19 Ways To Wake Up That Don't Involve Coffee (2025)

Aside from getting rid of your funky morning breath, studies have found that peppermint can help increase alertness, so switching to peppermint flavored toothpaste might be an easy way to stay fresh and focused.

Self love is the best love and doctors have shown that stimulating certain pressure spots on your body not only makes you feel good, it also might pep you up. Massaging certain spots like your temples, wrists, and thumb-forefinger web (that annoying little piece of skin that gets really dry if you don't apply lotion like a maniac) will make you go ahhhh and better yet, stay ahhhhwake.

Orange juice is high in natural sugar which will definitely help you get a rush and wake up. But, the magic isn't in the OJ itself, rather the glass that you drink it from. Color psychologists have shown that bright colors like orange stimulate focus and concentration and increase energy. So, if you start your morning with OJ in a clear glass you'll be attacking your grogginess from not one, but two fronts. Bam.

Have you noticed that it's hard to get out of bed when you're sleeping in a dark light-less cave? There's an easy fix to that-open your blinds! Light seems to cause the suppression of melatonin, a sleep inducing hormone. So letting some light in equals less melatonin which equals less snoozing for you.

Yup you read that right-this hot sauce is packed not only with a spicy kick, but a coffee kick as well. The sauce has 12 mg of caffeine per teaspoon (about 1/3 the caffeine in a 16 oz Coke) so you can get your morning boost on top of your morning eggs. Or, you can live á la Beyoncé and carry it in your bag for all fatigue-related emergencies.

Possibly the only cool way in which a vape can be used is if it's waking you up with a healthy dose of caffeine vapor. Eagle Energy makes vapes that allow you to inhale your caffeine as opposed to drinking it. The vape will deliver about 2 mg of caffeine per puff and it'll take 10-15 consecutive puffs to get the same effect that you would from an energy drink. Bonus: the caffeine will get into your system much faster than if you downed a Red Bull.

Coconut water has potassium that converts carbs into fuel which means it's super stimulating and will def wake you up. Not only can coconut water energize you on a regular day, it's also a great pick me up when you're hungover. Also, let's not pretend like drinking coconut water doesn't mentally transport you to the beach.

Going 8+ hours without drinking water really takes a toll on your body. Dehydration leads to fatigue because it impacts blood flow to the brain and causes your heart to work harder to [ump your blood everywhere. So drink more water in the morning to wake up and give your ticker a break.

An apple a day right? Apples have about as the same amount of sugar as half a can of Coke, so they're a much healthier, but almost equally effective,energy boosting option . Plus, the thick fibrous skin is tough for your body to digest which means that your digestive system will really get to work and wake the rest of your body up.

Though chugging a soda is probably not the healthiest option, as we all know, there's nothing quite as effective in pumping you up as the sugar rush you get from drinking a Coke. But given the gross things that happen to your stomach when you drink soda, we recommend you stick to the other options on this list.

For some of us a cup of coffee is the magic cure for an awful migraine, for others, a little caffeine might be the cure too-they just don't know it. Several over the counter and prescription migraine meds have caffeine as an ingredient. Obviously we're not saying to pop an Excedrin when you're feeling tired, but as with weight loss pills, if you want to avoid caffeine at all costs, you may want to reconsider your pills.

Probably the only thing worthy of replacing coffee in our lives is chocolate. While a regular sized bar of milk chocolate only has 9 grams of caffeine, dark chocolate doubles the caffeine content with a whopping 18 grams. Is this still less caffeine than a cup of coffee? Yes, but it's also chocolate. Although to be fair, chocolate should probably be used as an afternoon pick me up as opposed to a morning energy booster, but you do you.

If you're craving a hot drink that's going to wake you up, you'll probably have to get into tea. Black tea can have up to 80 mg of caffeine, while matcha has about 30 mg and green tea has about 25 mg.

If you're not into caffeine in drinkable for but still want that exact same energy boost you get from a cup of Joe or a can of Monster, you may want to give caffeine patches or pills a spin. These patches from Spot On Energy have 65 mg of caffeine (similar-ish to a cup of coffee which varies by brand and type) while caffeine pills generally have 200 mg.

If anything can wake you up better than coffee, it's a freezing shower. Having trouble getting the day going? Hop in a cold shower and you'll wake the f*** up-trust.

Rushing around and don't have the ability to hold a coffee in one hand and a bagel in another? Don't. These new bagels from Einstein Bros. have coffee already infused in them. Sure, they only have about 32 mgs of caffeine (about a third of a cup of coffee) but come on, they're coffee bagels!

Guarana is basically a Goddess fruit that is a natural source of caffeine. Native to South America, you'll be hard pressed to find the fruit here but you can still buy guarana seeds (they have about 47 mgs of caffeine for 1 gram) or guarana extract (which has anywhere from 90 to 200 mg of caffeine) online or in specialty retailer.