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Special Christmas Day breakfast for kids

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nonkynink · 19/12/2024 23:14

Usually they have cereals and/or toast with a piece of fruit. I want to do them something quick and easy but a bit special for Christmas Day breakfast. Dh and I usually have smoked salmon bagels but they don't like this.

Don't care if it's sugary or crap, it's Christmas! One is 13 the other is a preschooler so ideally something to suit both. Don't fancy frying bacon and cooking much but other suggestions welcome!

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RosesAndHellebores · 19/12/2024 23:39

Ours are grown up now but when they were little, having opened their Stockings on our bed at sparrownfart, they usually downed some chocolate and might have had some milk and a biscuit before leaving for church at 9.15.

XWKD · 19/12/2024 23:39

I love croissants and Nutella.

RabbitsEatPancakes · 19/12/2024 23:37

We're doing frozen croissants with scrambled egg and smoked salmon. Pocked by my 2 and 5yo. Probably with some fruit and then chocolates from their stockings.

JingleB · 19/12/2024 23:36

Isn’t part of the fun having chocolate from your stocking instead of breakfast?

Saying that, I used to do Nigella’s Christmas morning muffins and they’d only take 5 minutes to mix up. I would do it while making the teas and coffees to have while the presents were unwrapped.

But the kids were too pogged on chocolate to care much either way.

BeensOnToost · 19/12/2024 23:35

Pop Tarts? Or any other junk food masquerading as breakfast that they wouldn't normally be allowed.

woodenbatandball · 19/12/2024 23:34

89redballoons · 19/12/2024 23:18

OK so it's still cereal, but in our house Father Christmas puts the mini packets of coco pops etc from variety packs in the kids' stockings. It goes down a treat.

When I was a kid we always had the mini cereals for breakfast. At Christmas's, Easter and birthdays!

DragonFly98 · 19/12/2024 23:34

Isn’t kids Xmas breakfast just chocolate from their stockings?

MayaPinion · 19/12/2024 23:34

Terrys chocolate orange.

AngeloMysterioso · 19/12/2024 23:32

In our house it’s toaster waffles with squirty cream and mixed berries. Would work with Nutella too but not worth it for the sugar rush!

Cableknitdreams · 19/12/2024 23:31

I've just bought a bag of those frozen mini croissants, a mix of pain au chocolat, pain au raisin and plain, which you put in the oven and bake for ten minutes.

EdnaTheWitch · 19/12/2024 23:29

Let them crack open their selection box!

UnNiddeRides · 19/12/2024 23:29

When I was young my mum made kedgeree the day before for breakfast on Christmas Day. I think with the aim of keeping us full until whatever time lunch happened.

hulahooper2 · 19/12/2024 23:29

french toast or chocolate

MintTwirl · 19/12/2024 23:28

Jus Rol pain au chocolat are super easy and taste nice.

I tend to put something in their stockings for breakfast, things like pop tarts, those individual pots of lucky charms, the porridge pots that come in flavours like chocolate orange etc.

SquigglePigs · 19/12/2024 23:27

It'll be a pain au chocolat here for DD (she's 6).

crumpet · 19/12/2024 23:25

Nigella’s Christmas morning muffins! Can do quite a bit of prep the night before and just bung them in the oven in the morning.

www.nigella.com/recipes/christmas-morning-muffins

TofuTart · 19/12/2024 23:22

I like smoked salmon on toast for Christmas morning, the kids break into their selection boxes /chocolate oranges/coins 😂

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nonkynink · 19/12/2024 23:22

Love the idea of fresh pastries with Nutella. Ds loves a packet pain au choc but a fancy one that goes in the oven would be even better. Little one could try a croissant!

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Christmaseason · 19/12/2024 23:20

I like a novelty shaped crumpet. You can often get Christmas trees at some supermarkets

My very big DC (in their 20’s) loved the reindeer crumpets from Morrisons I bought last week.

OrwellianTimes · 19/12/2024 23:20

Pan au chocolat

Timetoread · 19/12/2024 23:20

Bagel with nutella or jam

MrsBungle · 19/12/2024 23:19

My two have bake at home croissants with jam, Nutella, strawberries and raspberries and also those reindeer shaped crumpets!

Radishknot · 19/12/2024 23:19

We buy frozen pastries and put them in the oven.
We do a special breakfast for them on Xmas eve, things like decorated porridge, tree shaped crumpets.

Christmaseason · 19/12/2024 23:19

bake at home pain au chocolate, chocolate croissants.

Scotch pancakes.

TestingTestingWonTooFree · 19/12/2024 23:18

I like a novelty shaped crumpet. You can often get Christmas trees at some supermarkets.