Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf Muffins are a cupcake sized meatloaf that is perfect for portion control. These delicious mini meatloaves are also perfect for parties and make great sandwiches with any leftovers.

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This Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf Muffins recipe is an easy meatloaf with all the flavors of your favorite bacon cheeseburger. This portion controlled recipe is pure comfort food that is good for you great for those following a lower calorie diet.

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❤️ Why you'll love it
🥘 Ingredients
🔪 Instructions
🥄 Equipment
🥫Storage
📖 Variations
💭 Tips
📚 Related Recipes
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❤️ Why you'll love it

Comfort food: each serving of this easy bacon cheeseburger meatloaf recipe is an individual sized little meatloaf that is delicious and comforting.

Easy recipe: meatloaf muffins are an easy weeknight meal similar to regular meatloaf but made in a shorter amount of time.

Low fat recipe: bacon cheeseburger lovers will love this recipe has 21 g total fat per serving versus a regular meatloaf with 33 g total fat per serving.

Certified Angus Beef Ground Beef in packaging — Choose a lean ground beef, I used 90/10 ratio for optimal fat savings.

🥘 Ingredients

Lean ground beef: good choice here is 85/15 or 90/10 ratio.

Dill pickles: these add a special flavor that is very delicious, however, if you don't like pickles, you can leave them out.

Pickle Juice: just use the pickle juice straight from the pickle jar. If you prefer to leave the pickl out, you can substitute with low-fat milk.

Onion

Light bread:: torn into small pieces to form soft bread crumbs. Choose a bread that has 45 calories per slice.

Large egg

Reduced fat cheese: good options are Mexican blend, part skim mozzarella, reduced fat cheddar.

Sugar-free ketchup

Brown sugar substitute: this is optional and can be used if you like the sweeter toppings on meatloaf.

Worcestershire sauce

Pre-cooked thick cut bacon

🔪 Instructions

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine meat, pickles, pickle juice, onion, bread, egg, and cheese until well combined.
Fill muffin tin with ½ cup of meat mixture and press down into prepared muffin tin to pack well.
In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, mustard, brown sugar substitute (if using) and worcestershire sauce. Evenly spoon ketchup mixture over top of the meatloaf mixture and top of the meatloaf muffins with bacon pieces.
Place muffin tin in oven and bake 30 minutes in preheated oven, until internal temperature of meat is 160 degrees.

Meatloaf mixture in muffin pan without ketchup topping.

🥄 Equipment

Meat thermometer

Large mixing bowl

Small bowl

Muffin tin: use a tin with regular-size muffin cups.

🥫Storage

Refrigerate: store leftover meatloaf in an airtight container up to 5 days.

Freeze: store in an airtight freezer safe container up to 3 months.

Reheat: warm thawed meat loaf muffins in the air fryer or oven at 350 degrees for 5-7 minutes, or in the microwave until warmed through.

Meatloaf in muffin pan topped with ketchup topping.

📖 Variations

Use leftover meatloaf the next day to make the best meatloaf sandwich! Spread a little bit of mayonnaise on bread and add leftover meatloaf. Make it extra special and top with french fried onions and more bacon.
Substitute bacon bits for the bacon slices.
Substitute mozzarella or provolone cheese
Use a sugar free bbq sauce in place of the ketchup topping.
Substitute 1 teaspoon onion powder for the raw onion.
Ground turkey or ground chicken can be used in place of the ground beef.

💭 Tips

No muffin pan? Make these into individual mini meatloaves. Just line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil, shape into 9 equal sized pieces and top with ketchup topping and bacon. Bake as instructed.
Want to make a traditional meatloaf instead of meatloaf muffins? Place meat mixture in a loaf pan and top with ketchup topping and bacon. Bake in oven as directed for 40-45 minutes, until internal temperature of meat loaf registers
Substitute turkey bacon or vegetarian bacon for a lower fat count.

Baked meatloaf muffins in muffin pan with a piece of bacon on top of each mini meatloaf.

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This is a vegetarian take on the traditional meatloaf recipe!

It is possible to make meatloaf without bread crumbs, try it in this low carb meatloaf recipe for Sweet and Sour Meatloaf made with ground veal.

This Dill Pickle Meatloaf is always a big hit.

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🍽 Serve with..

Serve this delicious meatloaf with a garnish of green onions. Mashed potatoes or green beans are great sides to make a delicious dinner

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