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Easy Santa Pancakes {20 Minutes}

Published: Feb 3, 2021 · Modified: Feb 3, 2021 by Ginny · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Santa Pancakes on Skewers will be a big hit on Christmas morning! The kids will love this edible version of Santa’s hat. With just five ingredients and 20 minutes, you can make this adorable recipe for your kiddos this holiday season.

Use a sieve to sprinkle powdered sugar on top of the pancakes.
These Santa Hat Pancakes Are a Blast to Make!
Contents hide
1 🎅 Why This Recipe Works
2 🍓 Ingredients
3 🎁 Instructions
4 🔖 Serving Tips
5 📌 Expert Tips
6 🍽️ Recipe FAQs
7 Adorable Santa Pancake Skewers

🎅 Why This Recipe Works

Only 20 Minutes | These are so much fun! It’s a bonus that they only take 20 minutes to make.

Inexpensive | The basic ingredients are all pretty cheap, so you can throw together a batch with very little money.

Adorable | Kids and adults can’t resist the yummy flavor or how adorable these pancakes are.

🍓 Ingredients

Not only are these the cutest thing ever, but they also only take a handful of ingredients. Let’s talk about the main ingredients you will need:

Pancake Mix: You can use a pre-packaged pancake mix or a homemade version. Both work great and give you a terrific flavor.

Strawberries: The most important ingredient is strawberries. They will give the look of the adorable Santa hats, and they happen to taste good too.

Marshmallows: You will need a variety of large and small marshmallows to create the look of these cute pancake skewers.

🎁 Instructions 

These are so easy to make and who doesn’t like food on a stick? 

three process shots showing making the pancake batter, cooking them and flattening the marshmallows.
Simple Steps to Make the Hats

Step One: Prep the strawberries by cutting thin slices for layering between the pancakes. Cut the end off a strawberry to form the pointed Santa’s hat. 

Step Two: Make the pancakes from your favorite pancake batter mix. I used the recipe on the back of the Bisquick box. Nothing too special to add here. Make them about the size of 50 cent pieces. 

Note: Make sure to heat up the skillet before you start pouring the batter. Always make a very small tester pancake first to make sure your temperature is set. Sometimes it may overheat and will burn and other times it isn’t hot enough and the pancakes won’t get brown. Take the time and do the small test pancake first! 

Step Three: The white top of the hat is a little mini marshmallow. Don’t try to cut a regular marshmallow up to make it fit as it is so gooey and just makes a mess. 

I used a rolling pin to flatten full sized marshmallows to layer between the pancakes and the strawberry slices.  

Step Four: Hold it all together with toothpicks and sprinkle powdered sugar on top to make it look like snow! 

Serve with maple syrup (or any other flavored syrup) or whipped cream. Make a delicious honey butter to put on the side by combining a ½ cup of butter with a ¼ cup of honey and whip until light and fluffy! Or, just eat them plain, like my family did.

sheet pan with pancake stacks.
Everyone will Smile with These on Their Plate

🔖 Serving Tips

Think about making these for a Christmas buffet, Santa breakfast or a sweet treat to make as you get ready to visit Santa for pictures! 

For anyone that is heading into the office, don’t worry, you can take these in. Check out the honey butter below to make for your office mates to enjoy! 

📌 Expert Tips

  • Don’t overmix the pancakes or they won’t be fluffy.
  • You can use homemade pancake mix or a boxed mix, depending on your preference.
  • To make pink hats, you can use strawberry marshmallows for a fun spin.
pancake, marshmallows and strawberries stacked to form a Santa's hat.
Kids Adore These Santa Pancakes

🍽️ Recipe FAQs

Can you meal prep pancakes?

Yes! Since these are served at room temperature, prepare and serve these at a leisurely pace! Make the pancakes ahead of time and even freeze them as I have shown in How to Freeze Pancakes so you can get ahead of the game for the holidays.

Cut up the strawberries the night before so they are ready as well. 

Another time saver is just getting everything out and ready to go in the morning. If you don’t want to make your pancakes ahead, that is fine. Just prep everything so you can dump in the bowl, stir and start cooking! 

Can I use long skewers?

Yes, you can! You can just lay them down on a platter and it will look really cute! 

🥄 Related Recipes

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  • Christmas Peanut Butter Balls
  • No Bake Espresso Oreo Truffle {30 Minutes}

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Sifter with powdered sugar dusting the Santa Pancake on a sheet pan

Adorable Santa Pancake Skewers

These quick and easy Santa Pancake Skewers are going to be the hit of Christmas morning! Don't skip on the "snow" of the powdered sugar!
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American, Christmas, Holiday
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Ginny

Ingredients

Pancake Batter

  • 1 each Egg
  • 1 cup Pancake Mix

Santa Pancakes

  • 1 cup Strawberries Sliced
  • 12 Marshmallows Large
  • 6 Marshmallows Small

Instructions

Pancakes

  • Using the pancake recipe of your choice, make individual pancakes about the size of 50 cent pieces. You will need a couple for each Santa.

Santa Hat

  • Slice a bit off the fat end of the strawberry to lie flat for Santa's hat.
  • Slice pieces of strawberries for the Santa belly section.

Large Marshmallows

  • Use a rolling pin to flatten a large marshmallow. Gently roll back and forth across the marshmallow to blow the air out and flatten it down. This becomes the white section of your Santa suit.

Assembling the Adorable Santa Pancake Skewers

  • Use a small skewer (we did in the photo) start and layer a pancake, a sliced strawberry, a large marshmallow, pancake, sliced strawberry, large marshmallow, pancake and full strawberry. Top with a mini marshmallow for the top of Santa's hat. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with melted butter, whipped cream, maple syrup or on its own.

Notes

Nutritional facts can’t be given as the pancake mix used by each person is unknown. 
Don’t substitute with Marshmallow Fluff as it melts and gets sticky/messy. 
Meal Prep Options: Since these are served at room temperature, prepare and serve these at a leisurely pace! Make the pancakes ahead of time and even freeze them as I have shown in How to Freeze Pancakes so you can get ahead of the game for the holidays. Cut up the strawberries the night before so they are ready as well. 

Another time saver is just getting everything out and ready to go in the morning. If you don’t want to make your pancakes ahead, that is fine. Just prep everything so you can dump in the bowl, stir and start cooking! 
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About Ginny

Hi! My name is Ginny and I know how busy life can be! I am a mom working hard to prepare healthy meals for my family that is always on the go!

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