It’s getting close! Halloween is almost here!
What will you be serving for breakfast on Halloween? Will you be having some fun with your Halloween breakfast?
If you haven’t decided yet, I have an idea for you. It’s Bloody Pancakes! More specifically, it’s buttermilk pancakes topped with blood…ok, ok, it’s not blood…it’s “chocolate covered strawberry” syrup! Oh yea!
I don’t know about you but I like to make something fun for Halloween breakfast. Last year, it was only “OK.” I made some pumpkin shaped, pumpkin pancakes and egg-white ghosts. They thought it was cute, not scary, creepy or fun….just “cute.”
I wanted to make something MUCH more fun this year! I went with fun and creepy… BLOOD….
Bloody pancakes to be exact. They are just soft and fluffy buttermilk pancakes but the topping is everything. (They are topped with blood! I took out a little too much …. had to pump some back…)
I’m just kidding, it’s NOT real blood. It’s actually “chocolate covered strawberry” syrup.
I used some frozen strawberries in their own juice to make the syrup. (You can use fresh strawberries of course, my store was completely out of fresh strawberries for some reason.) I added some cornstarch to make the strawberry syrup thicker and gooey-er, like blood.
Now the problem is the color.
Blood is not pinkish red like strawberries. But I solved the problem! CHOCOLATE is perfect to make the syrup dark red and it’s a perfect flavor addition to strawberry!
Bloody Pancakes For Halloween Breakfast
Ingredients
- Buttermilk Pancakes:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3 tbs sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 oz melted unsalted butter
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- "Bloody" Chocolate Covered Strawberry Syrup:
- 16 oz container of frozen strawberries in their own juice defrosted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbs corn starch
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Chocolate syrup about 2-3 tbs
Instructions
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Pancakes:
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Whisk you wet pancake ingredients until combined. Whisk in your dry ingredients and let the batter stand for about 10 minutes. This is a good time to preheat your cooking pan. Cook the pancakes, in your preheated pan, for about a minute or two on each side. Check the pancakes by pressing lightly in the center, if its firm the pancakes are done.
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Syrup:
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Mix cornstarch and sugar until combined. In a medium sauce pot, add the strawberries with the juice (still cold) and sprinkle with the sugar mixture. Mix well until all evenly combined.
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Cook on medium heat for about 10 minutes.
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Using a hand blender, blend the strawberries into puree (or run it through food processor). Strain the mixture through a fine strainer to remove as much seeds as possible.
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Mix in the chocolate syrup slowly, while stirring, until the desired color is reached.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com. All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
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Halloween Inspiration:
M&M Apple Caramel Cheese Ball
Double Chocolate Rice Krispie Mummies
Tahnycooks
Those pancakes look so fluffy good! Loving these!
lyuba
Thank you, Tahny!
Megan - The Emotional Baker
This is so clever. This would make the best Halloween breakfast!
lyuba
Awww, thank you, Megan!
Jen Nikolaus
These are so cool! My boys would love them!
lyuba
Thank you, Jen!!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats
This freakin’ rocks!!!! Enough said 🙂
lyuba
Haha, thank you, Julie!
laura@imnotatrophywife.com
What a great idea! Would you please link up to my Friday Favorites at http://imnotatrophywife.com
laura
lyuba
Thank you, Laura!
Meegan
Seriously!! You are amazing! Sharing on my Google+ page today!!
Thanks for linking up to Tickled Pink Times Two.
Make it a pink day!
lyuba
Awww, you are making me blush, Meegan!
Lisa@ Cooking with Curls
Oh wow, those look amazing Lyuba! I would love to start my Halloween with those pancakes. 🙂
lyuba
Thank you, Lisa 😀
Cindy Eikenberg
Lyuba, I LOVE this perfectly creepy (but delicious) breakfast for Halloween! 🙂 Thank you so much for joining us and sharing at Best of the Weekend! Just awesome! Pinning and sharing today! Have a great weekend!
lyuba
Awww, thank you so much, Cindy!
Chelsea
These look delicious! I love the idea of adding chocolate to the strawberry syrup. Yum!
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling
Fun, simple, and delicious! The perfect Halloween breakfast!!
Jennifer @ My Sweet Sanity
This is brilliant! totally know some people who are getting this on Thursday.