Which one is the best breakfast?

Depends on the quality. High quality French toast can be transcendent. A decent Belgian waffle is always good. Finally, pancakes are like pizza. It's hard to entirely fuck them up, so even crappy pancakes are ok with enough butter and maple syrup.
- Imo, you can dip the cheapest wonder bread in beaten eggs, cook it, and cover it in butter and jam and it's still pretty damn good. Even burnt they taste good with syrup
- Completely agree. French toast is so hit and miss I rarely order it. If I trust the place to do a good waffle that's a nice choice but any roadside diner can make pancakes I can choke down.
  
  You realize you can make your own right? Restaurants aren’t the only way to experience French toast.
- I agree with you on good French toast.
  The best French toast I've had was made of slices of stale, rock-hard French bread soaked to saturation in a cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom seasoned egg and milk solution, fried on a very hot griddle with a generous amount of butter, then served with maple syrup and orange marmalade. It was slightly crispy on the outside and warm and dense on the inside.
- Exactly this. There's also the hidden 4th option: Liège waffles. Better than all 3 combined when done right.

I believe I'm obligated to vote for pancakes
- Pancakes are outstanding, always top of the list. Lately I’ve been adding chocolate chips, even better

French Toast. I don't care about waffle syrup pockets or fluffy discs, I will die on this hill, French Toast.
- It is true that if we fight to hold this hill we may die here. But if we succeed, le tricolore will wave proudly in the breeze long after we are gone, and that is enough.

Do you like waffles? (Yeah, we like waffles!) 🎵
Do you like pancakes? (Yeah, we like pancakes!) 🎵
Do you like French toasts? (Yeah, we like French toasts!) 🎵
- Por que no los tres?
  
  How are you integrating the pancakes?
  You could do waffle by cooking french toast in a waffle iron, but if you cook pancake batter in a waffle iron, you just have less crunchy waffles.
  Maybe pancake batter cover an already cooked peace of french toast and then cook the whole thing in a waffle iron?
- DO DO DO DO CAN'T WAIT TO GET A MOUTHFULL
  
  For the uninitiated
- This was my WoW guild's hype song back in classic and BC.

Waffles. Belgian waffles. Soft, crisp, chewy... Mmmmm
- Best for maximizing surface area to volume ratio! The least flat choice!

Crepes (really thin pancakes) are omitted which feels like a crime even though I know it isn't.
- It’s its own subcategory, like waffles and Belgian waffles, or French toast and stuffed French toast.
  They’re all in the same family, just different species.
  
  Tell me more about breakfast food taxonomy
  
  Crepes are basically French pancakes, the best way to improve pancakes. Belgian waffles are improved waffles. French toast is improved toast. Does speaking French automatically elevate breakfast or something?
- Because all of the others are jealous. Crepes are the svelte supermodels of the bunch. They intimidate those other doughy monstrosities--their proportions shouldn't even be possible.

French toast. I think the egg gives it a bit of a boost.
Honestly, I just looked up recipes for waffles and pancakes. The main difference I'm seeing is some waffles have vanilla extract... and that's basically the main thing. I prefer waffles, largely because of the texture and the little syrup pods, but otherwise I can go with either one.
- Put some vanilla and cinnamon in your French toast eggs. It will blow your balls off.
- There was a recent change in the recipe in the mix I usually get. Previously the waffle had more oil and egg, but now they’re the same recipe
- Yes, waffles and pancakes are the same batter, they're just cooked differently. Box mixes like usually say pancakes and waffles.

French toast. Fight me. We'll meet up at Waffle House as is proper.
- They call it Waffle House for a reason. Just saying.
  
  Because French Toast House doesn't roll off the tongue.
  
  Yeah, but it's the place for scheduling reasons. If Waffle House is closed, we picked the wrong time.

French toast all day every day

Those seem like desserts. Carbs, sugar, and cream. Not an ounce of protein.
- That's why you get Kodiak Protein mix. 14 g of protein in just the mix, make it with milk and eggs instead of water and you've got even more. It's my favorite waffle/pancake mix they are so filling
- Who the fuck eats that much sugar for breakf....
  Oh it's them again 😂
  
  If you think Americans are bad, check out Italy. Breakfast is small but it's typically a bread product or sugar laden pastry served with espresso or caffelatte. I have celiac and can't drink coffee without spazzing out for six hours, so I skip breakfast.
  
  You do realize Americans aren't out here having pancakes every single morning, right?
- French Toast should be a savory dish. I wouldn't eat any of these.
  
  Is savory French toast a thing? I'm intrigued. What kind of flavors does it go with?
  
  You sound like a blast to hang out with

French toast is always the best option! This is making me want to make some French toast right now!

None. All of those are way too sugary
- French toast doesn't need to be. I just use bread, egg, milk, and cinnamon.
  
