As far as I'm concerned, Christmas brunch is the best brunch of the year! After an appetizer of stocking stuffer chocolate, it's time to sit down to a delicious, leisurely, and indulgent meal. I have put together my favorite recipes so they are conveniently all in one place. If you're looking for Christmas Brunch ideas, I've got you covered with everything from main dishes, eggs, baked goods to drinks, breakfast dessert (because you gotta have breakfast dessert at Christmas), and regular desserts! The whole family is sure to love these holiday brunch ideas!
Although I have some healthy recipes, lighter and WW friendly Christmas brunch recipes, in my opinion, the holiday season is the time to indulge a little, and Christmas brunch is the perfect time to do that. Because remember the old Weight Watchers saying: "It's not what you eat between Christmas and New Year's that matters as much as what you eat between New Year's and Christmas!"
Main Dishes
Casseroles
Casseroles are a great Christmas brunch idea because they can be prepped, or even cooked, the night before (Christmas eve). Then on the big day, you simply pop these make-ahead Christmas casseroles in the oven to cook or warm them up!
📋 Christmas Morning Casserole Recipe (Wife Saver)
This Christmas Morning Casserole (Wife Saver) is a savory overnight breakfast casserole with layers of bread, ham, cheese, eggs and corn flakes. It's a hearty casserole that's easy to throw together the night before and pop in the oven for a delicious Christmas morning breakfast or brunch.
Check out this Christmas Morning Casserole
📋 Pierogi Breakfast Casserole (with frozen pierogies) Recipe
This Pierogi Breakfast Casserole is the ultimate lazy perogy casserole made with frozen perogies. Make-ahead and chock-full of yummy perogies and breakfast things like cheese, eggs, dill, sauerkraut, bacon bits and onions, it's the perfect breakfast potluck dish because everyone loves perogies!
Check out this Pierogi Breakfast Casserole
📋 Baileys French Toast Casserole Recipe
This Baileys Irish Cream French Toast Casserole is an overnight casserole that's the perfect holiday morning brunch dish. Prep it the night before and pop it in the oven the next morning. This Bailey's French Toast can also be made non-alcoholic (substitute included).
Check out this Baileys French Toast Casserole
French Toast, Waffles, and Pancakes
If you're looking for Christmas breakfast ideas, festive French toast, waffles, and pancakes are a great choice!
📋 Gingerbread Pancakes (with pudding) Recipe
These Gingerbread Pancakes, (with pudding) are made with butterscotch pudding, have a mild gingerbread flavor (containing no molasses or cloves) and are so delicious! The easy cranberry compote pairs perfectly with the slightly sweet pancakes and makes a festive and beautiful holiday breakfast or brunch!
Check out this Gingerbread Pancakes with Cranberry Compote recipe
📋 Butter Tart Waffle Recipe (Canadian Waffles)
If you love butter tarts and are looking for unique waffle recipes or waffle topping ideas, you're going to love these Belgian Butter Tart Waffles! Light, buttery and fluffy raisin waffles are smothered in a rich and delicious butter tart sauce, making them the ultimate Canadian holiday breakfast or brunch!
Check out this Buttertart Waffles recipe
📋 Pumpkin Sheet Pan Pancakes Recipe
These Pumpkin Spice Sheet Pan Pancakes are like a healthy pumpkin pie in pancake form! They are quick and easy to make and perfect for a fall breakfast or brunch! They are a healthy pumpkin pancake that's also Weight Watchers friendly.
Check out this Pumpkin Pancakes recipe
📋 Chocolate Belgian Waffles Recipe
These scrumptious Belgian Chocolate Waffles are a delicious and simple brunch or breakfast idea! The magic is in the addition of the whipped egg whites, which make them extra light and airy. They can be made ahead, frozen and popped into the toaster for a quick breakfast! These chocolate waffles are also Weight Watchers friendly Belgian Waffles!
Check out this Chocolate Waffles recipe
📋 French Toast Sandwich (with raspberry cream) recipe
This decadent French Toast Sandwich is filled with a delicious creamy raspberry mascarpone filling and baked to perfection in the oven. It can be made ahead, makes for a delicious breakfast and it's the ideal fancy French toast recipe for special occasions or brunch!
Check out this French Toast Sandwich recipe
📋 Carrot Cake Overnight French Toast Casserole Recipe
This easy Carrot Cake Overnight French Toast Casserole is made with healthy eggs, pineapple, walnuts and pureed carrots (in the form of baby food so it's quick and easy to make) but still tastes like you're eating carrot cake for breakfast! It's the perfect Easter breakfast casserole recipe.
