Nvidia Breakfast Bytes are now available at Denny's if you want to experience the 'breakfast of geniuses'

Nvidia Breakfast Bytes available at Denny's

(Image credit: Denny's)

If you wish to try out the "breakfast of geniuses," the Nvidia Breakfast Bytes first seen at GTC 2025 are now available at Denny's restaurants. This is the first product of 2025 with the Nvidia name on it that is readily available, is purchasable at the expected price, and is affordable. However, this sub-$5 breakfast of 520 calories made up mostly of flour, processed meat, and sugars, is probably as bad for your health as an RTX 50 graphics card is for your bank balance.

Denny's says the Nvidia Breakfast Bytes are a limited edition menu item, available until May 13. It consists of four pork sausage links, four fluffy buttermilk silver dollar pancakes, and a ladle of maple syrup.

In case you don't know what to do with this plateful of fast foodstuffs, Denny's shares bullet point instructions on "how to make the perfect byte" alongside a visual guide to folding the pancake around the sausage like a hot dog. (Wasn't this supposed to be the breakfast of geniuses?)

Actually, those instructions seem to stray a little from Jensen's favorite way to eat, as according to his own lore he would wrap a sausage with a pancake and then dip it into syrup as he chomped from one end to another – which sounds much more finger friendly.

Jensen's full-stack moment

"Denny's will always be a special place for me. It’s where I learned that no task was too small to do well," explained Jensen Huang about the special place the special place the restaurant has in his life and career.. "This dish powered me through my long shifts and eventually inspired the birth of Nvidia at a Denny’s booth right here in San Jose. Seeing it on the Denny’s menu today is a true full-stack moment!"

We don't know why Denny's is removing the Nvidia Breakfast Bytes from the menu in mid-May. But, until that fateful date, Denny's customers will be able to order this menu item online for carry-out or delivery, all day, every day, including late night via Dennys.com and the iOS and Android apps. Denny's customers in San Jose will enjoy a more convenient Nvidia Breakfast Bytes experience, as participating restaurants in this area of California - Nvidia's home turf - will serve the dish for dine-in customers.

After May 13 we guess you'll have to go back to 'menu hacking' to order up Jensen Huang's signature savory and sweet delicacy. Also, by that time, potential Nvidia graphics card customers will hopefully be having better luck securing their hardware at reasonable prices.

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Kentmos

I got another menu:

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Neilbob

Does it come with added tannin?
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Zaranthos

If it was a breakfast for geniuses it wouldn't be a high carbohydrate ultra-processed meal. Learn to protect and fuel your brain with ketones and maybe we'd have more geniuses, less chronic disease, and a birth rate in the developed world that can sustain humanity.
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Notton

I'm assuming it tastes similar to how a crepe hot dog tastes.
Honestly, they're surprisingly tasty due to the mix of sweat and fragrant syrup combined with salty and spicy sausages. You don't have to buy them at Denny's. You can make your own with pancake mix and sausages from the grocery store.

As for brain functions, the new scientific studies show that our brain functions have a strong correlation with microorganisms (bacteria) in our bodies, and the toxins they produce. Yes, even the "good" ones (but they're still better than bad ones).
Basically, the less your immune system is taxed by microbes, the better your body (and brain) functions.
You can look up the studies yourself by searching for: "Gut microbes and age", "Gut Microbiome and Human Intelligence", "Gingivitis and Alzheimer's".

IMO, you'll probably be fine eating sausage pancakes, but you should follow it up with yogurt, fibers, and brushing and flossing your teeth.
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bit_user

Neilbob said:
Does it come with added tannin?
+1 for "leather jacket" humor. I'll admit that one took me a beat to "get".
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bit_user

Zaranthos said:
If it was a breakfast for geniuses it wouldn't be a high carbohydrate ultra-processed meal. Learn to protect and fuel your brain with ketones
Diabetes does have a very high co-morbidity with Alzheimer's. While the disease process still isn't entirely understood, many of the same things which are known to reduce the risk for one, also reduce risk for the other.

The best diet seems to be high in fiber and low in ultra-processed foods. There are positives and negatives about keto, but trying to stick to minimally-processed and plant-based foods seems like a safe bet.

That said, I do enjoy a bit of junk food. It just needs to be a "treat", rather than a dietary staple.
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bit_user

Notton said:
I'm assuming it tastes similar to how a crepe hot dog tastes.
Honestly, they're surprisingly tasty due to the mix of sweat and fragrant syrup combined with salty and spicy sausages. You don't have to buy them at Denny's. You can make your own with pancake mix and sausages from the grocery store.
One thing definitely worse about Denny's is you're not getting real maple syrup.

On the rare occasion I have waffles at home, I use cacao butter and real maple syrup, instead of regular butter and the corn syrup-based stuff. Not that it's much less unhealthy, but that's definitely an upside to having it at home.

Notton said:
IMO, you'll probably be fine eating sausage pancakes, but you should follow it up with yogurt, fibers, and brushing and flossing your teeth.
Um, I think there's pretty clear evidence against sausage, for a variety of different reasons. I definitely wouldn't be having it on a daily basis.

I like sausage bits on my pizza. But, when I have pizza at home, I've switched to using plant-based pseudo-sausage.
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Co BIY

Zaranthos said:
If it was a breakfast for geniuses it wouldn't be a high carbohydrate ultra-processed meal. Learn to protect and fuel your brain with ketones and maybe we'd have more geniuses, less chronic disease, and a birth rate in the developed world that can sustain humanity.

I'm feeling much better after going to a high-protein very-low carb diet. Lost 10 lbs without feeling hungry or low energy a single time.

Basically following Dr. Ben Bikman's recommendations.
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bit_user

Co BIY said:
I'm feeling much better after going to a high-protein very-low carb diet. Lost 10 lbs without feeling hungry or low energy a single time.
There's such a thing as too much protein. Long before the Atkins popularized keto diets, my dad once told me he tried a high-protein diet that I think he said induced kidney damage. I think I once read the normal recommendation is to get 15% of your calories from protein, but it's been shown safe to go up to 30%. Don't quote me on that: make sure you're following advice from a high-quality, trusted source.

The main idea behind keto is to replace carbs with fats. Ketosis is induced when your carb intake falls below a critical threshold. A lot of people do seem to have trouble maintaining ketosis for extended periods of time. And when you go off it, the weight rebound can be quite rapid.

On a nutrition label, insoluble fiber is counted as a carb, but it's not absorbed. I think a proper keto diet contains a lot of fiber. Just goes to show that not all carbs are equal.
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Notton

bit_user said:
There's such a thing as too much protein. Long before the Atkins popularized keto diets, my dad once told me he tried a high-protein diet that I think he said induced kidney damage.
Kidney damage could be caused by over consuming vitamin A contained in meat, especially organs like liver
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