Ice cream and pancakes have long been considered delicacies within food culture. They’re the treats that we give to ourselves on special occasions or moments of embracing “YOLO”. However, combining them, though a custom to some, feels rather new amongst home cooks on TikTok who are making the dish themselves.

Traditional pancakes can be made from scratch or your favorite boxed mix. Often containing flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, milk and salt, this new viral recipe is simpler and possibly tastier. You’re probably thinking that people are topping their pancakes with ice cream, which is also a delicious alternative. This time around though, ice cream is a main ingredient in the pancake recipe. Here’s more about the most talked about ice cream pancake recipe.

This Viral Treat Is Made With 2 Ingredients

Ice cream is traditionally a combination of milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla. In the case of this recipe, almost everyone trying it out uses vanilla ice cream as the base and/or main ingredient of the viral Ice Cream Pancakes Recipe. This recipe concoction works mainly because the ingredients needed to make a pancake are in the ice cream. In this case, the only ingredient left to add is some sort of flour. For a British content creator and their adolescent family members, the recipe consisted of the following ingredients:

• 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream
• 2–3 tablespoons of self-rising flour

Once you mix these two ingredients thoroughly in a bowl, add the pancake mix concoction to a greased skillet on low to medium and watch as it takes form.

Take It A Step Further: 5 Ingredients

Now, if you’re in the mood for a more substantial stack, this TikToker put their own spin on the Ice Cream Pancake trend: making three souffle-style pancakes and adding toppings. In this recipe, the content creator combines a scoop or so of vanilla ice cream with one egg and a ¼ cup of pancake mix into a bowl. Once mixed thoroughly, they add the mix to a skillet and bake it in the oven. Each pancake about an inch thick. They’re stacked on top of one another and then topped with ice cream, pancake syrup and sprinkles. Combining trend and tradition, here is the 5-ingredient recipe for the viral Ice Cream Pancakes:

• 1 ½ scoops of vanilla ice cream
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup of pancake mix
• Pancake syrup to taste
• Sprinkles to taste

In both cases, you can make this sweet treat dairy-free by simply swapping in your plant-based faves, like n’ice cream. With substitutes gaining popularity within the health and allergen communities, there are great alternatives that exist now. And you don’t have to miss out on the flavor! When you do try one of these viral ice cream pancakes, let us know how you made it and what you think of it! Excited to hear back about your viral version!