Blueberry Pancake Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling

These blueberry pancake muffins have all the great taste of a blueberry pancake but with a decadent cream cheese filling — and you can eat them with your hands!

Well, I’m still alive. I’ve been MIA for the last week because I’ve been busy getting our new house in order and looking nice. Takes forever to get any boxes unpacked or anything put away when you have two toddlers.

It’s pretty much impossible. I’ve been lucky enough to get some semi-productive evenings in when I have a tiny bit of energy left.

What has saved us is my parents. They’ve come out to help us two weekends in a row and man, oh, man do they work hard. We’ve gotten an unbelievable amount of work done thanks to their great help.

And I can finally do laundry here at our new house! THANK GOODNESS. Because, again, TWO TODDLERS. They make an awful lot of laundry dirty for being so small.

In between painting, putting away everything, and managing to keep the kids alive, I also made muffins! And photographed them during a thunderstorm! Yeah…super ideal photography weather.

Regardless of all that, these muffins are amazing. They will definitely be added to the regular rotation here at the Gurk household. They have all the great taste of blueberry pancakes (my daughter E’s favorite), but you don’t need a fork to eat these gems.

And even better yet, there is a little pearl of cream cheese filling waiting for you in the middle of each one. The cream cheese filling adds great flavor but also makes these a slightly more filling and hearty breakfast.

I add a little whole wheat flour to make them more filling and nutritious so that you’re not hungry an hour after breakfast. I left some all-purpose flour in to give them a great fluffy pancake feeling. If you prefer an even heartier muffin, try these blueberry wheat bran muffins.

Craving more blueberries:

I just love Michigan blueberries and I have lots more blueberry recipes for you. Try:

 

• Blueberry Crisp with Coconut (unbelievably crunchy and delicious!)
• Fresh Blueberry Pie (simple to make, with lots of fresh blueberries in every bite)
• Blueberry Apple Crisp Smoothie Bowl
• Blackberry and Blueberry Crumb Bars
• Chicken with Blueberry Chipotle Sauce
• Blueberry Lemon Popsicles with Yogurt

Verdict: Blueberry pancakes + cream cheese. These are obviously a winner.
Husband’s take: He loves these blueberry pancake muffins, too, which was surprising considering he’s not a huge cream cheese fan.
N’s take: He loves these too. And he’s incredibly picky.
E’s take: She loved them one day and the second day she said “I don’t like cream cheese.” Kids. What are you gonna do?
Changes I would make: Nada.

**Disclosure: I am thrilled to be in an ongoing partnership with United Dairy Industry of Michigan.  I have been compensated by UDIM for my time to develop this recipe. All opinions are as always, my own. Find out more about why Milk Means More on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest