Instant Pot Pancake Bites – A whole new way to use your Instant Pot! These miniature pancakes are especially tasty drizzled with nutella and covered in sprinkles.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Why not start with a loaf of Cinnamon Roll Bread or some moist, delicious Banana Bread, both made in the pressure cooker! Or bake up a quick batch of our chocolate glazed donut holes!
Pancake Bites for Breakfast
Is there anything the Instant Pot can’t do? If you’ve only been using yours to make Instant Pot Pot roast and Instant Pot Cheesecake, now’s the time to branch out.
These Instant Pot Pancake Bites are adorable and so easy to make too.
Everyone loves a stack of pancakes for breakfast (or breakfast for dinner!). What I do not love is standing at the griddle, flipping them one by one.
It’s not so bad if I’m making pancakes for just the family, but when we have breakfasts guests or everyone’s extra hungry, I hate being chained to the stove while everyone else is sipping their dalgona coffee.
This recipe cooks up a big batch of bite sized pancakes in minutes thanks to the Instant Pot and silicone molds. Delicious as part of a big breakfast or weekend brunch!
Step by Step Instructions
My silicone molds get most of their use when I make Instant Pot Egg Bites. You can use the same shape molds for pancake bites as well!
To make these, I started with a simple pancake batter. Then I sprayed the mold cups with cooking spray and filled them about 3/4 of the way with pancake batter.
Cover the tops with foil, add water to the bottom of your Instant Pot, then pressure cook on HIGH PRESSURE for 8 minutes. Boom. Cute little bites of pancake!
Release the pressure after a 5 minute natural release, cool and turn the pancake bites out onto a plate. Serve warm with whatever toppings your heart desired. These perfect, sweet, fluffy pancakes taste delicious every which way.
Topping Ideas
Have you ever spread Nutella on your pancakes?
The rich swirl of chocolate and hazelnut softens when it touches the warm pancakes, allowing the sweetness to soak into the pancake.
I drizzled Nutella over the pancake bites. Then, naturally, I added sprinkles too. Because it’s impossible not to be happy when you’re eating something covered in sprinkles.
In case you’re not into Nutella, or want something different, here are a few more toppings you can serve with your Instant Pot Pancake Bites:
- Honey
- Maple syrup or homemade Buttermilk Syrup
- Jam
- Biscoff
- Fruit compote
- Whipped cream
- Peanut butter (or your other favorite nut butter)
Anything you love on full sized pancakes will work equally as well on these miniature ones!
Pancake Bites Variations
A simple pancake bite topped with Nutella or maple syrup is a delicious breakfast or anytime treat that everyone loves! You can also use this recipe as a foundation for making all kinds of varieties of pancakes.
To turn these into berry pancakes, add a few blueberries or chopped strawberries to each mold along with the pancake mix. Just make sure that the molds are no more than 3/4 full even with the berries.
If you’re like me and can never get enough Nutella with her pancakes, try baking a little Nutella right in each bite! Add a teaspoon of melted Nutella to each cup before cooking in the Instant Pot.
Make Waffles! Be sure you try our chocolate chip waffles a try soon, easy and delicious.
Can you freeze?
Yes! These store well in the fridge for up the 3 days but they’re also great for freezing. You can keep them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
This recipe makes enough for up to 21 bites depending on the size of your molds. If you want some leftover to freeze, double the batter and make two batches one right after the other. You’ll never regret having delicious homemade mini pancakes in the freezer!
Recipe FAQs
To remove pancake bites from silicone mold you first let them cool for a few minutes after removing from the pot. Then, turn the molds out onto a plate and carefully tap the bottom of the molds to release the pancakes without breaking.
Yes, using foil or the lids that come with the pressure cooker safe silicone molds. This keeps water from entering the molds and ruining your pancake bites.
Pancake bites are best served warm! If eating leftovers, heat them in the microwave for 30 seconds or so before serving.
More Instant Pot Recipes
- Sausage Gravy
- Instant Pot Banana Bread
- Instant Pot Rice Pudding
- Instant Pot Apple Cake
- Instant Pot Hamburgers
Skip the Instant Pot and whip up a batch of our homemade blueberry pancakes instead.
Instant Pot Pancake Bites
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Blueberries optional
- 3 Tablespoons Nutella melted for about 30 seconds in the microwave, optional
- Sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Add the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a bowl and combine.
