Description
Create festive snowman pancakes for a fun and easy Christmas breakfast. Stack three pancakes of varying sizes, then decorate with chocolate chips, pretzels, and fruit for a charming holiday treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- Mini chocolate chips (for eyes and mouth)
- Regular chocolate chips or chocolate candies (for buttons)
- Pretzel sticks (for arms)
- Fruit leather or licorice strips (for scarf and hat)
- Small carrot sticks or orange candy (for the nose)
- Powdered sugar (for snow effect)
Instructions
- Make the pancake batter: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg, then stir in the milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Combine the wet and dry ingredients, stirring just until no dry streaks remain. The batter should be slightly lumpy—avoid overmixing.
- Cook the pancakes: Heat a non-stick skillet or griddle over medium heat and lightly grease it with butter or oil. For each snowman, cook three pancakes of different sizes using approximately 2 tablespoons of batter for the head, ¼ cup for the middle, and ⅓ cup for the base. Flip the pancakes when bubbles form and edges begin to set, then cook for another 1–2 minutes until golden.
- Assemble the snowmen: Place one large, one medium, and one small pancake in a vertical line on each plate, aligning them to resemble a snowman from bottom to top.
- Decorate: Use mini chocolate chips to create eyes and a smiling mouth. Add a small carrot stick or orange candy piece as the nose. Place regular chocolate chips or chocolate candies as buttons down the center of the middle and bottom pancakes. Insert pretzel sticks into the sides of the middle pancake to make arms. Shape strips of fruit leather or licorice into scarves and small hats. Dust the finished snowmen lightly with powdered sugar for a snowy effect.
- Let kids decorate their own: Set out all the toppings and allow each child to design their own snowman. It adds creativity and makes breakfast more interactive and fun.
Notes
- You can use store-bought pancake mix if preferred—just prepare it according to the package instructions and proceed with cooking and decorating as described.
- Let pancakes cool slightly before decorating to prevent chocolate from melting too quickly.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Christmas Desserts
- Method: Stacking and Decorating
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pancake snowman
- Calories: 813
- Sugar: 75g
- Sodium: 1245mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 17g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 132g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 13g
- Cholesterol: 82mg