30 Best Valentine's Day Breakfast Ideas for a Romantic Start to Your Day
You'll fall in love with these sweet and savory brunch recipes!
A thoughtful Valentine’s Day dinner can be a great excuse to pull out all the stops, from prepping indulgent entrées to choosing the perfect mood music. But for some of us, there’s nothing more romantic than pancakes and waffles (or doughnuts, or bacon and eggs). So, breakfast people: We see you, and we've rounded up some our favorite Valentine’s Day breakfast ideas to help you kick the holiday off right.
From simple but satisfying egg toasts to playful heart-shaped foods, we’ve covered all the breakfast bases. Maybe your partner has a sweet tooth — fry them up some French toast or a Dutch Baby for a delicious Valentine's Day treat. If they lean savory, we’ve got every egg dish they could possibly want, from Mexican-inspired migas to a cheesy breakfast pie. We also included some crowd-friendly options for families, as well as a few quick and easy breakfast ideas in case you don’t have time in the morning. Bonus: We included a Valentine's Day mimosa recipe (swap the champagne for sparkling water for any revelers under 21).
Want to make your morning even more meaningful? Serve these breakfast ideas in a kitchen full of Valentine's Day decorations. You can also keep the romance going all day with our best Valentine's Day recipes.
Lemon-Almond Poppy Seed Muffins
These lovely, light muffins make an excellent addition to a V-Day breakfast spread, though they’re also a perfect morning nosh on their own with coffee.
Tomato and Scallion Cream Cheese Bagel Bake
This savory, everything-spiced bread pudding-like bake is everything your Valentine ever wanted — they probably just don’t know it yet.
Classic Jelly Donuts
You’ll have to get up early to prep the dough for this recipe, but the payoff is a stack of plush, warm powdered sugar-topped donuts for your partner or family to wake up to.
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Breakfast Tacos
This spread is a little more involved than your typical breakfast, but practically the entire thing — tortillas, eggs, vegetables — comes together in the oven. Plus, this recipe is easy to scale up or down depending on your Valentine’s Day guest situation.
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Dutch Baby
Step 1: Make a giant, puffy skillet pancake. Step 2: Grab two forks. Valentine’s Day Breakfast status: complete.
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Heart-Shaped Pancakes
Heart-shaped pancakes for Valentine's Day are an oldie but a goodie. This recipe is for classic buttermilk pancakes: to make them heart-shaped, pour pancake batter into a heart-shaped cookie cutter and remove the cookie cutter before you flip. You can also draw a freehand heart by putting your batter in a pastry bag.
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Breakfast Shortcakes
Serve these sweet shortcakes with berries for a simple breakfast with a little extra class.
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Migas
For your spiciest Valentine, these scrambled eggs are loaded with fresh salsa and pepper Jack cheese.
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Potato Chip Omelet
Because nothing is more romantic than eating potato chips together first thing in the morning
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Blueberry Muffins
These light and airy muffins have a crackly top and pockets of sweet, juicy berries inside. Perfect to add to your V-Day breakfast spread.
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Raspberry Oat Scones
Does your Valentine usually have oatmeal for breakfast? Turn it into scones instead!
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Breakfast Bagel Bake
Your first love will always be bagels. Why not whip up this make-ahead meal on the holiday that's all about romance?
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Pecan Sticky Buns
Made with store-bought puff pastry, you don't need any fancy baking skills to make these sticky sweets!
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Raisin-Walnut Coffee Cake
Wow your Valentine with this towering walnut, brown sugar and cinnamon bake.
Love Toast
Up the ante on Valentine's Day morning with a heart-shaped egg toast. Breakfast in bed has never looked so flippin' cute.
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Basil Arugula Crispy Egg Toast
You don't have to go to a fancy brunch place on V-Day. DIY it instead with these easy basil, arugula, goat cheese and egg toasts.
PB Chocolate Sheet Pan Pancake
Feeding a family of Valentines this year? Instead of individual pancakes, make one giant, fuss-free pancake meant for sharing.
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French Toast
Treat your Valentine to our favorite fool-proof French Toast recipe this February 14th.
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Raspberry "Cheesecake" French Toast
This decadent French toast tastes like having dessert for breakfast — because it basically is.
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Raspberry Swirl Rolls
If there's a time for decadence, it's now. This raspberry swirl roll is the perfect way to show your love.
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Samantha (she/her) is an Assistant Editor in the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, where she writes about tasty recipes, must-try food products and top-tested secrets for home cooking success. She has taste-tasted hundreds of products and recipes since joining GH in 2020 (tough job!). A graduate of Fordham University, she considers the kitchen to be her happiest place.
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