These homemade Yogurt Muffins are easy and quick to make, plus you can customize them with various fun toppings! They’re made with Greek yogurt, whole grain flour, and no refined sugar—they’re an excellent option for breakfast, a healthy snack, and perfect for school lunch boxes, too! Great for 6+ months and Baby-Led Weaning.

Quick Greek Yogurt Muffins for Kids & Toddlers

Looking for a fun and healthy muffin recipe that your entire family will love?

Then, I’ve got you!

To start, we gently stir together Greek yogurt, whole wheat flour, a little maple syrup, olive oil, and a few other simple ingredients for the muffin base. Then comes the fun part – we add the toppings. You can seriously add in whichever toppings you like best!

🍓 Strawberries – of course!
🍫 Chocolate chips – seem like a no-brainer!
🫐 Blueberries – yes!
🌈 Sprinkles – slay!

I usually fill the muffin tin with the base and then let the kids top the muffins to their heart’s content. My oldest is a purest and always goes for the blueberries. My youngest is the wild card and will add either shredded cheese or sprinkles (or sometimes both lol). I like mine with a pinch of cinnamon and sugar on top. Really.. you do you boo!

Yogurt muffins inside a purple napkin.
Ingredients for yogurt muffins spread on a purple napkin on a white background.

Ingredients

Make sure to read the recipe card below for full ingredients and instructions!

  • Flour: you can use white whole wheat, blend of whole wheat and white flour, all-purpose or a gluten-free flour blend.
  • Yogurt: plain whole-milk Greek-style yogurt works best, but you can also use regular plain yogurt or a plain plant-based yogurt.
  • Eggs: adds protein and binds ingredients together
  • Oil or Butter: can use coconut, avocado, vegetable oil or melted butter
  • Maple Syrup: adds just the right amount of sweetness
  • Baking Powder
  • Baking Soda
  • Vanilla
  • Salt

If you are looking for more easy and healthy muffin recipes for your kids and toddlers, then be sure to check out our fan-favorite Blueberry Avocado Mini Muffins, these veggie-filled Spinach Muffins, or these delicious Applesauce Muffins. You can also find more recipes and information in my best-selling cookbook, Little Foodies: Recipes for Babies and Toddlers with Taste.

Let’s Get Baking

Glass bowl filled with flour, baking powder, and salt.
Place all of the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl, whisk.
A glass baking bowl full of both wet and dry ingredients for yogurt muffins.
Add in all of the wet ingredients.
A glass bowl full of a yogurt muffin batter.
Whisk until just combined.
A muffin tin full of colorful liners, muffin batter and toppings.
Fill muffin liners 3/4 the way full and then add toppings of choice. Bake until golden brown.

Tools Needed

A purple plate and purple napkin with yogurt muffins on top.

Favorite Add-Ins

These easy yogurt muffins have a base that lends well to mixing some of your favorite add-ins. You can also easily make a few different flavors from just one batch of muffins, depending on your family’s preferences.

  • Chocolate Chips
  • Chopped Walnuts
  • Blueberries
  • Craisins
  • Grated Carrots
  • Raisins
  • White Chocolate Chips
  • Chopped Strawberries
  • Chopped Apples
  • Cinnamon and Sugar
  • Sprinkles
  • Lemon Zest and Poppy Seeds
A hand holding a yogurt muffin with blueberries.

Recipe Tips

  • Freezer-Friendly – Double it: Works perfectly to make a batch of muffins to freeze for later!
  • Be Mindful of Mix-ins: For younger babies around 6-9 months, you may want to wait with mixing any add-ins that could be potential choking risks, including larger chopped nuts, raisins or other dried fruits.
  • Mini Muffins: you can easily make these into mini muffins by using a mini muffin tray and baking for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. You will get roughly 36 mini muffins with this recipe.
Yogurt muffins on a purple plate with a purple napkin.

Get the recipe: Fluffy DIY Greek Yogurt Muffins (Kid Favorite!)

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These homemade Yogurt Muffins are easy and quick to make, plus you can customize them with a variety of fun toppings! 
Yield: 12 Muffins
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Author: Michele Olivier
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
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Ingredients 

  • 1 3/4 cups flour, all-purpose, white whole wheat flour or one-for-one gluten free mix
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup plain whole milk Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/3 cup oil or melted butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions 

  • Prep: Heat oven to 375° F and spray or line a muffin tin.
  • Dry Ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Wet Ingredients: Add the yogurt, butter, maple syrup, eggs and vanilla to the top of the dry ingredients and gently combine until all ingredients are just combined. Do not overmix!
  • Fill: Spoon the batter into the muffin tin, filling 3/4 way to the top.
  • Add Toppings: if you want, add any toppings to the top of the muffins.
  • Bake: Place the muffin pan into the oven for 12-15 minutes or until just golden.
  • Cool: Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transitioning the muffins onto a cooling rack. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Age: great for 6+ months of age
Yield: 12 regular muffins or 36 mini muffins. To make mini muffins, fill a mini muffin pan 3/4 the way full and cook for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. 
Storage: in an air-tight container on the counter for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. 
Note on Flour: you can use white whole wheat, all-purpose, a gluten-free one-for-one blend, or half whole wheat and half all-purpose flour for this recipe.
Note of Oil: you can use avocado oil, melted coconut oil, mild olive oil, vegetable oil, or melted butter for this recipe. 
Cooking with Kids

Toddlers

  • Toddlers can help measure and put the ingredients into the bowl.
  • They can pick out the mix-ins.
  • They can help mix the ingredients.
  • Toddlers can help scoop the dough into the muffin pan.
  • Toddlers love to add toppings to the tops of the muffins.

Kids

  • Preheat the oven. 
  • They can pick out and measure all of the ingredients. 
  • Kids can help mix the ingredients.
  • They can help to fill the muffin cups with the batter.
  • Add the toppings to the top of the muffins.
  • Once filled, kids can carefully put the muffin tin into the oven (with adult supervision) and remove once baked. 
How to Serve to Baby: These muffins are perfect for baby-led weaning or as a finger food because they are soft to eat and your baby can easily pick them up in their hands for a palmar grasp or with their pincer grasp if they are cut into smaller chunks. You can serve them to your baby sliced in half or cut into small chunks.
How to Serve to Toddler & Kids: These quick and easy muffins are also great for toddlers and kids. You can serve them as is, or with a smear of cream cheese, butter or peanut butter for breakfast, snack or packed into a school lunch.
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Equipment

Stackable Glass Bowl Set
Measuring Cups
Bumkins Grip Plate
Grabease Utensil

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Medically reviewed and cowritten by Jamie Johnson, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and Lauren Braaten, Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT).