I've been slacking off in my mission in recent months; I blame Vivian's Millennium Cafe for being so good that whenever I get a hankering for pancakes I return there rather than seeking out new pancake horizons as well as too many friends who decided to spend the final months of 2010 dieting rather than going on pancake binges.
However, I have decided that 2011 is to be the Year of the Pancake, and to kick things off I'm going to review a pancake mix rather than a local breakfast joint.
I had been considering a series of reviews on commercially available mixes when I was contacted via Twitter by a representative from Morning Ruckus, a family-owned company in Denver, who offered me some samples of their gourmet pancake mixes to try and review. I happily accepted the offer and received a box of several samples just before New Year's. The included flavors were Holiday Gingerbread, Grandma B. Spice Cake Style and Cornbread. Whoo!
I made the Holiday Gingerbread on New Year's Day, and, per the company's recommendation, substituted a 50/50 mixture of egg nog and milk for the milk called for in the recipe.
Oh. My. GOODNESS. I am a pretty clumsy pancake-maker, so there will be no photos of these fantastic-tasting pancakes because that would do no one any favors. But trust me when I say they were incredibly tasty—perhaps dangerously so, as I not only ate too many that day, I made them again yesterday and ate too many then, too! The nog definitely kicked the flavor up several notches, but I'm pretty confident they would be irresistible even if they were made with plain milk.
I did not notice any nutritional information on the packages or the Web site, but the ingredients are indeed all natural as advertised, and I was extremely pleased that salt is the last ingredient listed. The company takes pride in only using "good stuff" in its mixes, and the gingerbread certainly tasted good!
I haven't tried the other flavors yet...though I'm tempted to try another flavor today. But pancakes three days in a row is pushing it, even for a pancake fanatic. In any case, when I do try the other flavors, I will post mini-reviews.
If you like making pancakes at home, Morning Ruckus is definitely worth a try. The mixes come in packages that make about eight medium-sized pancakes, so you can order a variety of flavors without feeling overly committed. The price is certainly higher than what you'd pay for a similar amount of mix in the grocery store, particularly if you factor in shipping costs (though shipping is free if you order 18 packages or more, so if you have a few friends who like pancakes, join forces and go nuts), but you won't find most of these flavors in a grocery store, and store-bought mixes usually have much less healthy ingredients. Additionally, the company donates 10% of its profits to the Dream Foundation, an organization that helps adults with life-threatening illnesses fulfill a dream. What's not to like?
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