  Everyone talks about cold pizza, but cold French toast is pretty great too
- Same thought here but I'm picking pancakes with soft yolk fried eggs and hot sauce on top instead of maple syrup.
- Your life is sad.
  
  I prefer not feeling like shit for the rest of the day after I eat.
  
  wrong.. it's about feeling good after you eat..

Depends where I am and how much I trust the cooks.
If I'm somewhere that I know is good, French toast. Good French toast is the best of all the options.
If I'm somewhere pretty mid, I'll probably go for waffles. Can't reach the same highs or the same lows as FT.
Pancakes are the safest bet. There's less variation than FT or waffles, so even the worst pancakes aren't that bad.
- Oh man, the variance you can get on French toast. Sometimes it's heavenly and sometimes it's just so soggy and chewy and tastes like scrambled eggs.
  Pancakes are the most consistent, as you said, but even the best pancakes can't beat the average waffle imho.
  
  I would much rather have terrible pancakes than under-soaked, under-cooked French toast with a bad mix and stale white bread.

In these quantities depicted, or just in general? Because that'll be a factor.
- There's a ton of each option. It's all you can eat
  
  Definitely going with the French Toast then!

I don’t really like the sweet breakfast pastry concept. I guess waffles, preferable cornmeal or Belgian waffles. I’d much rather have a breakfast burrito with green chile or huevos rancheros though.

Pancakes, all the time, every time.
If I ever abandon all hope, I plan to eat nothing but pancakes until I perish.
With the cheapass syrup, too -- none of this frilly shit. Just good old American artificially flavored corn syrup over pancakes from a box.
- For lunch today, I had leftover chocolate chip pancakes, heated them in the air fryer. And spread peanut butter on them to melt all over!
  
  That sounds amazing! Chocolate and peanut butter (especially melty peanut butter) are so good.

Crispy waffles > French toast > fluffy waffles > pancakes
- This is my main problem with waffles, although I still would order them differently. Trying to make waffles for my kids, I can’t seem to batch them without losing that crispness. Instead of joining the family for breakfast I need to feed the machine and make sure every waffle gets an immediate consumer, so it will be nice and crisp
  
  I make them and put them in the oven at a low heat to keep them warm and crispy.
  Also swear by the pam Anderson recipe https://www.recipething.com/recipes/show/35555-pam-andersons-waffles

I have no idea why but my brain added "in bed" to the title and I was like "all those have drippy syrup. I don't want any of those in bed."
I would get waffles, but not those waffles. Gimme the Belgium waffles with the strawberries and whipped cream 🤤

Do you have any non-dessert options?
- Did you see the pic? Obviously not
  
  The number of people in here virtue signaling by refusing to follow the prompt. Pick one!
- You don't have to put the dessert toppings on it.

Flat Food propaganda! Don't fall for this thinly disguised attempt to lead you away from the one truly spherical breakfast or anytime food, namely Aebleskivers. Eat them sweet or savory, eat them all day long!
- I had never heard of these before! They look just like those desserts you get at the Indian restaurant!
  
  LoL, I went searching for Indian Deserts (https://www.sotc.in/blog/indian-holidays/deserts-in-india)
  Do you mean Ladoo? Gulab Jamun (my favorite)? Rasmalai? For minimizing surface area to volume ratio, it's spherical foods for me. :-D Ooh, I just found Bengali pantua - "soft, spherical dessert that is entirely drenched in cardamom-and-saffron-flavored sugar syrup."

Waffles >> French Toast >>> Pancakes
Not even questionable. Pancakes turn into a disgusting gelatinous mess after like 10 seconds with syrup. They're too dense, so you feel like shit after eating them.
Waffles are the GOAT and I'll die on that hill
- I'm a grown man but when I bring my kids to my mom's and we stay over she busts out the pancakes. Crispy edges, fluffy in the middle, the size of dinner plates. And you gotta dip in syrup, don't pour it over. And don't cut it up, just fork out a piece when it's time to eat.
  Won't disagree about feeling full after, but I wouldn't eat any of these on the reg.
  
  Dipping pancakes, interesting. I may need to reevaluate my opinion...
- Put some peanut butter on the pancakes and then syrup on that. You get extra protein and your pancakes don't get soggy. Also it's delicious!
- You're correct but I still love me some pancakes. Even if they literally always make me feel gross after eating.

Personally it's Waffles > Pancakes > French Toast, but I like all three. That being said, if I'm in the US, it's none of the above. Those barbarians don't serve these items with maple syrup which is abhorrent to me as a Canadian.
- I don't think I've been to a breakfast place that doesnt serve maple syrup with any of these.
  With that being said tho, I never order any of these while I'm out to eat either because all of it in the US is low quality garbage oversaturated with sugar.
  I always thought I disliked waffles until I was drunkenly peer pressured into ordering one in Brussels. Ugh. So good!
  
