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Pancake Mini Muffins are a fun and easy breakfast made with pancake batter and your favorite mix-ins. Perfect for busy mornings, meal prep, school lunches, and freezer-friendly breakfasts.
If your family loves pancakes but mornings are always a little rushed, these Pancake Mini Muffins are about to become a new favorite. They have all the fluffy, buttery flavor of traditional pancakes, but they’re baked into bite-sized muffins that are perfect for grabbing on the go.
Serve them with maple syrup for dipping, fresh fruit, or yogurt, and you’ll have a breakfast everyone looks forward to.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Perfect for Busy Mornings
These mini pancake muffins are easy to grab on your way out the door, making them a great breakfast for hectic mornings. No standing over the stove flipping pancakes required.
Easy to Customize
Everyone can add their favorite mix-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries, strawberries, or sprinkles, so each batch can be a little different.
Great for Meal Prep
Make a batch over the weekend and enjoy them throughout the week. They store well in the refrigerator and freezer, making breakfast one less thing to think about.
Ingredient Notes:
Use your favorite Homemade Pancake Mix or a store bought box of pancake mix if you prefer.
- Flour – All-purpose flour works great, but pancake flour is a good substitute too.
- Baking Powder – Helps the batter rise for light, fluffy results.
- Baking Soda – Works alongside the baking powder to give extra lift.
- Sugar – Adds just a touch of sweetness to the batter.
- Egg – Helps bind everything together.
- Milk – I used 2% milk, but any milk you have on hand should work.
- Butter – Melted, for richness and flavor.
Directions:
Step One: Start by preheating your oven to 400 degrees F.
Step Two: Next shift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
In a separate bowl beat egg then add milk and melted butter.
Now mix together wet and dry ingredients.
Step Three: Pour pancake mix into mini muffin pan and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes.
Step Four: Serve warm with maple syrup.
Can I make these in a regular muffin tin?
This recipe can easily be made in a regular size muffin tin. You can follow the directions but will need to add more cooking time.
Your muffins will be done with you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.
FAQs
Can I use boxed pancake mix?
Yes! It works perfectly and makes this recipe even easier.
Why are my pancake muffins dense?
Overmixing is usually the cause. Stir just until combined.
Can I freeze them?
Yes! They freeze and reheat beautifully.
What mix-ins work best?
Chocolate chips, blueberries, strawberries, diced apples, bananas, or bacon and sausage.
Can I make regular-sized muffins?
Yes! Bake in a standard muffin pan for 15–20 minutes, checking with a toothpick for doneness.
Pancake Recipes:
If you love pancakes like my family does check out a few more of our favorite pancake recipes like these Mini Sausage Pancake Muffins or my kids favorite these Chocolate Chip Pancake Muffins. And of course you could always go for the Classic Pancake Recipe.
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Pancake Mini Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tablespoon Butter, (melted)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Shift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar. In a separate bowl beat egg then add milk and melted butter. Now mix together wet and dry ingredients.
- Pour pancake mix into mini muffin pan and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes.
- Serve warm with maple syrup.
Notes
Can I make these in a regular muffin tin?
This recipe can easily be made in a regular size muffin tin. You can follow the directions but will need to add more cooking time. Your muffins will be done with you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.Can I add something else to my pancake muffins?
I added chocolate chips and cooked ground sausage to my mini muffins before and we loved them. You can also try adding fresh fruit or nuts.Nutrition
Perfect for a brunch spread, snack, or change things up for a quick breakfast. We love pancakes but I hate standing there flipping, this is so quick and tastes like fluffy pancakes. My kiddo ate so many, she even loved the plain ones more than the ones with mini chocolate chips!
I added a big dose of vanilla, superb!!
I assume you grease the muffin tins?
You can grease it or use mini muffin liners.
Can you use almond flour to make these
I’m sure you can. I have not tried it, so not sure if you would need to edit anything else in the recipe. Let me know if you try it, and how it goes!
can you use store bought pancake mix?
Yep! That would work perfectly fine.
I am going to make these today and add frozen fruit. I have a ton of it and need quick. breakfasts for the kids.
Thats a great idea Aleya! I’ve put fruit in mine also and the kids love it! Hope you and your family enjoy!
Can you replace the dairy with almond milk?
Yes you should be able to add the same amount of almond milk to the recipe. I have not tried it with this none yet, hope you enjoy!!
How long could these last? Trying to fix as much as possible in advance because we have zero time in the mornings.
Totally understand that Aubrey! To freeze these once they are cooked you want to place them on a baking sheet so they are not touching each other and freeze them. Once frozen you can toss them in a big freezer bag but this way they don’t all freeze together and you can pull out 1-2 at a time. Since this recipe has dairy in it I would say 6-9 months (the regular time frame for freezing daily). You can pop out a few at a time and toss them in the microwave or oven until thawed! Hope you enjoy them =)
Hi, I was wondering if I could use whole wheat flour, and possibly add some flaxseed meal into these. Do you think they would still cook up properly?
I’m sure the whole wheat would be a fine sub I’ve never tried it with flaxseed but with a small amount it should work. Let me know how they turn out!
I bet my teen would love making these on the weekends. I can’t wait to show them to her.