Mixed Berry Muffins

Mixed Berry Muffins are irresistibly delicious and a perfect on-the-go breakfast. Use fresh or frozen berries in this healthy muffin recipe to create the perfect warm and sweet breakfast treat.

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ready to eat berry muffins on wood plates next to a cooling rack of muffins.

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Mixed Berry Muffin Recipe

Muffins are by far one of my favorite go-to breakfast items. There’s just so many variations of muffins, that I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of them!

These blueberry muffins are a favorite in my family, along with this mixed berry muffin recipe that I’m sharing today.

This healthy muffin recipe has a lot less sugar and is perfect to make year round, especially when berries are in season.

I’ve never had a bad muffin, but I’ve sure had some that are better than others…and these mixed berry muffins never disappoint!

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Mixed berry muffins are perfect to serve for breakfast when you’re hosting guests. Serve them with these egg muffins with sausage and kale for the perfect quick and healthy breakfast combo.
There is no refined sugar in this easy recipe, making it the perfect sweet treat for the whole family.
These healthy mixed berry muffins are a great grab-and-go breakfast during busy weekday mornings.

blueberries, raspberries and diced strawberries in bowls.

What are Mixed Berries?

Mixed berries is the name for a combination or blend of different types of berries. Typically this mix includes strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. It can even include other types of berries like cherries.

Mixed berries are typically used in desserts like berry crisp and breakfast recipes like smoothies.

In these triple berry muffins, I used blueberries, strawberries and raspberries. But, you could omit some of these berries or swap them out to better fit your family’s preferences or to use what you have on hand!

Ingredients

You’ll likely already have most of the ingredients for mixed berry muffins in your pantry and refrigerator! Just grab the berries you need, and any other missing ingredients, and get to baking.

Here’s what you’ll need:

all purpose flour
old fashioned rolled oats
coconut sugar
baking powder
ground cinnamon
salt
almond milk
greek yogurt
coconut oil
eggs
pure vanilla extract
blueberries
strawberries
raspberries

muffins that have been cut in half on wooden plates.

Substitutions

You can use a gluten-free 1:1 flour substitute, such as King Arthur Measure for Measure Flour, to make this recipe without gluten. Be sure to grab gluten-free old fashioned rolled oats too!

If you don’t like some of the tart berries in this recipe, you can swap out a different berry or omit the berries you don’t like. Though, if you’re looking for a blueberry muffin recipe, check out these healthy no sugar blueberry muffins.

This healthy muffin recipe can be made totally dairy-free if you sub the yogurt for coconut milk yogurt or almond milk yogurt. Make them vegan by using an egg replacer as well!

If you prefer something different than coconut oil, you can swap it for avocado oil, olive oil or vegetable oil.

To make these fruit muffins vegan, use an egg replacer and coconut milk yogurt.

muffins with three kinds of berries on a cooling rack.

How to Make Mixed Berry Muffins

Making mixed berry muffins is so easy! Whether you’re a pro in the kitchen or not, you can easily whip up a batch of these delicious treats.

Begin by preheating your oven to 375°F and line a muffin tin with 12 liners. You can use paper liners or reusable silicone cupcake liners in your muffin pan.

a spatula stirs together dry ingredients.

Grab a large mixing bowl and whisk together the flour, oats, coconut sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt until thoroughly combined.

eggs, vanilla, milk and yogurt being combined in a glass bowl.

wet ingredients mixed together for muffins.

In a large glass measuring cup, combine almond milk, coconut oil, greek yogurt, eggs, and vanilla extract.

If you don’t have a large enough measuring cup, you can combine all of the wet ingredients in a small bowl.

stirring wet ingredients into dry ingredients.

muffin batter in a glass bowl before adding berries.

Create a large well in the middle of your dry ingredients by pushing everything away from the center with your hands. Then, pour the wet ingredients into the well and gently mix them into the dry ingredients.

three kinds of berries being mixed together with muffin batter in a bowl.

a bowl of mixed berry muffin batter ready to add to a muffin tin.

Pour the blueberries, strawberries and raspberries into the muffin mixture and gently fold them in.

Hot Tip: Do not overmix the blueberries or they will begin to get mushy and their color will bleed into the muffin batter.

Using a cookie scoop or a ¼ measuring cup, fill each muffin tin until it is ¾ of the way full.

Place the muffins in the preheated oven and bake for 20-22 minutes, or until the mixed berry muffins bounce back when gently touched.

After you take them out of the oven, place them on a wire rack to cool completely.

How to Store Muffins

I’ve actually got a whole post that will tell you how to best store and freeze muffins, but here’s a few pointers.

The best way to store leftover muffins depends on how soon you want to eat them:

Within 3 days of baking them: Store them on the countertop at room temperature.
In the next few days: Store them in the fridge, but with the risk of a change in texture. Alternatively, store what you’ll eat in the next few days using the countertop method, then freeze the rest.
Within the next 3 months: Store them in the freezer — reheat when you get a muffin craving!

Most importantly, make sure the muffins are fully cooled before storing them.

FAQ

Can you use frozen fruit to bake muffins?

Fresh berries will provide a stronger, fresher flavor in these muffins, but it is okay to substitute for frozen berries.
Your muffins may need one or two minutes more bake time if you use frozen berries, so just keep an eye on them. Most importantly, just make sure that the frozen fruit is still small chunks. Don’t use full size, frozen, strawberries. They still need to be diced!

What is the secret to making moist muffins?

The hidden secret to keeping these healthy muffins moist is the yogurt! It's the key ingredient to locking in the perfect amount of moisture and help keeping the muffins from drying out. Be sure to let your muffins fully cool before storing them, otherwise they can get really soggy and mushy. I’ve got a whole post on how to store and freeze muffins, so check that out for more tips!

muffins on wooden plates on a blue counter.

More Muffin Recipes

One can never have too many muffin recipes. It seems like there’s always a perfect muffin for every occasion!

These are just a few of the fabulous muffin recipes out there:

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