This adorable holiday breakfast idea for bite size Santa Pancakes is super easy to make and ultra kid friendly.
The holidays are always so stressful. Sometimes we end up stretching ourselves out so thin trying to do it all, that we end up making ourselves miserable instead of enjoying the season with our families.
This happens every year so I’m always trying to come up with ways to give a little extra holiday magic to my family, without creating a ton of extra stress or work for myself. That’s how this holiday breakfast idea was born.
These mini Santa pancakes come together so quickly, it’s a really fun, low stress option to make Christmas morning a little extra special without slaving away in the kitchen all morning.
Cutest Christmas Recipe: How to Make Santa Pancakes
Ingredients
- favorite pancake batter or frozen mini pancakes
- fresh strawberries
- whipped cream in a can
- candy eyes
Instructions
Prepare your favorite pancake batter according to package instructions or use your favorite frozen brand of mini pancakes.
Heat a nonstick pan to medium and use either VERY little or no oil/butter at all in the pan.
(This will help the surface of the pancake look less shinny and keep the whipped cream in place)
I used a 1/3 cup muffin/ice cream scooper to try to make similarly sized and shaped pancakes.
Whether you made pancakes from batter or from frozen, be sure to allow the pancakes to fully cool on a rack before continuing. No cheating!
This is important because if they are hot or warm when you add the whipped cream, it run and melt down all over the rest of the face/pancake. Nobody likes a sad Santa :(
While you wait for the pancakes to cool, go ahead and wash, dry and slice the strawberries in half.
Once pancakes are fully cool, place one strawberry half towards the top of the pancake and add candy eyes just underneath.
Carefully dab on a bit of whipped cream to make the fluffy white beard.
That’s it! Easy peasy.
NOTE: The pancakes and strawberries could be made and prepped ahead of time, but plan to add the candy eyes and whipped cream right before serving for best results.
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Bite Size Santa Pancakes
Ingredients
- favorite pancake batter or frozen mini pancakes
- fresh strawberries
- whipped cream in a can
- candy eyes
Instructions
- Prepare your favorite pancake batter according to package instructions or use your favorite frozen brand of mini pancakes.
- Heat a nonstick pan to medium and use either VERY little or no oil/butter at all in the pan. (This will help the surface of the pancake look less shinny and keep the whipped cream in place)
- I used a 1/3 cup muffin/ice cream scooper to try to make similarly sized and shaped pancakes.
- Whether you made pancakes from batter or from frozen, be sure to allow the pancakes to fully cool on a rack before continuing. This is important because if they are hot or warm when you add the whipped cream, it run and melt down all over the rest of the face/pancake.
- While you wait for them to cool, wash, dry and slice the strawberries in half.
- Once pancakes are cool, place one strawberry half towards the top of the pancake and add candy eyes just underneath.
- Carefully dab on a bit of whipped cream to make the fluffy white beard. Serve right away!
Awesome ideas for pancakes!!
How cute are these? These would be fun to make for kids early Christmas morning.
Oh my gosh – this is an adorable idea! Our kids would love making and eating these adorable pancakes! Thanks for sharing.
How fun and cute is this breakfast idea! I’m sure the kids will be enjoying this very much. I like the fact that it’s pancakes so it’s really easy to put together!
Ok, these win breakfast hands down! Super cute and totally kid-sized too!