Fast food burritos are. . . Rough. With the exception of a few restaurants, it’s hard to justify going to a drive-thru instead of a local taqueria if you’re craving a burrito at lunch or dinnertime. But breakfast burritos? It’s a completely different story.
Breakrapid’s burritos are “solid” at worst and delicious at best. And this comes from almost every single fast food restaurant. Now, that’s right, it’s because it’s pretty hard to make a burrito for breakrapid. As long as you have decent eggs, salty protein, and cheese, it’s an undeniable but incredibly effective combination of flavors.
However. . . If you get out of bed, get dressed, get in the car, and wait at a drive-thru, that’s pretty good, right?Nowadays, fast food is too expensive not to be delicious. And we need you to have only the best. So to help separate the smart from the smart, we rounded up as many fast-food burritos as we could find, tasted them, and sorted through them.
Here are the fast food burritos you can buy with cash.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
Well, everything I’ve said about breakfast burritos is, at worst, counterfeit and hard to spoil. McDonald’s is the exception. Not only is it the worst breakfast burrito I’ve ever eaten, but it might be the worst burrito in the world.
The eggs are dry, with a very unpleasant texture reminiscent of spider webs. Seriously, those eggs are rare. McDonald’s says it puts “green chiles” in this burrito, but those chiles lack heat or flavor. Instead, you get the crunch of pepper. The sausage is good, spicy, meaty, with no notes. But we have to communicate about cheese.
It has a plastic texture that I find unpleasant. If the cheese wasn’t offensive enough, I’m pretty sure this omelet is microwave cooked or something, it has a weird texture and a slightly toasted flavor.
If McDonald’s threw the peppers, onions, and tortilla on the grill for a few seconds, it would take a long time to improve this burrito.
The essentials:
The exception to any rule is that breakfast burritos are pretty good.
Find your nearest McDonald’s here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
This burrito looks elegant and the structure is solid, it includes sausage, ham, bacon pieces, eggs, hash browns, cheddar cheese, and pico de gallo. However, this does not produce the desired results.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad, but it leaves a lot to be desired. What works is the trio of meat, the mixture of sausage, ham and bacon bits gives it a smoky, herbaceous and sweet flavor. Cheddar cheese, while sparse, adds a great spicy and salty note that pairs perfectly with the meat mixture. All the joy of this burrito is in the meat and cheese.
The eggs are fine, they look more like a filling than anything else. Pico de gallo is a big disappointment. One of the things that makes this sauce work so well is the way the flavors blend into something greater than the sum of its parts, which isn’t the case here, though. It never sticks together, just moistens the burrito.
Ultimately, this is a smart burrito that can be particularly better by simply switching from pico de gallo to salsa (or making a larger pico de gallo) and replacing the bacon bits with whole strips of bacon.
The essentials:
A burrito that is missing some key areas.
Find your nearest Carl’s Jr. here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
Jack in the Box’s meat-lover’s burrito includes a ground sausage patty, ham, bacon, scrambled eggs, and cheddar cheese, all wrapped in an eerily warm omelet. The combination of meat produces a mixture of savory and savory flavors, which has not yet been called the “Meat Lovers”, here there is not enough meat to satisfy.
The burrito is usually made of eggs, and that’s a problem. You’re left with no more than this burrito can give, which is a shame because what’s in here is good. If JiB can accumulate meat by only 25%, we could rank it much higher.
The burrito is served with a salsa look that doesn’t give off as much warmth as it adds a smoky counterpart to the burrito. I appreciate it, but I would like it more.
The essentials:
This is the monster of flesh that the call suggests.
Find your nearest Jack in the Box here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
Burger King’s Norman burrito with egg is. . . quite large. Seriously, this carries some weight and is probably because BK chooses to put sausage burgers in the burrito instead of just cutting them up. It’s a weird move by BK, but hey, at least this burrito doesn’t run out of meat, so who?Do I have to complain?
In addition to the sausage burger, you have strips of bacon, slices of minced meat, scrambled egg doughs, and a fancy helping of cheddar cheese. There is also a “hot sauce” included in the burrito, but there is no palate on this planet where the taste would be very spicy. It’s usually tomato-based, which is bad, but “spicy” literally means “spicy,” so at the very least, it’s false advertising.
The burrito in total is smoky, meaty, salty, and very crunchy. It’s very good.
But be warned: Breakfast food is meant to give you energy to get through the day, but it’s so big, salty, and pressing that it weighs you down. It’s the kind of burrito that makes you need to take a nap afterwards.
The essentials:
A big, tasty breakfast burrito that makes you go into a coma. One of the breakfasts at BK.
Find your nearest Burger King here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
The combination of sausage and jalapeño provides a blend of sweet meaty notes and soft vegetables that pair well with eggs. The hash browns provide just the right amount of crunch so this burrito doesn’t look like mush in your mouth. This is a very solid breakfast burrito, however, it turns out a bit tame compared to what’s among our top five.
The essentials:
A very clever but unimaginative breakfast burrito in the end.
Find your nearest Sonic here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
Eggs are best 10/10. They are fluffy, but still contain a little moisture. The tortilla is dipped into the most sensitive omelet of all the others on this list. It’s flexible, with a hint of sweetness and an intensity of character that resembles what’s found at your local taqueria. All of the sauce’s features are glorious and complex, and they really live up to the hype. My favorite is the Havana wrestler.
