Strawberry Gingerbread Pancake Santas

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
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Delicious homemade Strawberry Gingerbread Pancakes dressed as Santa! So easy and adorable, your kids will be asking for them year after year!

These adorable Gingerbread Pancakes are just as delicious as my Classic Pancakes, and even more fun than my Pumpkin Pancakes! Perfect for the holidays and your kids will absolutely love them!

Sabrina’s Strawberry Gingerbread Pancake Santas Recipe

This is the time of year I make my traditional Strawberry Gingerbread Pancake Santas! They are delicious, easy, and so cute that even my husband requests one when I am making them for the kids! Whether you’re making Christmas morning extra memorable or surprising the kids with a fun weekend breakfast in December, these little Santas are guaranteed to bring smiles to the table. I hope you all are having a fantastic holiday season so far! I think I am going to be sad once New Year’s Eve passes and all the holiday foods become a memory. At least I get to look forward to spoiling you all with Valentine’s Day treats!

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Strawberry Gingerbread Pancake Santas Recipe

Delicious homemade Strawberry Gingerbread Pancakes dressed as Santa! So easy and adorable, your kids will be asking for them year after year!
Yield 6
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients
 

  • 1 ½ cups Medium Gingerbread Pancakes , makes 6 pancakes
  • 1 pound strawberries , sliced
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
  • 48 M&Ms , (I use red)
  • 12 chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Make my Gingerbread Pancake batter and cook pancakes until done.
  • With a hand mixer beat the heavy cream and powdered sugar together for 2-3 minutes or until you get stiff peaks.
  • Put into a piping bag with a star tip.
  • Put the pancake onto the plate and pipe small amounts in the shape of his beard. Pipe small stars onto the top of his head.
  • Align strawberries into a triangle on top of his head. Pipe a small amount on top of the strawberry triangle as the top of his hat.
  • Add 7 M&Ms in the shape of a smile. Add one as his nose. Add two chocolate chips, point down as his eyes.
  • Serve and make memories!

Nutrition

Calories: 218kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 177mg | Potassium: 199mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 404IU | Vitamin C: 45mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 1mg

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Sabrina’s Tips

I make sure to decorate the pancakes while they’re still warm, but not piping hot. If they’re too hot, the whipped cream will melt and the strawberry hat may slide around. Just waiting a minute or two helps everything stay in place for the cutest Santa faces!

About this Recipe

These Strawberry Gingerbread Pancakes are a festive breakfast that tastes just as magical as they look. Soft, fluffy gingerbread pancakes are filled with warm holiday flavors, then transformed into adorable Santa faces using fresh strawberries, whipped cream, and simple candy decorations. The sweet, juicy strawberries perfectly balance the cozy spice flavors, making every bite feel like the holidays. They’re easy enough for the whole family to help decorate, turning breakfast into a holiday tradition your kids will look forward to year after year.

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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