Both pancakes and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal make delicious breakfasts... But have you ever tried combining them? These Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pancakes are packed with the cinnamon sugar cereal and topped with a delicious cinnamon maple syrup.
In my dream world, I have time to make pancakes for breakfast every morning. OK, maybe that's not quite true; I'd probably want eggs some mornings, too.
Potentially a huge plate of eggs benedict with extra hollandaise and avocado on the side on occasion. And maybe one day, I'd feast on Belgian waffles.
But you're missing the point here. The point is having time in the morning to do things like make pancakes.
I might, you could argue, just wake up a little earlier and make this dream a reality. But I already get up at 5:00 a.m. during the week and I'm not sure even pancakes are worth me setting my alarm "in the 4s."
Of course, if we were in my dream world I'd be getting 8-9 hours of sleep every night, so it wouldn't really be a big deal... But we are most certainly not in my dream world. Depressing, I know.
So basically, pancakes are reserved for the weekends. Sigh.
While I'm kept pretty satisfied with a stack of simple buttermilk pancakes and large amounts of maple syrup, I like to mix things up every now and then.
I had a box of cinnamon toast crunch sitting atop my fridge for a ridiculous amount of time, so I decided to do what any reasonable person would do... Put them in pancakes.
How to Make Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pancakes
Aside from the Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and extra cinnamon, these really are your standard pancakes and super easy to make.
You make the batter the same way you would any other pancake recipe, but mix in the crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and cinnamon.
So, I guess technically, I wouldn't have to get up that much earlier. But still.
I'm not sure I physically have it in me to lug my griddle out of my cabinet at 5 a.m.
I'm just not that kind of morning person.
But if someone wanted to make these Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pancakes for me, I'm sure the smell of them would be enough to lure me right out of bed! Hint, hint... I'm not exactly certain who I'm trying to hint to, but just anyone who is listening I guess.
Simple Cinnamon Maple Syrup
I topped the pancakes with maple syrup, but not before adding cinnamon to it for some extra kick.
Literally that's all I did... Sprinkle some cinnamon into maple syrup.
And that's how you make cinnamon maple syrup.
Don't be shy; you'll want to eat an entire stack of these, so pile them up.
Once you drizzle the syrup on, I recommend crumbling some more cereal over the top.
Every single bite of these pancakes was heavenly. I think fluffy is the biggest compliment you can give pancakes.
Hi Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pancakes; you are the fluffiest. And I love you.
More Cinnamon Toast Crunch Recipes
I am a HUGE lover of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and truly believe in putting it in all kinds of recipes. If you are are also a CTC lover, check out these other recipes!
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Granola
- Chocolate Cinnamon Toast Crunch Stout Milkshakes
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch French Toast (from Brown Sugar Food Blogger)
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Panna Cotta (from Furbaby and Foodie)
Did you know that cinnamon is like really, really healthy for you? It can lower your bad cholesterol and your blood sugar, too. It can also allegedly improve your memory. Just from smelling it.
Which makes me feel like I should keep a dish of it on my desk because I've been having the worst memory issues lately. Seriously, I feel like an 90-year-old woman who forgets people's names and tasks I was working on 5 seconds earlier.
I guess that's a good argument to get up and make Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pancakes every morning? Just give me this, OK?
Also, did you ever notice that the Cinnamon Toast Crunch illustrations on the box look so skeptical and unhappy? Why so grumpy, guys? You're Cinnamon Toast Crunch, that's a pretty sweet gig. Plus, you get to be in these pancakes.
CHEER UP PLEASE.
And now I'm talking to the drawings on the cereal box. I guess I'll need more than cinnamon to help me at this point.
What would you have for breakfast every morning in your dream world?
If you choose pancakes, be sure to check out my other fun pancake recipes, like S'mores Pancakes, Pretzel Stout Pancakes, and Pumpkin Butterfinger Pancakes.
📖 Recipe
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon, divided
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, crushed
- 1 ¼ cups buttermilk
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup maple syrup
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, and salt. Stir Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal into mixture.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, melted butter, egg, and vanilla.
- Slowly pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, stirring until they’re just combined, but being careful not to over-mix.
- Heat a griddle or frying pan over medium heat and pour about ¼ C batter onto it. Cook pancakes for about 2 minutes on each side, until they’re nicely browned. Repeat with all batter.
- Stir the remaining 1 tsp cinnamon into the maple syrup and serve syrup over a stack of pancakes. Crumble additional Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal over the top, if you desire.
Joanne says
Pancakes every day would be a dream! But you're right..not worth waking up in the 4's for. These are totally weekend-perfect, though! I want all things cinnamon when I wake up, ALL THE TIME.
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
These pancakes are all sorts of awesome! I might even be convinced to get up in the 4s for them... well, maybe not, but close!
Leah | So, How's It Taste? says
I love this! You're right though, pancakes are totally for the weekend. Boo having to go to work! Cinnamon Toast Crunch is so good...reminds me of being a kid.
Daisy says
My roommate is a cinnamon toast crunch fiend, so I have a couple boxes of it in the pantry....time to make some pancakes!!
Lynn @ The Actor’s Diet says
I bet these would be amazing w their PB Toast Crunch Cereal!
ATasteOfMadness says
These pancakes look amazing!!
Ami@NaiveCookCooks says
I love eating cinnamon crunch just directly from the box! In pancake - I die!!
Kevin @ Closet Cooking says
What a fun breakfast idea! Yum!
Alyssa @ My Sequined Life says
An alarm in the 4s....ouuuuch. I love, love pancakes too but I hear you there. I love these!! I used to obsess over the original version of french toast crunch cereal back when each piece looked like a mini french toast slice. Once they changed it to look like cinnamon toast crunch I didn't like it anymore! I'm still a fan of cinnamon toast crunch though so I think I'll stock up today, for these pancakes and health reasons and all. 🙂
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
I think this is the most creative pancake that I've seen! Cinnamon toast crunch is my favorite cereal, so I would love these!
kristy @ the wicked noodle says
These look so awesome!! I'll bet they have a great texture to them not to mention fantastic flavor. Can't wait to try!!
Justine says
I wish I got up early enough today to make these!!
sarah k @ the pajama chef says
what fun pancakes!!
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says
That's it. You stole my heart. SWOON.
Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog says
I too wish I had the time to make pancakes every morning...and not just any pancakes, but THESE! They sound amazing! Also...great minds...I made cinnamon toast brunch banana muffins for camping this past weekend, so I'm definitely a fan of anything cinnamon toast crunch 🙂
Mickey J DIXON says
We are required to have minimum 4boxes of cinnamon toast crunch in our pantry at all times. If these pancakes are as good as they sound were upping to six boxes. Umm umm!!!
Raija says
These are so delicious! The only thing I did differently was added about a 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg to the batter as well! They were a huge hit in my house! Thanks for a great recipe!