on the go or at home. They are just bursting with blueberries and offer the perfect energy boost (great for dinosaurs too apparently).
Vegetable Savoury Baby Friendly Muffins
Packed with four different vegetables they are easy to adapt. Use the same base recipe but customize your own vegetable muffins to suit your child’s taste.
Avocado and Orange Mini Muffins
Avocado and orange might sound like a crazy combination, but trust me it works! By mixing the ingredients up in a food processor you can create awesome chocolatey fudgy avocado muffin bites, similar in texture to a gooey chocolate brownie. The perfect treat or on the go snack and full of green goodness too.
Sweet Veggie Muffins
When I say these muffins are loaded with veggies, I mean it. They are bursting with shredded courgettes (zucchini) and carrots, providing a generous helping of vitamins C, K, B6, riboflavin, and so much more. Fibrous apples and raisins marry seamlessly with the veggies, creating a naturally sweet, not savoury, muffin that will be a sure winner with the kids.
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Lemon Weetabix Muffins
If you’re in need of some updated breakfast inspiration or you’re looking for a baby led weaning friendly breakfast then these delicious breakfast muffins made with Weetabix and wholemeal flour make a perfect instant breakfast for kids and adults. The lemon and blueberry make them extra tasty.
Gluten Free Cranberry Baby Friendly Muffins
These muffins are the perfect blend of sweet and tart muffins and make a lovely mid-day snack for you and your baby.
Peppa Pig Parsnip Muffins
Inspired by Peppa’s vegetable garden, these light and fluffy muffins contain apple and parsnip and are sweet but healthy muffin option for your baby or toddler.
Raspberry Teff Flour Muffins (Gluten Free)
It is great to give your baby the chance to try fresh seasonal fruit, where possible. These teff flour raspberry chia muffins are nut, dairy, gluten, and refined sugar free. They are lunchbox friendly and addition of teff flour is both flavorsome and nutritious.
Leftover Oatmeal Muffins
This quick and tasty recipe is perfect if you find yourself with leftover oatmeal porridge, they can be made as either chocolate chip or raisin depending on your mood (or what is in the cupboard) and made a fantastic breakfast or high energy snack.
Rainbow Vegetable Muffins
This is a great picnic or lunchbox baby friendly muffin recipe and the perfect savoury snack. With 6 ingredients they make a fun change from sandwiches for older kids or are a lovely baby led weaning food option. They freeze well so you can make ahead in bulk and freeze for when you need them.
Pizza Lunchbox Muffins
These lunchbox muffins are so easy to make, all the ingredients are mixed together in one bowl and then baked in a muffin tin in the oven. They are perfect for the kids’ lunch boxes or as an afternoon snack!
Banana Lemon Walnut Muffins
The best thing though about these baby friendly muffins is that they are sweetened with only banana! They are sugar-free and super healthy too. I used rapeseed oil which contains the lowest saturated content of any oil (even less than olive oil!), it is also a great source of Omega 3,6,9 and it contains vitamin E too!
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Courgette, Spinach & Feta Muffins
Mini muffins offer the perfect opportunity to back loads of goodness into food for you little ones and this recipe is a great example. This combination is both delicious and nutritious, making them the perfect baby led weaning option.
Cheese and Ham Muffins
These simple but delicious Ham & Cheese Savoury Muffins. This recipe is another one with 6 easy to find ingredients so are nice and quick to whip up if you’re struggling for a lunch idea, and they freeze well so you can batch cook and make ahead. It’s a lovely easy recipe for the kids to help make (or for older children to make entirely themselves).
Rhubarb Muffins
These rhubarb muffins are so delicious and are a perfect baby led weaning muffin. The mixture is a little different to my normal muffin mixture and is more like a rhubarb sponge cake bite than a muffin. They are so soft, easy to manage and super low in sugar which makes them a perfect first finger foods for babies.
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Banana & Blueberry Muffins
These mini banana and blueberry muffins are the perfect first muffins for baby led weaning! They have a lovely soft texture that is spongy rather than crumbly and contain no added sugar or salt.
Super Healthy Pizza Muffins for Baby Led Weaning
What if I told you it was possible to combine two of the most delicious comfort foods into one healthy finger food that your family will gobble down faster than you can cool? Pizza muffins are an all-in-one-pan recipe that will please your pickiest eaters, and each batch is stuffed with an entire cup kale for a boost of protein, vitamins A, C, K, and more.
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Veggie Fruit Muffins
This muffin pan recipe is one to keep handy, as it’s loaded to the brim with courgette and carrots, but the pear and applesauce keep it a sweet secret. Flax seeds and oat flour add tons of heart-healthy fiber, as well.
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Mini Turkey Apple Meatloaf Muffins
These mini turkey apple meatloaf muffins make the perfect protein and iron-rich snack for both little ones and adults. Great for school lunches, snacks and as a finger food for babies! Can also be prepped ahead of time and stored in the freezer for a quick and easy snack on the go! {Paleo & Gluten-free}
Quinoa, banana & almond baby muffins
This vegan mini muffin recipe is suitable from 6 months and makes a lovely baby led weaning option for little hands. The recipe is very simple to prepare and it’s a sweet treat for little ones without any refined sugar!!
Cannellini Bean & Feta Muffins
A great option for fussy eaters or for a meat free meal , these muffins are tasty thanks to the feta cheese, soft and creamy thanks to the cannellini beans and moist thanks to the courgette. In addition, the eggs and the beans mean that they are loaded with proteins!
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