18 Easy Camping Breakfast Ideas
This post may contain affiliate links.
These quick and easy camping breakfasts will have you jumping out of your sleeping bag in the morning and ready to start your day!
From comforting Banana Bread Pancakes to stick-to-your-ribs egg skillets, these recipes will take your breakfast game to the next level (but without a ton of effort!).
So, volunteer to make breakfast on your next camping trip and try one of these recipes. Your campmates will be glad you did!
Campfire Frittata
A slice of hearty eggs and fresh vegetables, topped with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkling of cheese–this frittata is a wonderful way to start your morning. If you need to feed a group on your next camping trip, look no further than this classic Italian breakfast!
French Toast Sticks
With their dunkable finger-food status, French toast sticks might just be the ultimate kid-friendly breakfast. Thick bread is cut into strips, dipped in sweet cinnamon custard, and then cooked up until golden and buttery. French toast sticks might be perfect for little ones, but the fact is, everyone loves them!
Mountain Breakfast Skillet
Fried potatoes, peppers, onions, cheesy scrambled eggs, and sausages, what more could a hungry camper ask for for breakfast? This one-pan breakfast is SO easy to make and totally customizable!
Banana Bread Pancakes
Delicious and perfectly sweet, these banana bread pancakes are an excellent upgrade from the classic pancake recipe.
Camp Stove Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles is an easy camping breakfast – crispy tortillas simmered in a spicy tomato sauce and topped with a few eggs. It takes less than 30 minutes to make, and it is vegetarian, too!
Apple Maple Sausage Breakfast Sandwiches
Make the maple & apple sausage patties at home ahead of time, and at breakfast all you need to do is heat them and fry an egg to make these perfectly sweet and savory breakfast sandwiches.
Chickpea Hash with Summer Veggies
A protein-packed update to breakfast hash, this chickpea and vegetable breakfast skillet is a healthy way to jumpstart your morning.
Blueberry Banana Pancakes
Combining two classic pancake recipes into one, these blueberry banana pancakes are a warm and fluffy way to start your morning.
Shakshuka
With gently poached eggs nestled in a slightly spicy pepper and tomato sauce, shakshuka is a hearty, satisfying meal that’s as perfect for dinner as it is for breakfast. Plus, it pops together in a single skillet, making this shakshuka recipe oh-so-simple to prepare–and easy to clean up, too.
Dutch Oven French Toast
This Dutch Oven French Toast Bake is a great breakfast idea when feeding a crowd! With toasty edges and tender inside, it’s everything you love about French toast—just a lot more of it and far less flipping!
Johnny Apple Seed Oatmeal
Leaning into the flavor of autumn, this apple-spiced oatmeal goes big on the cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. It also gives a bump of protein with a mix of flax, chia, and hemp seeds.
Dutch Oven Cinnamon Rolls
Make the cinnamon rolls at home and store them in your cooler, and you’re ready to bake off homemade cinnamon rolls with almost no effort in the morning! We love this recipe because it feels extra special, without the extra work at camp.
Avocado Toast Breakfast Sandwich
This camping breakfast sandwich has it all: avocado, bacon, toast, and a fried egg. Plus, it can all be made with just a single skillet over a camp stove or campfire.
Coconut Chocolate Granola
Sweetened with maple syrup and dried raspberries, this chocolate and coconut granola is a decadent camping breakfast that can be made ahead of time at home.
Cinnamon Apple Pancakes
Light, fluffy, and layered with incredible apple flavor, these cinnamon apple cider pancakes are the ultimate fall-weather camping breakfast. If you like spiced apple cider, you’re going to LOVE these pancakes!
Chorizo and Sweet Potato Hash
Sweet potato breakfast hash with crumbled chorizo sausage and diced scallions—this super satisfying one-skillet breakfast is a perfect way to greet a crisp morning at camp.
Dutch Baby
This Dutch Baby is reminiscent of a crepe-meets-funnel cake, and is an easy yet impressive camping breakfast!
Halloumi Breakfast Sandwich
Grilled halloumi cheese, sweet Hawaiian rolls, a fried egg, and spicy mayo come together to make a fantastic quick and easy camping breakfast.
Bonus: A great cup of camp coffee!
Okay, now that you’ve got breakfast straightened out, let’s talk about something really important: coffee! Our ultimate guide to camp coffee is a great place to start. Find the perfect brew method for you!
These are some awesome recipes. We always end up making French Toast as you have on the list but we are definitely going to need to branch out and try some new recipes.
That French Toast is just so good!
The recipes look great! We’re usually out for an 8-10 day canoe trip and don’t carry cast iron or cans/bottles. Our challenge is 2 vegetarians and a lactose/gluten intolerant individual. With some modifications, these look doable. We’ll give them a try and report back.