Yummy Groundhog Day Pancakes

January 23rd, 2012 · 9 Comments

Groundhog’s Day is next week and I was racking my brain for something fun to do to celebrate with the kids. Since all of the fun occurs in the morning – Punxatawney Phil gets up pretty early to see his shadow – I thought a breakfast treat would be ideal. So, I came up with these Groundhog’s Day Pancakes and I think they came out pretty cute, if I do say so myself. You can make them and surprise the kids when they come down for breakfast or have fun cooking together.

Here’s how to make the the Groundhog and his Shadow.

You can use any Pancake recipe you like. Here’s a good, basic pancake recipe from MarkBittman.com. However, I used a Whole Wheat Pancake Mix for this project. Whole wheat flour made the pancakes a little more brown in color which was perfect for a Groundhog. I made a double batch of pancake mix, split it in half into two separate bowls, and added black food coloring to half of the mix for the shadow pancakes.

I used my Pancake Dispenser Pen to pour out the batter into a circle head shape and then added little ears. (I have to say, of all the weird kitchen gadgets I’ve bought, I use my Pancake Dispenser Pen a lot.) If you don’t have a pancake pen, it’s no problem, just use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to pour the mix onto the griddle making one big circle and then adding to little circles to the top for the ears. I made the “brown” Groundhog pancakes first and kept them warm in the oven. Then, I made the black batch of pancakes and tried to make them about the same size as the brown pancakes.

For the face, I used sliced bananas for the cheeks, strawberries for the ears and tongue, a blueberry for the nose and finally two chocolate chips for the eyes. To assemble, put the shadow pancake down on the plate first, the brown pancake on top and then decorate the face.

My daughter and I played around with two other design versions to see which we liked best. What do you think?

Shadow or no shadow, your kids will love this fun breakfast idea to help celebrate Groundhog’s Day next week.

Here’s even more ideas on how to celebrate Groundhog’s Day with the Kids. If you are on Pinterest, you can follow my Groundhog’s Day Fun Board or any of the other boards I’ve created to have more fun with your family. Need an invitation to join Pinterest? Shoot me an email at sue (at) chocolatecakeclub.com and I’ll invite you.

Tags: Cooking with the Kids · Holiday Fun

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Lindsi B
1/27/12
Hi Lindsi,

Thanks for the invite and intro to your blog. I just linked up. Thanks!

Sue

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Love your pancakes..very cute!

Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons
2/1/12
Love your pancakes..they are very cute!

Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons
2/1/12
Thanks Jill. I’m a huge fan of your cooking creativity over at Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons.

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