Burger King Breakfast Sandwiches, Ranked Worst To Best

Order indecision is a plague that eventually claims us all. Whether it's deciding whether to push past your go-to for something new on the menu or the paralysis that comes with too many options, choosing what food to order can be a challenge. Burger King, home of the "Have It Your Way" mentality, seems to agree that picking the right meal can be difficult, so for breakfast, the burger chain created a menu packed with options built around only a handful of ingredients.

Burger King has 15 different breakfast sandwiches on the menu. Okay, "different" might actually be a stretch. Two of those sandwiches are doubles and three more are very basic: An Egg and Cheese Biscuit, a Sausage Biscuit, and an Egg and Cheese Croissan'wich. That leaves 10 unique sandwiches that, in total, contain only seven unique ingredients. You can mix and match ham, bacon, and sausage with egg and cheese on either a biscuit or a croissant. It's simple, but the question remains: Which is best? I tried all 10 to help you avoid the dreaded order indecision the next time you pull up to BK.

I like ham! It's really good when done well, but this feels like grocery store lunch meat rather than a proper slice of ham. The quantity is solid, with several slices joining the cheese and eggs, but when the meat is the only unique element, it needs to pop.

Paired with a really well-executed biscuit and fluffy eggs, the ham feels like Burger King phoned it in. Especially compared with the other two meats — bacon and sausage. Not to get a single, thick, juicy piece of ham is a real letdown. Ham will show up several more times on this ranking, and, while it's not bad, it's just not exciting. The biscuit pairing ultimately drops this sandwich to last on the list, but if you're a ham fanatic, fear not; it fares better with the croissant.

The Ham, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit contains 420 calories, 24 grams of fat, 19 grams of protein, and 1,530 milligrams of sodium. At my local Burger King, it cost $4.60 for a single sandwich at my local BK.

Croissants are awesome. I dare you to eat an even halfway decent croissant and have a bad time. They're light, fluffy, buttery, and all-around delicious, so naturally, they work extremely well in a breakfast sandwich. Burger King has embraced the croissant, making it a featured part of the breakfast menu. Given how well made both the biscuit and croissant are, choosing a favorite is difficult, but like with the Ham, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit, the major factor is how well the meat works with the carbs.

My job is to describe food in detail, so I'm embarrassed to say I can't quite put my finger on why, but the sausage and croissant just don't mesh well. The textures are fine, and Burger King serves a good sausage patty, but each sandwich that combined sausage and croissant was off to my taste buds. Maybe it's a quirk of trying so many similar sandwiches, but I'm not rushing back to order the Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Croissan'wich again.

This sandwich contains 500 calories, 34 grams of fat, 19 grams of protein, and 1,040 milligrams of sodium. It retails locally for $5.50.

Bacon makes its first appearance on this list with the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit. Of all the breakfast meats, bacon is the most variable. I previously reviewed all of Costco's Kirkland brand bacons and even within a single brand, there can be a wide range in everything from texture to flavor, so with fast food bacon, you never know what you're going to get. Thankfully, Burger King executes bacon well.

The meat is medium-thick and has a decent crunch. While I would appreciate more — no such thing as too much bacon, after all — there are no bacon-less bites. My only real complaint is that this sandwich tastes salty. At 1,340 milligrams of sodium, it's definitely high in salt, though not nearly the highest on the list. It's a sandwich that doesn't do anything poorly, but there are better uses of both the biscuit and the bacon, which makes this one a pass for me.

In addition to the 1,340 milligrams of sodium, the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit contains 420 calories, 26 grams of fat, and 16 grams of protein. My local BK sells it for $4.60.

Time to start stacking meats. I said at the beginning there were 10 sandwiches on my list, but only seven ingredients, so some combinations were inevitable. Bacon, sausage, and egg is as classic a breakfast combo as you'll find, but, once again, it's the sausage and croissant pairing that doesn't work for me on this one.

Simply put, the bacon can't overcome the slightly acidic flavor profile I get from the sausage-and-croissant combo. Does it make sense? Probably not, but it's there, and while I enjoy the bacon, it's not enough to make up for one serious flaw.

This feels like a good time to talk about the other two ingredients: The eggs and the American cheese. The eggs are more of a folded-over omelet style than the perfectly round egg patties that McDonald's offers. The result is an egg that feels lighter, but also doesn't add a ton of unique flavor. It's a building block, and a good one. The same can be said of the American cheese on each sandwich. It's melty, it's there, enough said.

The Bacon, Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Croissan'wich contains 580 calories, 41 grams of fat, 24 grams of protein, and 1,420 milligrams of sodium. It retails for $5.50 at my local BK.

