9 Breakfast Buffet Ideas to Brighten Up Your Morning
Are you having a large number of guests over to celebrate an occasion? Let’s be real – everyone loves brunch, so why not turn your dinner party in a breakfast buffet? Your guests will love the food and enjoy a different kind of catering experience. You can also cook your favourite breakfast recipes in large batches and arrange them buffet style so everyone can help themselves.
We’re sure your breakfast buffet will be all the rage and come up in conversations for weeks to come. So, let’s get started! Here are nine breakfast buffet ideas that will brighten up your morning:
1. Ham and Cheese Bake
This bake takes a total of 12 eggs! You can bet this dish will serve a crowd. To make it, you’ll need olive oil, roasted vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions, etc.), ham, scallions, 12 eggs, milk, salt, and red pepper flakes. Once you grease your baking dish, spread the vegetables in the bottom, then add a layer of cheese, then add the ham and scallions. After that is complete you can whisk the eggs, milk, salt and pepper flakes in a bowl, pour it over the layers and bake!
2. Strawberry Shortcake Sheet Pan Pancakes
Who doesn’t love pancakes? Add strawberry shortcake into the mix and you’ve got a sure-fire hit! The best part of these breakfast buffet ideas is that you don’t need to cook individual pancakes all morning – you can just make a whole sheet pan’s worth all at the same time.
For this recipe, pour pancake mix, milk, and eggs into a bowl and mix. Then, pour the batter onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Now you get to place the cream cheese bits and strawberries on top. Then bake, cut into squares, and enjoy!
3. Chocolate Croissant Breakfast Bake
This breakfast bake has only seven ingredients! The best ingredient is hands-down the croissants. Have some leftover that you’re not eating? These are the perfect breakfast buffet ideas that allow you to re-use them. What else do you need? Cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla, milk, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. We’re sure this dish will be a hit, and even more so once your guests find out it’s made from croissants!
4. Make Your Own Breakfast Burrito
For this dish, you can cook up a large batch of scrambled eggs and sausages, then add them to your buffet table with other toppings like cream cheese, salsa, and green onions. Guests can serve themselves and customize their burritos however they like them.
5. Bacon, Potato and Egg Casserole
All of your breakfast favourites in one fabulous dish! This recipe is also great because you can make it in advance and store it in your refrigerator. For this recipe, you’ll need one pound of bacon (yes!), onion, bell peppers, garlic, eggs, milk, frozen diced potatoes (so you don’t have to cook or thaw the potatoes), shredded cheese, salt, pepper, and green onions. Who could eat this right now? We know we could!
6. Slow Cooker Chocolate Hazelnut French Toast
This recipe only takes five minutes to prepare and there’s no cooking involved! How great is that? Here’s what you’ll need to whip this up: large egg bread (cubed), eggs, milk, coconut milk, desiccated coconut and chocolate hazelnut spread.
Next, place the bread cubes in your slow cooker then whisk the eggs, coconut milk, milk, desiccated coconut and chocolate hazelnut spread together in a large bowl until they’re well combined. Then you can pour the mixture over the bread cubes and push lightly to make sure the bread fully absorbs the mixture. Turn your slow cooker on and watch the magic happen!
7. Quiche
What’s breakfast without a quiche? These breakfast buffet ideas are so simple to make, and you can add in all of your favourite veggies. These can be made ahead and even frozen. All you’ll need to do is defrost them and they’ll be ready for your breakfast buffet party.
8. Sheet Pan Breakfast Sandwich
Who has time to make large quantities of sandwiches for a party? If you’re cooking for a large group of people and hosting a party, any timesaving dishes are a big help. Instead of making individual breakfast sandwiches for everyone, make one giant sandwich in a sheet pan and cut it up to portion it out. Genius, right?
9. Slow Cooker Pecan Pie Oatmeal
This recipe is great for a buffet for so many reasons. Number one is that you can let it cook overnight and have it ready for when you need it in the morning. Number two is that you can set-up a station on your buffet allowing guests to serve their own toppings. To make it, all you need to do is gather the ingredients and stir them together, then add them to the slow cooker and let them cook!
These recipes are easy to prep and cook. Some can be done overnight in a slow cooker, making these recipes perfect for a breakfast buffet.