Monster Pancakes are a tropical treat! They’re made with coconut oil instead of butter, stuffed with chocolate spread or maple syrup, and decorated with fruity, scary faces! Perfect for Pancake Day or Halloween!
To celebrate the release of Hotel Transylvania 2, which is out now on Digital HD and on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray & DVD on 15th February, I was asked to create a pancake recipe for Shrove Tuesday. So, I came up with these scary Monster Pancakes.
If you’d like to know more about the film here’s a brief synopsis: “The Hotel Transylvania sequel reunites ‘Drac’s Pack’ of loveable characters, led by “Vampa” Drac (Adam Sandler, Grown-Ups) as they try to put Mavis (Selena Gomez, Spring Breakers) and Johnny’s (Andy Samberg, TV’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) son Dennis through a “monster-in-training” boot camp to bring out his vampire side.
But little do they know that Drac’s grumpy and very old, old, old school dad, Vlad (comedy legend Mel Brooks), is about to pay the family a visit. And when Vlad finds out that his great-grandson is not a pureblood and humans are now welcome at Hotel Transylvania, it doesn’t take long for things to get batty!
With half term coming up, it seems like the perfect time to give your kids a treat and keep them entertained at the same time!
And talking of treats, let’s return to these Monster Pancakes, which are made using coconut oil for a lovely twist. They have a delicate, truly detectable coconut flavour.
Kids will love decorating these Monster Pancakes with scary, weird faces made from fruit and various toppings.
Taking control of food is often a great way for kids to eat new things.
My daughter only recently realised that she didn’t dislike kiwi fruit. Calling slices of fruit “googly eyes” makes little ones a lot keener to eat them.
Although this didn’t work on my hubby, as nothing will tempt him to eat a blueberry, so he had his pancake minus blueberries.
My family loved these pancakes, and my daughter got really excited about the sprinkles, which she earmarked for her next bake.
I do hope you make these Monster Pancakes for your family, as I’m sure they’ll have great fun creating their own scary faces. Best of all, they’ll be getting some of their 5-a-Day in a fun way.
Here’s my attempt at pancake art, some bats from the movie – need more practice and better equipment, I think!
More Pancake Recipes
Here are some more pancake recipes you should try:
- 3 Ingredient Banana Nutella Pancakes – Fab Food 4 All
- Chilli Pancake Stack – Fab Food 4 All
- Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes – Fab Food 4 All
- Lemon & Raisin Scotch Pancakes – Fab Food 4 All
- Blueberry & Banana Pancakes (US Style) – Fab Food 4 All
- Raspberry & Buttermilk Pancake Stack – Feeding Boys
- Chocolate & Rye Pancakes – Food to Glow
- Pancakes with Personality – A Mummy Too
NB: This is a commissioned post.
Monster Pancakes
Ingredients
- 110 g Plain flour
- 1 Pinch Salt
- 2 Large eggs
- 200 ml Semi-skimmed milk mixed with 75 mls water
- 2 tbsp Coconut oil melted
- Extra coconut oil for frying
Suggested Toppings:
- Blueberries a few halved
- Strawberries sliced
- Banana sliced
- Kiwi fruit sliced
- 1 jar Good quality Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
- Golden or Maple Syrup
- Dessert sprinkles
Instructions
- Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl.
- Make a well in the centre and add the eggs.
- Whisk, slowly incorporating the flour from the sides.
- Gradually whisk in the milk and water mixture to form the batter.
- Just before you want to cook the pancakes whisk in the coconut oil.
- In a large frying pan heat a teaspoon of coconut oil on a high heat then lower to a medium heat.
- Tip out the excess oil into a glass jug.
- Pour enough batter into the frying pan (whilst tipping in a circle) to cover the base.
- Cook through until small bubbles appear on the surface and base turns golden (you can lift the side of the pancake to check).
- Flip the pancake and cook for about another 30 seconds until golden.
- Repeat with the rest of the pancake mixture, stacking the pancakes on top of each other as you go.
- Place the pancakes on the table and allow your diners to assemble their monster pancakes.
- Spread chocolate hazelnut spread or maple syrup over half of each pancake.
- Place fruit teeth along the outer edges and fill each pancake with more fruit if wished.
- Fold over the pancake (allowing the monster teeth to show) and make monster faces using more fruit and sprinkles.
- Serve with ice cream if wished.
Christy
These are absolutely adorable AND yummy! Going to be a staple in my house I think.
Camilla
Thank you Christy, glad you like them-)
lisa1780
my little monsters would love these!! although I would have to swap with oat milk as my youngest cant have dairy 🙁 xx
Camilla
Thanks Lisa:-)
Helen Moulden
What a great idea for pancakes! We’re going to have fun with these!
Richard Eldred Hawes
Just the sort of idea to help children take an interest in cooking
Maya Russell
Very well designed pancakes. I love the eyes!
Camilla
Thanks Maya, nice to have fun with your food:-)
Heather Haigh
What a lovely fun way to serve pancakes, and to get some fruit in there.
Camilla
Thanks Heather, they were yummy and fun-)
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
Now what I wouldn’t give to watch the film eating your lovely looking pancakes.
Camilla
That sounds like a really good idea Bintu:-)
Tanya Brannan
These are absolutely amazing! They look so much fun, and even though they are great for kids, I would quite like to have them myself!
Camilla
Yes they’re good for even big kids:-)
Sarah
How cute are these?! I don’t have any kids but I am still going to do this the next time we make pancakes!
Camilla
Fab there a grown up colouring books so monster faces on pancake is totally OK:-)
Liz Mays
You can’t go wrong with these. They are going to be such a hit with the family! I love how they turn out.
Camilla
Thanks Liz;-)
Kavey
Those area utterly adorable and I don’t even have kids! I guess I am just a big kid!
Camilla
Hey nothing wrong with that Kavey I have never grown up, I think you should do some Minion pancakes:-)
Helen at Casa Costello
These are brilliant – I have trouble getting time to do anything exciting with pancakes – as soon as they are cooked they are devoured! Must remember to try chopped fruit in preparation for next time.
Camilla
Yes I’ve been there, I even make the pancakes in advance often and warm back up on a plate over a pan of water!
Idaintyit
These are lovely, we just about managed a mangled up pancake haha
Camilla
My daughter took the reigns last night so we had a few of those ourselves, I may have taken over LOL;-)
Laura
These look great. I’m not a huge pancake fan but I eat them on pancake day, it’s just got to be done!
Camilla
Yep it is the law:-)
linda hobbis
Fab idea to make monster pancakes. We’re making ours at the weekend since the Husband is in Canada for his sales week. It’s a real family thing, isn’t it?
Camilla
That’s lovely of you to wait, I think I’d have been tempted to just have them twice:-)
Rachel
I missed out on pancakes yesterday as I was just too busy with work, but I intend to make up for it today.
Camilla
Excellent, well we had a Chinese Meal a day late for Chinese New Year last night, what’s a day hey?;-)
tracey bowden
These are fab! I am truly awful at making pancakes but considering neither me or my daughter really like them I never seem to learn to how to master it!
Camilla
Wow, didn’t know there were any people who didn’t like pancakes:-)
Fashion and Style Police
Your pictures are so pretty and clear. What camera do you use? This post is making me hungry now. Lol.
Camilla
Thank you:-) I use a Cannon EOS M:-)
Elanor
What a great idea! I always love making meal times a little more fun with the kids 🙂
Camilla
It’s a great way to get them to eat things they might otherwise be wary of:-)
becky
These are so so good! We are having pancakes at the weekend I am so going to try this with them! 🙂
Camilla
Thank you, that’s fab:-)
Jo
Ooooo dont they look cool! My kids wouldn’t eat their dinner if it looked that good – just as well I’m not as creative as you are. Great job!
Camilla
Thanks Jo – the idea is your kids create their own monster face:-)
Sarah
Your monster pancakes are fabulous and they look delicious! We made funny face pancakes, hehe. We are patiently waiting for Hotel Transylvania 2 to come out on DVD, we loved the first one a lot. xx
Camilla
Thank you Sarah, pancakes are so versatile, I want to experiment some more:-) Enjoy the film when you get it:-)
StressedMum
I love these such a great idea, any child would love these
Camilla
Thank you Samantha:-)
Rebecca Smith
These are fab, my little boy would adore these!
Camilla
Thanks Rebecca, I’m sure he would love them:-)
Charlie @ The Kitchen Shed
My boys love making monster pancakes (they are usually the ones that don’t turn out right!!) I love the bats too!
Camilla
Thank you Charlie:-)
Rhian Westbury
I love Hotel Transylvania 2, such a good movie. These pancakes look so much more fun than the plain boring ones that I made! x
Camilla
Fab, I’ve yet to watch it:-)
Leanne
Love this idea. Would be a great way to make sure there’s some fruit intake without it appearing forced!
Camilla
Thanks, so true:-)
Ana De- Jesus
Love the monster pancakes! I watched both Transylvania’s and they were so funny it made me laugh so much! I can’t wait until it comes out on DVD.
Camilla
Thank you Ana – glad you like the movies:-)
Tara | C&CO.
These look great! I can’t wait to make some pancakes tonight
Camilla
Thank you Tara, enjoy your pancakes:-)
Choclette
Haha Camilla, what a fab monster and an edible one too – got to be the way to go. No wonder the kids loved them. I rather liked your bats too.
Camilla
Thank you Choclette, the bats were cute:-)
Emma White
aw just brilliant we are just about to make our own pancakes
Camilla
Thanks Emma:-)
Roz
love these! perfect for kids 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Roz:-)
Helen @ family-friends-food.com
Those are FAB! And I’m very impressed with your bat shapes 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Helen and the bats send their warmest wishes:-)
Sarah
These look awesome! Great fun for the kids. I keep meaning to have a go at pancake art.
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, yes pancake art not as easy as it looks!
Elizabeth
Haha! These are fantastic! My kids would LOVE these!!
Camilla
Thanks, I’m sure they would:-)
Emily Leary
These are BRILLIANT. Definitely making these with the kids today. Really looking forward to getting the new movie on DVD too. We saw it at the cinema and loved it.
Camilla
Thanks Emily, yes they’re great fun for kids to make (and grown-ups:-).