This stuffed French toast recipe makes a decadent special breakfast or brunch! A maple cream cheese filling takes it over the top.

French toast is a favorite for a special breakfast or brunch. But want to take it to the next level? This stuffed French toast recipe makes an irresistible start to any morning! The maple cream cheese filling is sweet and tangy, with a lusciously creamy body that’s the perfect contrast to the custard-soaked bread. Whip up a few of these for someone special and they’ll be absolutely smitten (trust us!).

Ingredients for stuffed French toast

Stuffed French toast looks very fancy, but guess what? It’s very simple to make at home. In fact, you don’t even need to stuff anything. It’s simply a sandwich with cream cheese filling, done up as French toast. This easy recipe makes a big statement: it’s perfect for holidays like Mother’s Day or just a simple lazy weekend. Here’s what you’ll need:

Cream cheese
Maple syrup
Powdered sugar and granulated sugar
Vanilla extract
Eggs
Milk
Vanilla extract
Cinnamon, nutmeg and salt
Brioche, challah, or Texas toast
Butter, for cooking

Best bread for stuffed French toast

You can use many types of bread for stuffed French toast, but there are a few that we think make a superior experience. For this type of French toast, we prefer a bread that’s light and fluffy. Here’s what works well:

Challah or brioche: Egg-based breads like challah and brioche make a fluffy, custardy texture to the stuffed French toast. The bread pictured in the photos is brioche.
Texas toast: This type of bread is thick cut and makes for nice square shapes; it also has a nice fluffy texture.
Sourdough bread: Sourdough bread has a naturally firm texture and a slight tang to the flavor. It’s our top choice for standard French toast, and it works here too.

Tips for making stuffed French toast

Stuffed French toast is simply a matter of making a tasty filling, then making your French toast as sandwiches instead of single pieces of bread. When you cut into it on a plate, it looks like a single piece of bread with a lovely cream cheese filling. Here are a few tips for the process:

Mix up the filling until smooth. Microwaving the cream cheese before mixing it up is key to the best smooth texture.
Leave a border around the edge of the bread. Spread the filling onto a piece of bread, leaving a border around the outside so the filling won’t ooze out.
Dip the sandwiches like your standard French toast. Whisk up a custard, then dip like any other French toast recipe.

Filling variations

Stuffed French toast is perfection with the maple cream cheese filling in the recipe below. But you can mix it up if you like! Here are a few other fun ideas:

Strawberries: Add a few finely chopped fresh strawberries to the cream cheese.
Blueberry swirl: Add a swirl of blueberry syrup or jam with the cream cheese.
Lemon curd: Swap out the cream cheese for lemon curd.
Pumpkin spice: In fall, add 1 teaspoon pumpkin spices to the cream cheese.

More French toast recipes

This stuffed French toast recipe is great for special occasions like house guests, Easter, Christmas, or Mother’s Day. Here are a few more fun and special ways to enjoy this morning treat:

Try classic Best French Toast Recipe
Go for Cinnamon French Toast or French Toast Sticks
Make Challah French Toast or Brioche French Toast
Bake up French Toast Casserole or Blueberry French Toast Casserole

This stuffed French toast recipe is…

Vegetarian.