- Mix in the egg, milk, cooled butter, maple syrup and vanilla extract until combined (it is ok to have some lumps).
- Spray silicone molds and divide the mixture into the molds till they are about 3/4 full.
- Cover the silicone tray with the silicone cover or with some foil tightly wrapped around the edges to avoid condensation seeping into the pancake bites.
- Add 1.5 cups of water to the Instant Pot insert followed by the trivet.
- Add the silicone molds on the trivet.
- Secure the lid and set the sealing valve to SEALING. Select HIGH PRESSURE (or manual) and set time for 8 minutes.
- When done allow the pressure to release naturally for 5 minutes and then quickly release the rest of the pressure.
- Remove the silicone molds from the instant pot and open them. Allow to cool a few minutes.
- Turn the molds over on plate or tray and carefully tap the bottoms to remove the pancake bites without breaking, or use a spoon to pop them out of the molds.
- Drizzle some extra Nutella over the pancake bites and top with sprinkles.
- Serve warm with maple syrup, jam, Nutella, honey etc.
Notes
- You can add a few blueberries into each mold cup or a teaspoon of melted Nutella (just don’t do more than 3/4th full even with the fruit or Nutella in)
- Best served warm so reheat in the microwave for about 30-45 seconds.
- Keep for 3 days in the fridge, or freeze in airtight container for up to 3 months.
- Not all mold covers fit properly, so the foil keeps the water from entering.
- This can make up to 21 bites depending on the size of your molds or if you use fruits and other add-ins
- Swap in other berries like chopped blackberries and chopped strawberries or top with other nut butters
- Make them savory and sweet by adding in a little cooked breakfast sausage or bacon before pressure cooking.
Nutrition
Instant Pot Pancake Bites covered in sprinkles are the breakfast treat your weekends need!
Can you link the molds you used please?
I added fresh blueberries & with the moulds I have, had enough for 14 bites. I pressure cooked as instructed & they were pretty much completely raw. I swapped the bottom & top moulds around & did another complete cycle. Still only half cooked, so took one mould out- popped the half done bites into a sprayed skillet & finished cooking them as if they were pancakes. Stuck the other mould back in for an addt’l 6 minutes under pressure & finally they’re done! The flavor is good (I ate some of the oddly shaped pancake ones) so will stick the remainder away to eat this week. The taste/texture of these are good, but I’d have been better off just making pancakes- done in 1/3 of the time!
Not a fan. They look like uncooked pancake batter even though they are cooked. I guess in a pinch they would be okay.
Hi! I was so excited to find this, but when I tried the time suggested on the recipe, the bites turned out dense and doughy. I added 3 few minutes to the cook time as some comments suggested above and they actually came out less cooked than the first time. Would love to know what I need to do differently to have this in my list of go-to recipes!
I have to agree with some of the others. 5 minutes for me was not enough time. I guess I didn’t read through all the way either. I had to do a total of 11 minutes not including pressure time, but it seemed like the pressure built up really fast since I was basically just steaming something and yes I had my IP set to sealing.
Hi! I just noticed that in your description it says cook at high pressure for 5 minutes, but then in the actual recipe part, it states 8 minutes? Just wondering as I didn’t read all the way through first and set my pot to 5 min, since I’m trying my own pancake batter (although I know that can affect the needed time too.)
THe 5 minutes is how long it should naturally release after the 8 minute cook time.
I just tried these. They look cute but are very bitter. Should it maybe be 1 tsp baking powder instead of 1 T? I really wanted to love them 🙁
Can you stack two egg bite molds or will that affect how they look?. Thanks for the recipe!
You can stack them!
My daughter would love these! I usually use premade mix ( Kodiak Cakes). Do you think that would work? Guess I could try it. If so even easier for her to make herself!
Just wondering if you have tried the Kodiak mix? I was hoping to do the same!
I am not the owner of this post but, I actually literally just used Kodiak (dark Chocolate) pancake mix and they turned out really good. I am in a higher elevation though, so after 5 minutes they were not done, I put them in for another 6 minutes and they were perfect. This was my first time even trying the egg bites mold. I wanted to try it with pancake mix. Hope this helps since the owner has probably been too busy to answer.
I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!!
These look so good! Love the idea of freezing them to easily grab on those crazy school mornings when we’re all trying to get out of the house quickly.