Start off every morning with easy camping breakfasts that fuel you up and get you ready for a new adventure outdoors.
From classic bacon and eggs or French Toast drizzled with sweet maple syrup to Dutch Oven frittatas, this list of 25 camping breakfast ideas will have recipes you and your fellow campers will enjoy.
These easy camping breakfast food ideas include our favorite camping breakfast food ideas when we are car camping and RVing. Because not everyone camps or cooks the same way, we have included meal ideas and recipes using a variety of cooking methods and equipment including:
- Panfrying with a skillet over a camp stove or directly over a campfire with a grate ( I prefer this cast iron skillet from Barebones)
- Blackstone flat top griddle cooking (great for group meals)
- Quick and easy on-the-go options with make-ahead muffins
- Boil in a bag or just add hot water meals
- Dutch Oven cooking
- Grilled or cooked directly over the fire (skewers and pie irons)
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We ♥ cooking. Try these other camping recipes too:
- Camping Dinners
- Camping Side Dish Recipes
- Camping Desserts – It can’t be a great campout without a fireside dessert.
- Camping Snacks
Easy Camping Breakfast Food Ideas
There’s nothing better than classic French Toast to start your day. You can pan fry these in just minutes with a cast iron skillet. Drizzle with maple syrup, honey, or spread with your favorite jam or chocolate spread.
Start your day with scrambled eggs, potatoes, and spicy chorizo or breakfast sausage all wrapped up in a flour tortilla. These breakfast burritos can be prepped/cooked at home and reheated over the campfire or they can be cooked fresh on-site in a skillet. Don’t forget the hot sauce or salsa if you like a little spice.
Fluffy, delicious bread baked over a campfire. This no-knead, yeast bread on a stick is easy to make and even more fun to eat. Once cooked fill with your favorite jam, honey, or chocolate spread.
Skillet hashes are simple one-pan meals that come together quickly. This version combined breakfast sausage, diced potatoes, bell peppers, onions, and eggs for an easy meal. Cook in a skillet or on a flattop griddle.
Pan fry an egg INSIDE buttered toast and create this easy breakfast meal. We call it eggs in a basket and eggs in a hole. But it has so many names. This is an easy idea for using a skillet or a pie iron. If you want to try something different, finish it with a drizzle with honey and sliced avocado.
Oatmeal is great on a cold morning. This recipe included great tips on conserving fuel when cooking this outdoors and offers delicious mix in options for the perfect bowl.
Skewers aren't traditionally thought of as breakfast food, but these vegetable skewers with Halloumi cheese are a great way to add more veggies in your day. You can easily;y customize it to include your favorites for this vegetarian option.
There's nothing quite as delicious as fresh from the oven cinnamon rolls. Now you can make them at camp using this recipe using hollowed-out orange halves and foil. Uses stor bought cinnamon roll dough and instructions to make this with aluminum foil and a campfire.
Boil in a bag meals make for easy cooking and clean up. This boil in a bag omelette is the simplest way I know how to cook a perfect omelette. Just add your ingredients, boil, slide it out when it’s done, and top with salsa verde. Instead of a plastic bag, I use a silicone bag in a pot of boiling water over a campfire or on a camp stove.
Take that boil in a bag omelet, add a sausage patty, bacon, or ham, and create an easy breakfast sandwich. English muffins, bagels, or bread can be toasted over the campfire or in a skillet.
Rather than cooking your bacon and eggs separately, you cook them together over the fire in a brown paper bag. This shows you how to assemble and cook this classic campfire breakfast.
Everything is better loaded with cheese and these breakfast quesadillas are no exception. These flour tortillas are loaded with breakfast sausage, scrambled eggs. and copious amounts of cheese. Perfect for cooking in a skillet or as a foil pocket meal cooked over hot coals.
Ground sausage, eggs, regular or sweet potatoes and cheese combine in a Dutch oven for a hearty campfire breakfast. You can use regular cut potatoes or hash browns in this recipe that takes about 25-40 minutes to cook.
This cast iron breakfast skillet is filled with veggie sausage and a hearty tofu scramble. Add in the vegetables you like for a savory vegan breakfast option. Perfect for a grill, campfire grate, or cooked on a camp stove.
This warm toasted oats cereal or muesli combines rolled oats, chopped nuts, and dried fruit for a delicious and hearty camping breakfast. Make it ahead of time at home or toast it in a pan at the campground!
Either by itself, added to milk or yogurt, this Pumpkin Spiced Granola is a sweet and savory treat. It’s a nice make ahead, no cook option for mornings at the campsite.
No one says you have to cook all your food on site. These hearty apple muffins with walnuts are made at home and make an ideal grab and go breakfast option. Smear with a bit of butter or nut butter for added protein if you wish.
Here is another make-ahead muffins that travel well - Banana Muffins. These are made with applesauce and oats for hearty baked goods. I list several add-ins you can throw in for a variety of different options.
This breakfast casserole is great for a family camping trip or a group campout. It combines ham, hash browns, green onion, tomatoes and cheese into a hearty one-pan meal. Instructions show how to make ahead of time at home and reheat or cook on site.
Pressed ham, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches made in a cast iron pie iron. We love our pie irons and love how easy they are to cook with over a campfire or backyard fire pit. This is an easy recipe!
Just add water pancake mix works so well when cooking outdoors. Here is a recipe for that type of pancake with some tasty mix-ins of chocolate chips and homemade peanut butter syrup.
Casseroles are an easy option for camping breakfasts to feed a crowd. This one can be prepped ahead at home, then assembled and cooked fireside in a covered cast iron skillet.
We've shared earlier how to make French Toast in a skillet or on a flat top, but here is a casserole version in a Dutch Oven. This is a great recipe for making a group breakfast without working over the stove flipping and dipping.
this Dutch oven breakfast is choke-full of fresh vegetables and bacon. It's a nice carb-free breakfast options loaded with protein.
Frittatas are easy to create in a Dutch Oven. This meatless version combines tomato and avocado with herbs and eggs.
For More Easy Breakfast Ideas, Try These (No Recipe Needed):
- Peanut Butter and Nutella Sandwiches (my kids also add sliced bananas)
- Scrambled Eggs and Sausage or Bacon
- Bagels with cream cheese
- Grits with butter and cinnamon sugar
- Cold cereal and milk
- Protein bars (we like these Protein Bars from KIND that we get delivered to the house)
- Toast with jams or honey, fresh fruit, and hard-boiled eggs
- Fresh fruit and coffee or hot chocolate
- Yogurt and granola parfaits
Thank you for these delicious sounding breakfast foods & snacks! I can make & eat this even when Not camping.
It’s the best of both worlds! Enjoy the recipes Nancy.