Freeze-Dried Breakfast for Backpacking

High-energy freeze-dried breakfasts to fuel a long day on the trail.

About backpacking breakfast

Freeze-dried backpacking breakfasts cover everything from oatmeal and granola with milk to scrambled egg skillets, breakfast burritos, and biscuits and gravy. Most pouches are designed for a quick boil-water-and-wait prep, so you can be packed up and walking inside ten minutes.

What to expect

Oatmeal, granola, and porridge bowls
Egg skillets, scrambles, and breakfast burritos
Quick add-water prep — usually under 10 minutes

All freeze-dried breakfast (112)

Backpacker's Pantry — Blueberry Peach Crisp — 4.6 oz, 540 cal, $8.99
Mountain House — Granola with Milk and Blueberries (Standard) — 3.17 oz, 320 cal, $7.69
Mountain House — Biscuits & Gravy (Classic) — 6.8 oz, 900 cal, $14.99
Farm to Summit — Buckwheat Granola with Oat Milk — 6 oz, 600 cal, $8.95
Packit Gourmet — Good Day Sunshine Bowl — 4.4 oz, 530 cal, $14.99
Packit Gourmet — Polenta with Pork Sausage — 3.5 oz, 450 cal, $11.49
Mountain House — Biscuits and Gravy (Adventure Meals) — 4.4 oz, 540 cal, $11.49
Farm to Summit — Golden Oats — 3.8 oz, 440 cal, $8.95
Mountain House — Granola with Milk and Blueberries (Adventure Meals) — 4 oz, 500 cal, $7.99
Farm to Summit — Green Chile Cheddar Grits — 3 oz, 340 cal, $8.95
Mountain House — Breakfast Skillet (Classic) — 5.9 oz, 900 cal, $14.99
Stowaway Gourmet — Spiced Creamy Oatmeal with Pear — 3.1 oz, 588 cal, $13.95
Gastro Gnome — Maple Roasted Pecan & Banana Bowl — 4.4 oz, 585 cal, $15.25
ReadyWise — Strawberry Granola Crunch — 4.16 oz, 500 cal, $6.99
Peak Refuel — Strawberry Granola — 4.59 oz, 530 cal, $7.99
Mountain House — Scrambled Eggs with Uncured Bacon (Pro-Pak) — 2.6 oz, 410 cal, $12.99
Mountain House — Breakfast Skillet (Standard) — 3.7 oz, 520 cal, $11.99
FOUNDATION Outdoors — Berry Dark Chocolate Granola — 5.6 oz, 640 cal, $11.95
Mountain House — Scrambled Eggs with Uncured Bacon (Adventure Meals) — 2.2 oz, 350 cal, $10.49
Good To-Go — Breakfast Hash — 3.35 oz, 360 cal, $10.75
Nomad Nutrition — California Breakfast Bowl — 3.95 oz, 550 cal, $18.95
FOUNDATION Outdoors — Biscuits & Gravy Meal — 4.6 oz, 1150 cal, $13.95
Outdoor Herbivore — Bear Patch Cobbler — 4 oz, 590 cal, $12.99
Mountain House — Breakfast Skillet (Adventure Meals) — 3.7 oz, 520 cal, $12.49
Outdoor Herbivore — Apple Quinoa Oatmeal — 4 oz, 520 cal, $10.99
Mountain House — Breakfast Skillet (Just in Case) — 27 oz, 260 cal, $56.99
Outdoor Herbivore — Chia Oat Crunch — 3.2 oz, 420 cal, $10.99
Nomad Nutrition — Southwest Breakfast Skillet — 3.95 oz, 480 cal, $18.95
Outdoor Herbivore — Blueberry Vanilla Crunch — 5 oz, 640 cal, $10.99
Outdoor Herbivore — Cereal-ously Nutty Nana — 4.4 oz, 540 cal, $10.99
Outdoor Herbivore — Coconut Chia Peel — 4 oz, 520 cal, $10.99
Trailtopia — Strawberry Oatmeal — 2.6 oz, 207 cal, $3.99
