Cheeseburger Tots are tater tot bites filled with cheeseburger and topped with a special sauce. An easy tater tot recipe for your upcoming super bowl party!
Cheeseburger Tots
I kind of overdid it on the sweets over the holidays, I’m sure some of you can relate, and I was all ready to buckle down and get my low carb on when Melinda said, “But…cheeseburger tots…” at which point I decided one more day wouldn’t hurt and we baked up a batch of these tasty Cheeseburger Tots. This tater tot recipe was totally worth it because cheeseburger + tater tots = WIN!!
I’ll admit I’m a tater tot fanatic. If I find a place with tater tots on the menu they are instantly my new favorite restaurant. Tater tots are little, crisp, golden, bites of potato deliciousness! If you aren’t a hardcore tot fan like me don’t skip these babies, Melinda isn’t all about tater tots and she agreed these Cheeseburger Tots are amazing. It’s like wrapping your cheeseburger up in french fries. Are you drooling yet?
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Cheeseburger tots are really easy to make (which makes them even better IMHO) all you need are some frozen tater tots, ground beef, onions, mayo, mustard, ketchup, and pickle relish. Oh, and if you want to make them Big Mac style don’t forget the special sauce! Start by browning the ground beef and onions and then mixing them with the mayo, mustard, ketchup, and pickle relish. Then grease a mini muffin tin and place three frozen tots in each slot. Bake the tots at 425 degrees F. for 10 minutes. When the time is up remove them from the oven and use a tamper to press them down. The tater tots will spread around the tamper and create a cup. Fill the cups with the burger mixture and top with shredded cheddar cheese. Place them back in the oven and bake for 15 minutes longer.
More Tater Tot Recipes:
- Taco Tater Tot Bites
- Loaded Tater Tot Bites
- Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Tots
- Ham and Cheese Tater Tot Skewers
When the Cheeseburger tots come out of the oven let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes or so, then gently remove them from the pan and place them on a serving tray. Drizzle them with the “special sauce” and top with mini pickle slices (I bought mini pickles and sliced them myself). If you eat a few as you go I won’t judge you.
- 48 Tater Tots , frozen
- 1 lb Ground beef
- 1/2 c Onion , finely diced
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp Mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp Yellow mustard
- 2 tbsp Ketchup
- 2 tbsp Pickle relish
- 1 c Cheddar cheese , shredded
- Note: You can use more or less of any of these condiments according to your taste!
- Mini Pickles for garnish
- 1/2 c Mayonnaise
- 4 tbsp Pickle relish
- 2 tbsp Yellow mustard
- 1 tsp White wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
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Preheat oven to 425°F.
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Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium high heat. Once meat has browned drain the grease then add beef and onions back to the skillet and cook until softened.
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Add mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, and pickle relish to the ground beef and stir to combine. Salt and pepper to taste.
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Grease a mini muffin pan and place three tater tots in each cup. Bake for 10 minutes.
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After 10 minutes remove the muffin pan from the oven and use a tamper to press the tater tots down into each cup. This will create a tater tot cup.
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Fill the tater tots with the ground beef mixture and top with cheddar cheese.
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Place the tater tots back in the oven and cook for another 15 minutes.
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Remove the cheeseburger tots from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the muffin pan.
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While the cheeseburger tots cool mix together all of the special sauce ingredients.
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Drizzle the special sauce over the cheeseburger tots and top with mini pickle slices.
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Enjoy!
Erin says
Yum!! These were delicious! I made a few additions: added mushrooms to my meat and onion mixture, along with Montreal seasoning and garlic salt. Mine too, were a little mushy and I didn’t read the comments first, so I flipped them upside down and baked for an additional 10 minutes. They. Were. Awesome!
Melinda says
Great! The mushrooms and onions depending on how long they cooked for adds extra moisture too.
Rich says
These were a big hit at the Cub Scout banquet, lots of compliments
Amanda says
Are these freezable?
Melinda says
Do you want to freeze the tot cup empty or filled?
Norene says
Are they freezable after cooking? Thanks
Melinda says
Hi Norene, I would not recommend freezing them.
