Recipe

These Double Dark Chocolate Reese’s Puffs Pancakes Will Get Your Butt out of Bed

By Amanda Widom at University of Florida

Do you ever find yourself deciding between dessert and breakfast? Do you always settle for Reese’s Puffs so that you can pretend you are eating cereal but you are actually eating a bowl of crunchy Reese’s heaven? Have you ever considered making decadent dark chocolate Reese’s Puffs Pancakes baked AND topped with dark chocolate chips, chopped Reese’s, crushed Reese’s Puffs, and gooey melted dark-chocolate peanut butter?

If you answered yes to any of these, then get ready for the best excuse to eat the most decadent breakfast you’ve ever had.

Double Dark Chocolate Reese's Puffs Pancakes

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Servings: 5 extra large pancakes
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1 bottle Shake 'n Pour pancake mix
  • 2 cup Reese's Puffs cereal
  • 1/2 cup Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
  • 1/4 cup dark chocolate cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

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Step 1

Add cocoa powder to pancake mix bottle. Add water as listed on the bottle and shake well.

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Step 2

Fill a plastic bag with the cereal and close tightly.

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Step 3

Using a rolling pin, or any similar object, carefully crush the cereal until it is broken up into a mix of small pieces and fine powder.

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Step 4

Roughly chop the Reese’s into different sized chunks.

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Step 5

Add the batter to a hot, greased skillet. When you see bubbles form around the rim of the pancake, add chocolate chips, chopped Reese’s, and crushed cereal. Flip and finish cooking the pancake.

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Step 6

Start plating your pancakes. Drizzle peanut butter over each one and add all of the toppings.

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Step 7

Stack the pancakes, peanut butter and toppings until you are done with the batter.

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Step 8

Add the remaining toppings and dig in.

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Want to stay in breakfast heaven forever?