As most of you already know, I have a picky little eater on my hands. Meals in our home are a challenge. We try to introduce new foods & Mai just won’t try them.
“I think it is too spicy.”
“This looks too cheesy.” (As if there was such a thing.)
“I don’t like vegetables.”
You would think we were living with Goldilocks. ย There are not many things that our daughter will try, but luckily we do have a few never fail stand-bys. One of these is pancakes. She cannot get enough of them. She would eat them at every meal if we let her.
If you are online, I am sure that you have seen the videos going around of the various pancake artists forming pancakes in the shape of Olaf, Minions & animals. It is amazing. As with most of these things they make it seem so easy. This curious mommy had to see just how easy it would be. I was not as daring as to try any Disney characters or other elaborate art work this time around, but thought in anticipation for the warmer weather that we could start with some spring flowers.
Start with a basic pancake recipe. If the batter is too thick add a little extra milk. I used a mixer on my batter to make sure that there were no lumps.
Using a funnel separate the batters into squeeze bottles.
Add a couple of drops of food coloring to each bottle.
Shake up the mixtures until the color is well blended.
On a hot griddle, squeeze out the outline to whatever object you are drawing. We started with a butterfly.
Add details to the inside of your drawing.
Fill in around the designs with more batter. The batter spread very easily around the details. You can dab in where there are holes. Do not worry if some batter goes over the designs. You will not be able to tell on the other side. Cook until the whole pancake is bubbly & flip.
Try some other simple designs. We made a few different flowers.
Mai requested M & M’s on her pancakes, so we pushed a few in her petals before serving. She loved the pretty pancakes & ate 4 pancakes for me this morning.
Here are a few more breakfast time creations.
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OMG! I LOVE this idea! My girls will go crazy!
Thank you! I hope they like them as much as mine did.
Gorgeous! I could have used this idea when I used to make “initial” pancakes on each of the kids’ birthday mornings. And you’re right, there is no such thing as too cheesy!
I have never said the words too cheesy in my life. My daughter hates melted cheese. She won’t touch mac & cheese, but she loves her pancakes.
Hey! I want to wake up to those ๐ great share. I love the extra love you put into it, great mama xo
Thank you Mari! They were fun to make & Mai loved them.
Wow, I’m impressed by how much effort you put into the breakie! Looks lovely though, would (will?) be a hit on a kids party!
Thanks hon. I want to make these all the time now. They were fun to make & they look so pretty that I could hardly bring myself to eat them.
That is a great idea! I bet our six year old would love fancy pancakes!
My daughter was so excited about these. She loved the tulip the best.
Adorable and made Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes this morning, but will show Kevin and next time maybe we could try these, too ๐
Ooooh ! Mickey mouse, Mai would love that too. You will have to share with me how to make those.
Kim I want to be just like you when I grow up! Your creativity is inspiring – seriously! I feel like I can do this one ๐ awesome!
Lol! Thank you Becky. You are so sweet. These were easier than I thought and were fun to make. I feel like I can only make them this way now.
How cool are you? I love them. What a neat idea.
Thank you. They were pretty easy to make too.
I’ve been seeing these kind of pancakes all over fb and I’m going to have to try it! They look great!
That is why I made them. They made it look so simple & it really is. I am not quite ready to make some of their creations yet, but these will do just fine.
Wow, that’s something even I could do! You could do the kids’ names, their ages … just about anything! So much fun ๐
Those are good ideas too. So many possibilities.
Oh my goodness, how creative is this? I’m pretty sure I could never make something so yummy and pretty!
They were not that hard actually. I was surprised at how well it worked. They were a big hit with my tot.
How fun!! What a great way to have breakfast mean so much more!
I am not really good in cooking but my eldest loves to cook pancakes. I am going to share this link to her! Thanks for sharing!
I have seen the Olaf pancakes. Those are cute to me, and these are too. ๐
What a great idea! These are so cute! Thanks for sharing, definitely going to try this!
These are adorable! You did a great job!
This would start anybody’s day with a big smile. They’re so cute!
These are SO cute! I love the flower!
Adorably cute!
now that’s pretty cute! I would love to try this with my daughter. It’s really neat!
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so cool and so creative!
This looks like so much fun!
These look really amazing & cute. Such a fun idea which kids would love so much for sure. Exciting & Creative way to prepare Pancakes that my daughters would love too.
Eating decorative pancakes like that is so much fun. I love your tulip pancake. The only thing I ever tried to make with batter was Mickey Mouse, lol.
These are adorable pancakes! My girls would love these. They are picky eaters too! I will have to try and make these for Easter breakfast.
great idea here.. my little man loves pancake and for sure he’ll love more if i’ll create a car pancake