Who doesn’t love Pancake Day? We especially love it because it accidentally understands our mission perfectly.
If you didn’t know, Pancake Day actually began as a way to use up ingredients sitting in your cupboards — eggs, milk, flour — before the start of Lent. No fancy shopping list. No complicated prep. Just making something delicious from what you’ve already got.
Sound familiar?
At Wonky, that’s kind of our whole thing. Using what already exists. Rescuing good food. Turning it into something brilliant instead of letting it go to waste.
So naturally, we couldn’t just make ordinary pancakes.
We spiced ours up by adding chunks of our rescued peanut butter cups into the batter. Because if you’re going to celebrate a day about using things up, you might as well rescue something while you’re at it.
135g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp caster sugar
130ml whole milk
1 large free-range egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled (plus extra for frying)
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar into a large bowl.
In a separate bowl or jug, lightly whisk the milk and egg together, then stir in the melted butter.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix with a fork until you have a smooth batter. A few small lumps are fine — they’ll disappear as you mix. Leave the batter to rest for a few minutes.
Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter. Once melted, add a ladle of batter (or two if your pan is large enough).
The batter will look thick — that’s exactly how it should be.
Cook for about 2–3 minutes until bubbles start to appear on the surface and the edges begin to set. Before flipping, sprinkle around 30g of chopped peanut butter cups over the top of the pancake.
Flip carefully and cook for another 2 minutes until golden brown and risen (around 1cm thick).
If they’re browning too quickly, turn the heat down slightly.
Repeat until all the batter is used. You can keep the pancakes warm in a low oven, but they’re best eaten straight from the pan while the chocolate is still melty.
