Looking for the easiest muffin recipe ever? These Muffins with Pancake Mix are incredibly easy to make and come out perfectly every time. Add in blueberries, chocolate chips, or anything you want and serve these muffins as breakfast or a snack!
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Is there anything better than waking up in the morning, grabbing a cup of coffee, and then remembering you have a batch of homemade muffins waiting for you?
Making muffins from scratch isn't difficult, but you might prefer to use a mix to streamline the process or to prevent you from having to take too many ingredients out of the pantry.
Or maybe you just have an overabundance of pancake mix and are looking for some recipes to use it with. You've come to the right place!
🥞 Can you make muffins with pancake mix?
Yes, you can! Most pancake mixes are simply made up of flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt (some of them have other ingredients added in or variations of these, but they're all fairly similar).
That means that when you use a pancake mix to make muffins, you have 3 ingredients in one. I say 3 because I do recommend adding more sugar to the batter as you generally want more sugar in muffins than in pancakes (since you're not drowning them in maple syrup!).
You should note that using pancake mix to make muffins doesn't make baking them that much easier and if you have all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt on hand, you can easily make muffins from scratch without a mix!
By the way, this also means you can do the reverse and make pancakes with muffin mix!
And if you happen to have an abundance of pancake mix, note that you can also make crepes with it. I did that here. And I've also made cookies with pancake mix!
🗒 Ingredients needed
When you use pancake mix for muffins, you'll have your flour, baking powder, and salt all in one, which cuts down on the amount of ingredients you'll need to get out.
Some pancake mixes also have canola oil in them, but I still recommend adding oil here because it will make your muffins extra moist.
Here are all the ingredients you'll need for these muffins:
- Pancake mix
- Granulated sugar (even though the pancake mix has some in it, I like my muffins to be a bit sweeter)
- Eggs
- Whole milk
- Vegetable oil (like canola oil)
- Vanilla
- Any mix-ins you want
I used Annie's Organic Pancake and Waffle Mix for my muffins, but you could also use Bisquick, Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix, Krusteaz Pancake Mix, Hungry Jack Pancake Mix, etc.
🛒 What if I don't have some ingredients?
You can certainly make these muffins even more basic and simple by leaving out the sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla, and mix-ins, but I think they're most delicious with all four added in and I wanted to give you the best recipe for muffins with pancake mix possible.
The back of the Bisquick box actually has a basic pancake recipe with just milk and eggs added in... But it also has instructions for "ultimate pancakes" (AKA the most delicious ever), which also calls for added sugar, oil and vanilla.
And so long as you have the ingredients on hand, wouldn't you always rather have "the most delicious ever"??
🫐 Muffin mix-in options
In my opinion, the very best muffins have mix-ins! When I made this recipe, I experimented with blueberries and chocolate chips and both were great.
But there are so many different mix-ins you can use in these pancake mix muffins. Here are some of my favorites:
- Blueberries
- Chocolate chips
- Raspberries
- Bananas
- Cinnamon
- Lemmon and poppyseed
- Mango
- Nuts
- Sprinkles/Funfetti (you could even make these with a Funfetti pancake mix!)
You can incorporate any ingredients you want and can even make a delicious version of these oat banana blueberry muffins.
If you just can't decide or your family members have different preferences, you can divide the batter into two bowls and fold in two different mix-ins before filling muffin tins.
👩🍳 How to make muffins with pancake mix
Like I keep saying, muffins are easy to make! And these pancake mix muffins are even easier.
To start, preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a muffin tin with 12 papers.
In a large bowl, whisk together pancake mix and sugar. Create a well in the center of the mix.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla until well combined.
Pour the wet ingredients into the well in the dry ingredients and using a spatula, mix together until just combined, taking care not to over-mix.
Over-mixing will result in dense muffins, so take care to mix just until the ingredients are blended.
Now, Gently fold in blueberries, chocolate chips, or any other mix-ins you want to use.
I separated my batter into two bowls at this point and mixed blueberries into one batch of batter and chocolate chips into the other.
Fill muffin papers about ¾ of the way with batter.