RENEE says
the tater tot cheeseburger needs some work. Too much pickle relish, no need. The hamburger mixture itself needs flavor. I don’t think the sauce is needed at all but if desired maybe some heat would step things up a bit. On the positive side…the tater tors used for a crust r geeat
Scott says
Is that a regular muffin pan or mini muffin pan?
Kat says
It is a mini muffin pan.
Tiara says
We really love these and have made them numerous times! My sister in law recommended them and I can taste why! I like the bottoms decently crispy so after smashing then with a shot glass or measuring cup I usually crisp them up a little extra. And the sauce is so good! I’ve learned we like to have a good green salad and often we have applesauce or mandarin oranges and bananas, too. Sometimes whole grain bread as well. The sauce is great on burgers, too.
Tonight I think I’ll try making this in a rectangle baking pan just to see if it cuts down my prep time since we have a family of 9. First time we had these one of my younger children thought I called them burgen cups (Trolls) and every since that’s what we lovingly call them!
Melinda says
It brings us so much joy knowing how much your family enjoys them. Thank you for sharing!
Vicki says
Did you use sweet pickle relish or dill pickle relish?? I want to make these today for our fantasy football draft party!
Kat says
Hi Vicki, I used dill pickle relish. I hope you like them as much as we do!!
Vicki says
Perfect! Thanks so much. I can’t wait to make them!
Miranda says
I’m wondering if I can make these ahead of time to take to a party, and if they should be reheated?
Kat says
I think they are best fresh but if you make them ahead of time and need to reheat u suggest putting them back in the mini muffins tin and heating them in the oven on 350F for 10 mins or until warmed through
LadyJ1225 says
Oh my gosh, these are wonderful! Maybe too wonderful. I made a batch to take to a party but 3/4 of them were eaten before I even had a chance to put them on a plate. Good thing I had enough ingredients to make another batch. And since they are so easy and quick to make, it was no problem to whip them up in no time. Dee-lish! Thank you = )
Kat says
Lol I know that feeling. They are irresistible!
Merilee says
Three tater tots don’t fit in a mini muffins tin…at least MCains don’t which are the best kind in my opinion. Soni changed it to two.
Gloria says
I don’t know how you get three tat or tots in a mini muffin pan
Stephanie says
This recipe was super yummy, the idea very creative! I used sweet relish because that’s what I had and it tasted great! I followed the recipe exactly otherwise and had no problems with wetness or being able to fit the tots into a mini muffin tin. Loved it!
Melinda says
Thank you Stephanie! We love hearing recipe successes.
Elaine says
What is a tamper? The photo of an “ end
of something” doesn’t ring a bell?
Kat says
This is what it looks like https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/fox-run-reg-tart-tamper/1044538897?skuId=44538897&&enginename=google&mcid=PS_googlepla_nonbrand_bakeware_online&product_id=44538897&adtype=pla&product_channel=online&adpos=1o3&creative=224484706032&device=m&matchtype=&network=g&mrkgadid=3140840034&mrkgcl=609&rkg_id=0&gclid=Cj0KCQiApILhBRD1ARIsAOXWTzvUGhrIS5S1vjqydun1XWzqSivPzvicl8Em2YtuHE8lh9PUQKZ5K2UaAgasEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Kara says
I made this and it only made 12 with 1 lb of meat
Kat says
You must have packed just a little bit more meat into each of yours than we did :). I hope you liked them!
Sandra says
Are these gluten free??
Melinda says
Depends on which tater tots you buy. Most have gluten, I believe. Always check label though to be sure.
Cindy A. says
What’s the difference between India relish and sweet relish? My supermarket didn’t have dill relish!
No problem w tater tots-stand them upright. Did have trouble finding tamper-had to improvise.
Kat says
I’ve never heard of India relish so I’m not sure (but I kind of want to try it now!). If you can’t find dill relish you can use dill pickles and just finely chop them or put them in a food processor.
Kelly says
These were absolutely delicious!! I made them for our super bowl party and I thought a few of the guys were going to fight over the last few. The only changes that I made were adding worchestire sauce to the burger and baking the tater tot shells for about 10-15 minutes longer because I like my tater tots super crispy. I’m making them again tonight to take to my parents for them to try!
Kat says
I’m so happy you liked them (I hope your parents do too!!)