These sweet healthy breakfast recipes will get your morning off to a delicious start!
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I have over 100 oatmeal recipes on my blog, so you know that breakfast has a special place in my heart. Truly, eating a satisfying breakfast can make such a difference on your mood, energy, and focus for the rest of the day.
But, for a breakfast to be satisfying, it can’t just be nutritious, it’s got to be delicious, too! After all, this is the start of your day, and no one wants to begin their day forcing themselves to eat something in the name of “health” that may be satiating but not at all appetizing. I know there are those of you who scramble veggies into savory breakfasts with hot sauce and I can confirm we have opposite taste buds! But give me all the green smoothies.
Today, for those of you with sweet taste buds like me, I am going to share some healthy and sweet recipes that you’ll be excited to wake up and eat! They’ll satiate those sugar cravings while keeping your macros balanced and your body fueled.
13 Healthy Sweet Breakfast Recipes
For something to be healthy, it doesn’t have to be void of sugar in all forms. The goal is always to find real food options that cover a variety of your daily nutritional needs. Let’s get into the details of how to eat a sweet breakfast in a healthy way:
Is Sweet Breakfast Healthy?
Of course! Just because something is sweet doesn’t mean it’s unhealthy. As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, I’m not a fan of the “zero sugar” fad where you omit sugars in all forms. As long as you’re aware of sweeteners and the things you’re eating have a reasonable or natural amount of sugar, go for it! Our bodies need sugar for energy, it’s not the enemy as long as you’re balancing it out with plenty of other nutrients.
The recipes I am sharing with you today are exactly that: mindfully sweet breakfast options with lots of vitamins, fiber, and other essential nutrients! So, if you’re someone who wants a healthy breakfast, but you have a bit of a sweet tooth, these recipes will help you guiltlessly indulge.
What Are The Best Healthy Sweet Breakfast Ideas?
Cinnamon Raisin Baked Oatmeal Muffin Cups
Baked oatmeal is underrated! These cinnamon raisin baked oatmeal muffin cups are a healthy sweet breakfast that you can make ahead of time. Just store them in the freezer and reheat in the toaster oven or microwave! They’re soft and chewy with a little crunch from the brown sugar on top. You can even add mashed bananas or a little almond butter (my favorite!).
Chia Pudding Breakfast Bowl
Chia seeds are one of my all-time favorite healthy ingredients. They’re a great source of protein and fiber, which will help keep you full until lunch. You can add them to a lot of things like smoothies, bagels, overnight oats, and more.
I love a chia pudding breakfast bowl. You just mix together chia seeds and your preferred milk, and then add in toppings and mix-ins like honey, vanilla, plain yogurt, and your favorite fruits. Store it in a glass container or mason jar and it’s ready for morning.
Superfood Smoothies
I love nutrition that focuses on what you SHOULD eat, not what you shouldn’t. “Superfoods” are foods that are particularly dense in vitamins, minerals, powerful antioxidants, and other essential immune-boosting nutrients. Basically, they’re foods you can feel really good about eating and this smoothie is full of them, including blueberries, Greek yogurt, baby spinach, cinnamon, and flax and chia granola!
Greek Yogurt with Berries and Homemade Granola
You may be tempted to pick up granola from the store when grocery shopping, but a great way to prioritize eating real foods is to make things yourself when possible. This is one of my favorite granola recipes. It’s made with rolled oats, dry nuts and seeds, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and dried fruit. Mix it with some Greek yogurt and fresh berries for the perfect healthy sweet breakfast.
Smoothie Bowl
If you want another way to have a smoothie and enjoy your home-made granola, make a smoothie bowl (soup-style!) instead of the traditional cup. To me, it makes the experience of having a smoothie feel more satisfying if I am chewing instead of just drinking. So, make your favorite smoothie and then get creative with your mix-ins; granola, fresh fruit, chia seeds, and thinned out peanut or almond butter are all good choices.
Peanut Butter and Banana Bagel
Bagels are a favorite choice for breakfast for plenty of reasons. Mostly, they’re convenient, versatile, and delicious (And both of my boys love them, so we always have them in the freezer)! Of course, you can top them with all sorts of crazy combinations, but one of my favorite simple and sweet bagel breakfast options is a peanut butter and banana bagel. It’s simply a generous layer of peanut butter on a toasted bagel topped with sliced banana and a little honey. To make it even healthier, sprinkle on chia seeds or hemp seeds for an added morning boost!
Apple Breakfast Cookies with Peanut Butter Drizzle
These soft muffin-like cookies are made with apples, honey, walnuts, pumpkin spice, oats, and peanut butter! They’re easy to make and stay super moist when stored in an airtight container for a few days, making them another good make-ahead option. When you’re ready to eat, pop the cookie in the microwave and eat as is, or add some chopped apples and some melted peanut butter.
Strawberry Basil Breakfast Pie
Here’s an older breakfast recipe that’s both sweet and refreshing, perfect for summer. It’s oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries, Greek yogurt, coconut, and basil. This is a good one if you don’t like things that are too sweet. The tangy yogurt, tart fruit, and minty basil definitely add depth of flavor to this breakfast pie.
Sheet Pan Pancakes
Pancakes can be tedious to make when you’re feeding the whole house, so they’re not my first choice on busy weekday mornings. But, that changed when I found this sheet pan pancake recipe that lets you make all your pancakes at once in one pan! Same great sweet taste with half the work.
These pancakes are made with whole wheat pastry flour and can be topped with lots of sweet toppings like berries, bananas, pumpkin, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, PB&J, apple cinnamon, and/or maple syrup (of course). Square pancakes may take a little getting used to, but everyone in the family will buy-in once they taste this fluffy sheet pan alternative to a breakfast classic.
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
Speaking of breakfast classics, what’s a more traditional breakfast than apple cinnamon oatmeal? However, you don’t need to pick it up from the store. Try making it yourself with ground cinnamon, fresh apples, rolled oats, walnuts, and pure maple syrup. It’s a real food recipe that’ll deliver a sweet and creamy breakfast in minutes.
Banana Smash Toast
I love the texture of smashed bananas and creamy peanut butter on top of a piece of whole wheat toast! It’s simple and sweet, but also hearty and healthy! To make your morning “smash” toast even healthier, you could top it with granola (maybe that homemade granola from earlier!), coconut flakes, or seeds like hemp, flax, or chia!
Oatmeal Breakfast Pie
Not one, but two breakfast pies on this list. This one is a traditional oatmeal blend with rolled oats, pecans, sunflower seeds, dark chocolate chips, raisins, cinnamon, and vanilla. But feel free to customize it to your personal flavor preferences! This breakfast pie was inspired by Baked Oatmeal Snack Bars, so if you want an on-the-go option, check out that recipe, too.
Whole Wheat Blueberry Mini Muffins
For this last sweet healthy breakfast, I am sharing my blueberry mini muffin recipe. You can make them with fresh or frozen blueberries, so you can have them any time of year, and their small size makes them perfect for little hands.
You’ll find this recipe has pretty standard staple ingredients, but it also includes applesauce! Not only is it a healthier alternative to butter, oil, and sweeteners, but it also makes the muffins deliciously moist. Yum! Here are more of my healthier breakfast ideas for kids, if you need more for your weekly meal planning.
Try one of these real food breakfasts to satisfy all your sweet morning cravings!
Breakfasts can be shamelessly sweet as long as you’re getting plenty of nutrients beyond the reasonable sugar content. Try these recipes and let me know which you’re adding to your rotation!
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