Ideally, picnic fare is easily portable, not overly messy, and able to be eaten without utensils. Pressed picnic sandwiches definitely fit the bill, as does fried chicken, but if you prefer more of a graze-able spread of smaller bites, add savory muffins to your picnic basket along with other nibbles. They’re a fun and convenient alternative to a loaf of bread, since there’s no slicing required once you reach your spot, and you can mix anything you like into the muffins, from vegetables to meat and cheese.
You can also use your muffin tin to make lots more marvelous things, like mac and cheese bites and mini meatloaves, but for now, let’s stick to slightly more traditional baked goods, with a savory twist. Just as with savory cheesecakes and savory shortcakes, there’s a lot of room to play around with the general format.
Whether you base your savory muffins on flour (regular, whole wheat, or gluten free) or cornmeal, feel free to get creative with the add-ins; you can use any given recipe as a guide and switch out the types of cheese, spices, herbs, veggies, or meat called for. Try prosciutto instead of bacon, or smoked gouda instead of cheddar. Mix in sauteed mushrooms, or chopped black olives, even apples for a little sweet with your savory. Add fresh herbs with abandon. Most of these savory muffins don’t need anything in the way of spreads, but a little butter almost never hurts, and you can make it a flavored compound butter if you want to intensify or complement your baked goods’ flavor profile.
To transport them, if you think you can keep them safely nestled on top of everything else, just transfer them to a plate or small basket and wrap it well—but if you’re concerned they might shift and get smashed, you can use a heavy-duty cupcake carrier to protect them. (Some cupcake pans even come with snap-on lids complete with carrying handles.) And to cut down on paper waste, you can get reusable silicone baking cups to make all your muffins and cupcakes in, over and over again.
Start looking and you’ll find tons of savory muffin recipes to make, or to use as starting points. Here’s one batch of examples.
Feta Basil Roasted Pepper Muffins
Handle the Heat
Salty feta, fresh basil, and sweet roasted red peppers stud these buttermilk muffins with bursts of flavor. Like any savory muffin, these are just as good alongside a weeknight dinner as they are packed on a picnic. Get the recipe.
Sweet Potato Chronicles
Sweet corn kernels and spicy basil add perfect pops of fresh summer flavor to cornbread muffins. Get the recipe.
Matthew Mead/The Oregonian
A whole wheat and white flour blend is enriched with a little Greek yogurt, plus cheddar cheese, chopped broccoli, and Canadian bacon, with a bite from black pepper. Get the recipe.
A Candid Appetite
Pesto and spinach make for a lovely green muffin (if you want it meatier, try spinach with feta and ham), that’s hiding a little mozzarella and has a healthy dose of olive oil in the dough too. These would go well with sun-dried tomato butter. Get the recipe.
Low Carb Cheesy Garlic Bread Muffins
All Day I Dream About Food
For another low-carb, gluten-free take, try cheesy cauliflower muffins, or bake these mozzarella-packed garlic bread-inspired muffins with almond flour and fresh parsley. Get the recipe.
Caramelized Onion, Smoked Cheese, and Bacon Muffins
Food Lust People Love
Crumbled bacon makes a great muffin mix-in, paired with all sort of other flavors (like blue cheese), but these amplify the bacon flavor with smoked cheese, with rich ribbons of sweetness in the form of caramelized onions. Cubing some of the cheese means you get pleasantly chewy pockets to contrast the crisp bacon on top. Get the recipe.
Jalapeño Popper Cheese Muffins
Carlsbad Cravings
If you really love cheese, these include grated cheddar in the batter (along with diced jalapeños), and a cream cheese stuffed center. Take a cue from these spicy cornbread muffins and try mixing in a little cooked, crumbled, and well-drained chorizo too. Get the recipe.
Rachel Schultz
Who says you can’t have pizza on a picnic? It’s easy to do when you turn it into pepperoni-flecked muffins. If you can’t realistically transport pizza sauce with you for dipping, try mixing some chopped sun-dried tomatoes right into the batter. Get the recipe.
Recipe Tin Eats
There are a lot of breakfast muffins that skew savory—see salmon dill muffins (spread with a little cream cheese for a bagel-and-lox kind of bite) or sausage pancake muffins—but these are particularly impressive, what with whole hard boiled eggs baked into the middle of each muffin. You can also make them runnier if you prefer. Either way, these would be great for a make-ahead camping breakfast or morning hike. Get the recipe.
Savory Spiced Sour Cream Zucchini Muffins
An Edible Mosaic
Onion and garlic powder, smoked paprika, and black pepper punch up these tender sour cream zucchini muffins, which are a great way to use up summer squash when it’s abundant. Get the recipe.
Healthy Seasonal Recipes
Sauteed leeks and Parmesan make for simple savory muffins that are perfect as-is, but easy to add to as well; try mixing in a small amount of chopped prosciutto and/or herbs like basil or rosemary for starters. Get the recipe.
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