12 Breakfast Sandwich Recipes Worth Waking Up For

Take your breakfast game to the next level with a breakfast sandwich worth waking up for. These handheld breakfasts are the perfect way to start a busy day when you need something quick and satisfying to get you all the way to lunch. But they can also be an indulgent treat on weekends, when you want to stay in your PJs, instead of lining up at the local diner. So if you're craving something new to start your day, enjoy this collection of our favorite, creative recipes for delicious breakfast sandwiches.

34 Back-to-School Breakfast Recipes and Ideas

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Avocado Bacon Breakfast Burger

Grilled Cheese Social

Treat yourself to a diner-style breakfast burger piled high with nutrient-rich fresh avocado, a fried egg, meaty sausage patty, bacon, gouda cheese, and tomato jam. Tips are included for making your own tomato jam, but you can use store-bought if you like, to save time.
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Scrambled Egg and Tomato Grilled Cheese

Grilled Cheese Social

Enjoy scrambled eggs on the go with this creamy, sweet, and tangy breakfast grilled cheese sandwich that combines fluffy scrambled eggs with Swiss cheese, fresh tomato slices, and chopped fresh chives, layered onto buttered Texas toast.
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Thai Toast with Peanut Butter, Sriracha, and Cilantro

Grilled Cheese Social

This easy recipe for Thai peanut butter toast includes sriracha, lime juice, honey, and cilantro, for an unbelievably delicious, quick, protein-packed breakfast that is loaded with exciting flavors. Almond or sunflower butter would be equally amazing.
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Classic Monte Cristo Sandwich

The Spruce

The classic Monte Cristo is a restaurant favorite French toast sandwich that is not hard to make at home. Make a white bread sandwich with deli ham, sliced Swiss or Havarti cheese, and some turkey or chicken. Dip it into egg mixture, and toast on both sides in a pan, until browned, and toasty warm.

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Spinach, Egg, and Feta Breakfast Wrap

Leah Maroney

Wake up and go with this quick and easy breakfast wrap recipe that uses favorite Greek food ingredients. Make soft scrambled eggs, lightly sauteed fresh spinach, and fold them into a flour tortilla with salty, creamy feta cheese, and briny black olives, for a tasty breakfast you can eat on the go.
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Corncake and Egg Breakfast Sandwich (Arepa de Huevo)

Marian Blazes

Arepa de huevo is a traditional Columbian fried breakfast egg sandwich that is the ultimate in a.m. comfort food. It's an arepa with an egg hiding inside. Fry delicious, crunchy corncakes in oil, then split, crack an egg inside, then seal them up and fry them again until the egg is cooked.
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Fried Chicken and Waffle Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Grilled Cheese Social

Mornings just got so much more delicious with this genius recipe that combines down-home, Southern-style fried chicken and waffles, with your favorite American diner grilled cheese sandwich. It's a match made in breakfast heaven.
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The Best Ever Smoked Salmon Bagel Sandwich Recipe

Grilled Cheese Social

Enjoy the best-ever brunch in a sandwich with this recipe for the best-ever breakfast smoked salmon bagel sandwich. Pile smoked salmon, cream cheese, and soft, dilly scrambled eggs, grilled asparagus, and pickled red onions on a toasted everything bagel for an explosion of flavors and textures that will make your mouth sing.

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Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, and Egg Sandwich

Grilled Cheese Social

Take a breakfast BLT (bacon, lettuce, and tomato) sandwich to a new level—and make it a "BLTE"—with the addition of a perfect fried egg. Make it in 15 minutes when you wake up, slathering the toasted bread with some store-bought aioli, and enjoy immediately.
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Croque Monsieur

Kristina Vanni

Croque monsieur is a classic French bistro breakfast that is surprisingly quick and easy to duplicate in your own kitchen. It is essentially a dressed-up ham and Swiss cheese toastie, with a little Dijon mustard for that mouth-tingling bite.
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Avocado and Chorizo Breakfast Grilled Cheese

Grilled Cheese Social

Wake up to this savory, creamy, satisfying breakfast sandwich that stuffs and grills your favorite morning ingredients—soft scrambled eggs, creamy avocado, crispy chorizo, sharp cheddar cheese, and buttery muenster—between two thick slices of toasted white bread.
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PB&J Breakfast Waffle Sandwich

Leah Maroney

Grown-ups can enjoy PB&J for breakfast with this creative waffle sandwich recipe that takes less than 5 minutes to make. Use frozen whole grain blueberry waffles for the "bread" in this peanut butter sandwich that includes fresh fruit, for a little extra nutrition.