Check out this Carrot Cake French Toast Casserole recipe
📋 Sheet Pan Chocolate Chip Pancakes
These Sheet Pan Chocolate Chip Pancakes are the easy way to make pancakes and they bake up light and fluffy! There is no flipping required - just pour and bake! They are absolutely divine when served with fresh strawberries, maple syrup and whipped cream! You can make 12 pancakes at once so they're perfect for feeding a crowd
Check out this Chocolate Chip Pancake recipe
Finger Foods
Finger foods are great to have on your Christmas brunch menu, but they are even better for bringing along to a gathering. Kids can simply grab and go!
📋 Maple Sausage Brunch Bites Recipe
If you are looking for breakfast or brunch potluck ideas, this Potatoes Romanoff inspired award-winning Maple Sausage Brunch Bites breakfast dish, made with hashbrowns, sour cream, cheese, onions and maple sausage, is the perfect solution! It's make-ahead, portable, finger food that's easy to reheat!
Check out this Maple Sausage Brunch Bite recipe
📋 Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket Recipe
This Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket are Piggies in a blanket and French Toast Roll ups hybrid, dipped in a maple syrup whipped cream. It is fun, fast and easy! Made with Pillsbury wiener wraps, it's a breakfast finger food you can make ahead and leave out for the kids to munch on. Perfect for your next family or work breakfast or brunch potluck!
Check out this Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket recipe
📋Strawberry Gingerbread Pancake Cupcakes Recipe
Healthy Cupcakes for breakfast! This breakfast gingerbread "pupcake" is a kid-friendly pancake cupcake hybrid recipe with strawberry Greek yogurt topping that is both healthy and fun!
Check out this Gingerbread Cupcake Pancake recipe
Eggs
📋 Healthy Eggs Benedict Recipe
These Healthy Eggs Benedict are not only delicious, they are quick and easy to make in a muffin tin, light, low carb and Weight Watchers friendly.
Check out this Healthy Eggs Benedict recipe
📋Ukrainian Style Eggs Recipe
These Ukrainian Style Eggs are the perfect egg dinner recipe! They have all the virtues of loaded perogies but they are easier, faster, healthier and completely versatile. They can be scrambled, fried (to your liking) or baked and loaded with your choice of toppings! They are also Weight Watchers friendly.
Check out this Ukrainian Style Eggs recipe
📋 Mexican Sheet Pan Eggs Recipe
These Sheet Pan Eggs are like eating healthy nachos for breakfast! Baked sheet pan eggs (sunny side up eggs in the oven) are paired with Mexican nacho flavors like salsa, black olive, green onion, jalapeno and low-fat cheese for a quick and easy to make weekday morning breakfast. This breakfast can also be made ahead, as it keeps for a few days in the fridge. For those that like it less spicy, just skip the jalapenos. This recipe is also vegetarian, Weight Watchers friendly, gluten-free and perfect for feeding a crowd!
Check out this Mexican Sheet Pan Eggs recipe
📋 Sheet Pan Vegetarian Huevos Rancheros Recipe
These Easy Sheet Pan Vegetarian Huevos Rancheros are made with instant rice, canned refried beans and a quick blender tomato sauce for an easy, spicy delicious vegetarian breakfast in 30 minutes! They are also WW friendly.
Check out this Sheet Pan Huevos Rancheros recipe
📋 Ham & Rice Muffin Tin Eggs Benedict (with Cranberry Hollandaise)
These Gluten-free Ham & Rice Muffin Tin Eggs Benedict are baked in a muffin tin with a whole grain rice base comprised of ham, green onion and cheese with an egg on top, then smothered a quick and easy savoury and mildly spicy blender Cranberry Hollandaise sauce. They are also WW friendly and perfect for your next holiday breakfast or brunch.
Check out this Ham & Rice Eggs Benedict recipe
Sides
📋Old Fashioned Fruit Salad Recipe (with honey lime dressing)
This Old Fashioned Fruit Salad is easy to make and the crushed pineapple makes it unique, while the honey lime dressing elevates it to a whole other level of deliciousness! This classic fruit salad is made with fresh fruit like strawberries, pears, grapes, kiwi, oranges, cantaloupe, with fresh or canned peached and makes a great side brunch or breakfast fruit salad!
Check out this Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad recipe
📋 Ukrainian Breakfast Hash Recipe
Easy Ukrainian-style breakfast hash using leftover (or microwaved) potatoes with sauerkraut, kubassa/kielbasa, dill and dry cottage cheese. Eggs are optional. Perfect for your next brunch or breakfast potluck!
