Outside of coffee, egg bites might be the most famous item on the menu at Starbucks. Now you can make them at home with these Starbucks Sous Vide Egg Bites from Costco. If you’re wondering how they compare to the egg bites sold at Starbucks and other ones sold at Costco like the Three Bridges Egg Bites in both price and taste, you’ve come to the right place!
Other breakfast foods from Costco are the Greenfield Natural Meat Co. Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage Rounds, Spudlers Smoked Bacon Breakfast Hash, Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwiches, Veggies Made Great Spinach Egg White Frittatas, El Monterey Breakfast Wraps, Krusteaz Buttermilk Pancake Mix and the Belgian Boys Traditional Crepes.
Location in Store
The egg bites are located in the refrigerated section at Costco. I bought the uncured bacon & gruyere egg bites in Kalispell, Montana and the item number is 1002094. The egg white & roasted red pepper egg bites were bought in Kona, Hawaii and the item number is 1771864.
Taste
Starbucks Sous Vide Uncured Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites
These egg bites are quite tasty! The texture of the bites is moderately dense, they’re not really fluffy or light but not super dense either. The first thing I noticed looking at them is they’re a bit greasy, likely due to the cheese and bacon.
The cheese taste is not very strong, it’s noticeable but doesn’t overpower the flavor of the egg and bacon. The egg bites have some smokiness to them which I enjoy. The bacon is not evenly distributed so the bites vary a little that way. The parts with more of the bacon have a bit more smokiness. I like the crispiness from the air fryer.
I feel like comparing these Starbucks Egg Bites to the Three Bridges ones isn’t completely fair because we did those in the microwave. The Starbucks bites have a bit of crunch on the outside which I prefer. Compared to the ones you get at actual Starbucks they taste pretty much the same to me.
Starbucks Sous Vide Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper Egg Bites
I think I may like these egg white bites a bit more than the uncured bacon & gruyere bites. I love how cheesy and salty these are. The roasted red pepper is also really noticeable and nice.
These are very flavorful and there’s a hint of heat. There’s a bit of spinach in the bites but it’s not very noticeable. I mainly notice how cheesy they are and the red pepper flavor.
You can also tell by the taste and texture that the egg bites are made with egg whites rather than whole eggs, personally I enjoy egg whites so I don’t mind this! The texture is soft and a bit squishy after microwaving them, I think they’d turn out better in the air fryer.
Cost
Starbucks Sous Vide Uncured Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites
The box comes with ten egg bites and costs $7.97 USD at Costco, which is really cheap compared to the price you’d pay for egg bites at an actual Starbucks. I think they’re $2.50 USD each at Starbucks in the U.S. and here in Canada, two egg bites cost $5.65 CAD. I’m sure it would be even cheaper to make your own egg bites from scratch, but that’s a lot more work!
Starbucks Sous Vide Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper Egg Bites
There are ten egg bites in the box and I paid $14.79 USD so they’re quite a bit more expensive than the uncured bacon & gruyere egg bites. I’m thinking these are more expensive because they’re made with egg whites and the cost may also be higher since I bought them in Hawaii.
Convenience
The box recommends air frying the egg so we used the air fryer to heat the uncured bacon & gruyere egg bites and microwaved the egg white & roasted red pepper bites.
Microwaving the egg bites seemed a bit easier but I’m glad we did try cooking them in the air fryer, I think they taste better that way.
The use-by or freeze-before date was only a week from when we purchased the egg bites so we ended up freezing them. If frozen, the egg bites can be thawed in the refrigerator overnight before heating them.
These are great for breakfast, brunch, snack or even a light lunch! Kids seem to really like them too, especially toddlers like my 17-month-old daughter!
Nutrition
Calories
Starbucks Sous Vide Uncured Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites
Two egg bites contain 280 calories, 19 grams of fat, 640 milligrams of sodium, eight grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of fiber, one gram of sugar and 17 grams of protein. These aren’t low in calories, fat or sodium but they are low in carbs!
The flavor of these egg bites is gruyere and uncured bacon so I expect them to be high in calories and fat.
Starbucks Sous Vide Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper Egg Bites
Two egg bites contain 150 calories, seven grams of fat, 430 milligrams of sodium, 10 grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of fiber, three grams of sugar and 11 grams of protein. These have less calories, fat and sodium compared to the uncured bacon & gruyere egg bites but they have more sugar and carbohydrates.
Ingredients
Starbucks Sous Vide Uncured Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites
The ingredients list is pretty simple with things you’d expect in an egg bite! I was a little surprised to see the hot sauce listed because I didn’t taste much heat in these. I don’t love that there’s canola in these but I appreciate that they’re isn’t any wheat in them.
The egg bites contain eggs and milk.
Starbucks Sous Vide Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper Egg Bites
The egg white bites also have a pretty simple ingredients list with a few main ingredients. There are three different kinds of cheese in the bites, Monterey Jack, cottage cheese and feta cheese. I don’t love the addition of canola oil in the bites but I do like that they use real unsalted butter rather than palm fat or palm oil.
The bites contain milk and egg but are gluten-free and soy-free. The eggs come from cage-free, roaming hens.
Scoring
Taste: 8/10 for the uncured bacon & gruyere. 8.5/10 for the egg white & roasted red pepper.
Cost: 8/10 for the uncured bacon & gruyere. 5/10 for the egg white & roasted red pepper.
Convenience: 10/10
Nutrition: 4/10 for the uncured bacon & gruyere (low in carbs but high in fat and calories). 8/10 for the egg white & roasted red pepper.
Overall
Give it a try!
If you often find yourself in the Starbucks drive-thru buying egg bites, you can save yourself some money by buying these ones. They taste very similar and are nearly as convenient too!
Have you tried the Costco Starbucks Sous Vide Egg Bites? What did you think of them?
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Hi! Were they ever available in Canada?
We bought them in the US but I’ve seen them in Canada too!
They cost $14.95 here in Austin, TX. I’d like to point out that the sodium is 30% of all the sodium you should have a in day. In just TWO egg bites. It is high in protein though at 17g, but I don’t know if it’s worth it for the amount of saturated fat in them. I appreciate the heating instructions because like you indicated, i did toss mine out 🙂
Thanks for the review! But please stop saying “these ones.” Ugh. Proper grammar please!
Huh?
Wonderful page but in your nutrition section I believe you put down it has 17g of sugar. I think it was a typo and should have been protein. Love these egg bites and Costco.
Hi! I live in Kalispell as well. Could you please tell me where you found these in the store for $7.97? I was finding them there for $14.97, and last week I couldn’t find them at all…?
In the refrigerated section by the area with the cheese
Do you understand the concept of sous vide? Any heating to a temperature above that at which they were originally cooked totally negates the concept. These are just omelettes.