Breakfast made easy – these Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket will be with the kids and the adults. Breakfast sausages are wrapped in crescent rolls and served with maple syrup in these delicious breakfast bites.

We love using crescent rolls as a shortcut! For some other favorite recipes using crescent rolls, try these Crescent Raspberry Brie Bites or these 4 Ingredient Coconut Bars.

Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket on a plate with maple syrup for serving.

My kids love breakfast. I love breakfast as well, but I’m always so tired in the morning. So I’m always on the lookout for easy breakfast ideas, especially breakfast ideas for kids.

My kids also love anything that is hands on. Give them anything they can dip or dunk, and they will be over the moon. So when I came across the idea to make pigs in a blanket for breakfast, I knew it would be something that we all would love!!

Ingredients

Sausage: You want to make sure you use a sausage that you like. I usually use pork breakfast sausages, but I have used chicken breakfast sausages and they work well, also.

Crescent Rolls: These are refrigerated crescent rolls. You could also make these work with a homemade crescent roll, but the ease of this recipe is one reason I love them so much!

Maple Syrup: I have made these with both real maple syrup and pancake syrup. They both work – it’s really just a preference thing!

Egg: You will need to make an egg wash to brush over the tops of the rolls. This helps them to brown up nicely, and also gives something for the poppy seeds to stick to.

Poppy Seeds: These not only add visually, but also add a little crunch. If you aren’t a fan of poppy seeds, you can leave them off.

Cooking breakfast sausage and brushing a crescent roll with maple syrup.

How to Make Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket

STEP 1: Cook your sausages according to the package directions. Set these aside once they are cooked.

STEP 2: Unroll the crescent dough and separate it into the 8 triangles. Take the maple syrup and brush it on the top side of each triangle.

Rolling a sausage in crescent dough and brushing with an egg wash.

STEP 3: Take one of your cooked sausages and place it at the top (wide) end of the roll. Roll the dough up, from wide end to the pointed end, and place on a baking sheet with the seam side down.

STEP 4: Whisk the egg in a small bowl with a splash of water. Brush the egg wash over the tops of the rolls.

Adding poppy seeds to breakfast pigs in a blanket and baking until golden.

STEP 5: Sprinkle the tops of the crescent rolls with the poppy seeds.

STEP 6: Bake until the rolls are golden brown. Serve the breakfast pigs in a blanket warm, with more maple syrup for dipping.

Three Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket on a plate with a small ramekin of syrup.

Tips and Tricks

You can cook the sausages in advance, cutting back on prep work. But the sausages can be done cooking in the time it takes to preheat the oven so I don’t find that it really saves on time.

I found that if I used real maple syrup, I needed closer to 2 tablespoons to brush on the crescent rolls, but with pancake syrup, I only needed about 1 tablespoon.

Any leftovers need to be stored in the refrigerator. You can reheat them in the microwave or in the oven.

Dipping Breakfast Pigs in a Blanket into syrup.

More Favorite Breakfast Recipes

Lemon Pancakes
Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole
Banana Oat Bread
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Monkey Bread (from scratch!)
Breakfast Tortilla Stack

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