Description
Make your Halloween breakfast fun with these easy Jack-O’-Lantern Pancakes. Decorate simple pancakes to look like jack-o’-lanterns for a festive morning treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons melted butter or vegetable oil
- ½ cup pumpkin puree (for color and flavor)
- Orange food coloring (optional, for brighter color)
- Chocolate chips or candy melts (for jack-o’-lantern faces)
- Whipped cream or maple syrup (for serving)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, melted butter or oil, and pumpkin puree. Add a few drops of orange food coloring if you want a more vibrant orange.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Do not overmix; a few lumps are fine.
- Heat a lightly oiled griddle or non-stick pan over medium heat.
- Pour ¼ cup of batter for each pancake onto the hot griddle.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes per side, or until golden brown and bubbles form on the surface.
- Remove pancakes from the griddle and let cool slightly.
- Once cooled, use chocolate chips or melted candy melts to draw jack-o’-lantern faces on each pancake.
- Serve immediately with whipped cream or maple syrup.
Notes
- For extra fun, use a squeeze bottle to draw the pancake batter into pumpkin shapes before cooking.
- You can prepare the batter the night before and store it in the refrigerator for a quick morning meal.
- Get creative with your jack-o’-lantern faces; no two need to be alike!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Griddle
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 pancakes
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 350mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 50mg