If you have an IHOP near you, definitely go order a stack of their Grinch Pancakes and enjoy feeling like a kid again. For those of you who don't or who just want to be able to make a fun Grinch themed breakfast for you and your kids, give these pancakes a try.

For 61 years, the IHOP family restaurant chain has served our world famous pancakes and a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner items that are loved by people of all ages - offering an affordable, everyday dining experience with warm and friendly service.

Little ones can gobble up a Mt. Crumpit Kids Combo, which comes with a pancake, a scrambled egg, a sausage link, and a bacon strip. There's also a Young Grinch Minty Who Hot Chocolate that's topped with green whipped topping and candy hearts.

IHOP Pancake Recipe Ingredients

• All-purpose flour.
• Baking powder.
• Sugar.
• Salt.
• Baking soda.
• Buttermilk.
• Vegetable oil.
• Egg.

After visiting multiple IHOP locations, I found 16 pancakes to try. For this taste test, I went to two multiple IHOP locations in California. Across both menus, I found 16 different pancakes to try.

Pancakes are one of our most ancient foods. Grinding tools for grains have been discovered and dated back as far 30,000 years ago, and the earliest civilizations to utilize fire and crop cultivation for their food supplies were making some form of pancakes as a primary source of sustenance.

Founders Al and Jerry Lapin, along with early investors Al and Trudy Kallis, open the first International House of Pancakes in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake, California. Company begins to expand through franchising. Company is publicly traded under the name International House of Pancakes.

Our interpretation calls on Midori, naturally, for both color and its melon-forward flavor. There's also vodka for added kick, plus pineapple juice for sweetness and acidity.

At the end of the story, the Grinch is asked to carve the Whos' roast beast. This yummy roast is just as impressive.

When you put cold batter on a hot griddle, it will bring the griddle temperature down, and it will take a little bit for the griddle to recoup. At IHOP or Denny's, the griddles are very heavy compared to the number of pancakes they put on it, so the temp differential is much less compared to a pan at home.

A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. It is a type of batter bread.

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