Showing posts with label pancakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pancakes. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Pearl Milling Company Pancake Mix Review

I had no idea who the Pearl Miller Company was. Not until my husband told me, they used to be Aunt Jemima. I liked having Aunt Jemima. But after taste-testing the new Pearl Miller Company.... Won't be eating their products again. Okay, maybe I'll be tempted to try them for free through review opportunities. But I can't be tempted to spend my own money on them. Not after receiving the new Protein Buttermilk Complete mix for a review. 

*Disclaimer: I was sent this product for free in exchange for reviewing and sharing my opinions on it. I was not otherwise paid or endorsed.*

Okay... where to start on this one? I won't even go into the name change and rebranding. That alone is a hot mess. But this product... Cheese and crackers! 

First off, one pack makes roughly about 9 pancakes. When you are a family of 6, you are looking to get the best bang for your buck. This isn't it. I would need at least 2 packs, if not 3. I have 2 teenage black holes with hollow legs to feed. 9 pancakes won't cover half. I'm not talking making huge pancakes either. I have one of those Star Wars pancake makers that pop out 2 at a time. Those are smaller in size. I had to supplement with the bigger pancake mix box we usually buy to make enough. You get the picture now? Good. Let's move on to the taste and texture now. 

Taste was... no, let's talk texture while I debate the taste imagery in my head for a bit. Texture was gritty. Flat out. And no, it wasn't because I didn't mix it thoroughly. I know my cooking. This was just how these are. I suppose this is the protein part of the recipe? You can almost see it in the pictures. That whole wheat look was actually covering the texture. Then there was the thickness of it. Again, not in a good way. It was so thick, I almost choked on a bite. I had to wash it back with milk and then my appetite was done with these.

Alright... taste... taste... hmm. This one is hard to talk about it. How to describe it? It wasn't like it had a taste when you finally got over the texture.  Though if I remember correctly, my husband equated it to cardboard. You ever have something with that kind of taste? You feel like it would be better serving as packing material than as a food? I even drowned my plate in syrup to no avail. My kids each tried one and then begged to never eat them again. And that was before I'd even had a chance to try one yet! 

Kitchen note! 

Let's say you don't believe me. You even like this kind of thing. Kudos to you! Here is another note to help you in cooking them. The recipe on the packaging was way off in the amount of milk you should add to make it a right consistency on pancake batter. When I followed the recipe given, it was so thick that I almost couldn't get it from the spoon into the pan! So, I started adding a 1/4 cup of milk in between adding the batter into the pan. I think it needed a minimum of 1/2 a cup more just to make it slide off the spoon. And still, the pancakes were too thick to be truly enjoyed. So! Add a 1/2 cup to their recipe. If you want it more thinned out, I suggest adding another 1/4 cup at a time until you have it where you like it normally.  

Final say....

My family won't be touching anything else by the Pearl Miller Company unless it is for reviews like this one. I won't spend what little money we have on a product that ends up in the trash. As most of this one did. I was hard pressed to say anything nice about it, sadly. Which is usually my goal when testing something new. I want to be able to say one nice thing about it. I guess the closest thing I found was that some of the family cleared out their system because of this breakfast!

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Are the Mrs. Butterworth's EPIC Cinnabon Pancake Kits really EPIC?

Every once in a while, we see a new product on the shelf at the store that we want to try. Just because. It is our throw-caution-to-the-wind moments. Sometimes they work out and we discover something delicious. Other times fail and we never want to touch it again.

Recently, we went to Walmart and saw this pancake kit. Well, we had to try it... I mean, we love Cinnabon! So how could we not?! These products are put out by Mrs. Butterworth's. The pancake mix falls under their EPIC product line. No, not my word, that is the name of the line. They also have the syrup to go with it. 

Was it EPIC?

I was quite surprised, to be honest. I wasn't expecting them to taste so good. One kit made about 9 pancakes worth. And I'm not talking huge ones. I use my little Star Wars pancake maker. So it was a single meal, that I had to make regular pancakes to supplement. After all, I have to feed 2 teenage black holes who's hollow legs are never filled. The mix itself has chunks of cinnamon like a cinnamon roll usually has. Then you have a cinnamon syrup pack that can be swirled into the pancake as you cook it, or poured over the top after it is cooked. I preferred just adding it after cooking. Swirling it in the batter was proving difficult for me. Came out in clumps. Family still loved those pancakes too. Finally, you can pour on the cream cheese icing over the top!

These were really great. My family loved having them as a treat. This kind of thing would have to be just that. A treat. Considering that I have to purchase multiples to make enough to feed my crew, it is more cost effective for us to purchase a regular baking mix that I can make 2-3 dozen pancakes from. 

Taste was very spot on as far as a Cinnabon goes. Even the bottled syrup has a hint of the Cinnabon flavor. My kids were sad that we ran out so soon. However, they used the remaining cinnamon pack and cream cheese icing to add goodness to the regular pancakes afterwards. Makes me think that maybe we should make our own version soon....

Overall, I think this makes a delicious $10 dessert or addition to a breakfast meal for a family of our size. Not one we would do often, but enough to make fun memories with.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Gotta love free pancakes!

Took the kids out to IHOP last night.
You can't pass up 3 hot, free pancakes... Although we had to wait 35 minutes to get to a table... But the kids ate and I didn't have to cook or clean up. 
It was completely satisfying. And they will be having another cool special for St. Patrick's day. 
So wear green and get your pancake face on! Don't forget to tip the waitress, be patient with them and have fun. 

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

National Pancake Day!

Today, March 8, 2016, you can get a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes from Ihop! This is from 7 AM to 7 PM.
"Today is the day to get a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes*
between 7 AM and 7 PM at IHOP®. Then, consider leaving a donation to
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® or other designated local charities.
Together with guests like you, we’ve raised nearly $20 million since 2006—
one free short stack at a time. Now that’s the power of pancakes!"
 
So check it out and feel free to share pictures of it! I'll create a new post if you do with pictures and locations. You can email me at texanmama08 at gmail dot com.