Potato Cheddar Chive Bakes (Starbucks Copycat)

Skip the drive thru and make a batch of Starbucks Potato Cheddar Chive Bakes at home! As soon as I tried these potato egg bites I KNEW I needed a homemade version. I set out to make something just as good as Starbuck’s sell, but with better ingredients. The result is a perfectly fluffy egg bite loaded with tender baked potatoes and topped melty cheese and fresh chopped chives.

I love that I get messages about these all the time! Readers tell me they no longer stop at Starbucks and ask whether they can double the batch for the week. Over 80 people have rated them 4.94 out of 5, and I think it’s because they genuinely taste like the real thing rather than almost-like it.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Save money – these potato, cheddar and chive bakes from Starbucks are delicious, but expensive. Make a batch at home so you can save money and skip the drive thru. I actually like my homemade version better!
• Perfect for meal prep – these are a meal prep favorite of mine because you can quickly make 6 servings at once. Reheat them each morning for a quick and healthy breakfast. Each serving has 14 grams of protein to keep you full!
• The potatoes are roasted, not boiled — the potatoes get browned edges instead of going soggy, which is the difference between these and most copycat versions.
• Freezer friendly – if you aren’t going to eat the whole batch in a week, you can freeze these breakfast bites for later.

Homemade vs. Starbucks: How They Compare

I wanted my version of these potato cheddar chive bakes to taste as close as possible to the real thing! You can see below that the macros line up almost identical, BUT the thing that is different is the price. Here’s how they actually stack up, per 2 bite serving:

One batch costs me $11.55 and makes 12 bites. Buying that many at Starbucks would run $35.70, so a batch saves about $24. This really adds up over time especially if you are hitting that Starbucks Drive-through multiple times a week.

The other difference is that you know what’s in them: potatoes, eggs, cottage cheese, sharp cheddar and chives. No stabilizers, no mystery, and you can make a batch on Sunday and eat them all week.

**Starbuck’s prices pre-tax as of October 2026 at my local store in New Jersey.

Ingredients You’ll Need

These Starbucks potato cheddar chive bake are made with just a few real ingredients.

• Red potatoes and yellow onion – roast diced red potatoes with diced yellow onion before baking them with the egg mixture
• Large eggs – the eggs help bind these potato breakfast bites together.
• Cottage cheese – blend cottage cheese with the eggs to make these breakfast bites soft, fluffy and add a slight cheese flavor. The cottage cheese is key for that smooth texture that you know from the Starbucks version
• Sharp cheddar cheese – Top the egg bites with a generous layer of shredded cheese. The cheese gets all melty and slightly crispy on top when broiled.
• Chives – add finely chopped chives on top of each potato bake. These add a lovely onion flavor and a bright green to the top of each bite.
• Salt, onion powder, smoked paprika – season the potatoes with salt and smoked paprika and add some onion powder to the egg and cottage cheese mixture. You can change up these dry seasonings as you see fit. Use some crushed red pepper or cayenne pepper powder for extra spice. Add a little garlic powder to really up the garlicky flavor.

Looking for another Starbucks copycat breakfast recipe? Check out these oven baked Starbucks egg bites or spinach feta egg white wraps.

recipe variations

There are so many ways to customize this Starbucks potato cheddar chive bakes recipe to make it your own!

You can use russet potatoes or sweet potatoes in place of the red potatoes, but you want to make sure you peel them before dicing them. You can also use baby yellow potatoes without peeling them because they have soft skin.

Add any extra veggies to roast with the potatoes like some mushrooms, zucchini or broccoli. You can cut down on carbs and add some extra protein to this copycat recipe by cutting the amount of potatoes in half and adding some meat like bacon, ham or ground sausage.

You can use different toppings or mix ins to alter the flavor of the potato egg bites. These are some of my favorite combos:

• Red pepper and feta – Add chopped roasted red peppers and crumbled feta to the muffin tin with the roasted potatoes prior to adding the egg mixture. You can also roast some bell peppers with the potaoes
• Spinach and tomato – Sauté spinach and diced tomatoes until soft and wilted. add them to the muffin tin before added the egg mixture of shredded mozzarella cheese in top.
• Bacon and gruyere – add crispy cooked bacon to the potato bakes and use gruyere cheese on top. Instead of the finely slices chives, I like to use some thinly sliced green onion.