Loaded Tater Tot Cups

These loaded tater tot cups are easy to make, and oh so delicious! Perfect for an appetizer, or side dish (think burgers, sloppy joe’s etc), these delicious bites are sure to please!

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Loaded Tater Tot Cups

Notes:

Please check out bottom of the post (under the directions) if you’d like to see photos of the entire cooking process.
If you need to make a bigger batch, you can form the cups in the muffin tins, and dump onto the baking sheet to bake.
Serving size will depend on if you’re using it as an appetizer or side dish. I make this for a side dish, and we each eat 6, so that would be 4 servings.

Servings: makes 24 cups

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

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You will need the following items to make this recipe:

Baking sheet
24 cavity mini muffin pan
Spoon
Pestle
Piping bag or ziplock baggie
Frosting tip – optional

Ingredients:

48 tater tots
4 oz sour cream
½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
2 tbsp bacon pieces

Directions:

Preheat the oven and bake the tater tots according to package directions. (The brand I used baked for 25 minutes at 425 degrees.)
Once those are done, remove from the oven, and add two tater tots to each cavity of a 24 count muffin tin.
Use The back of a spoon to smash the tater tots into the muffin tins. Then use the pestle to form a cup in the center.
Transfer the muffin pan to the oven, and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven, and remove the tater tot cups from the muffin pan, and set upright on a cutting board, or the baking sheet you used to bake the tater tots.
Add the sour cream to a piping bag or ziploc baggie, equipped with a frosting tip (or you can just snip off the end), and pipe some sour cream into each of the tater tot cups.
Sprinkle each of the tater tot cups with cheese and bacon pieces.
Serve hot, and enjoy!

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Photo Directions

Step 1:Preheat the oven and bake the tater tots according to package directions. (The brand I used baked for 25 minutes at 425 degrees.)

Step 2: Once those are done, remove from the oven, and add two tater tots to each cavity of a 24 count muffin tin. Use the back of a spoon to smash the tater tots into the muffin tins. Then use the pestle to form a cup in the center.

Step 3: Add the sour cream to a piping bag or ziploc baggie, equipped with a frosting tip (or you can just snip off the end), and pipe some sour cream into each of the tater tot cups.