5 New Ways to Eat a Bagel That'll Change Your Whole Vibe

Beyond cream cheese (no disrespect to cream cheese)

We're ride or die for a classic schmear — let's get that straight. But if you've been eating your bagels the same way since 2005, it's time to switch it up. Here are five new combos to enjoy your fresh bagels.

1. The Jalapeño Red Pepper bagel with avocado and a fried egg. This is giving brunch energy without the 45-minute wait and $18 price tag. The heat from the jalapeño plus the creamy avocado? Chef's kiss, dead-on.
2. The Quinoa Multigrain bagel with fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil. It's basically a caprese situation on a bagel, and it's stupid good. Plus, the Quinoa Multigrain is one of our healthiest options, so you can feel all virtuous about it.
3. The Blueberry bagel with honey walnut cream cheese. This is your dessert-for-breakfast moment. Sweet, nutty, a little indulgent — it's the treat-yourself combo you didn't know you needed.
4. The Onion bagel as your burger bun. Yeah, we said it. Swap out that basic brioche for an onion bagel and watch your cookout become legendary. The onion bits get all toasty and caramelized and it's a whole new experience.
5. The Pumpernickel bagel with lox, capers, red onion, and cream cheese. The OG New York combo. If you know, you know. If you don't know, now you know. This is the one that makes transplants understand why New Yorkers are the way we are about bagels.