Check out this Ukrainian Breakfast Hash recipe
📋 Air Fryer Turkey Sausage Recipe
Air Fryer Turkey Sausages are a quicker, easier and healthier way to cook turkey sausage. They are also Weight Watchers friendly. You can also cook a lot at once with little clean up.
Check out this Air Fryer Turkey Sausages recipe
Breads and Baked Goods
📋 Cranberry Cornbread Muffins (with leftover cranberry sauce) Recipe
These sweet and savory Cranberry Cornbread Muffins are the perfect holiday morning muffins using up your leftover cranberry sauce! They come together quickly, but can also be made ahead and frozen for an easy and festive breakfast or brunch. They make a great on-the-go breakfast and lunchbox snack as well.
Check out this Cranberry Cornbread Muffin recipe
📋 Raspberry Lemon Scones Recipe
These tender and flaky raspberry lemon scones are made without buttermilk. With a hint of licorice and the perfect balance of sweet and tart, they make a great breakfast or brunch dish and are wonderful for taking along to a potluck!
Check out this Raspberry Lemon Scones recipe
📋 Carrot Cake Doughnut Muffin Recipe
A gourmet glazed doughnut muffin with jam Mascarpone filling, orange mocha glaze and candied carrots. Fancier than your typical muffin or doughnut, but easy to make and tastes like carrot cake. This donut muffin recipe is perfect for Easter, Mother's day or your next brunch or breakfast potluck!
Check out this Carrot Cake Doughnut Muffin recipe
📋Blueberry Gingerbread Loaf Recipe
This award-winning Blueberry Gingerbread Loaf (with Fresh Lime Glaze)won the California Berries Winter Baking contest. Made with a blueberry muffin mix, no molasses and a fresh lime glaze, this loaf is like a warm gingerbread hug on a cold winter day!
Check out this Blueberry Gingerbread Loaf recipe
📋 Bread Machine Gruyère Apple Pie Cinnamon Bun Recipe
These award-winning Gruyère Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls are made in your bread machine, then baked to perfection in your oven and smothered in vanilla mocha glaze. Apple pie and cinnamon bun are just meant for each other! These can be made ahead and frozen and are an excellent brunch potluck idea or bake sale item. *See NO bread maker/bread machine option as well.
Check out this Bread Machine Apple Pie Cinnamon Bun recipe
📋 Brown Sugar Cinnamon Swirl Bread Recipe (with Lemon Glaze)
This Brown Sugar Cinnamon Swirl Bread tastes like cinnamon buns but without all the work! It's a quick bread so it has no yeast and uses shortening instead of butter. With a simple lemon glaze that adds a welcome zip, it strikes the perfect balance of sweet and tart.
Check out this Brown Sugar Cinnamon Swirl Bread recipe
📋 Cinnamon Overnight Sticky Buns Recipe
These Cinnamon Overnight Sticky Buns, adapted from the The Land of Nod Cinnamon Buns, use frozen dinner rolls and are prepped the night before. These sweet rolls are baked in the morning so they are a quick and easy breakfast the next day. They are perfect for bringing along to a holiday breakfast/brunch or breakfast potluck!
Check out this Overnight Cinnamon Sticky Buns recipe
📋Healthy Morning Glory Muffins recipe
These Healthy Morning Glory Muffins are chock-full of wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour, unsweetened apple sauce, carrots, coconut, orange, walnuts, and sunflower seeds! They are the perfect on-the- go breakfast, snack and ideal for packing along in the lunch box!
Check out this Healthy Morning Glory Muffin recipe
Dessert
Breakfast Dessert
📋 Christmas Biscotti (with cranberry and pistachio) Recipe
This festive looking Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti cookie is the ultimate Christmas Biscotti, makes a great edible gift and is perfect for sharing at a holiday cookie exchange. They are also Weight Watchers friendly!
Check out this Christmas Biscotti recipe
📋 Raspberry Mocha Cinnamon Roll Lasagna Recipe
This Raspberry Mocha Cinnamon Roll Lasagna is a quick and easy breakfast/brunch potluck recipe or dessert lasagna made with store-bought refrigerator cinnamon rolls and icing (so there is no waste), whipped cream and frozen raspberries. This breakfast lasagna is a unique and tasty Pillsbury cinnamon rolls recipe!
