Breakfast Burger: $5.99, 705 Calories (2026)

What comes on the Breakfast Burger

This is the most searched breakfast item on the menu, and most of those searches ask what is on it and which sauce it uses. Whataburger's build lists seven parts:

• Small 4-inch bun (170 cal)
• One small 4-inch beef patty (120 cal)
• One egg
• Three hash brown sticks inside the burger
• One slice of American cheese (45 cal)
• Two bacon slices (45 cal)
• Creamy pepper sauce (60 cal)

The sauce is creamy pepper, a peppery white sauce also used on the Patty Melt. The listed parts add up to 440 calories, so the egg and the three hash brown sticks account for the other 265 (our math from Whataburger's part figures).

Price: burger vs Whatameal

At Store #367 (West & San Angelo, San Antonio, TX) on Nov 3, 2026, the Breakfast Burger cost $5.99 and the Whatameal cost $8.59; the meal adds hash brown sticks and a drink for $2.60.

Delivery apps listed it at $7.43 (about 24% more), numbered #24. It costs $2.00 more than a Whataburger Jr. at the Dallas store, which uses the same bun and patty without the breakfast toppings.

Calories and nutrition

The current Breakfast Burger is 705 calories, or 865 as a Whatameal. Some older charts show a higher figure for an earlier recipe; whataburger.com shows 705 today.

Detailed nutrition (protein, fat, sodium) for this recipe is not published yet, so only calories are shown here.

Allergens

Whataburger lists egg, gluten, milk, MSG, soy and wheat for the Breakfast Burger. MSG appears because of the bacon or sauce; it is one of the few breakfast items that lists it. Fish, peanuts, shellfish and tree nuts are not listed.

Mustard, sesame and sulfites are not stated. Full details for every item are in the allergen menu.

Ways to change it

• Add jalapeños for $0.70; spice and creamy pepper go well together.
• Swap the sauce to ketchup, mustard or honey BBQ at no charge.
• Double the patty: ask for an extra small patty (120 cal).
• Drop the bun for a lower-carb plate; see the lettuce wrap guide.

Lower-carb orders are covered in keto and lettuce-wrap orders.

How it compares

It is the heaviest sandwich on the breakfast menu that still fits in one hand. The Breakfast On A Bun is $4.69 and 525 calories. Breakfast ends at 11 am; burgers do not, as explained in can you get burgers in the morning.