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101 Pancake Toppings: Ideas for the Best Breakfast Ever


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Recipes by guests and friends of The Storied Recipe.

101 inspiring ideas of the Best Pancake Toppings Ever (plus recipes and combos)! Choose from 4 categories: Creamy, Sticky, Crunchy, and Fruit for the perfect pancake party!


Ingredients

CREAMY - Traditional Dairy Toppings

  1. Butter

  2. Whipped Cream

  3. Reddi Whip

  4. Cool Whip (non-dairy)

CREAMY- Ice Cream

  1. Neopolitan Ice Cream - Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla

CREAMY - Savory, Sour, or Tangy

  1. Plain Greek Yogurt - tangy flavour

  2. Flavored Greek Yogurt

  3. Sour Cream (Savory pancakes below)

  4. Ricotta Cheese

  5. Tahini or Tahini yogurt

  6. Goat Cheese

CREAMY - Cream Cheeses

  1. Strawberry Cream Cheese

  2. Herbed Cream Cheese

CREAMY - Non-Dairy and/or Vegan

  1. Chocolate Hummus

  2. Coconut Cream

  3. Coconut Whipped Cream

  4. Sauteed Onions

  5. Olive oil

  6. Vegan Butter

CREAMY - Nut Butters

  1. Nutella

  2. Almond Butter

  3. Peanut Butter

  4. Peanut Butter and Cinnamon

  5. Cashew Butter

  6. Pumpkin Seed Butter

  7. Sunflower Seed Butter

CRUNCHY: Classic

  1. Coconut Flakes

  2. Sprinkles or Non-Pareils for a pop of color

  3. Glittery Sanding Sugar

  4. Mini Chocolate Chips

  5. Cacao Nibs

  6. Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

  7. Yogurt Covered Blueberries

  8. Yogurt Covered Pretzels

CRUNCHY: Cereals

  1. Granola (Homemade)

  2. Frosted Flakes

  3. Crushed Fruit Loops

  4. Reeses Puffs

  5. Cocoa Puffs

CRUNCHY: Cookies

  1. Crushed Oreos

  2. Crushed Choc Chip Cookies

  3. Gingersnaps

  4. Nilla Wafers

CRUNCHY: Nuts

  1. Walnuts

  2. Pistachios

  3. Pecans

  4. Honey roasted peanuts

  5. Almonds

  6. Hazelnuts

CRUNCHY: Savory

  1. Pomegranate Arils

  2. Crumbled Bacon

  3. Spicy Candied Bacon (Brown Sugar Bacon)

  4. CRUNCHY: Seeds

  5. Flax Seeds (super healthy!)

  6. Sesame Seeds (best lightly toasted!)

  7. Pumpkin Seeds

CRUNCHY: Candy

  1. M&Ms (mini are best)

  2. Reeses pieces

  3. Chopped Reeses cups

  4. Chopped Snickers

  5. Chopped Butterfingers

  6. Butterscotch Chips

  7. Candy Canes

  8. Mini marshmallows

FRUITY: Fresh Fruit

  1. Frozen or fresh berries - these are the easiest, obviously. No knife skills, no peeling. Highly recommend.

  2. Blood or navel oranges or grapefruit sections - this takes a little work to section, but they're so juicy in their own right, no cooking or caramelizing is necessary.

  3. Sliced Kiwi

  4. Fresh figs

  5. Sliced Mango

  6. Fresh, creamy banana slices

FRUITY: Recipes to Enhance Flavors

  1. Mixed Berry Fruit Compote

  2. Flambeed Bananas

  3. Cooked Cinnamon Apples

  4. Roasted Pears

  5. Strawberries in Simple Sugar Syrup - sprinkle with sugar and just a dash of lemon juice for brightness

  6. Black cherries in syrup

  7. Maraschino cherries

  8. Roasted Grapes

  9. Mixed dried fruit

  10. Freeze dried raspberries

  11. Sugared cranberries

  12. Dried cranberries

STICKY: Syrups

  1. Cinnamon Syrup

  2. Blueberry Syrup

  3. Strawberry Syrup

  4. Peach Syrup

  5. Spiced Prune Syrup

  6. Honey

  7. Real Maple Syrup OR Generic Pancake Syrup (if you grew up with it, you may like it better than maple syrup!)

  8. Cardamom Syrup

  9. Vegan Date Caramel Sauce

  10. Mango Coulis or Sweet Mango Sauce Recipe

  11. Pomegranate Molasses

STICKY: Fruity Sauces

  1. Pumpkin Butter

  2. Apple Butter

  3. Blueberry Almond Butter

  4. Applesauce

  5. Lemon Curd - perfect with fresh strawberries

STICKY: The Classic Sauces

  1. Hot Chocolate Sauce (or the runnier version, Hershey's chocolate syrup)

  2. Hot Caramel Sauce

  3. Butterscotch Sauce


Instructions

Choose as many toppings as you want and add to your pancake feast!