Best Frozen Breakfast Foods: Best Breakfast Sandwiches, Burritos, and More According to Our Team of Taste Testers

The best frozen breakfast foods make cooking a morning meal a lot faster and easier, and we love that. Imagine boiling and shredding potatoes instead of buying a bag of frozen hash browns. Or mixing eggs with flour and god only knows what else to make batter for waffles. The indignity. Luckily, there are a lot of frozen breakfast foods. Like, half a grocery store aisle full of them. You can’t possibly try them all, so we’ll help you narrow it down. From frozen waffles to frozen hash browns to toaster pastries, these are the best frozen breakfast foods we’ve taste tested.

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Best Frozen Waffles

Krusteaz Belgian Waffles

We talk about these waffles all the time here at Sporked HQ. They’re just so much better than so many other frozen waffles we’ve tried. They’re big, they’re flavorful—they really taste  homemade. According to Sporked editor-in-chief Justine Sterling, “They have the perfect amount of sweetness with just a slight nod to vanilla. They are crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Incredible.” Grab some good syrup and buy a box of these asap.

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Best On-The-Go Frozen Breakfast

Sandwich Bros Sausage Egg & Cheese

These breakfast pita pockets are such a perfect frozen breakfast item. Ready in just one minute, the compact breakfast sandwiches include scrambled egg (that actually tastes like egg, not just egg-colored rubber), little bits of sausage (which are perfectly peppery), and cheese, which doesn’t taste like much but does keep everything together and gooey. Each pita sandwich is 150 calories with 7g of protein. Plus, thanks to the pita pocket, it all stays really compact—no egg sliding out or cheese drips. This is the best frozen breakfast if you’re eating in the car and really don’t want to make a mess. 

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Best Gluten-Free Breakfast Sandwich

Start Right Waffle Sliders Sausage & Cheese

These gluten-free frozen waffle sliders really blew us away. In fact, we gave them a dang award last year. It’s a simple combination of a savory sausage patty and melty, salty cheese (no egg needed!) squished between two surprisingly gluten-free waffles. Start your day with one of these and you’ll be starting on a high note. —Justine Sterling

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Best Vegan Frozen Breakfast

Amy’s Breakfast Tofu Scramble

We found this gem of a frozen breakfast meal in our search for the best vegan frozen meals. It’s so satisfying and you really get a lot: shredded potato hashbrowns, scrambled tofu, tons of veggies, and a really, really good tomato sauce of which there needs to be a lot more. I ate this whole meal during our vegan frozen meal taste test, and I felt great after. You can’t say that about a lot of frozen breakfast meals! —Justine Sterling

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Best Gluten Free Waffles

Full Circle Market Blueberry Gluten-Free Waffles

Gluten free waffles are very hit or miss—but most of them miss, to be honest. They come out of the toaster so dry you have to absolutely drench them in butter and syrup to make them remotely edible. But we found one brand of GF waffles that really outdid the rest, simply by virtue of resembling regular toaster waffles. No, Full Circle Market gluten free waffles aren’t quite as fluffy inside as Eggos, but they come close. Buy the blueberry flavor. They’re better than plain.

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Best Frozen Pancakes

Eggo Buttermilk Pancakes

There isn’t a huge amount of diversity among microwave pancakes, but Eggo Buttermilk Pancakes are just a little bit tastier than the rest. They’re fluffy and have just a touch of buttermilk tang that makes them more interesting than a lot of the other brands we tried. Seriously, stop making batter! Put away the griddle! Like most of the best frozen breakfast foods, these suckers are ready in just minutes. 

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Best French Toast Sticks

Farm Rich Original French Toast Sticks

When we set out to find the best frozen french toast sticks, we wanted them to taste like french toast sticks from a fast food restaurant. And we got close with these Farm Rich french toast sticks. Better yet, they actually taste like french toast. They’re eggy, but still fluffy. They’re a little oily in a way that satisfies. Even if you don’t have time for the drive-thru, we bet you have time to toss a few of these in the microwave in the morning. Don’t forget the ramekin of maple syrup. 