Once again, the underwhelming quality of Burger King's ham leaves the Ham, Egg, and Cheese Croissan'wich feeling like something I could make at home. Seriously, a Costco croissant, some Black Forest ham, a Kraft single, and a few eggs would get you nearly the same sandwich. So why is it in the middle of the list and not ranked lower? The answer is simple: The ham works here.

It's a light breakfast sandwich. Considering some that we're about to come up on that contain multitudes of meats, this is a sandwich for the folks who treat breakfast as an obligation, not a full-on meal. It's not huge, it's not exciting, but it's eminently edible, and sometimes that's enough.

The Ham, Egg, and Cheese Croissan'wich contains 350 calories, 19 grams of fat, 18 grams of protein, and an even 1,000 milligrams of sodium. It cost me $4.70 at my area BK.

From just a little meat to all of it, the Fully Loaded Biscuit is the kind of breakfast sandwich you order if your plans for the day end with your first meal. Definitely pair this one with a coffee because it made me sleepy.

Featuring ham, bacon, and sausage, plus the requisite egg and cheese, this biscuit is piled high and the nutritionals bear it out. At 660 calories, this is the most calorically dense sandwich I tried and is topped on the menu only by the two double-sausage options. Toss in 45 grams of fat and a thirst-inducing 2,290 milligrams of sodium, and this is a behemoth. It will keep you full, though, thanks to 31 grams of protein.

Yes, this sandwich is a lot — it costs $5.70 at my area BK — but sometimes a lot is fun. The meats all work together. and paired with the other two, the ham finally has a chance to shine. This is one of the two Fully Loaded options that turns the question of which meat to get into why not all three?

We're sticking with all the meats. The Fully Loaded Croissan'wich is exactly the same as its biscuit counterpart, but edges out the competition because it's just a touch lighter. When you're consuming over 600 calories — 620 to be exact — in a single sandwich, "light" might be a stretch, but it still counts.

Honestly, the sodium difference gives the Croissan'wich the edge. At 1,780 milligrams, it's quite a bit less salty than the biscuit version. The other values  — 43 grams of fat, 19 grams of protein — are pretty close to equal, but give me less sodium any day. Overall, I think I give the edge to the biscuit, but the croissant is still sturdy enough to keep this monster together. While it is a little pricier — $6 at my nearest location — the extra cost is worth it for a sandwich that's packed with meat, but still not quite as heavy as it could be.

I'm going to be honest: I'm splitting hairs when it comes to the middle of this list. The only difference between this sandwich and the Fully Loaded Biscuit is the ham. This sandwich doesn't have it, and, honestly, I don't really miss it. Poor ham.

I mentioned my slight preference for Burger King's biscuit and it's because I think this is one of the better fast food biscuits I've ever had. All five I sampled were golden brown, light and crisp on the outside, and soft and buttery on the inside. Yes, they're salty, but that's part of the biscuit's magic. Pair it with sausage and bacon and you really don't need the ham or the 10 extra calories it brings.

At 650 calories, with 46 grams of fat, 25 grams of protein, and 1,960 milligrams of sodium, this isn't a health food any more than any other sandwich on this list, but it tastes good, and that's the real key. Plus, at $5.50, it was 20 cents cheaper than the Fully Loaded Biscuit at my local BK.

In a lot of ways, this is the sister sandwich to the Ham, Egg, and Cheese Croissan'wich. It's light, yet still plenty filling. But, the key here is the bacon over ham. Bacon has more flavor, and it works better with the airy croissant. The added saltiness plus the subtle crunch from the meat makes this a really well-rounded sandwich. It is undeniably simple, but when it comes to breakfast, sometimes simple is better.

The Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Croissan'wich contains 360 calories, 21 grams of fat, 15 grams of protein, and only 810 milligrams of sodium (a bit less than many of the others). It's priced at $4.70 at my local Burger King.

It's tough to beat the classics. Sausage and biscuits are a combination made in breakfast heaven , though your cardiologist may disagree. Burger King has thick, juicy sausage patties that drip with flavor. Given that the eggs are more of a filler with good texture, that flavor is key to turning this sandwich into something special. Of course, I always want just a little more, so consider this an official petition to Burger King to introduce a sausage gravy side to pair with this sandwich. It's the only thing that could take this excellent breakfast sandwich and turn it into something truly amazing.

The Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit contains 560 calories, 39 grams of fat, 20 grams of protein, and 1,580 milligrams of sodium. I got mine for $4.60 locally. Of all the sandwiches I tried, this was my favorite, but I could certainly make the case for any of the top five, given what meat I'm in the mood for that day.

I ordered these breakfast sandwiches through the Burger King app, picked them up, and brought everything home to photograph. To keep the sandwiches warm while I took photos, I kept them in the oven at 175 degrees. My evaluations were based on flavor, texture, quality of ingredients, and, most importantly, the overall cohesiveness of each combination. All prices listed are from my local Burger King menu in Madison, Wisconsin.