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Spice Up Your Breakfast: 5 Delicious Hot Honey Toast Recipes

By Teddy Danielson ·

Edited by Hot Honey Fever

Avocado and eggs on toast with leafy greens on a ceramic plate.
Avocado and egg toast, shown as an illustration. This photograph does not show Teddy Danielson’s recipe or document his cooking or testing; hot honey is not identified. Photo: Polina Tankilevitch / Pexels.

Avocado, ricotta and peanut butter all make good toast toppings. Add a little hot honey and you get sweet heat alongside the creamy spread.

These five recipes pair hot honey with eggs, cheese, fruit or nuts. Choose a bottle whose heat level you enjoy.

Why Hot Honey Breakfast?

Hot honey adds sweetness and chili heat to breakfast.

Sweet and Spicy Eggy Avocado Toast

AI-generated illustration: toast topped with mashed avocado and slices of firm cooked egg.
AI-generated editorial illustration of avocado and cooked egg toast. It does not show Teddy Danielson’s recipe or a tested result; hot honey is not depicted. Illustration generated with OpenAI image generation.

Avocado and egg make a creamy base for a hot honey drizzle.

Ingredients

  • 2 slices of your favorite bread

  • 1 ripe avocado

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • 2 poached eggs, cooked until the whites and yolks are firm*

  • 2 tablespoons of hot honey

  • Red pepper flakes (optional)

Instructions

  1. Toast the bread to your desired level of crispiness.

  2. While the bread is toasting, mash the avocado in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.

  3. Spread the mashed avocado generously on the toasted bread slices.

  4. Top each slice with a poached egg cooked until both the white and yolk are firm.

  5. Drizzle hot honey over the whole kit and caboodle.

  6. Sprinkle red pepper flakes for an extra spicy kick.

The avocado and egg balance the sweetness and heat of the honey. For safe preparation, the FDA recommends cooking eggs until both whites and yolks are firm.

*If you'd like to leave the egg off, you totally can. You could also add crumbled goat cheese or gorgonzola if you'd like.

Lemon Burrata Toast with Hot Honey

AI-generated illustration: focaccia topped with soft white cheese, lemon zest and thyme.
AI-generated editorial illustration of focaccia with burrata-style cheese and lemon. It does not show Teddy Danielson’s recipe or a tested result; hot honey is not depicted. Illustration generated with OpenAI image generation.

Rosemary focaccia, burrata and a garlic-lemon dressing make this a tangy, creamy toast.

Ingredients

  • 2 slices of rosemary focaccia

  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil

  • 1 clove of garlic, minced

  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon

  • 1 ball of burrata cheese

  • 2 tablespoons of hot honey

  • Fresh thyme leaves for garnish, to taste

  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Place the rosemary focaccia slices on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Toast in the oven for 5-7 minutes or until golden and crispy.

  3. In a small bowl, mix the garlic, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

  4. Once the focaccia is toasted, remove it from the oven and let it cool slightly.

  5. Place the burrata cheese on top of the toasted focaccia slices.

  6. Drizzle the garlic-lemon mixture over the burrata.

  7. Finish with a generous drizzle of hot honey and sprinkle fresh thyme leaves on top.

Add fresh thyme just before serving.

Hot Peanut Butter Crunch

AI-generated illustration: whole-grain toast topped with peanut butter, banana slices and chopped peanuts.
AI-generated editorial illustration of peanut butter and banana toast. It does not show Teddy Danielson’s recipe or a tested result; hot honey is not depicted. Illustration generated with OpenAI image generation.

Peanut butter and banana bring sweetness and a soft texture; chopped nuts add crunch.

Ingredients

  • 2 slices of whole-grain bread

  • 4 tablespoons of peanut butter

  • 2 tablespoons of hot honey

  • 1 banana, sliced

  • Chopped nuts (such as almonds or peanuts), to taste

Instructions

  1. Toast the whole-grain bread until crispy.

  2. Spread peanut butter evenly on each slice.

  3. Arrange banana slices on top of the peanut butter.

  4. Drizzle hot honey over the bananas.

  5. Sprinkle chopped nuts for added crunch.

Try a milder hot honey here if you want the peanut butter and banana to remain the main flavors.

Peach and Ricotta Hot Honey Toast

AI-generated illustration: rustic toast topped with white cheese, peach slices and mint leaves.
AI-generated editorial illustration of peach and ricotta-style toast. It does not show Teddy Danielson’s recipe or a tested result; hot honey is not depicted. Illustration generated with OpenAI image generation.

Peach and ricotta toast works as breakfast or a snack. Use a ripe peach and finish with fresh mint.

Ingredients

  • 2 slices of crusty bread (such as sourdough or ciabatta)

  • 1/2 cup of ricotta cheese (you can use more if you'd like)

  • 1 ripe peach, sliced

  • 2 tablespoons of hot honey

  • Fresh mint leaves for garnish, to taste

  • A pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Toast the slices of bread until they are golden brown and crispy.

  2. While the bread is toasting, season the ricotta with a pinch of salt and pepper.

  3. Once the bread is toasted, spread a generous layer of ricotta cheese on each slice.

  4. Arrange the peach slices on top of the ricotta.

  5. Drizzle hot honey over the peaches.

  6. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Serve as soon as the toast is assembled so the bread stays crisp.

Hot Honey Camembert Indulgence

AI-generated illustration: toast topped with soft white-rind cheese, fig slices and thyme.
AI-generated editorial illustration of soft cheese and fig toast. It does not show Teddy Danielson’s recipe or a tested result; hot honey is not depicted. Illustration generated with OpenAI image generation.

Camembert or brie pairs with fresh figs and thyme in this last toast.

Ingredients

  • 2 slices of French baguette or sourdough

  • 6 ounces of camembert cheese (brie will work as well), sliced

  • 2 tablespoons of hot honey

  • Fresh figs, sliced, to taste

  • Thyme leaves for garnish, to taste

Instructions

  1. Toast the baguette slices until crispy.

  2. Spread several slices of camembert over each toast.

  3. Drizzle hot honey over the camembert.

  4. Top with fresh fig slices and thyme leaves.

Serve the toast while crisp

Keep the toast crisp, assemble the toppings just before eating, and adjust the hot honey to your taste. Happy cooking!

For more ways to use the bottle, see hot honey in coffee and tea and five more ways to use hot honey.