And here’s guacamole, and it’s good! But the protein characteristics are not on target.
Its protein features come with a choice of chicken, chorizo, steak or potatoes and I’d like to recommend one over the other, but they all fall flat. There is a lack of flavor in all those protein features, they look like filler and the protein in a breakfast burrito should never be a filler, it should be the star of the show.
Here something is simply missing. All those ingredients are mixed together to make something great, but for some reason it’s not. You can spice up the lack of love put into this burrito. There’s an overall soulless vibe to everything Qdoba does, and this breakfast burrito is no different.
It has no stopping force. It’s not irresistible and that’s what helps it not to be great.
The essentials:
The burrito consists of some wonderful parts that never come together as they should.
Find your nearest Qdoba here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
Taco Bell’s Sausage Grilled Breakfast Burrito is the opposite of Qdoba’s breakfast burrito. There’s only one element to this burrito that I’d call amazing. The steak is moist and doesn’t have the kind of roast meat you want it to be delicious. The aggregate of 3 cheeses is pulverized. The tomatoes are soft and watery. The hash browns are thin and the eggs are a little dry.
Still, a kind of magic happens when all those ingredients come together. This burrito oozes character. It tastes like Taco Bell. Es indulgent, salty, and incredibly satisfying, and the toasted tortilla brings a great crunch to the whole that satisfies both the palate and audibly.
Ordering this burrito with a salsa verde look takes it to the next level, infusing every bite with a slight hint of spice and earthy notes. I’d order it a million times before bothering with Qdoba, even though Qdoba is hugely impressive ingredients.
The essentials:
Find your nearest Taco Bell here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
Two years ago, when I first ranked breakfast burritos, I gave the most sensible spot to Del Taco’s Epic Scrambler Burrito. Unfortunately, this burrito has been discontinued and all that’s left is the Del Taco Breakfast Burrito, which comes with its meat selection. roasted, bacon, or meatless.
The burrito is very good, but it’s far from the Epic Scrambler. What you have here is an undeniable mix of roast beef, eggs, and freshly grated cheddar cheese. The omelet is perfectly cooked, the eggs are chewy, and taste freshly made. and roast meat is meaty and fleshy.
This is a solid breakfast burrito, very tasty and simple.
The essentials:
All parts of this burrito work, but the structure lacks a bit of imagination. Still, it doesn’t disappoint. Delicious, but it may be better.
Find your nearest Del Taco here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
The Chick-fil-A Chicken Hashbrown Scrambler has won me over the years. I once canceled this burrito, but now it’s my go-to Chick-fil-A breakfast order. The burrito is made up of Chick-fil-A nuggets, also known as the best nuggets in the game (you can also get them with sausage, but why would you?), hash browns, scrambled eggs, Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese, and a side of jalapeno sauce.
Everything here tastes extraordinarily fresh. The nuggets are warm, juicy and crunchy, the eggs are tender and salty, the cheese gives a great mix of spicy and creamy flavours and the hash browns bring a great sense of texture. The jalapeno sauce leaves a little to be desired, it’s not. Spicy and very tomato, but it combines well with eggs.
Everything about this burrito tastes wonderful and feels new and made to order. Still, I wouldn’t call it the “best breakfast burrito” because it seems like it’s in its own category. I never think, “I need a burrito for breakfast,” and then I have a Chick-fil-A. You’ll have to be in a special mood for this burrito because it has an exclusive flavor and vibe.
The essentials:
A wonderful breakfast burrito, but the best.
Find your nearest Chick-fil-A here.
Thoughts and tasting notes:
This is the logo for the new breakrapid burrito in fast food, so maybe I’m a little biased by the recentness. But hey, that’s right, it’s the most productive breakrapid burrito of the moment. The burrito is a little small, I need two, but in the small package there is a lot of flavor.
The burrito contains bacon, American cheese, seasoned potatoes, Swiss cheese sauce, and an egg fried in a warm flour tortilla. First of all, the burrito has many benefits because Wendy’s bacon is the one in all fast foods. Pair it with potato slices, which are some of the go-to chips from any fast food place (try them if you haven’t already), and you’ve got an unbeatable double punch of smoky and spicy flavors with a set. A lot of crunching.
The egg is fried on the spot on request and that makes all the difference. This egg feels homemade, warm, stiff and creamy. My only complaint with this burrito is the use of American cheese, but since it’s paired with a Swiss cheese. sauce, it is not so noticeable. The Swiss adds a creamy detail that complements the salty flavor of the American cheese.
Biting into this burrito is addictive in the most productive way. I can’t get enough of this one. The burrito is served with a touch of Cholula hot sauce, which is my favorite, but it does the job and adds a dose of heat to this near-perfect breakfast.
The essentials:
A combination of flavors and textures pleasant to the palate. Without a doubt, the fast burrito of all fast food restaurants. . . For now.
As smart as you are, there are a few burritos on this list that can overshadow them with a few effective tweaks. But if you’re looking for the most productive breakfast burrito in 2024, this is the place, hands down.
Find your nearest Wendy’s here.