Back To School Breakfast Ideas

Looking for easy back-to-school breakfast ideas that help make mornings go a little more smoothly? Here are our suggestions for nourishing breakfasts to get kids off to school prepared for the day.

With 50 delicious and nutritious kid breakfast ideas, you can pick between freshly baked recipes, make-ahead meals or freezer meals to serve any day of the week. The list goes on and on!

We know firsthand the craziness of kids heading back to school, which is why we gathered these breakfast ideas to help end the search of kid-approved breakfast recipes. Make sure to check out Lunch Ideas For Picky Eaters before the school year starts.

A compiling of breakfast recipe photos including egg burrito, overnight oats, smoothies, and pancakes with the words 50 back to school breakfast ideas.

For cold breakfast ideas, our kids love to blend together a smoothie pack. It makes for an easy meal that can be enjoyed at the breakfast table or on the way to school. For hot meals, breakfast burritos are the go-to favorite. Stocked in the freezer for the school year, the kids can easily warm one before heading out the door.

We can’t wait to see which breakfast recipes will become your kids’ favorites!

50 Back To School Breakfast Ideas

Looking for quick and easy back-to-school breakfast ideas that help make mornings go a little more smoothly? Here are our suggestions for nourishing breakfasts to get kids off to school prepared for the day.

Breakfast Burrito

Looking for back to school ideas? This delicious Breakfast Burrito is a great addition to add to your list of premade meals. Make now and freeze for a quick breakfast.

Sausage Cowboy Breakfast Skillet

This cowboy sausage breakfast skillet is packed with loads of flavor in just a few simple ingredients. A hearty cast-iron breakfast skillet utilizing frozen potatoes, sweet Italian sausage, Vidalia onions, and eggs.

Gluten Free Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Dairy Free Breakfast Casserole

Cowboy Breakfast Skillet: Breakfast In Cast Iron Skillet

Looking for a simple breakfast in a cast-iron skillet? Look no further than this hashbrown, sausage, and egg breakfast skillet – the perfect way to start your day.

Ham & Cheese Breakfast Bowl Foil Packs

Ham and cheese breakfast bowl foil packs are a super fun breakfast idea but are also a simple kid-friendly meal perfect any day of the week. Surprise your kids with breakfast for dinner - with no dishes to clean up!

Smoothie Freezer Packs + A Tofu Smoothie Kids Love

Smoothie freezer packs are a great way to quickly serve a healthy breakfast or snack by simply taking the frozen packet from the freezer and blending it with milk.

Orange Smoothie Recipe

A simple orange smoothie that tastes just like an Orange Julius. Fresh oranges are pureed with milk and vanilla - a delicious way to get more fruit into your family!

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Tropical Smoothie Bowl

Our tropical smoothie bowl is a simple smoothie bowl that’s loaded with your favorite toppings. This thick smoothie is a fantastic way to sneak in some extra fruit for your whole family to enjoy. Plus, it’s gluten-free and dairy-free, so it’s suitable for everyone. Treat yourself to a delicious and hassle-free experience with our incredible smoothie bowl!

Blueberry Smoothie With Cottage Cheese

This blueberry smoothie with cottage cheese has 2 servings of fruit and a full serving of vegetables. A nutrient powerhouse smoothie that's the perfect way to start your day.

High Fiber Smoothie

A high fiber smoothie that is packed with superfoods. A simple and delicious smoothie that the whole family will love.

Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt

Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt, a creamy and refreshing morning, afternoon or evening treat. Packed with a serving of fruit, this strawberry smoothie recipe without yogurt is delicious and nutritious.

Blueberry Spinach Smoothie Kids Will Love

If you're looking to get extra veggies into your kids, this Blueberry Spinach Smoothie is a great choice! Packed with frozen blueberries, yogurt, and milk the spinach isn't even noticeable.

Peanut Butter Powder Smoothie

Peanut Butter Powder Smoothie is made with bananas, yogurt, and peanut butter powder. It's a simple peanut butter smoothie that cuts calories but not flavor.

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Balls

Oatmeal peanut butter balls are an easy recipe for kids that they can make all on their own.

Easy Homemade Oatmeal Packets Kids Will Love

Homemade instant oatmeal is quick and easy to make, you get full control over the flavors along with the sugar content, and only needs hot water to turn into a hot breakfast perfect for on the go, lunch boxes, or add milk and refrigerate for overnight oats.

Peanut Butter Overnight Oatmeal

Peanut butter overnight oats are a deliciously amazing grab-and-go, protein-packed breakfast filled with fiber. A must-try recipe!

