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Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the decisive goal to give Bayern their 24th win from 28 league games this season and seal their first major silverware since May 2010.
"We're a strong team with a great coach, it's fantastic to have won the title," said goal-scorer Schweinsteiger.
With Bayern facing Juventus on Wednesday in the Champions League quarter-final leading 2-0 from the first leg, the win came despite coach Jupp Heynckes resting several key players.
"The fact that we have won the title after 28 games is extraordinary, it's simply fantastic," said Heynckes, having been hoisted into the air by his team after the final whistle.
Second-placed Borussia Dortmund -- champions in each of the last two seasons -- won 4-2 at home to Augsburg, but could not prevent Bayern from setting a Bundesliga record for the earliest confirmed title win.
"I have no problem congratulating Bayern, they have had an outstanding season," said Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin.
With six games left, Munich have an unsurmountable 20-point lead and have won their 22nd Bundesliga title.
It is their 23rd national title overall, with the Munich club also winning the old-style German championship in 1932.
Bayer Leverkusen remain third after their 1-1 draw at home to Wolfsburg while Schalke hold fourth after their 2-0 win at Werder Bremen and Moenchengladbach moved up to sixth with a 1-0 win at home to bottom side Fuerth.
Hamburg missed the chance to get back amongst the top six -- and the European places -- when they lost 1-0 at home to Freiburg on Saturday night while Nuremberg are at home to Mainz and Hanover host Stuttgart on Sunday.
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