Check out this Raspberry Cinnamon Roll Lasagna recipe
📋 Watermelon Granola Trifle Recipe
This show-stopping Watermelon Granola Trifle boasts layers of watermelon, chopped strawberries and mango, toasted coconut, vanilla yogurt and almond granola, topped with candied citrus and more toasted coconut ! It's the ideal healthy alternative to your typical dessert trifle, made with cake and pudding and the perfect breakfast or dessert or breakfast dessert for any season and every type of gathering.
Check out this Watermelon Granola Trifle recipe
📋 Chocolate Marble Biscotti Recipe
This Chocolate Marble Biscotti has both chocolate and vanilla flavors mixed together (marbled) in one delicious cookie. It makes the perfect 'breakfast dessert' and is great for taking along to a breakfast potluck! They are also Weight Watchers friendly.
Check out this Chocolate Marble Biscotti recipe
More Dessert
Brunch is a time for Christmas cookies, pudding, and festive coffee cakes!
📋 Gingerbread Christmas Fruit Wreath
This healthy holiday gingerbread fruit and nut edible Christmas fruit wreath is a tasty gingerbread cookie layered with chocolate cream cheese, lots of fresh fruit and nuts and makes a wonderful edible holiday gift! It's also Weight Watchers friendly!
Check out this Gingerbread Christmas Fruit Wreath recipe
📋Cranberry Toffee Christmas Bread Pudding Recipe
This Christmas Bread Pudding is a decadent and easy to make holiday dessert. Made with condensed milk, dried cranberries, toffee bits and topped with a simple store-bought caramel sundae sauce, orange zest and a little whipped cream, it's the perfect Christmas dessert !
Check out this Christmas Bread Pudding recipe
📋 Cranberry Coffee Cake (with leftover cranberry sauce) Recipe
This Cranberry Coffee Cake is made with leftover cranberry sauce, pecans, sour cream, a delicious vanilla coffee glaze and sparkly candied cranberries for the perfect show-stopping holiday dessert!
Check out this Leftover Cranberry Coffee Cake recipe
Drinks
These festive drinks are all family-friendly, but feel free to spike the punch for the grown-ups!
📋 Cranberry Christmas Punch Recipe
This Cranberry Christmas Punch is easy to make and perfect for your holiday brunch, dinner or party! It's even more fun with this festive cranberry orange ice ring! Made with only a few ingredients, it's a non- alcoholic punch that can easily be spiked with vodka, if you so desire.
Check out this Cranberry Christmas Punch
📋 Raspberry Mimosa Mocktail Recipe
This easy Raspberry Mimosa Mocktail is a delicious drink for any celebratory breakfast or brunch and perfect for Mother's Day! It's also great non-alcoholic drink for kids!
Check out this Raspberry Mimisa Mocktail
Shirley Temple Mocktail
This Shirley Temple Mocktail is non -alcoholic and quick and easy to make, with stuff you have on hand (gingerale, sparkling water, juice and grenadine) It's the perfect kids' 'special drink' for New Years or celebrations of any kind!
Check out this Shirley Temple Mocktail
📋 Raspberry Gingerbread Smoothie Recipe
This Gingerbread Smoothie recipe is a festive and delicious yogurt smoothie made with frozen raspberries, bananas and gingerbread flavours. It's the perfect quick and easy Christmas smoothie or busy weekday morning breakfast!
Check out this Raspberry Gingerbread Smoothie recipe
📋 Green Grasshopper Mocktail Recipe
This easy, creamy Green Grasshopper Mocktail is non-alcoholic version of the famous Grasshopper drink (cocktail). Made with white chocolate and mint flavors, it's a fun drink for kids and the perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
Check out this Grasshopper Mocktail recipe
📋Sparkling Strawberry Party Punch Recipe
This simple and refreshing non- alcoholic punch, with Gingerale and frozen strawberries is easy, quick, only 4 ingredients. It's kid friendly and perfect for family BBQ's, baby showers and birthday parties and loved by children and adults alike! It's also WW friendly !
Check out this Strawberry Party Punch recipe
📋 Cranberry Cosmopolitan Mocktail Recipe
This non alcoholic Cranberry Cosmopolitan Mocktail with cranberry juice, is really fun, festive and the perfect holiday drink for adults or kids!
Check out this Cranberry Cosmo Mocktail recipe
👪 Serving Size
All of these recipes have adjustable servings. You can half, double or triple the recipe by clicking on the blue serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust.
🦺Food Saftey
- Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking points to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
If you're looking for Christmas brunch recipes for your holiday menu, you'll love this collection because there's something for everyone.
Merry Christmas!
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