Toast Toppings

Looking for ideas to put on your toast? These four toast toppings will spice up your breakfast (or lunch!) are quick and easy, and your kids might just enjoy them too!

French Toast Muffins

French Toast Muffins are glazed with a powdered sugar icing. A quick, easy, and no-fail method for making french toast.

Smashed Avocado Toast (With Kid-Friendly Toppings)

Simple and delicious breakfast toast ideas including avocado toast with scrambled eggs, fried eggs, avocado cheese toast, and the kid-favorite - avocado toast with bacon, lettuce, and tomato!

Make-Ahead French Toast Casserole

Make-Ahead French Toast Casserole will become your go-to recipe when you're hosting kids' sleepovers, brunches, or when the unexpected overnight guest shows up! Taking under 10 minutes to put together, it's made the night before, then baked into a gourmet breakfast casserole -featuring homemade caramel sauce - that everyone will rave about!

Pancake in a Mug

Our pancake in a mug is the perfect recipe for kids to make all on their own for breakfast or as an after-school snack. Make an individual serving of pancakes without the stove!

How to Freeze Pancakes

Don't throw away those leftover pancakes - freeze them! Learn how to freeze pancakes along with the best ways to reheat them saving time and money.

Apple Cinnamon Pancake Recipe

This Apple Cinnamon Pancake recipe is made in a skillet by layering apples along with cinnamon and spices with prepackaged pancake mix which is baked into a simple, delicious breakfast idea.

Healthy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

Pumpkin Spice Pancakes are a delicious breakfast any time of the year. Using canned pumpkin, almond extract, and pumpkin pie seasoning, this pumpkin spice pancake recipe has big flavor with few ingredients.

Bran Muffins with Applesauce

Buttermilk Bran Muffins made with applesauce are the best bran muffins around! Using All Bran, whole wheat flour, and flax seeds, they are a delicious source of fiber for kids and adults!

Spinach Muffins with Banana and Blueberries

A blender muffin recipe that's easy to make. These veggie muffins are packed with spinach while being sweetened with banana, applesauce, and honey.

Healthy Apple Muffins

These healthy apple muffins are made with whole wheat flour, Greek yogurt, have extra fiber from flaxseed, and are loaded with apples. They make a nutritious grab-and-go breakfast, after-school snack, or dessert.

Gluten Free Banana Muffins

Our gluten-free banana muffins are moist and delicious made with overripe bananas, Greek yogurt, and flax seeds. A kid favorite!

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins are super moist, loaded with chocolate. Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are perfect for breakfast, lunch boxes, for dessert or sharing on special occasions.

Egg and Cheese McMuffin

Looking for a fresh and easy breakfast meals for kids? These simple, no mess Egg and Cheese McMuffins make great an easy and great breakfast.

Hash Brown Egg Cups

Hash Brown Egg Cups are perfect for a lazy weekend breakfast or freeze them for grab and go breakfast muffins. Packed with ham and cheese they are kid favorites!

Sweet Potato Egg Cups

These baked egg cups are the perfect breakfast recipe for kids to make in advance and freeze for busy mornings.

Yogurt Parfait For Kids

A fun, healthy breakfast or snack for kids to easily make on their own.

Banana Bread with Applesauce and Yogurt

This banana bread recipe features Greek yogurt which adds extra moisture to the bread, helps it rise, and creates that old-fashioned banana bread flavor. The applesauce adds extra moisture and is used as a replacement for oil, cutting fat and calories.

Banana Bread Recipe For Kids

An easy banana bread recipe for kids packed with chocolate chips. This banana bread is baked to perfection, crunchy outside and moist inside, it's the best banana bread recipe you'll ever try.

Healthy Apple Bread

Our healthy apple bread is crunchy on the outside and moist on the inside - it's a must-try apple spice bread! This recipe uses applesauce instead of oil, whole wheat flour vs. white, and is flavored with almond extract along with apple pie spice.

Healthy Banana Bread with Applesauce

With a crunchy crust and super moist center, our banana bread will become your go to recipe. This healthier version is made by swapping oil for applesauce and using whole wheat flour vs. white flour.

Banana Zucchini Bread

Mini Zucchini Muffins are the perfect after school snack. Made with whole wheat flour, they are a healthy snack for kids any time of the day.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

The BEST Chocolate Pumpkin Bread packed with chocolate chips and delicious fall flavors. Pumpkin bread is perfect for busy mornings, after-school snacks, dessert or for your next family gathering.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

An extra moist banana bread recipe made with whole wheat flour and lots of chocolate chips. Our banana bread has an amazing flavor that combines the sweetness of overripe bananas with the pure, sweet flavor of almond extract that bakes into the perfect dessert or after-school snack.