Start your spooky morning with these stacks of fun and festive Halloween pancakes! Fluffy, delicious, decorated with seasonal sprinkles, fake blood, and topped with an icing ghost shape, these pancakes are a hit with both kids and adults. Perfect for Halloween breakfast, brunch, or just a seasonal treat, they bring all the magic and a little spookiness to the table!
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Halloween Pancakes
Make your Halloween morning fun, festive, and spooktacular with these pancakes. They aren’t just a boring Halloween breakfast, right? They are interactive, soft, fluffy, and oh-so-delicious!
These bring the perfect mix of sweetness and celebration to your breakfast table. It is a recipe kids will love making and, more importantly, eating!
Why You’ll Love These Pancakes
- Fun and festive: Great for Halloween morning.
- Easy to customize: Use food coloring, sprinkles, or candy eyes.
- Kid-friendly: A breakfast that the kids can help make.
What You’ll Need
You need to gather the following ingredients to make these flippin’ fun pancakes!
- egg
- melted butter
- vanilla
- milk
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- sugar
- strawberry syrup
- black gel food coloring
- red gel food coloring
- white icing
- extra butter
- toothpicks
- plastic syringes
Note: Always check the recipe card for a full list of ingredients, amounts, and steps.
How to Make Halloween Pancakes
These pancakes are so fun and easy. Time to make your own!
- Place your egg, vanilla, ¼ cup of melted butter, and milk into a mixing bowl. Whisk together until well combined.
- Place your flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Whisk until well combined.
- Combine your wet ingredients with your dry ingredients. Mix until well combined. Small clumps are fine. Do not over mix! Add black food coloring until black batter is achieved.
- Heat up your griddle or skillet on medium heat. Add a small amount of butter to grease the skillet.
- Use an ice cream scoop and place 1 ½ scoops of batter in the center of the skillet.
- Let cook, until bubbles begin to form on top of the pancake and the edges are baked through. Flip and cook the other side for about one minute, until golden. Remove from the skillet. Repeat until all batter is used up.
- Stack pancakes on a serving dish and set aside.
- Mix together your syrup and red food coloring. Fill up your syringe.
- Use the back of a tablespoon to smear white icing on top of the pancakes, creating a ghost shape. Use a toothpick and black gel food coloring to create a cute little ghost face.
- Serve them up and hand the kiddos a syringe to top their pancakes with fake blood! Spooky fun! Enjoy!
Tips & Tricks – Halloween Pancakes
• Create a topping bar with sprinkles, candy eyes, and chocolate syrup so everyone can decorate their own pancakes.
• Seriously, don’t overmix. Stir the batter gently to keep the pancakes fluffy. Overmixing makes them dense.
• For a brighter, vibrant color, use gel food coloring to avoid thinning the batter.
Want to Change it Up?
Switch things up by swirling orange food coloring (not just black) into the batter for a striped effect. You can also decorate with chocolate syrup spider webs, or candy eyeballs to make it more festive.
More Halloween Recipes
Halloween Pancakes
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- whisk
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place your egg, vanilla, ¼ cup of melted butter, and milk into a mixing bowl. Whisk together until well combined.1 egg, ¼ cup melted butter, ½ teaspoon vanilla , 1½ cups milk
- Place your flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Whisk until well combined.2 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder , ½ tablespoon salt, 3 tablespoons sugar
- Combine your wet ingredients with your dry ingredients. Mix until well combined. Small clumps are fine. Do not over mix! Add black food coloring until black batter is achieved.black gel food coloring
- extra butter
- Use an ice cream scoop and place 1 ½ scoops of batter in the center of the skillet.
- Let cook, until bubbles begin to form on top of the pancake and the edges are baked through. Flip and cook the other side for about one minute, until golden. Remove from the skillet. Repeat until all batter is used up.
- Stack pancakes on a serving dish and set aside.
- Mix together your syrup and red food coloring. Fill up your syringe.½ teaspoon red gel food coloring, ¼ cup strawberry syrup
- Use the back of a tablespoon to smear on top of the pancakes. Creating a ghost shape. Use a toothpick and black gel food coloring to create a cute little ghost face.2 tablespoons white icing (optional)
- Serve them up and hand the kiddos a syringe to top their pancakes with fake blood! Spooky fun! Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutritional information accuracy not guaranteed.
