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.

Head-on view of a stack of Cinnamon Toast Crunch pancakes topped with the cereal with the box in the background and recipe title at top

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.

Collage showing the pancake batter making process including whisking dry ingredients in bowl, adding and whisking in crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, and whisking together wet ingredients in a bowl

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.

Collage showing batter in a mixing bowl and pancakes being cooked on the griddle

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.

Maple Syrup in a jar with cinnamon added in

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.

Head-on view of a big stack of cinnamon toast crunch pancakes with crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal on top and cereal box in the background

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.

Landscape close-up view of a fork holding up two bites of Cinnamon Toast Crunch pancakes

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.

Overhead view of a stack of Cinnamon Toast Crunch pancakes with cereal crushed over the top on a white plate with cereal box in the background

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.

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