This is the best recipe for mini pancakes with Nutella. They are perfect for breakfast or your snack board. You can add many dipping or fresh fruits on the side. They are perfect to grab and share.

This recipe is basically an American pancake, but in mini size, inspired by our Nutella pancakes or Nutella chocolate pancakes. It will be one of the best pancakes you’ve ever had.

This breakfast recipe is very easy to make; all you need is some patience, and if you have a larger *definitely not mini pan like we used*, it will be so much better and more time efficient.

Grab these ingredients for pancakes.

The ingredient list is similar to our red velvet pancake, cinnamon roll pancake, or even our chocolate Nutella mini pancakes.

• Eggs: Make sure to use room temperature eggs; they blend better into the batter and help with not over-mixing the pancake batter too much.
• Milk: Whole milk is best.
• Oil: You can use any vegetable oil you prefer. I personally always choose something like sunflower oil, olive oil, or you could choose melted butter instead. If you use melted butter, be sure to warm up the milk slightly before using it, or the butter will solidify.
• Granulated sugar: It sweetens the pancakes and helps with achieving a perfect texture and color.
• All–purpose flour: gives structure to the pancakes without making them chewy or dense.
• Salt: balances the sweetness and enhances the flavors.
• Nutella: we will use it to dip the mini pancakes. Make sure to fully melt it so it can be a perfect dip. If you notice the Nutella hardens too fast, due to weather conditions, melt it with a little bit of coconut oil (about 1 tsp)

We don’t overmix pancake batter.

What does that even mean? As soon as the ingredients are combined, we stop. We don’t care about a lumpy (I mean tiny lumps) pancake batter; it doesn’t have to be smooth. Smooth batter means dense pancakes. Which we don’t want.

We always want our crepe batter to be very smooth for Nutella crepe rolls, mango, Kinder Maxi, chocolate, and red velvet. We always pass them through a sieve, never with a pancake batter.

How to make perfect pancakes

Well, all pancakes are perfect as long as they are delicious, but we always get the question on how to make them so smooth and even. Different factors go into that, but remember, the first pancake you make in the pan is always a little decolorized and uneven, and that is completely normal.

1. Use a non-stick pan that is very clean and you only use for pancakes. In my house, we have pans assigned to things. We have one for fish, another for pancakes, crepes, we have the frying pan, the one for ganache, which is so helpful, as each product needs different care.
2. You don’t need butter if you care about even pancakes. Yes, cooking the pancakes in butter will make them even more delicious, but you know what if you care about the aesthetics of the pancakes, avoid using it.
3. Cook them on low heat, which will cook the pancake, even making sure not to burn it or create discolorations.

Now, it’s up to you, depending on what you prefer when you prepare your breakfast pancakes.

Key points in this recipe

Here is everything I think is important when you make this recipe that matters in the end.

1. Not overmixing the pancake batter. This is essential. I know it is very fun to mix and mix and mix, seriously, I get it, as I would mix this batter until there are no lumps left if I could, but that will affect the final texture. Overmixing the batter creates flat, dense pancakes.
2. Cook the pancakes thoroughly. I recommend you cover them with a lid as you cook them on medium-low heat. This will ensure they get cooked fully, and you don’t end up eating raw pancakes for breakfast.
3. Use a very thin spatula; the pancakes are tiny, which means you will use something thin to flip them easily. A thicker mixing spatula, as we use on folding the eggs on brownies, preparing an orange cake, or a chocolate cake, will not work as well.
4. Use the right pan, right temperature, and right timing.
5. A piping bag or small spoon will be your best friend. This will create tiny pancakes that are not a mess to make.

Let’s talk dipping

Mini pancakes are amazing; in fact, everything mini is great. Mini Nutella pancakes, mini Ferrero Rocher cheesecakes, mini hotdog buns. They’re easy to share, and you can add more stuff to them to make them more tasty.

We are doing a classic Nutella dip, as we love Nutella desserts and breakfast. You could do Kinder instead, or you could even do pistachio.

Best to add on the side? Treats, maybe fresh fruit like berries, kiwi, banana, or some crunch, like Oreos, or chocolate.

Tools you definitely need

The list is short, but you definitely need most of them.

• Whisk: very useful to mix the ingredients until all incorporated, a spatula would not break the eggs properly and would leave egg chunks = scrambled egg stuffed pancakes.
• Non-stick pan: You can use a larger one if you have one; it will be very helpful to cook more pancakes without nearly losing your mind. It’s very important to use a non-scratched one to avoid sticking.
• Thin spatula: to flip each one of the pancakes.
• Piping bag (no tip) or a small spoon: I prefer using a large piping bag so I can easily pipe each of the mini pancakes into the pan; this helps make similarly sized pancakes an easy task.
• Mixing bowl: Here is where you will prepare the batter. Make sure it’s a large bowl so you can easily mix all the ingredients.

How to make pancake batter ahead of time

You know you don’t even need to make the pancake batter in the morning as soon as you wake up? You can prepare it the night before, so all you have to do is cook the pancakes in the pan.

Easy right? Make sure you cover the batter well and use it within 24 hours for best results.

You can also pour all the batter into the piping bag, close it well with a plastic tie, and without cutting the tip, refrigerate, making sure to leave the opening facing up. Don’t test physics, or you might end up with pancake batter all over the fridge. Cut the tip with scissors right before using. Keep the opening facing up after using.

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