Pressure Cooker Churro Bites

Churro bites recipe is delicious for dessert or breakfast on the go! Cinnamon and sugar coated similar to our pressure cooker donuts, these are baked in an egg mold, not fried, right in your Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi.

Instant Pot churro bites were a hit!! I made them at breakfast time and were a bit like a churros donut that the kids loved and even my husband raved about. Now one of our favorite breakfast Instant Pot recipes here on The Typical Mom blog. (affiliate links present)

What are Churro Bites?

Who didn’t love our best churros recipe??!! I mean seriously. You’ve never had one?? Well traditionally churros are long donuts essentially that are fried and rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Think of a more pop in your mouth way of eating those, that is what you get with these bites. Same flavor, smaller, easier to eat!

We decided to call these pressure cooker churro bites. Yes they are baked / steamed instead of fried but we like that even better. Have you tried these egg molds yet?? We’ve made a few different recipes in them that are NOT eggs at all…they’re so versatile and easy to use!

Of course you can make homemade batter, or if you need something really easy I have also used good old cinnamon muffin mix too my friends. 😉 You’re going to use this same silicone egg mold for pressure cookers for this one but don’t worry, I have other desserts you can use it for too.

I did something similar when I first created Instant Pot blueberry muffins They came out just as fluffy and delicious as if I had turned on the oven (which I do not do during the summertime…let’s save energy and heat shall we).

How to Make Churro Bites

1. Use only a little bit of non stick spray inside your silicone egg bite mold
2. Only fill holes 3/4 full, any higher and they will overflow and not “bake” well
3. Allow the Instant Pot (or other brand of pressure cooker) to naturally release for 10 minutes after it beeps that it is done cooking creates a fluffier consistency, don’t quick release!!
4. Carefully remove the egg mold and foil when done, you don’t want them to continue to cook or they will be overdone. Removing the foil immediately prevents condensation from dripping down on to your doughnuts and making them wet
5. Only wait a few minutes before popping your churro bites out of the mold. Waiting a few minutes so it cools down and you’re able to handle the mold is good, don’t burn yourself

Leaving them in the mold much longer than a few minutes will make your bites a bit wet and sticky as they “sweat” inside there.

in Ninja Foodi

With this machine the directions are no different other than you need to remember to use the lid that is not attached.

Think of it like a muffin tin in a way. You do want some non stick spray so they pop right out and then you just fill with batter like you would muffins. 1/2 – 3/4 full is about right as there isn’t a lot of room for it to expand and rise and you don’t want it to overflow. I cover with foil so the condensation doesn’t drip down and make them wet.

This is what it should look like right before you put the lid on. We rolled our Instant Pot churro bites in plenty of brown sugar. Then I sprinkled a mixture of sugar and cinnamon on top (generously) to taste as similar to churros as I could get.

I had no idea if this would work because sometimes “baking” in a pressure cooker isn’t a success in my opinion and I’d rather use my oven but they were SO good!! Even my husband who is picky about textures couldn’t keep his hands off of them.

If you have two egg molds you can stack them on top of one another (fits in my 6 qt. IP) and cook two batches at the same time. 12 minutes is fine for a double batch too, we’ve done it successfully!

with chocolate sauce

Want to fill the insides with more goodies too? You can use a piping bag with a tip and squeeze Nutella or ganache in the middle too. Are you convinced yet that you need to make these like ASAP???!!

Cinnamon swirl muffin / cake mix – this is the one I have used in the past if I go for a mix. For from scratch you will need the items below. Either way you’ll need cinnamon and sugar mixed together for the outsides.

Once you’ve enjoyed these you’ve got to try our Instant Pot bread pudding recipe and pressure cooker brownies bites using this egg mold too!

Other egg mold recipes

I say they are the perfect pressure cooker breakfast item, okay they are dessert too but early in the morning anything is fair game as far as I am concerned. Once you have your egg mold and are obsessed with these you can make our pressure cooker egg bites and Instant Pot pancake bites ….you can even make mini meatloaf in them too!