Outdoor Herbivore — Denver Veggie Scramble — 2.2 oz, 300 cal, $12.99
Backpacker's Pantry — Peanut Butter & Banana Oatmeal — 4.3 oz, 530 cal, $6.99
FOUNDATION Outdoors — Rise & Shine Breakfast Meal — 4.6 oz, 1040 cal, $13.95
Mountain House — Granola with Milk and Blueberries (Just in Case) — 52 oz, 250 cal, $75.99
Packit Gourmet — West Memphis Grits Souffle — 3.5 oz, 440 cal, $11.49
Outdoor Herbivore — Sunrise Tofu Scramble — 2.2 oz, 260 cal, $13.99
Outdoor Herbivore — Toasted Sunburst Muesli — 5 oz, 600 cal, $10.99
Packit Gourmet — Diner Deluxe Eggs with Sausage — 2.9 oz, 460 cal, $14.99
Mountain House — Scrambled Eggs with Uncured Bacon (Just in Case) — 32 oz, 350 cal, $85.49
Packit Gourmet — Santa Fe Corn Pudding — 4 oz, 480 cal, $11.99
Packit Gourmet — Tex-Mex Breakfast Tacos — 2.1 oz, 380 cal, $14.99
Mountain House — Veggie Chorizo Breakfast Scramble (Standard) — 3.2 oz, 420 cal, $11.99
Mountain House — Chorizo Breakfast Scramble (Just in Case) — 35 oz, 290 cal, $80.99
Peak Refuel — Biscuits & Sausage Gravy — 6.77 oz, 1100 cal, $14.99
Mountain House — Breakfast Skillet (Pro-Pak) — 3.3 oz, 460 cal, $12.99
Good To-Go — Oatmeal — 4.3 oz, 490 cal, $6.95
Peak Refuel — Creamy Peaches and Oats — 7.05 oz, 1010 cal, $12.99
Peak Refuel — Mountain Berry Granola — 5.07 oz, 570 cal, $8.99
Trailtopia — Banana Oatmeal — 2.7 oz, 233 cal, $3.99
Backpacker's Pantry — Cinnamon Apple Oats — 3.2 oz, 320 cal, $6.99
ReadyWise — Apple Cinnamon Cereal — 7.34 oz, 780 cal, $6.99
FOUNDATION Outdoors — Southwest Style Breakfast Meal — 4.6 oz, 930 cal, $13.95
Mountain House — Veggie Chorizo Breakfast Scramble (Adventure Meals) — 4 oz, 580 cal, $12.49
Wild Zora — Palisade Pineapple Mango (Meals To Go) — 3.2 oz, 490 cal, $11.99
Pinnacle Foods — Breakfast Sausage and Egg Scramble with Peppers, Onions, and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes — 4.5 oz, 800 cal, $17.99
Stowaway Gourmet — Cereal Killer — 4.59 oz, 571 cal, $17.95
Heather's Choice — Swiss Muesli with Milk — 4 oz, 490 cal, $8.95
Stowaway Gourmet — Miso Salmon Okayu — 3.53 oz, 436 cal, $17.95
Stowaway Gourmet — Sausage And Eggs — 3.88 oz, 581 cal, $17.95
Trail Goods Co. — LOCO MOCO BRUNCH SKILLET — 5.3 oz, 780 cal, $16.99
AlpineAire — Vaquero Scramble — 2.89 oz, 390 cal
AlpineAire — Country Jalapeno Cheddar Grits — 4.26 oz, 500 cal
Mountain House — Granola with Milk & Blueberries - Military (Military) — 3 oz, $3.49
Mountain House — Turkey Sausage Breakfast Skillet (Just in Case) — 34 oz, 370 cal, $69.99
Luxefly BaseCamp — Huevos Rancheros — 6 oz, 660 cal, $20
Mountain House — Scrambled Eggs with Bacon (Standard) — 2.5 oz, 350 cal, $10.99
Trailtopia — Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal — 2.6 oz, 214 cal, $3.99
Trailtopia — Brown Sugar Raisin Oatmeal — 2.7 oz, 303 cal, $3.99
Nomad Nutrition — Southwest Breakfast Skillet (Half Serving) — 1.98 oz, 240 cal, $9.95
