Mountain Dew Pancakes- Secret Recipe Club

That's right! Your eyes are not deceiving you! These are really pancakes that were made with Mountain Dew Soda and they are surprisingly good!!

This month, for Secret Recipe Club, I was assigned the blog A Dusting of Sugar. Rebecca says that she has been cooking since she could ride and bike and I could definitely relate! I've loved cooking since I was seven! She is extremely sweet  (The girl is baking cookies as a giveaway and sending them out to 2 readers!!) but yet realistic in her cooking because she is still a college student.

I really went back and forth on making these pancakes mainly because I'm not a Mtn Dew person. I know that there are lots of other baked goods with soda products in them such as these Apple Dumplings and 7UP Biscuits. So, why not Pancakes?

My favorite pancakes actually have sour cream in them and not a liquid so I decided to play around a little and add some sour cream to the batter. It took me a few tries to get the batter to a good consistency but it happened. My family thought I was crazy but all of them said they were "Surprisingly good and different and why aren't there more of them!"

Mtn. Dew Pancakes

recipe adapted from this recipe at A Dusting of Sugar

makes 5-7, 4 inch pancakes

1 cup pancake mix

3/4 cup Mtn Dew Soda

3 tbsp. sour cream

1 tbsp. melted butter

• 1. In a large bowl, add the pancake mix. (I used the good old Walmart Brand- Rebecca didn't have any on hand and has a homemade version on her site!)
• 2.Make a well in the center of the pancake mix and add the Mtn. Dew, sour cream, and melted butter; mix until smooth.

3. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium heat. Pour the batter onto the griddle, using about 1/4 cup for each pancake. 

4.Brown on both sides and serve hot.