Instant Pot Pancake Bites

Instant Pot pancake bites with blueberries are the perfect pressure cooker breakfast. Use boxed protein packed pancake mix, traditional batter or make gluten free pancakes in minutes as a Ninja Foodi recipe or in Crockpot Express too.

Ninja Foodi Pancake Bites

We first began with making these pressure cooker egg bites that are similar to a crustless quiche. Great when taken on the go for breakfast on busy mornings. Kids love carbs though so we went on to make their favorite start to the day, with syrup for dipping.

You could use pancake batter but I don’t always have that on hand so below is an easy batter you can whip together quick. They come out a bit like pancake mix muffins in a mini size pan, like that size if you want to picture them.

Pancake Bites Recipe with Pancake Mix

Below we show you what we used for our first batch, we will share other methods below as well but if you haven’t tried protein packed pancake mix it’s pretty good and great if you’re on a lower carb diet. I feel it is a bit firmer than other varieties which helps when popping them out and creates an ideal texture overall.

• I added fresh blueberries to this batch because that is my favorite fruit and a great size for pancake bites I thought.
• I probably wouldn’t use frozen blueberries or another berry for that matter.

My thought is that they’d sweat a bit in the cooking process and would make the pancake bites a bit wetter. They may not cook thoroughly all the way through if so.

I’d imagine diced fresh, yellow, bananas would work well too though. That is our next add in. For the protein pancake mix you use:

Kodiak Cake Pancake Bites Ingredients

• 1 cup pancake mix
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 c blueberries if you choose to add those

This will make 1 full batch of pressure cooker pancake bites which is 7 total. You could make this homemade pancake recipe flat of course, but in small bite size balls is just way more fun right??

If you have ever “baked” anything in your pressure cooker you do know that there is a bit of a different texture so don’t be alarmed if it is bit off from traditional pancakes. These are a great crazy morning breakfast option for us…and we hope you love them too. Looks yummy right??!!

Instant Pot Pancakes Ingredients

• Instant Pot egg bite silicone mold to make bite size pancakes while pressure cooking
• Pancake mix – this Kodiak cakes protein packed pancake boxed mix works best
  • You can use a gluten free pancake mix too to make Instant Pot gluten free pancakes
• Water or milk – depends on what pancake mix you use, follow directions on back of box
• Maple syrup for dipping when donbe
• Blueberries and vanilla extract – optional add in but really good
• Chocolate chips – optional but tasty add in
• Large bowl

What is the difference between protein pancake mix and Bisquick?

Protein packed is a bit more dense but has a ton of protein per pancake bite. Traditional pancake mixes will turn out a bit fluffier. I have yet to use Gluten free pancake mix but hear it is denser.

Here is the entire printable pancake recipe for Instant Pot pancakes below. Another fun idea is to use your muffin tin to make larger versions in the oven. We do that often if I am going to use the “old fashioned” method.

How to Make Pancake Bites in Pressure Cooker

1. Pour 1.5 c water into your Instant Pot, lower your trivet inside your pot. Make flapjacks batter.
2. Spoon 2 tbsp of melted butter into each hole, use 2 egg molds for this batter listed below.
3. Pour pancake batter into each hole inside your egg bites mold, 3/4 full.
4. Cover with foil and lower into your pot on top of your trivet, one on top of the other.
5. Pressure cook on high pressure for 14 minutes cooking time with a 5 minute natural release.
6. Release rest of steam and lift foil
7. Pop each one out and enjoy

Print recipe below or just come back next time you want to make these again and again.

Other egg bite mold recipes in Instant Pot you’ll love

1. Instant Pot blueberry muffins seen above are amazing too. You can use the same mold as this one to make both which is sure nice.
2. Sweet Pressure cooker churro bites are like donuts for breakfast
3. Pressure cooker donuts are so good and fun to make for breakfast!
4. You can serve any of these with our 1 minute Instant Pot apple crisp on the side