Corn dog bites in a pressure cooker are easy to make with an egg mold. With Jiffy or homemade batter, this is the solid snack or lunch your kids will love.

Have you tried this fun meal yet?! They're so fun! Like little corn dog muffins but made in your Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi in about 15 minutes total. Find others like this on our page full of easy Instant Pot recipes too. (affiliate links present)

What are corn dog bites?

It is that, a bite of the same ingredients in air fryer frozen corn dogs but without the stick! Instead you can use a muffin tin in the oven like we did with our recipe for corn dog bites here, or a silicone tray with holes as we will show you to cook them to fluffy and wonderful.

These are a hit no matter when they are made but during the summertime we are all about them. Why? When it is super hot outside we are not about to turn on our oven so made in our IP or as a Ninja Foodi recipe is the way to go for all the things.

A hand places a mini hot dog into cornbread batter in a blue silicone mold, preparing pressure cooker corn dog bites. Colorful measuring spoons are nearby.

You can start with a basic corn muffin recipe using baking powder and a few other ingredients like we did, or boxed. If you have another favorite cornbread recipe by all means use that instead. Jiffy cornbread is a great one too because it has all the things already mixed in so you add egg and milk.

Ingredient notes

You will want a few Hot dogs cut into smaller pieces.

For the batter you need to base the dry ingredients with Corn meal – this is the one we used, the easy corn bread recipe is on the side. You combine it with some Milka bit of Sugar for sweetness Oila room temperature Eggsome all purpose Flour and a pinch of Salt.

You need a bit of Baking Powder to allow them to rise, and they will so only fill halfway or so.

Equipment

Once you have your homemade corn dog batter mixed together you will want this handy silicone mold you see above, used for baking in your pressure cooker. A trivet goes below that so it doesn't sit inside the hot steaming water and you'll want aluminum foil to cover the top so it doesn't get wet and gooey.

Swaps

As far as the equipment goes you will need a mixing bowl. Alternatively, you could use individual silicone muffin cups instead of this tray set on a trivet. That will hold a bit more so you'd need to increase the timing to 11 minutes. With that said you won't be able to make many as they cannot overlap. For the batter you could use a box of Jiffy corn muffin mix and only need milk and egg. After this you can try our Instant Pot hot dogs that cook super quickly.

Pressure Cooker Corn Dog Bites Recipe

By Pressure cooker corn dog bites are easy to make in your Instant Pot, Crock Pot Express or Ninja Foodi! The solid snack or lunch your kids will love. Prep: 10 minutes minsCook: 9 minutes minsTotal: 19 minutes minsServings: 14 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

4 hot dogs, cut into 4ths

Cornbread Batter

1 1/4 cup flour
3/4 cup corn meal
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil

Instructions

Mix dry ingredients for cornbread together, then add milk, oil and egg and combine well. (if using a boxed cornbread mix use directions on back to make the batter instead)
Spray the inside of your egg mold with non stick spray (well). Fill each pocket 1/2 way full of cornbread mix.
Cut each hot dog into 4 equal pieces and push 1 piece in the center of each hole filled with batter.
Cover egg mold with foil (we usually spray the under side with non stick spray too).
Pour 1.5 c water into your pressure cooker. Put egg mold on a trivet with handles and lower into your pot.
Close the lid and steam valve and set to pressure high for 9 minutes. Then allow to naturally release steam for 5 minutes. Let out rest of steam after that.
Remove foil immediately and allow them to cool in mold for 3-4 minutes so they stay in tact when you pop them out.
Then flip over and gently push on the bottom pockets so each corn dog bite pops out.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Appetizer, Entree, Main Course, SnackCuisine: American Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom!

Cooking Tips

When you are “baking” this way you need a natural pressure release at the end to keep your mini muffins fluffy. Otherwise it will suck the moisture out and the texture will become more dense. When done set on a cooling rack for a few minutes so you don't burn yourself when popping them out.

How to Serve

If you have never eaten these before they are not only good dunked in ketchup and hot dog mustard but super cute too. With kids things taste better when they are teeny tiny right?? We made these so many times and had our kids watching that when they became teens they would make them themselves.

We will make these served with a bowl of Kraft Mac and Cheese in the Instant Pot for our kids favorite meal on the weekends!

How to use an Egg Bites Mold

We would highly suggest you watch the video embedded in this post so you can see how we use it. A printable recipe card is at the bottom of this post, here is a quick step by step: