Looking for leftover egg yolks recipes? Here are more than 80 scrumptious recipes that use egg yolks. Whether you have 1 egg yolk or 10, this delicious recipe collection has something for you.
Over the years, I’ve learned to be creative in using leftover ingredients when I’m baking. From leftover buttermilk to leftover ricotta cheese.
I even have a recipe collection for leftover cooked chicken!
This list of uses for egg yolks is one of the ones I always go back to though.
Because we’ve all been there, right? A recipe only needs egg whites. What do we do with the egg yolks?
The answer: a lot!
80+ Leftover Egg Yolks Recipes
Wondering what to do with leftover egg yolks? Explore this delicious collection of sweet and savoury recipes that uses egg yolks. From mouthwatering desserts to tasty mains, find your favourite here.
1 EGG YOLK
You’ll need 1 egg yolk in these delicious recipes.
Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tarts
Hokkaido cheese tarts are creamy, sweet and savoury, delicious. Buttery tart shells filled with a rich 4-cheese filling and baked until golden.
M&M Cookie Bars
M&M cookie bars are chewy, chocolatey and so easy to make! Perfect if you’re looking for a last-minute holiday treat.
Cookie Butter Blondies
These cookie butter blondies will blow you away. They are moist, chewy, and filled with the unique and mouth-watering cookie butter taste you love.
Apple Crumble Bars
Apple crumble bars — melt-in-your-mouth buttery shortbread crust, soft caramel apples, crispy crumble topping. These apple bars are delicious, easy to make and will make your home smell like fall.
Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Fig Bars
If you like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, you would love these peanut butter fig bars. Soft, chewy and bursting with flavours from childhood.
Small Batch Peanut Butter Cookies
Classic small batch peanut butter cookies are soft and chewy with a melt in your mouth texture without being dry. No chilling required!
Easy Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
Craving warm cookies but don’t want to make a large batch? This easy recipe for small batch chocolate chip cookies makes a half batch of homemade cookies, perfect to serve as dessert for two people.
Apple Crisp Cheesecake
Apple crisp cheesecake — buttery shortbread crust, layer of cinnamon apples and salted caramel sauce, creamy cheesecake filling, crunchy pecan apple crisp topping. A fall dessert doesn’t get any better than this!
London Fog Cake with Earl Grey Buttercream
London fog cake with earl grey buttercream — layers of rich, moist, chocolate cake covered with luxurious earl grey Swiss meringue buttercream then topped with decadent salted caramel sauce. The components work perfectly together for one amazing cake.
Blood Orange Upside Down Cake
Quite possibly the easiest cake you will ever make, this blood orange upside down Cake takes only 10 minutes to prepare, giving you the perfect excuse to make a cake (and eat it too!) whenever, wherever!
Strawberry White Chocolate Scones Recipe
This lovely strawberry scone recipe makes 4 buttery, delicious scones. Made with fresh strawberries and white chocolate chips, these fruit filled scones are perfect for breakfast or dessert. So easy to make too!
Lemon Dill Shrimp Salad
Light and refreshing, lemon dill shrimp salad is a divine summer lunch or light dinner. Use up any leftover shrimp from the night before in this simple salad.
2 EGG YOLKS
These recipes need 2 egg yolks, bright and golden!
Mango Bars Recipe with Shortbread Crust and Crumble
Mango bars — delicious mango filling sandwiched in a buttery shortbread crust and crumble. So easy to make, even easier to eat! A mango dessert perfect for summer picnics, everyday snacking, even holiday baking.
Creamy Lime Bars
Creamy lime bars — perfectly sweet and tart with a coconut cookie crust. Watch the video to see how easily these velvety, citrusy bars come together!
Treacle Tart Harry Potter’s Favourite!
Treacle tart Harry Potter’s all-time favourite dessert! And for good reason. Fresh bread crumbs, delightful golden syrup, the slightest hint of lemon, buttery crust. Delicious.
Mini Layer Cake
This mini layer cake is just like a regular layered cake, but mini! Perfect for a special occasion with just a handful of people.
Cacao Nib Muffins with a Dark Chocolate Glaze
These cacao nib muffins are so rich and flavourful, and coated with a chocolate ganache glaze.
Blueberry Brioche
Delicious creamy custard topped with sharp blueberries is a really fabulous combination.
Easy Homemade Chocolate Pudding Pie
This easy chocolate pudding pie is made with real chocolate and a buttery graham cracker crust, topped with whipped cream.
Seriously Amazing Lemon Pie
Easy and delicious lemon pie recipe made with just a handful of ingredients.
Easy Key Lime Pie Recipe
This easy key lime pie recipe creates an irresistible pie that is the perfect balance sweet with just enough tart. The creamy and refreshing lime filling is deliciously paired with a graham cracker crust, for a dessert your friends and family will rave about!
Healthy Eggnog Smoothie
Free from grain, gluten, dairy, and refined sugar.
Brandy Sauce (for Christmas Pudding and Other Sweets)
A rich brandy sauce that's perfect to serve on Christmas pudding or other desserts.
Chipotle Eggs Benedict
This easy chipotle eggs Benedict recipe made with a lightened-up blender chipotle hollandaise sauce is ready in under 25 minutes and is the perfect brunch to get your weekend started!
Maryland Backfin Crab Cake Sliders
Delicious Maryland backfin crab cake sliders made with sweet backfin crab meat and a medley of spices served with a creamy Old Bay mayonnaise.
Fool-Proof Blender Hollandaise Sauce
Easy, no-fail blender hollandaise sauce. Perfect for artichokes, eggs and steak. Classic Hollandaise uses clarified butter, which fits in perfectly with a Whole30 diet. If you're not concerned about the milk solids, you may use melted butter.
Kimchi Mayo
Use this kimchi mayo to elevate your favourite dishes with a hit of spicy, umami flavour!
3 EGG YOLKS
You’ll need 3 egg yolks to make these delectable treats.
Easy Filipino Yema Balls Recipe
Yema balls or yema candy are delicious Filipino treats made of condensed milk and egg yolks. They’re wonderfully soft and chewy, delightfully sweet, and easy to make.
Homemade Mexican Chocolate Pudding
Decadent and luxurious chocolate pudding with a hint of cayenne pepper, this Mexican chocolate pudding is your favourite chocolate treat with a kick.
Malvern Pudding (Old English Apple and Custard Pudding)
Malvern pudding is an English apple pudding from Worcestershire. Soft apples combine with creamy custard underneath a crunchy layer of caramelized sugar in this old-fashioned apple and custard dessert.
Summery Grapefruit Tart
This grapefruit tart is light, bright & so refreshing. Topped with toasted coconut & chopped almonds — it’s a flavour combination that’s hard to beat.
Custard Peach Pie
This custard peach pie recipe is the best peach pie recipe you’ll ever make. Expect rave reviews and lots of requests for second slices of pie! Easy to make and uses a whole cup of Greek yogurt for a healthier twist, but no change to the amazing flavour!
Key Lime Pie - A Refreshing Summer Dessert
Authentic key lime pie is made with simple ingredients. Key lime juice, sweetened condensed milk, and raw egg yolks are beaten together until thick and creamy.
Classic Chocolate Dipped Butter Cookies
These soft and buttery swirl cookies are partially dipped in chocolate, then decorated with your favourite sprinkles.
Brandy Custard
This brandy custard recipe is the real deal. Made with milk, cream, egg yolks and a generous dash of brandy.
Coconut Pecan Frosting Recipe
It's easy to make coconut pecan frosting from scratch. And let me just tell you, this is the best homemade German chocolate cake frosting ever!
Best Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe
Rich, ultra-creamy, and chocolatey, this is the best homemade chocolate ice cream recipe ever! It's easy to make with only 7 ingredients (including two forms of chocolate), has a rich chocolate flavour, and is just as good as any ice cream shop!
Simple 2 Minute Easy Hollandaise Sauce
This simple 2 minute easy hollandaise sauce is delicious and stress free.
Easy Blender Hollandaise Sauce Recipe Low Carb
Delicious on steak, eggs, asparagus, broccoli, chicken and fish. It is no wonder it is one of the 'Mother Sauces'. Naturally low carb too!
Simple Spaghetti with Peas, Garlic and Parmesan
Just a few simple ingredients gets you a luxurious carbonara-like spaghetti dish with olive oil, garlic, spring peas, Parmesan and lemon.
4 EGG YOLKS
These recipes need 4 egg yolks to shine!
Pecan Pie Cheesecake Bars
Pecan pie cheesecake bars bring together two of Thanksgiving’s favourite desserts — pecan pie and cheesecake. They’re easy to bake too! Perfect for a delicious, stress-free holiday celebration.
Yema Cake Recipe with Stable Yema Frosting
This yema cake recipe has everything you love about this favourite Filipino dessert. Soft and airy chiffon cake, rich and thick yema spread, and yema frosting that’s stable and so easy to decorate with.
Strawberry Ice Cream
This classic strawberry ice cream recipe makes it easy to make this much loved ice cream at home. With fresh, luscious berries it is bursting with strawberry flavour.
Raspberry Ice Cream
This raspberry ice cream is sweet, tangy and bursting with raspberry flavour. Make it fresh raspberries in season or frozen raspberries for a year round treat.
Old Fashioned Peach Ice Cream
Fresh peach ice cream made from a custard and slow churned
Kahlua Espresso Gelato Recipe
I would equate this over-the-top delicious Kahlua Espresso Gelato, to the tastiest, most rich and creamy latte you've ever had -- with a splash of Kahlua and a touch of chocolate.
Butterscotch Ice Cream
This homemade butterscotch ice cream with bourbon butterscotch swirl is rich, creamy and bursting with flavour. Its lip-smacking, toe-tapping, finger-licking good!
Cinnamon Roll Ice Cream
Your favourite breakfast treat is now in ice cream form! This cinnamon roll ice cream is packed with cinnamon roll dough and a sweet cinnamon swirl.
Dairy-Free Lemon Pudding
Perfectly tart and sweet, this dairy-free lemon pudding is a winner. It’s made with coconut milk and coconut oil, and wonderful topped with fruit, nuts, and more.
Strawberry Creme Brulee
The perfect Valentine's Day dinner meets its perfect sweet ending with this strawberry crème brûlée. Decadently delicious layers of sweet strawberry jam and creamy custard are hidden beneath a crackly crust of caramelized sugar.
How to Make Pastry Cream (Creme Patisserie)
Learn how to make pastry cream (or creme patisserie) with a few basic ingredients and step-by-step directions that are simple to follow. This pastry cream recipe is perfect for filling eclairs, cream puffs, Boston cream pie, and more.
French Buttercream Frosting
Learn how to make this silky smooth french buttercream frosting. An egg-yolk buttercream can sound intimidating to make, but I have step by step photos for you so you can master this french buttercream frosting!
How to Make Vanilla French Buttercream
Vanilla French buttercream has a texture as smooth as silk and a sumptuous flavour reminiscent of classic custard. It is rich, dreamy and decadent, making it an exemplary choice of topping to turn a simple cupcake into something really rather special.
David Rossi’s Carbonara Recipe (Copycat)
Are you a Criminal Minds fan? This is based on David Rossi’s carbonara recipe from that episode where he had the team over and gave them cooking lessons!
5 EGG YOLKS
Got 5 egg yolks leftover? Check these out.
Homemade Lemon Curd - Easy and Done in 10 Minutes!
With this quick and easy one-pot recipe, you can make your very own summer-in-a-jar homemade lemon curd anytime.
Orange Curd Recipe - Easy 10-Minute Recipe
Orange curd is quick and easy to make. You only need 1 pot and 10 minutes to make a little jar of sunshine that you can use for cakes, cupcakes, pancakes, scones and more.
Irish Cream Crème Brûlée
Irish cream crème brûlée is delicately boozy, luxuriously creamy and has crunchy caramelized sugar on top. It’s the perfect holiday dessert.
How to Make Pumpkin Ice Cream
Make pumpkin ice cream, a fun ice cream flavour for fall that's easier to make than pumpkin pie! It's also a great way to use up leftover pumpkin purée!
Chocolate Gelato Recipe with Cacao Nibs
This chocolate gelato recipe with cacao nibs (also called chocolate nibs) is made with chocolate upon chocolate, all blended together to create a super smooth, super creamy and rich bowl of pure deliciousness. It's a chocolate lover's dream!
Sugar-Free Coffee Ice Cream
This sugar-free coffee ice cream recipe combines two of your favourite things in life. Coffee and ice cream!
Dairy Free Coconut Custard
This dairy free coconut custard is a creamy, dreamy dessert that coconut lovers will go nuts for. It’s full of sweet coconut flavour and this custard can be eaten by itself or be used in place of regular pastry cream.
6 EGG YOLKS
Six egg yolks seem like a lot, but there are a lot of recipes you can use them in too!
Filipino Egg Pie Recipe
Rich, creamy custard baked in a buttery pie crust. A childhood favourite of many Filipinos, this egg pie recipe is the real deal.
Flan Cupcakes Recipe
Flan cupcakes are smooth, rich and creamy, and so easy to make. It’s the perfect recipe if you’re looking for a delicious, make-ahead, no-bake dessert for your celebrations.
Easy Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe
This chocolate cream pie recipe features a sandwich cookie crust and a silky rich chocolate filling, and only takes 20 minutes to make.
How to Make a Fruit Tart
Learn how to make a fruit tart with this easy recipe. It's made with a sweet shortcrust (pâte sucrée) and topped with pastry cream and fresh fruit.
Yellow Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Ganache Frosting
Yellow vanilla cake with chocolate ganache frosting - moist, tender yellow vanilla sheet cake topped with whipped chocolate ganache & M&M’s.
Matzo Tiramisu Recipe
In this matzo tiramisu recipe, rich vanilla cream is layered with coffee-soaked matzo and topped with chocolate for a decadent Passover dessert.
Prophetenkuchen (German Prophet Cake)
Prophetenkuchen (Prophet cake) is a very thin wavy cake which is spread with butter and dusted with confectioners’ sugar.
Lemon Coconut Cookies
Need a recipe to use up a lot of egg yolks? These lemon coconut cookies are just the recipe! These lightly sweetened lemon cookies are soft, rich, and a little unique with the added coconut.
Lime Curd Recipe
Sweet, rich and tangy, lime curd is easy to make and the perfect decadent treat!
Grapefruit Curd
Grapefruit curd is a delightfully bright, tangy twist on the usual citrus curd. Serve it with pound cake or serve a spoonful with yogurt and granola for a decadent breakfast.
Blueberry Curd
Blueberry curd with fresh blueberries and a pop of tart lemon flavour is easy to make and can be used as a spread or dessert filling!
Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Blueberry cheesecake swirl ice cream made with fresh blueberries and churned into an amazing cheesecake homemade ice cream. This creamy blueberry ice cream is the perfect summer treat!
Homemade Butterscotch Pudding
Old fashioned butterscotch pudding made with real butterscotch flavours and a hint of (optional) bourbon.
Creme Anglaise {A Classic French Dessert Sauce}
Creme anglaise is a classic French sauce that is used in many desserts.
Best Pastry Cream {Creme Patissiere}
This is my absolute favourite, tried and true recipe for silky smooth, perfect vanilla pastry cream. It’s super simple, remarkably stable, and comes out perfect every time. It will hold its own at room temperature for hours without breaking down, bake it inside pastries like hand pies, and even freeze it.
Best Homemade Eggnog Recipe
This homemade eggnog recipe is truly the best eggnog you will ever taste. It's thick and creamy with hints of nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. It's easy to make and so delicious that you'll never settle for store-bought again!
7 AND MORE
Got more? I have more recipes for you!
Creamy Leche Flan Recipe
Here’s an authentic leche flan recipe (or Filipino-style crème caramel) that will give you rich, silky, creamy leche flan every time.
Classic Creme Brûlée
Classic creme brûlée should be creamy and silky with a glass thin coating of caramelized sugar.
Rose Curd and White Peach Tart
This rose curd and white peach tart is a beautiful way to enjoy the bounty of spring and summer edible flowers in a beautiful, light, and fresh dessert.
Extra Creamy Coconut Cream Pie with Toasted Almond Crust
The ultimate rich and creamy coconut cream pie, made with silky pastry cream, toasted coconut, and a buttery, crispy toasted almond crust.
How to Make Grapefruit Curd (and 15 Ways to Use It!)
Grapefruit curd is another flavour of citrus curd that is a delicious tasting fruit spread that is sweet and tart. This homemade grapefruit curd recipe can be prepared stovetop or in the microwave, and can be canned for longer shelf life.
Eierlikör – German Egg Liqueur (a.k.a. Advocaat)
Eierlikör is German egg liqueur, which is similar to eggnog, but so much better! Thick, creamy, and perfect for Christmas or Easter.
Creamy Caesar Dressing
Everyone loves a tasty and garlicky creamy caesar dressing recipe, and it's not hard to make. And anything homemade always tastes better! Perfect for your next caesar salad or even use it as a dip!
So you see, whatever amount of egg yolks you have leftover, there are lots of delicious ways to use them.
Hope you find inspiration here. Let’s not waste those gorgeous, yellow egg yolks ever again!
Happy baking and cooking!
What’s your favourite way to use those leftover egg yolks? I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below.
Joss
I don’t like wasting my leftover egg yolks so this is going to come in so handy.