And bake for about 18-21 minutes, until muffins are just turning golden and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Let cool in the tin for a couple minutes before moving to rack to cool completely.
I love these muffins served fresh out of the oven warm, but they're also delicious room temperature. You don't need to add any butter to them, but, of course, you can.
These muffins with pancake mix ended up being incredibly light, fluffy, and moist... All characteristics I look for in my baked goods!
The only problem I had was deciding if I wanted a blueberry one or a chocolate chip one (solution: I ate both).
❓ What if I don't want to use pancake mix?
Something tells me you wouldn't be reading this post if you didn't want to make muffins with pancake mix. But if after reading this, you realized you actually want to make these muffins from scratch, I have lots of great from scratch muffin recipes for you.
I'd recommend using an actual muffin recipe instead of trying to adapt this recipe for muffins with pancake mix. See below for some ideas!
🎉 More muffin recipes
If you want to make homemade muffins from scratch, here are some of my very favorite recipes. In most of them, mix-ins can easily be swapped out for the homemade muffins of your dreams!
- Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins
- Raspberry and Dark Chocolate Muffins
- Carrot Raisin Muffins
- Tuscan Lemon Muffins
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Muffins
- Raspberry, Mango, and Ginger Muffins
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Muffins
- Fresh Corn Muffins with Basil
- Double Chocolate Tahini Muffins (from Sloane's Table)
- Glazed Clementine Muffins (from Elle Jay at Home)
🥣 What else can I make with pancake mix?
If you still have pancake mix on your hands after making these muffins and want to make more than just pancakes with them, you definitely can!
Here are a few other baked goods you can easily make with pancake mix:
- Crepes
- Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake (from The Country Cook)
- Funnel Cake (from Love From the Oven)
- Buttermilk Biscuits (from Momma Lew)
- Cinnamon Rolls (from Imma Eat That)
- Donuts (from Mom Unleashed)
With a little tweaking, you can make almost any baked good with a box of pancake mix!
Would you rather have pancakes or muffins?
Pancakes are delicious, but I love that you can make muffins one day and have them for days after, whereas pancakes are really only delicious when freshly made.
📖 Recipe
Muffins with Pancake Mix
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups pancake mix
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup blueberries, ⅔ cups chocolate chips, or any other mix-ins of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a muffin tin with 12 papers.
- In a large bowl, whisk together pancake mix and sugar. Create a well in the center of the mix.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla until well combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the well in the dry ingredients and using a spatula, mix together until just combined, taking care not to over-mix.
- Fold in blueberries, chocolate chips, or any other mix-ins you desire.
- Fill muffin papers about ¾ of the way with batter and bake for about 18-21 minutes, until muffins are just turning golden and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool in the tin for a couple minutes before moving muffins to rack to cool completely.
Krista says
Can you use applesauce instead of the eggs
Sues says
Hi Krista! I haven't tried it in this recipe, but as a general rule, you can replace eggs with applesauce, so it should work. You should use 1/4 cup applesauce for each egg.
Lee says
These puffed up so nicely.
Easy to make. Thank you.
Harper says
A word to the wise--if you try and make this with GF pancake mix, it probably won't turn out. I think it's just due to the consistency of the GF mix vs regular flour mixes. You either need less mix or more moisture. I should have known when the dough was more like biscuit dough. But, I went ahead. For me they came out like....a mix between scones and cookie consistency. Nowhere near like a muffin. However, they are still edible. Certainly not the recipes fault. I may try to adjust another time. Just wanted to help out any other GF-ers out there who may come across this!
Sues says
@Harper- Thank you for this helpful info! I'm definitely not a GF expert, but this is a great note to make for anyone GF readers looking to adapt this recipe.
Allison says
If my pancake mix doesn’t need milk or eggs do I still add them?
Sues says
Hi Allison! Is it "just add water" pancake mix? I haven't tried these cookies with that, but I would still add the egg for these cookies. There is no milk in the recipe. I'm making a note to get some "just add water" mix so I can experiment and update this post!
