I love quick and easy recipes. Don’t you? If a recipe has complicated ingredients or takes too long to make, I move on.
That’s one of the many reasons why I love this easy recipe for Apple Monkey Bread Bites.
This monkey bread recipe has chunks of apple and drips with butter and cinnamon. It’s mouthwatering.
To be honest, I’m not sure who loves Apple Monkey Bread Bites more: kids or adults.
It’s meant to be kid food. It kinda has the name “monkey” in it. But the apple cinnamon is irresistible and I, along with any mom friends or other adults who may be with me, can’t help ourselves from digging in alongside the kids.
Friends, neighbors, and family alike rave about how yummy these little bites are. And no one believes it when I say Apple Monkey Bread Bites take less than 10 minutes to whip together with another 15 in the oven. Yes, they are that quick.
This is a perfect recipe to have your kids help you make!
One time I was in the middle of making this recipe when I got distracted mid-baking-session (some friends came over). Nathan, who is 9, finished making them and even popped them in the oven all by himself. (Don’t worry, he’s been taught oven safety.)
What You’ll Need to Make Apple Monkey Bread Bites:
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 cans (7.5 oz each) refrigerated biscuits OR 1 large can of biscuits
- ½ cup apple – cored, peeled, and chopped into small pieces
- gallon ziploc bag
Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray. Don’t skip this step or you’ll be left with a big mess in your muffin tins!
Mix the melted butter and brown sugar in a small bowl.
Spoon one tablespoon of the butter mixture into each muffin cup.
Cut the biscuits into small pieces.
Older helpers can assist with this step.
Next, mix the cinnamon and granulated sugar together in the gallon Ziploc bag. Younger helpers can shake up the bag. Make sure it’s sealed tightly first.
Add the biscuit pieces into the zipped bag, seal tightly, and shake to coat. Small children will love helping with this step.
Place the biscuit pieces into the muffin tins evenly on top of the melted butter mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for approx 15 minutes or until golden brown and the biscuits are cooked through. (You can poke them with a fork to check.)
The smell of fresh cinnamon baked treats all around the house is a very nice bonus.
Remove your apple monkey bread bites from the oven and let them sit for exactly 1 minute, no longer. Flip the monkey bread bites out of the muffin tins and upside down onto a cookie sheet or plate. This will allow the butter mixture to drizzle over your monkey bread bites and also prevent them from sticking into your muffin tin.
Enjoy your apple monkey bread bites warm.
Apple Monkey Bread Bites are perfect as a fun breakfast, snack, or dessert. The whole family will love them!
Apple Monkey Bread Bites
Bursting with cinnamon apple flavor, Apple Monkey Bread Bites is easy enough for kids to help make and they’ll love munching on this favorite snack!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 12 monkey bites 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 cans (7.5 oz each) refrigerated biscuits OR 1 large can of biscuits
- 1/2 cup apple – cored, peeled, and chopped into small pieces
- gallon ziploc bag
Instructions
- Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray. Mix butter and brown sugar in a small bowl, then spoon 1 tablespoon into each muffin cup.
- Mix the sugar and cinnamon together in a gallon ziploc bag. Cut the biscuit dough into small pieces. Put the biscuit pieces and chopped apple into the cinnamon sugar bag. Shake to coat.
- Place into muffin cups.
- Bake at 350 degrees for approx 15 minutes or until golden brown and biscuits are cooked through. (You can poke them with a fork to see.)
- Cool for 1 minute; then turn upside down onto a cookie sheet.
- Best served warm.
Michelle says
Oh My Goodness! Those look so good!
And my kids just saw it! Guess know I HAVE to make them! 🙂
Thanks so much for this post!
Erika says
Good thing they’re so easy! Hope you enjoy(ed) making them!
Katherine G says
These look so delicious. I always say I’m going to try recipes but I never do but when I do this is definitely at the top of my list of recipes to try.
Erika says
Let me know when you do! They are SO easy to make!
Darcy says
These look so yummy!
Ellen Christian says
Those look amazing!
debbie says
These look so good! I love the picture of your two little ones eating them.
Erika says
Thanks Debbie!
melissa says
Those are so cute and LOOK SO GOOD!!
Kathryn Costa says
Those look yummy. You always have the best recipes. Thanks for sharing! Definitely will be pinning this one to my recipe board.
Erika says
Thanks, Kathryn!
Nicole (Mama to 4 Blessings) says
yummy! I am going to pin this! Feel free to link it up at my Learn and Link post!
Kristen says
I think I just drooled on my computer. YUM!
Trisha G. says
We love monkey bread! Thanks so much for the recipe! My husband is always asking me to make these so maybe I’ll give it a try this time!
Mariah says
I saw these on Pinterest and they look absolutely delicious! I love hearing how easy they are to make! I think I’ll be trying them out this weekend!
Whitney says
How yummy looking. Happy to see the kids helped some with the recipe, looks like you all had fun all the way around!
DenSchool says
Oh wow, these look so delicious! I’ve never had monkey bread before, I’m really going to have to try it now 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
Amber Edwards says
Oh my goodness those look SO amazing!! My son and I absolutely love regular Monkey break, so I know we will love this one! I need to save this one for my birthday! Happy Birthday to me! lol. thanks!!
Jeannette says
Thank you! Thank you! I needed a new idea to make with the kids this weekend and both of mine will love this! And I love that it’s so simple!
Sofia says
Drooling!! I feel the need to lick my fingers now…Pinned!
pattie says
Yum-o! This looks like something right up my alley. Easy to make and goes great with coffee.
Tesa says
I’m addicted to monkey bread and have to try this! It looks amazing and I love the smaller size.
krystle(Baking Beauty) says
These look so delicious!I love brown sugar and apples together!
Michelle says
I have made these when I had a Girl Scout troop.. these were really easy to make at camp.
Raffa says
These look so good and they are so easy to make. I will be making batches of these sometime during my birthday
Rose says
Just found your delicious recipe. This sounds so good.. I’ve been looking for some sweet treats I can make with my dairy allergy and this is perfect because I have found one brand of dairy free biscuits and we have dairy free butter! Thanks so much!
Mary says
Thanks — can’t wait to try this recipe. What a neat photo of two cute kids!!
Amber says
OMG these look amazing. So making these!
Tammy says
Cant wait to try
Susan says
Anyone know if these freeze/reheat well?
Erika says
I’ve never tried it, Susan, but I don’t think it would hurt. They are so easy to make that if you try freezing it and it doesn’t work, it’s not like you just wasted a lot of time.
Sue says
I’ve never been much of a baker, but I tried these and they are fabulous! So simple to make and absolutely delicious–I’ll be trying more of these recipes and sharing this site with friends/family. Thanks!
Heidi says
While I was making Monkey Bread, I thought “this would be really good with apples in it”….BAM, I find this! PERFECT..Thanks for reading my mind and posting 🙂
Gail Bradford says
I make monkey bread with the kids all the time. The addition of apples sounds awesome. Gonna try this one tonight after school! Thank you for this posting 🙂
Evelyn says
That looks so good. I love monkey bread. Yummy!
Wendy | Around My Family Table says
Holy cow….these sound amazingly delicious!