  Problem is it's flavoured corn syrup when it's anything...
  
  Belgian waffles are on a whole other level for sure.
  
  Is it maple syrup or a colored and flavored corn syrup?

If I am cooking, French Toast because I can ensure quality. If my wife is cooking, Belgian Waffles because the waffle iron prevents user error. If I am at a restaurant, pancakes because they are always different and very few places make them in a way I dislike.

What if I said ugh to all of them? God those are heavy.
- Yeah, all of that makes my 'pre-diabetes' want to turn into actual diabetes
  
  It'll take you straight from pre-diabetes to post-diabetes
- Try experiencing happiness once and awhile. You need it

French toast. I've developed a terrible (as in, frighteningly bad for you) and amazing recipe by cranking up the fat content from other recipes and adding a little more spice.
6-8 slices of bread (decently thick Italian bread is what I usually use, but obviously French bread is good for French toast) 4 eggs 4 Tbsp butter ¼ cup half & half 1 Tbsp real maple syrup (don't you dare use fake stuff) 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp nutmeg
Leave the eggs and butter out so they get to room temperature. If the butter isn't super soft, melt it.
Whisk everything (except the bread) together well. If the ingredients are too cold, the butter will solidify in chunks. It's also a good idea to whisk between batches to keep everything evenly suspended. Dunk the bread slices for good coverage and cook them up on a griddle or pan preheated to medium heat until lightly brown on both sides. Top the finished product with maple syrup or vanilla ice cream. Or both. Schedule a cardiologist visit. Enjoy.

French toast assuming good quality.
It’s really hard to fuck up pancakes or waffles

They're all great, but much too heavy for a breakfast. I'll take some yoghurt with a handful of nuts or cereal or dried fruit. Maybe I'll take some pancakes for lunch later.
- Spread the yogurt on the waffles, with fruit
  
  Are you mad or are you a genius? Maybe you're both?!
- I can understand the sentiment, and have trouble eating too much in the morning myself, but really breakfast should be your largest meal. You need those calories while your awake not when your asleep. Weird how that got flipped

Does chicken & waffles count? What about croque monsieur?
- I see you are a connaisseur

Coffee and sandwich

depends on the meat.. bacon for french toast, sausage for pancakes..

Waffles. Tough and cunchy while also soft and chewy at the same time! Never gets old.

they're all best for breakfast. ill have one of each
- Yeah for me it honestly depends on my mood and how they are served.
  Pancakes with blueberries in it? Easily my number one pic. Plain pancakes? My bottom pick.
  An average day? Waffles are probably more often a go to.
  French toast with strawberries? I'm there. Plain French toast vs. plain waffles? Tough pick.
  
  You know what's up. I'd pick banana pancakes over blueberry though most days.

French toast, if decent quality. Otherwise, waffles.

Tie between waffles and freedom toast. The tiebreaker would depend on the toppings.

Depends if the pancakes are banana or chocolate chip pancakes or plain.

I'm not nuts about any of these to be honest. I make protein blueberry pancakes once a week as a treat, but regular pancakes have way too much sugar and very little protein.
My favorite breakfast foods are matzoh brei and quiche. I guess I just prefer savory!

Sausage, bacon, eggs, no complex carbs for me.
- It brings me pain when people don't engage with the premise of the post but still comment.
  
  What's the deal with shitty breakfast options though? People really hate their lives or what?
- Same here.
  But if I was forced to pick one of the 3 I'd go with waffles every time

Pancakes and it’s not even close!

Definitely waffles. My mom got me a waffle maker for my birthday last year now I have Sunday Brunch every weekend.

Waffles, but I have celiac so made of blue corn masa. If you haven't tried it, get some! It's amazing with blueberries, plus your house smells like popcorn as it's cooking.

Waffles, 100%. Just by themselves without anything sugary on them.

Pancakes...but I typically eat "dinner food" for breakfast. For example, I just ate a chicken sandwich for my first meal.
- Conversely, I love breakfast for lunch or dinner

- Hold the honey and add some bacon and I'm in

Waffles > pancakes > French toast

I choose whipped cream!

None of them.
- ...this is the way: tacos!..

None, corn flour with milk and water in the pan, stir it for couple minutes on fire and read to eat!(dont forget the salt) Ad some green cheese or fet for extra flavor.
\ Its a bit heavy but holds you half day.
- What do you call this recipe?
  
  My dod told me but I don't know how to write it, because it's in Albanian and I don't know how to write it. They used to make it many years ago, mostly with water only.

I'm gonna go with ham and cheese on an English muffin.
I know you asked me to choose between the three images, but Anarchy! Fight the power!

Plain Toast and bacon and eggs.
Fuck artificially limited choices.
- You don’t understand how games work do you? ;P

AI trash image
- I literally make these from scratch in paint.net.
  
  You painted that image of the waffles?