Shelley says
Lovely just made some
Katelyn says
Made these and they were delicious. I used maple syrup instead of sugar and the milk I had on hand (oat). In stead of the chocolate I mashed up a few strawberries and raspberries from the fridge and threw those in with the blueberries. Really easy to make. The recipe was simple to follow and worked well with my modifications. The pancake batter I used was the buttermilk protein mix from Costco.
So says
I just made it for me and my kids. We loved them! I used the just add water mix and came out so light fluffy and delicious. I added fruity pebble’s frosting to them.
Shannon says
Made these this morning using Trader Joe's Ube Mochi gluten free pancake mix! They turned out perfectly sweet, moist and delicious. I used frozen blueberries and white chocolate chips. I ended up with 18 Muffins. Thanks so much for this simple hack! We'll be using it again soon!
Linda Burt says
Can I use almond milk instead of whole milk?
Sues says
@Linda Yes, you can!
Lauren says
Can I use frozen blueberries?
Sues says
Hi Lauren- Yes, you definitely can use frozen blueberries!
Mary says
Can you just use egg whites, skim milk, and monk fruit powder. It’s tough getting old and needing to watch your diet.
Sues says
Hi Mary- I haven't tried this, so I can't be positive, but I do think this should work just fine! Let me know if you try it 🙂
marla says
hI~if i want to use tj buttermilk protein pancake mix to bake muffins, how much sugar, oil eggs do i need to use to make a dozen muffins, please. thanks so much!
Sues says
Hi Marla- I haven't tried with that particular pancake mix, but all of the mixes I've tried so far have worked with the recipe I provided. If you try mine, let me know if it works with the TJ's protein mix!
Tyler H says
I made this using to bags of Pumpkin Spice pancake mix. The dry portion came out to about 3 cups so I added just a bit more milk and did 3 small/medium eggs (farm fresh so not consistent sizes). Also didn't have vanilla but being a flavored mix it didn't need any. I added fine chopped pecans and a bit of cinnamon. They turned out delicious! Will be using this recipe again.
Chris says
Made GF ones today with the Williams and Sonoma pumpkin pancakes mix. They were amazing added blueberries and Lily's no sugar added dark chocolate chips to them. Came out perfect served with whipped cream cheese.
Ann Marie Peterson says
This recipe needs more sugar especially if you are adding fresh fruit. Not sweet enough.
Shane Foster says
You didn't list the temperature to bake it at so I assumed 350 since that is somewhat standard. Thanks for the recipe! Came through in a bind!
Shane Foster says
wait, never mind, it says 400 at the top and I was looking for it in the instructions! lol
Vanessa Woods says
Tried this recipe today! And wow amazing! So moist! And super flavorful
Jeannine says
I used this recipe with oat pancake mix & added tsp of cinnamon and 2 large chopped apples. I yielded more than a dozen (they were big apples). Family loved them, neighbors lived them!
Glenna says
I made these today using Kodiak protein pancake mix! They weren’t very sweet as Kodiak isn’t sweetened, so I think next time I will add more sugar but overall I love them especially since I am used to the flavor of the mix I used!! I used chocolate chips as an add in because I know this pancake mix can be a little bitter and I’m so grateful I did!! Helped so much.
Kerstein says
hello, I just finished baking these muffins. I used thawed frozen strawberries and mashed them up because my son and I have food texture issues. I didn't have vanilla, and I ran out of pancake mix. The muffins turned out great but were oily on the bottoms. My son gave them a 9 out of 10! I will use this recipe again and make sure I have the full amount of pancake mix, maybe they won't turn out so oily.
Jodie M. says
I’ve made this 3 times with a twist and the family absolutely loves it!!!!
This last time, I used a muffin pan with 6 large ones instead, which only used 1/3 of the batter for this recipe.
I used 3 boxes of jiffy blueberry muffin mix (7 oz boxes) instead of pancake batter, and added 4-5 real blueberries per giant muffin!
I also buttered the pan, and painted honey butter on the surface of each muffin when they were done (just honey + salted butter mix). It turned out deeeelicious 😩
Michelle Black Renna says
I made these this morning - everything stuck to the paper liners! I’ve never had this happen before - my husband otherwise enjoyed them. If I make them again I will just grease the muffin tins.