These sweet Honey Nut Muffins are made using Honey Nut Cheerios, honey, applesauce, and a few kitchen staples. They’re slightly sweet, moist, and delicious!
Honey Nut Cheerios has been around since 1979. While similar to classic Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios is sweeter thanks to honey and almond flavoring.
If you visit the Cheerios’ website, you’ll fina d recipe for Applesauce Muffins. (Were you aware that there are recipes on the Cheerios’ website?) However, rather than use the classic cereal, I thought I would use Honey Nut Cheerios.
Let’s look at how to make these muffins.
🥘 Ingredients
- 2 cups Honey Nut Cheerios® cereal
- 1 ¼ cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup apple applesauce
- ½ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅓ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 egg
🔪 Instructions
Start by placing dry ingredients in a food processor or Ninja blender:
After a few quick pulses, the mixture should be crumbly.
Add the remaining ingredients, pulse it a little more, and then had a batter that was ready to go into my muffin pan.
The original recipe for muffins with Cheerios uses brown sugar to sweeten the muffins. I substitute honey on a 1:1 basis. Since products made with honey brown faster, the temperature has been lowered by 25 degrees. (You can find more tips on baking with honey by clicking here.)
⏲️ Baking Time
Pop them in the oven for about 19 minutes.
These muffins and a piece of fruit make for a quick, grab-and-go breakfast. They remind me of bran muffins, sans raisins. Of course, you could always add raisins to the muffin batter prior to baking, if you’d like.
📖 Recipe
Honey Nut Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups Honey Nut Cheerios® cereal
- 1 ¼ cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup apple applesauce
- ½ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅓ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin tin with paper liners and lightly spray with non-stick spray.
- Combine all of the dry ingredients into blender or food processor and pulse until cereal is crumbly.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend until well combined. (You might need to use a spatula to scrape sides of blender.)
- Pour batter into muffin tin and bake for 18-22 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
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Nutrition
If you like butter, slather a little bit on the muffins for a more decadent muffin.
Hungry for more muffin recipes?
- Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins – Tender crumb laced with blueberries and topped with a sweet crumble – there’s no need to buy them at a bakery when you have this recipe.
- Homemade Banana Nut Muffins – This is an excellent recipe for using up those bananas that have been sitting on your counter.
- Quick Cinnamon Roll Muffins – If you like Monkey Bread, then you will love these sweet cinnamon roll muffins that make good use of a can of refrigerated cinnamon rolls.
Armitage112 says
A half of WHAT of honey, please?
Lynda says
Oops! Half a CUP. Thanks for letting me know about the omission. I have corrected it. 🙂
Kait says
Never thought of using cherries before!! My son would love these — I could totally make him mini ones
Anne says
Great way to make some cute muffins!
Jen says
What a clever idea. They sound delish!!
Annie @ Mama Dweeb says
I LOVE my Ninja! I can’t wait to try and make this, what a fabulous idea!
Jennifer @ My Sweet Sanity says
I never would have thought to grind up Cheerios and use them in a muffin! They sound yummy though.
LaVonne says
What a fun breakfast idea! A great alternative to a regular bowl of cereal for sure! Thanks for sharing.
Katy says
Yummy! What a great idea. I’ve only used bran cereal to make muffins. I need to give this a try. I like the way you mixed it in your Ninja. How big is it that it holds an entire recipe? I thought they were small. I need to check those out too.
Liz Mays says
Oh yum, what a delicious breakfast to start the day. I could go for one of those right now while I’m waiting for my plane!
Lynda says
I hope you have a great trip!