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Best McGriddles Dupe

Jimmy Dean Maple Griddle Cake Sausage Egg & Cheese

Forget the McGriddle. This frozen breakfast sandwich from frozen breakfast king Jimmy Dean is ultra satisfying—and you don’t have to get in your car to get one. It combines squishy pancakes, savory sausage, melty cheese, and an infusion of maple syrup flavor into one buttery, savory, indulgent breakfast sandwich that also happens to clock in at 13g of protein. This is the frozen breakfast item I’m reaching for at 2 a.m. —Justine Sterling

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Best Frozen Hash Browns

Great Value Shredded Seasoned Potato Hash Brown Patties

If you like McDonald’s hash browns, you’re going to like these frozen hash browns from Walmart. They’re greasy and satisfying. And they’re going to taste even better soaked in the yolk of some sunny-side-up eggs.

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Best Breakfast Sandwich

Jimmy Dean Biscuit Sausage, Egg & Cheese

Jimmy Dean will always be the king of sausage, but you could argue he’s also the king of frozen breakfast foods, although that doesn’t have much of a ring to it. This breakfast sandwich proves he is a benevolent king. Justine said it tastes like a fresh-from-the-diner breakfast sandwich, with its buttery biscuit and savory sausage. Even the egg is convincing. If you need a hot breakfast on the go, this is your jam. 

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Best Chicken Biscuit

Jimmy Dean Honey Chicken Biscuit

If you like a sweet-savory combo, this frozen chicken biscuit rules. The chicken patty is juicy and fried in a nice flaky coating. The honey flavor makes the whole thing sing. If you like chicken and waffles, this frozen breakfast sandwich will scratch that itch. 

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Best Breakfast Burrito

Tina’s Breakfast Burrito, Handcrafted, Egg, Sausage & Cheddar Cheese

Okay, full disclosure, this is not exactly a restaurant-caliber breakfast burrito, but it’s a hell of a dupe for a fast food burrito. In fact, I wrote in my original review that it tasted like “a cheesier version of the McDonald’s breakfast burrito in the best way possible.” It may not be a perfectly crafted breakfast burrito, but it sure tastes good.

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Best Breakfast Bowl

Great Value Sausage & Gravy Breakfast Bowl

Breakfast bowls are delicious bowls of slop as it is, so the best frozen breakfast bowls have gravy—that’s just the way it is. Plus, the white gravy on this Great Value breakfast bowl actually tastes like gravy—creamy and peppery. And the eggs in this bowl are fluffy rather than stiff like the eggs you’ll find in a lot of microwave breakfast foods. 

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Best Frozen Breakfast on a Stick

 Breakfast Best Pancakes & Sausage On-A-Stick

Pancake corn dogs are one of the great frozen breakfast food innovations. This breakfast-on-a-stick from Aldi is super savory and a little sweet and just fatty enough to make you feel alive. It gets nice and toasty when you cook it in the toaster oven and it has a tinge of maple flavor, too.

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Pillsbury Raspberry Toaster Strudel Pastries

If you’ve resigned yourself to a life of eating Pop-Tarts, you really need to change course now. Toaster Strudel is absolutely the superior toaster pastry. The crust is flaky and the filling is fruity and they come with individual little packets of a frosting that gets all melty when you drizzle it on the freshly toasted strudel. Buy the raspberry flavor if you can find it. It’s the best. 

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Banquet Sausage and Gravy Deep Dish

This is an insane product. It’s literally just a pie crust filled with sausage gravy—and unfortunately, it’s delicious. As I wrote in my notes, “This is honestly one of the more delicious things I’ve ever tasted.” This is something I would have eaten every day for breakfast in elementary school and not faced any consequences. Life was so sweet. For an adult with a body that’s keeping score, though, this is a good once-in-a-while treat. We know Banquet pie crust rules (we like their turkey pot pie and their individual apple pie) and it’s especially delicious drenched with creamy sausage gravy. And like some of the best frozen breakfast foods, this is cheap. It costs a dollar and it tastes like a little slice of heaven! 

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