Backpacker's Pantry — Summit Breakfast Scramble — 2.1 oz, 270 cal, $10.99
Mountain House — Creamed Beef Gravy - Military (Military) — 58 oz, 130 cal, $80.27
Trailtopia — Peach Oatmeal — 2.6 oz, 215 cal, $3.99
Mountain House — Turkey Sausage Gravy - Military (Military) — 52 oz, 90 cal, $85.5
Gastro Gnome — Maple Sausage Biscuits & Gravy — 4.4 oz, 690 cal, $16.25
Backpacker's Pantry — Mango Sticky Rice — 4.8 oz, 570 cal, $7.99
Beyond Outdoor Meals — Breakfast Skillet — 4.44 oz, 710 cal, $14.95
Luxefly BaseCamp — Brioche French Toast with organic strawberries and organic rhubarb — 6 oz, 1360 cal, $20
Heather's Choice — Morning Glory Oatmeal — 4 oz, 480 cal, $8.95
Good Detour — Paneer Scramble — 2.8 oz, 457 cal, $13.49
Gastro Gnome — Caramel Apple French Toast with Cinnamon Whipped Cream — 4.8 oz, 700 cal, $15.75
Good Detour — Yogurt Rice — 2.2 oz, 566 cal, $13.49
Mountain House — Breakfast Fried Rice (Adventure Meals) — 4.7 oz, 640 cal, $12.49
Mountain House — Biscuits & Gravy (Standard) — 3.6 oz, 540 cal, $10.99
Gastro Gnome — Bison Chorizo Hash — 3.9 oz, 575 cal, $17.99
Good To-Go — Granola — 4.8 oz, 580 cal, $6.95
Good To-Go — Ranchero Scramble — 2.82 oz, 330 cal, $11.95
Backpacker's Pantry — Granola with Blueberries, Almonds & Milk — 4.7 oz, 620 cal, $6.99
ReadyWise — Homestyle Biscuits & Gravy — 4.8 oz, 750 cal, $13.99
Luxefly BaseCamp — Gluten Free Biscuits & Sausage Gravy — 6 oz, 1040 cal, $18
Mountain House — Biscuits & Gravy (Just in Case) — 38 oz, 270 cal, $65.49
Pinnacle Foods — Strawberry Crunch Cereal — 4.9 oz, 670 cal, $12.99
Pinnacle Foods — Jalapeno Cheddar Biscuits and Herbed Sausage Gravy — 4.7 oz, 800 cal, $16.49
Beyond Outdoor Meals — Biscuits and Gravy — 4.66 oz, 710 cal, $12.95
Itacate Foods — Charge-up Chilaquiles — 3.5 oz, 490 cal, $13.95
AlpineAire — Strawberry Granola with Milk — 6.49 oz, 820 cal
Luxefly BaseCamp — Wild Mushroom Biscuits and Gravy — 6 oz, 800 cal, $22
Outdoor Herbivore — High Elevation Rice Cereal — 4 oz, 460 cal, $10.99
Nomad Nutrition — California Breakfast Bowl (Half Serving) — 1.98 oz, 270 cal, $9.95
Backpacker's Pantry — Granola with Bananas & Milk — 4.7 oz, 620 cal, $6.99
Peak Refuel — Breakfast Skillet — 3.88 oz, 540 cal, $14.99
ReadyWise — Breakfast Skillet — 3.53 oz, 700 cal, $13.99
Trailtopia — Blueberry Oatmeal — 2.7 oz, 227 cal, $3.99
Trailtopia — Egg Scramble — 4 oz, 620 cal, $12.99
Trailtopia — Mango Oatmeal — 2.6 oz, 215 cal, $3.99
Trailtopia — Raspberry Chocolate Oatmeal — 2.3 oz, 253 cal, $3.99
Wild Zora — Cliffside Coconut Berry (Meals To Go) — 3.2 oz, 490 cal, $11.99
Luxefly BaseCamp — Sausage Milk Gravy with Biscuits — 6 oz, 720 cal, $18
Backpacker's Pantry — Rocky Mountain Scramble — 2.3 oz, 320 cal, $10.99
Good Detour — Idli Sambar — 1.8 oz, 130 cal, $12.49
Luxefly BaseCamp — Denver Scramble Breakfast Skillet — 6 oz, 700 cal, $20

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