Tiktok data reveals the best hacks to reuse leftover pancake batter
- Meghan Blumsum
- Feb 21, 2023
- 3 min read
Tuesday marked one of the nation’s most favourite days, Pancake day! Despite being famous for its baking and tasty treats, did you know that an estimated 25 million pancakes would have gone to waste? However, there are ways to use pancake batter for other delicacies!
Coupon Snake found that the word ‘Pancake’ had an audience outreach of 5.5 billion views on TikTok, but how can leftover batter be used for other baking to avoid further wastage? Intrigued to find out more, we discovered the most viral ways to reduce waste by using leftover pancake ingredients.
Key Findings:
Pancake Cereal had 1.6 billion views on TikTok
Pancake Quesadillas had 701.3 million views on TikTok
Pancake Spaghetti had 63.4 million views on TikTok
The most viewed leftover pancake batter recipes on TikTok:
Coupon Snake can reveal that the most popular way to use up leftover pancake ingredients is through making cereal, with a grand total of 1.6 billion views on TikTok! To create this delicacy, squeeze little drops of batter onto a hot, buttered frying pan from an empty sauce bottle. When cooked, flip the pancakes, and each segment should rise and transform into tiny cereal pieces. Pair this cereal with syrup, milk or a topping of your choice for a delicious breakfast.
In second place, is Mexican cuisine's favourite quesadillas. This semi-healthy but tasty dish has a total of 701.3 million views on the social media platform. Using the remaining ingredients, make eight little, thin pancakes and set aside. Place four of the cooled pancakes in a greased baking dish, and top with shredded cheese, peppers, tomatoes, or any other favourite Mexican ingredient. Place the remaining four pancakes on top and add your preferred ingredients and bake for five minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
Ranking third and ultimately one of the most creative ways to use up leftover pancake ingredients is by creating spaghetti. This has recently become a viral trend with 63.4 million people using their pancake day leftovers for a sweet spaghetti dish. Heat a sizable nonstick pan, add some butter to it, and then add the pancake batter to a piping bag. To generate thin, spaghetti-like batter strips, poke a tiny hole in the tip of the piping bag, then drag the bag over the pan in a zigzag pattern. Serve after cooking for 20 to 30 seconds on each side.
In addition to adding fun and creativity to baking, using leftover pancake ingredients can also help you save money. Reusing ingredients from national days such as Shrove Tuesday can be a terrific way to use what you already have and save down on purchasing expenses while still feeding everyone.
Coupon Snake also investigated the top liked videos that use leftover pancake ingredients on TikTok and ranked the top five most viral:
The most liked videos on tik-tok for left over pancake recipes
Coupon Snake found that the most-watched video relating to using leftover pancake ingredients showed mini pancakes being used as a cereal, uploaded by @sagethrifthauls which has an astounding 3 million views on TikTok.
Extremely easy to make, you should place the leftover batter into an empty sauce bottle and squeeze small drops into a hot, buttered frying pan. Once cooked on one side, flip and leave for another 10-20 seconds. Each splodge should rise and cook into tiny cereal pieces. Once they have cooled use either milk or syrup for a sweet breakfast treat.
In second place, with 2.2 million views, pancake bites are a favourite for using leftover pancake mix uploaded by health guru @faithsfresh.
To create the pancake bites you should prepare your pancake mix, pour the batter into an ice cube tray, and top with your preferred fillings from fruit to chocolate or whatever you fancy! Remember to cover the tray, and place it in the freezer until the batter is firm. For the greatest results, fry them on low heat for a fluffy pancake.
Methodology:
Coupon Snake wanted to find out the best ways to use up leftover pancake ingredients.
To do so, they utilised the social media platform TikTok, to identify the most trending pancake-related videos. Relevant phrases such as ‘Pancake Cereal’, ‘Pancake Spaghetti’ and ‘Pancake Waffles.’ The seed list was collated from multiple reputable sources, including ThrivingHomeBlog, Metro, Express and TableforTwo.
All search terms were ranked based on the number of search results that appeared - from highest to lowest - to reveal the top methods for using leftover pancake ingredients.
All data was collected on 20/02/2023 and is accurate as of then, but subject to change.
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