Have you ever thought about different ways to use a muffin pan/cupcake tin?

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful Homemaking

Well, we all know to use a muffin tin for fabulous muffins and cupcakes…

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful HomemakingMarshmallow flower cupcakes

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful HomemakingRaspberry Filled and Frosted Cupcakes

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful HomemakingBiscuit and Egg Puffs , A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful HomemakingEasy Mini Apple Pies

However,  there are practically limitless ways to use these exceptional pans!

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful Homemaking

I love this idea for freezing leftover soup in muffin pans.
Since we home school, we are most often at home for lunch, and soup works great for lunches.

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful Homemaking

Just pop them out when they are frozen and put in a freezer bag,
then microwave for a quick meal.

Muffin and cupcake pans are awesome for organization as well.

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful Homemaking

Keeping a junk or desk drawer tidy

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful Homemaking

Keeping little girls’ hair accessories separated

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful Homemaking
 Keeping jewelry organized

Doing a search on Pinterest gave some more fantastic ideas for using all the muffin pans you could come up with:Mini quiches

I’m sure there are tons more ideas out there, but hopefully this will give you some new ideas. I know it did me!

, A Muffin Pan’s Many Uses, Joyful Homemaking

I started using silicone muffin pans because my old metal pans were hard to clean and I wouldn’t get them dry enough, and they would rust. Now I’ve learned to put my pans back in the still warm oven after I wash them, so they get nice and dry and don’t rust.  The silicone bakeware requires special care with handling because it’s floppy and can get punctured, so here is a link for some information that is helpful in taking care of it.

22 Comments

  1. So many great ideas! I love the silicone pans too, they are a breeze to clean! I never thought of using it to freeze soup in portions. Fabulous!

  2. I looove this! Never thought of this before! 😀
    Stopping by from Thirty Handmade Days! 🙂

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    Katrine
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  3. Who would have thought to use muffin tins for organizing jewelry and office supplies? Brilliant! And your recipes look amazing! I found you through Nifty Thrifty Things. Thank you for sharing! 🙂

  4. Great ideas, I love the idea of freezing soup. You could do this with other leftovers for individual lunch servings. Thanks for sharing 🙂

  5. I love the organising ideas! This is a great post-thanks for your tips and ideas.

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    Natasha.

  6. Love the idea of soup in muffin pans!! I always have leftover soup..and the containers take up too much room in the freezer..this would help! thanks! I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can!

  7. So true! I just found one when I was cleaning up my sewing room this weekend that was full of beads. I have used them as crayon molds and soap molds in the past, too.

  8. My little ones would love those marshmallow cupcakes! How cute. Very good organizational ideas, too. :o) Thanks!

  9. I just put together an article highlighting ideas for organizing girls hair accessories – I’ll be adding your idea to the mix as well!

    Cheers!
    ~H

  10. Hi Margo,
    This is a great post with great tips for the Muffin Tin. Hope you are having a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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