Welcome to the dark side with these fun and creative black pancakes ! They're made with pumpkin spice for flavor and activated charcoal for color. The kids will love them!
In a small bowl or measuring cup add milk and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. Let this mixture sit for 5 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined.
After your milk mixture has rested for 5 minutes, add it to the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients.
Add in eggs and vanilla extract, mix everything together until just combined.
Stir in activated charcoal until just combined. Do not over mix.
Heat a skillet to medium low heat and spritz with oil or a little butter. Pour in about 1/4 cup of pancake batter. Let the pancake cook for 2-3 minutes or until the bubbles that begin to appear start to pop. When the bubbles start to pop, use a spatula to flip the pancake over and cook for another 30-60 seconds until cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside. Continue this process with remaining batter until all of the pancakes have been made.
Serve immediately.
Notes
Makes approximately 16-18 4” pancakes.
Nutrition information does not include toppings.
The milk and vinegar are mixed together to create a fake buttermilk.
For an extra fun topping, create your own edible blood. There are a few ways that you can do this. One way is to use a strawberry pancake syrup and mix it with a little extra red food coloring, or mix a couple tablespoons of strawberry or raspberry jam with some apple juice or water and red food coloring! You can also use regular maple syrup and add food coloring. It'll be a bit darker of a red but also works well!
Pancakes can be frozen and reheated in the toaster! If you keep your oven on a very low temp (150-200ºF), you can keep a cookie sheet in the warm oven and place finished pancakes on the tray as you go to keep them warm while you finish the batch.