Make your favorite little guys and ghouls a delectable breakfast of Halloween Pancakes in 30 minutes from scratch. Let your family top their own pancakes with Halloween sprinkles, eyeballs, and more!
What better way to celebrate Halloween then with these Halloween Monster Buttermilk Pancakes. I love to make my kids a spooky breakfast the days leading up to and on Halloween. These pancakes will sure to be a new family favorite and hopefully tradition! I used my go-to recipe for buttermilk pancakes, added some Adam’s Extract food coloring as well as sparkle gel, sprinkles, and candy eyeballs and these pancakes are full of monster goodness!
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Why this Recipe Works
Kids (and adults) love to have fun festive Halloween pancakes.
This homemade pancake mix yields fluffy mouthwatering bites!
Breakfast is made in 30 minutes.
Get the kids involved and let them top their own pancakes.
What supplies do you need to make Halloween Buttermilk Monster Pancakes?
For these Halloween pancakes you’ll need quite a few kitchen tools and ingredients. Here is a list of supplies.
- Adams Extract 4 Color Pack
- Sweets & Treats Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Monster Mash
- Dixie Crystals Fine Granulated Sugar
- Wilton Black Sparkle Gel
- Wilton Candy Eyeballs
- Mixing bowl
- OXO Measuring Cups & Spoons
- Silicone spatula
- Frying pan
- Ice Cream Scoop
How do you make Halloween Pancakes?
Making these pancakes are very easy. Best of all you can make them the day before you want to serve and then reheat and top.
Pro tip: you want your top pancake to be on the cooler side when you go to top the pancakes or else you will end up with a blob of whipped cream.
Using a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Then add in the buttermilk, milk, eggs, and melted butter. Mix for 30 seconds and all ingredients are blended.
Separate the batter into 3 bowls. Then, make orange, green, and purple batter (Purple: 20 drops red, 15 drops blue | Green: 20 drops Green 5 drops yellow | Orange: 40 drops yellow, 15 drops red).
Spray cooking spray in a frying pan and heat over medium heat.
Using an ice cream scoop, scoop and pour the batter into the pan.
Cook for 2-3 minutes until you start to see bubbles forming in the batter. Then flip and cook an additional 1-2 minutes until brown and cooked through. Remove from griddle and repeat until all the batter is used.
Once the pancakes are all cooked, divide evenly among plates. Then drizzle the Wilton Black Sparkle Gel on top. Followed by whipped cream and a generous sprinkling of the Monster Mash sprinkles.
Lastly, add the Wilton Candy Eyeballs on top. Repeat until all the pancakes are topped.
FAQs
The answer is yes! I actually almost always freeze my leftover pancakes! I store them between layers of parchment paper in a freezer safe bag or container.
To reheat frozen pancakes is simple. Place the desired number of pancakes on a plate and reheat in the microwave for 30 seconds. Flip the pancakes over and if they are still cool to touch then microwave an additional 30 seconds until hot.
Halloween Recipes
If you loved this recipe you’ll love some of my other favorite Halloween recipes.
- Monster Pumpkin Spice Caramel Cream Cheese Dip
- Halloween M&M Cookie Bars
- Mummy Pizza Toast
- Halloween Snack Mix
Still craving pancakes? Try these…
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Halloween Pancakes
Equipment
- KitchenAid Stand Mixer
- Stove Top
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 tablespoon Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons salted butter melted and slightly cooled
- Adams 4 Color Pack Red, Blue, Yellow, & Green
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Then add in the buttermilk, milk, eggs, and melted butter. Mix for 30 seconds and all ingredients are blended.
- Separate the batter into 3 bowls. Then, make orange, green, and purple batter. See notes below on how much food coloring to put into each bowl.
- Spray cooking spray in a frying pan and heat over medium heat.
- Using an ice cream scoop, pour the batter into the pan.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes until you start to see bubbles forming in the batter. Then flip and cook an additional 1-2 minutes until brown and cooked through. Remove from griddle and repeat until all the batter is used.
- Once the pancakes are all cooked, divide evenly among plates. Then drizzle the Wilton Black Sparkle Gel on top. Followed by whipped cream, Monster Mash sprinkles, and Wilton Candy Eyeballs. Repeat until all the pancakes are topped. Enjoy immediately.
Notes
- Food Dye – If you would like to keep the food dye out of your pancakes you can omit that step! It’s not going to change the taste at all.
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Christie
They look super cute! Perfect for Halloween breakfast. Especially with the Adams Family items at IHOP!
Katie
Yes!! Similar to those for sure!
Cheese Curd In Paradise
An excellent way to start any Halloween morning! I love the eyeballs.
Katie
Thanks!A fun Halloween tradition!
Karen
Ooooh, I bet my grandkids would adore these. The eyeballs alone!! Cuteness.
Katie
Yes!!! And a fun way to get them involved in the kitchen, too!
Terri Steffes
I love these pancakes! What a great use of the eyeballs. 🙂
Katie
Thanks! Yes–nothing screams Halloween more then eyeballs staring back at you!
Betsy Cohen
These sure are monster pancakes and my Baby Boy will love them!
Katie
Yes!!! A hit by everyone in my home.
Karyn
I bet the kiddos loved digging into these for breakfast! They would also be great as dinner before a night of trick-or-treating!
Katie
Karyn! Yes brinner before Trick or Treating! What a great idea!
Angie
I can’t wait to make these for Jackson for Halloween! He’s going to love them!
Katie
I’m sure he will love them. Reagan loves ALL THE SPRINKLES! 😉
Dorothy Reinhold
Well this certainly makes breakfast much more fun! This is the perfect breakfast for kiddos!
Katie
Thanks Dorothy!
Samantha
These would be perfect for Halloween morning! What kid wouldn’t love to wake up to these?!
Katie
Agree! My kids look forward to pancakes for every holiday!
Amy (Savory Moments)
These are such a fun idea! I know my kids would love them for a Halloween breakfast!
Katie
Amy–the perfect tradition to start!
Hezzi-D
How fun are these pancakes? I totally want to make them for my son! I think he would love them!
Katie
Yes! Start it as a new tradition! My kids love to eat them during the month of October!