Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins with Streusel Crumb Topping

These Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins with a crunchy streusel topping are a delightful breakfast treat bursting with fresh strawberries and a creamy cheesecake surprise inside. Soft and moist, these muffins are the perfect balance of flavors with juicy strawberries and a smooth cream cheese filling. Plus, they’re topped with a buttery, sweet streusel for that irresistible crunch!

If you love strawberry and cream cheese combinations, you’ll also enjoy my Strawberry Cheesecake Coffee Cake, Strawberry French Toast Muffins, or Homemade Strawberry Coffee Cake.

Perfect for welcoming spring, these muffins can be enjoyed as a breakfast, snack, or even dessert. With their sweet cream cheese filling, juicy strawberries, and crunchy streusel, they make for a quick and easy grab-and-go breakfast or lunchbox snack.

How to Make Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins

Making these muffins is simple and quick. With just a handful of ingredients, you’ll create delicious homemade muffins better than anything from a bakery.

1. Streusel Topping: Whisk together flour, brown sugar, and salt. Add melted butter and stir with a fork until coarse crumbs form. Set aside.
2. Muffin Batter: Combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt) in one bowl, and whisk the wet ingredients (egg, sugar, oil, vanilla, and Greek yogurt) in another. Mix them together, and then fold in diced strawberries, reserving some to add on top of the muffins.
3. Cream Cheese Filling: Mix softened cream cheese, sugar, corn starch, and vanilla until smooth.
4. Assemble the Muffins: Add a tablespoon of muffin batter to each muffin cup. Drop a spoonful of the cream cheese mixture in the center and top with more muffin batter, filling the cups about two-thirds full. Generously sprinkle the streusel topping over the muffins and add a few extra strawberries on top.
5. Bake: Bake at 350°F for 22-25 minutes or until the muffins are golden brown and cooked through. Let them cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a rack.
6. Glaze: For extra sweetness, drizzle a simple glaze made from powdered sugar and milk or cream over the cooled muffins.

Recipe:

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 9-10 muffins

Ingredients
Streusel Crumb Topping

• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup unsalted butter (melted)

Strawberry Muffins

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup Greek yogurt
• 1 ½ cup diced fresh strawberries

Cream Cheese Filling

• 6 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
• 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon corn starch

Glaze

• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• 1 ½ – 2 ½ teaspoons milk or cream

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners and set aside.
2. Mix the streusel topping by combining the flour, sugar, and salt. Add the melted butter and stir with a fork until coarse crumbs form. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt). In a separate bowl, whisk the wet ingredients (egg, sugar, oil, yogurt, vanilla) until combined.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold in the diced strawberries.
5. For the cream cheese filling, beat the softened cream cheese with sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla until smooth.
6. To assemble, add a spoonful of muffin batter into each cup. Drop a spoonful of cream cheese mixture in the center of each. Cover with more muffin batter, filling each cup about two-thirds full.
7. Top with streusel crumbs and a few extra strawberry pieces.
8. Bake at 350°F for 22-25 minutes, or until the muffins are golden and the center is set.
9. Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes before transferring them to a rack.
10. For the glaze, whisk powdered sugar with milk or cream to your desired consistency and drizzle over cooled muffins.

Enjoy your Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins with their sweet and tangy cream cheese center, juicy strawberries, and crumbly streusel topping!