Cherry Muffins: a family-table method

Cherry muffins studded with maraschino cherries and topped with pink glaze.

These bright pink cherry muffins are studded with maraschino cherries and topped with both a cherry glaze and a whole cherry. A fun and festive treat that’s reliable for parties, snack time or just for when you have a hankering for something sweet.

If you’re a maraschino cherry fan, you will adore these cherry muffins. Each muffin is tender, tender and chock full of cherries!

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Cherry muffins studded with maraschino cherries and topped with pink glaze.

I find that people typically have a strong preference when it comes to maraschino cherries. You either love them or you hate them! I’m in the love category, so these pretty pink maraschino cherry muffins are a dream come true for me. They’re so bright and festive for any celebration, and your kids will be thrilled to come home to them for an after school snack.

How do you make cherry muffins?

This is a pretty basic muffin batter with flour, sugar, eggs and oil. A bunch of chopped maraschino cherries get folded into the batter, along with some cherry juice to give the muffins their pink hue.

Muffin batter topped with chopped maraschino cherries.

The muffin batter gets evenly spooned into a muffin tin and then baked until light golden brown.

Cherry muffin batter inside muffin tins.

You can either serve the muffins as-is, or add a pink cherry glaze. I’ve made them both ways and you can’t go wrong even if you choose to skip the glaze.

Baked cherry muffins on a cooling rack.

The glaze really does take these muffins over the top, and is a unfussy mixture of butter, powdered sugar and cherry juice. You can make the glaze as thick or as thin as you like, just add more cherry juice to thin it out, or more powdered sugar to thicken it back up.

Cherry muffins on a plate, topped with glaze and a whole cherry.

The finishing touch on these cherry muffins is a cherry on top! You could also add a few sprinkles and serve these at a birthday party for an unexpected treat.

Can you freeze muffins?

You can freeze these cherry muffins, but I’d recommend that you hold off on adding the glaze if you’re planning to freeze them. You can add the glaze to the defrosted muffins right before serving.

My kids are already asking for another batch of these cherry muffins, and I’m totally happy to oblige!

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These bright pink cherry muffins are studded with maraschino cherries and topped with both a cherry glaze and a whole cherry. A fun and festive treat that's reliable for parties, snack time or just for when you have a hankering for something sweet.
Time Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time14 minutes
Total Time24 minutes

Course Snack
Cuisine American
Serves 12

Ingredients

For the muffins

3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
16 ounce jar maraschino cherries chopped (reserve juice for later use!)
2 tablespoons reserved cherry juice
cooking spray
12 whole maraschino cherries

For the glaze

1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter melted
1 1/2 tablespoons reserved cherry juice

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
Place the sugar, milk, vegetable oil, egg and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Whisk to combine.
Add the flour and baking powder, then stir until just combined.
Add the cherries and cherry juice to the bowl, then stir gently until well mixed.
Spoon the batter evenly into the muffin tins.
Bake for 12-14 minutes or until edges are just browned. Cool the muffins completely before adding the glaze.
To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar, butter and cherry juice until smooth. If you'd like a thinner glaze, add more cherry juice, 1 teaspoon at a time.
If you prefer a thicker glaze, add more powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.
Spoon 2 teaspoons of glaze over each muffin then immediately top each muffin with a cherry. Let the glaze harden, then serve.