🌽 Southern-Style Honey Butter Cornbread Poppers 🍯🧈✨
Golden, bite-sized cornbread muffins brushed with sweet honey butter—perfect as a snack, appetizer, or side dish!
Ingredients
For the Cornbread Poppers
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup corn kernels (fresh, frozen, or canned, drained)
For the Honey Butter Glaze
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsp honey
Directions
- Preheat: Set oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease a mini muffin tin.
- Mix Dry: In a bowl, whisk cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Mix Wet: In another bowl, combine milk, melted butter, honey, and egg.
- Combine: Add wet mixture to dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Fold in corn kernels.
- Bake: Spoon batter into muffin tin (3/4 full). Bake 12–15 minutes until golden and toothpick comes out clean.
- Glaze: Mix melted butter and honey. Brush over warm poppers immediately after baking.
- Serve: Enjoy warm with extra honey butter for dipping or drizzling.
Details
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: ~25 minutes
- Yield: 24 poppers
- Kcal: ~110 kcal per popper
✨ Sweet, savory, and comforting—these mini cornbread bites are a Southern classic made irresistible with honey butter!