One of Kora & Logan’s favorite school snacks is store bought mini-muffins. I have to admit to buying them a lot this year because they are so easy to grab and pack into their backpacks for school snack time. While they love the muffins and I’m satisfied that they are filling enough snacks, I’m not happy about the long lists of ingredients with unpronounceable words on the packaging.
So in my quest to serve healthier foods, I decided to make Easy Pancake Mini Muffins. The recipe actually turned out to be incredibly easy and Kora & Logan enjoyed helping me with it. They couldn’t get over that we actually used pancake mix and put maple syrup into the muffin batter. They were also excited to see that I chopped fresh strawberries and included blueberries in the muffins mix too.
After the muffin cooled we all gave them a try and were thrilled to find them delicious! This simple recipe is now one of our favorites and I’m happy to have made something just a bit healthier, but still just as fun and filling, for school snack time.
Easy Pancake Mini Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups of pancake mix
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups of fresh berries
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray 3 mini-muffin tins with cooking spray.
- Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Stir until well mixed.
- Pour batter into mini-muffin tins until 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Serve warm with butter or pack into a backpack to enjoy later.
These sound great! Quick question, I’m assuming thus isn’t using just as water mix right? Could it be done with the just add water and omitting the eggs and or oil?
Pinning for sure! Thank you!
My daughter would love these. They look easy enough to make.
My daughter loves pancakes and muffins. Will have to try this.
Thank you for the perfect breakfast treat I may be able to create for my wife!
These look like a fun idea to make with the kids!
I saw some similar recipes on pinterest – whats so great is that you can put just about anything in them! Yum!
These look delicious! Will have to try them, perfect for my new mini-muffin tins….
These look so good and healthy also! I love how easy there are to make. I can’t wait to try them.
Delicious!
These look super easy to make and my kids can even help. We will be making these tomorrow.
These sound easy to make – I love it! They would be perfect for us to take on road trips!
Wow what a great recipe. I have everything I need to make these in the pantry except the strawberries.
These do look very easy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
What a great idea. I want to try to make something like this for my son. He loves pancakes and I think he will love these too!
These are probably healthier than the prepackaged variety in the store. I love pancakes and when I eat them its usually for dinner as they are quite filling. You could dunk these little muffins in a small container full of maple syrup.
These look delicious! I’ll bet they would freeze well, too, for Hubz to microwave at work when he goes in too early to have breakfast. I’ll be visiting my grands in Texas in a couple of weeks and this would be a fun breakfast for them ***pinned***
I need to try these. They’d be perfect to freeze for mornings where we’re running late and can’t sit down for a full breakfast.
What a great idea, I’m going to have to try these!
Yum I love pancakes! Such a cute brunch idea!
We all love muffins in my family. These sound great. I wonder how it would taste if I added chocolate chips or banana?
Tesa these look really good! My kids are super picky eaters and this would be perfect for school breakfast.
oh, yummy. my kids love pancakes, what a fun twist on them. i always need new breakfast ideas. i bet you could freeze these a bit?!
It sounds so good! I must try these FOR SURE! Thanks for the recipe. :)
These look so good! Going to pin it! Thank you!
Yum! These look really good and can be eaten on the go. Two important considerations for breakfast at my house!
These look wonderful and very easy to make for school breakfasts. I think I will be whipping up some this weekend to freeze! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe… I too have issues with buying items with “bad” ingredients; this one I can approve is safer than most brands in the store (thanks again!1)
looks delicious! thank you for the recipe!
Oh these are cute! I never made them with pancake mix, will definitely have to try!
Oh yum! I love making muffins. These look tasty!
looks good but gluetin free now
These look great, I always love your recipes!
I never thought to make pancakes into muffins! Such a great idea!
yummy!! Oh that is perfect for the cool fall mornings! I love the fresh strawberries you cut up too. That knife is beautiful :)
I am guilty of buying them too:( However, I now know that I don’t have too thanks to your yummy recipe!
This is genius!!
That is so fun! I never even thought about making mini pancakes in a muffin tin before! My kids would absolutely love this! A new fun way to eat pancakes and great for on the go mornings! Thank you!
YUM! My son would love these! Pinning to make soon!
Yum! My kids are big on anything they can make with their fingers. I will have to give these a try!
Yum! These would be perfect for sticking in a lunch box to send to school with the kids!
Ooh I have to try these they look super moist!
Yum Muffins Are So Good Fresh Out Of The Oven !:)