Pancakesare the ultimate breakfast comfort food.
Synonymous with lazy Sunday mornings, they’re delicious stacked high with both butter and syrup.
In that case, you might be wondering which of the most popular chains has the best pancakes.
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To keep things fair, I dined in at each location, eating my hotcakes hot off the griddle.
After completing this sticky assignment, there was one restaurant that came out miles ahead of the others.
The chains are ranked below from worst to best.
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We tried two varieties of pancakes: the basic buttermilk and the popular “Choconana.”
They looked overcooked on top and lacked that beautiful golden-brown hue you want to see on your pancakes.
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These pancakes looked flat, not fluffy, and frankly a little sad.
The Taste:The buttermilk pancakes we tried had a rubbery texture.
They were not light and fluffy and it was hard to take a second bite.
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The pancakes, which had chips throughout, were topped with actual banana slices (which was nice!)
and cheap looking chips.
The banana was ripe and it was the best thing about this whole pancake meal.
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I arrived in time to try the chain’s only pancake offering on the menu.
They were served with Hotcake Syrup (made with corn syrup and caramel color) and whipped butter.
But they had a nice golden-brown color that wasn’t unappealing.
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The Taste:McDonald’s hotcakes tasted light and fluffy but were boring and bland.
The sausage patty was surprisingly decentit had some nice spice to it but was too fatty.
We tried the buttermilk, the Cinn-A-Stack, and the limited-edition Pancake Tacos.
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The pancakes had an ooey gooey cinnamon filling between each layer.
Because this dish was not decadent enough, it was also topped with whipped cream.
The Taste:Biting into the Cinn-A-Stack was a synthetic, sugar explosion.
My son was the most excited to try these.
These pancakes are a classic for a reason.
They are exactly what you think of when you imagine going out for a yummy pancake breakfast.
The Taste:These pancakes were light and fluffy tasting.
Of all the pancakes we tried, they were my daughter’s favorite and mine, too.
