Valentine’s Buttermilk Pancake Bites – mini buttermilk pancake balls topped with red, white and pink Valentine’s M&Ms. Bake up a batch of these pancake bites in under 15 minutes.
If you like this breakfast recipe, you make also like these:
- Red Berry Banana Smoothie
- Thin Pancakes (Classic Crepes)
- 3-Ingredient Strawberry Cream Cheese Croissants
- Mini Cinnamon Muffins
How do you make these pancakes look like round balls?
These cute pancake bites are baked in a mini muffin tin. As they bake the batter will rise and the tops become rounded like a muffin. Make sure to spray your mini muffin tin with non-stick spray to let the pancake bites come out easy.Can I make this recipe in a larger size pan or tin?
I would think you can. I haven’t tried a different size pan such as an 8×8 inch baking dish or regular size muffin tin. We like the bite-sized aspect and quick cook time these pancake bites have to offer. If you do try these in a regular muffin tin or in a pan (like a cake) you will need to adjust the bake time as a larger size dish will take longer to bake. If you try a different pan, I’d love to hear about it! You can leave your experience in the comment section of this post. 🙂What kind of M&Ms should I use?
We use the regular milk chocolate M&Ms in the Valentine’s colors. They’re plain chocolate in a colorful candy coating. You could make these using any holiday color M&Ms. They don’t come in the fun festive holiday colors but you could also make these pancake bites using other varieties of M&Ms such as:- caramel filled M&Ms
- peanut butter M&Ms
- dark chocolate M&Ms
Can I use more than 3 M&Ms on each pancake bite?
Yes, my kids like to dip or drizzle syrup on their bites so we just put 3-4 chocolate M&Ms on each bite. This adds enough sweetness that if we want to eat them plain, they taste great but also leave a little room for syrup without making them overly sweet. If you won’t be adding syrup you could add a 1/4 of a cup of M&Ms right to the batter along with a few on top.Can I make this recipe with a store-bought pancake mix?
Yes, you can. If you already have pancake mix you can use that for this recipe. Make sure the batter isn’t too thin or runny otherwise the M&Ms will sink as they bake. Although you can make this recipe with store-bought pancake mix I’d still highly recommend trying this homemade buttermilk pancake recipe. It’s delicious!Valentine's Pancake Bites
Yield:
24 pancake bites
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
15 minutes
Mini buttermilk pancake balls topped with red, white and pink Valentine's M&Ms. Easy, baked pancake bites in under 15 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3 Tbs sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk, can also use 1 cup milk + 1 Tbp vinegar to substitute for buttermilk)
- 1/4 cup Valentine's M&Ms, red, white and pink
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In mixing bowl, blend, dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt).
- Add egg, oil and buttermilk. Mix until incorporated. Will have some small lumps. Don't over mix.
- Using a GREASED (spray with non-stick spray) 24 count MINI muffin tin, fill each cup 2/3 full.
- Add 3-4 M&Ms to the top of each.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until pancake bites are fully cooked (should spring back when tops are lightly pressed down or when toothpick comes out clean).
- Serve hot with or without syrup.
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