These pancake mix muffins made with mashed banana are soft, fluffy, and perfect for an easy grab-and-go breakfast you can customize with your favorite mix-ins.

Pancake mix muffins in a muffin tin customized with blueberries, strawberries and chocolate chips.

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Easy 5-Ingredient Pancake Mix Muffins

Pancake mix muffins have the flavor of my easy banana pancakes but the simplicity and convenience of easy breakfast muffins! Enjoy them plain or customize the batch with your favorite mix-ins like for a delicious way to start your day.

Made with pancake mix, mashed bananas, cinnamon, and add-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries or strawberries this recipe delivers the puffy texture of pancakes in a grab-and-go form!

Ingredients Notes

Ingredients for pancake muffins arranged on a counter, including mashed banana, flour, milk in a measuring cup, an egg, and a bottle of vanilla extract.

Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.

  • Pancake mix and milk: For the base of the muffins. The pancake mix replaces most of the common baking staples used in a classic homemade pancake recipe.
  • Mashed banana:This is a great time to use up the overripe bananas sitting on your counter. The banana helps sweeten the muffins since we are not adding sugar.
  • You’ll also need: Egg, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon.
  • Optional toppings: Chocolate chips, berries, nuts, and maple syrup.

How to Make Pancake Mix Muffins

In a medium mixing bowl, prepare the muffin mix pancake batter by stirring the pancake mix, milk, mashed banana, vanilla, and an egg until combined.

Glass bowl holding pancake mix, mashed banana, and a cracked egg ready to be mixed.
Glass mixing bowl containing batter with mashed banana, pancake mix, milk, a cracked egg, and vanilla before stirring.

Pour the batter into prepared muffin cups and add any desired toppings to each one.

Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 15 minutes. Once a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, your easy baked pancake muffins are done!

Muffin tin lined with paper liners filled with unbaked pancake mix muffin batter, each topped with blueberries, strawberries, or chocolate chips.
Overhead view of a muffin tin filled with freshly baked pancake mix muffins topped with blueberries, chopped strawberries, and chocolate chips.

Recipe Tips

  • Spray the muffin liners with nonstick cooking spray to prevent sticking.
  • Add mix-ins to the top. They are added last to prevent sinking.
  • Mini pancake muffins can be made using a mini muffin pan and a cookie scoop. Bake for about 9-12 minutes, checking for doneness at the 9-minute mark.
  • Add-ins and topping ideas. Cinnamon sugar, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles, diced strawberries, fresh blueberries, or swirl in peanut butter or Nutella.
  • Instead of bananas: Use unsweetened applesauce.
A close-up of a pancake mix muffin with a bite taken out, showing the moist, tender inside. Other muffins with strawberries and chocolate chips are arranged on the plate.

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Pancake muffins in a muffin tin with blueberry, strawberries and chocolate chips.

Pancake Mix Muffins

5 from 3 votes
Recipe by: Jamielyn Nye
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 12
These pancake mix muffins made with mashed banana are soft, fluffy, and perfect for an easy grab-and-go breakfast you can customize with your favorite mix-ins.
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Ingredients 

  • 3 cups pancake mix
  • 1 ½ cups milk
  • 1 cup mashed banana , about 2 large brown bananas
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
  • pinch of salt + cinnamon , if desired

Optional toppings: chocolate chips, berries, syrup

Instructions

  • Preheat and prepare: Preheat oven to 375°F and line a muffin tin with 12 liners.
  • Mix: In a medium mixing bowl, add 3 cups pancake mix, 1 1/2 cups milk, 1 cup mashed banana, 1 teaspoon vanilla, one egg and stir until combined.
  • Pour and cook: Pour batter into 12 muffin cups. Add any desired toppings to the top of each muffin. Bake for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes clean.

Last step: Please leave a comment and rating after you make the recipe.

Notes

Prevent sticking: Spray the liners with cooking spray.
Bananas: If you don’t want to use bananas, you can also use applesauce. 
Storage: Store in a covered container up to 3 days or in the freezer up to 3 months. 

Nutrition

Calories: 95kcal, Carbohydrates: 11g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.002g, Cholesterol: 40mg, Sodium: 181mg, Potassium: 116mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 150IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 109mg, Iron: 0.5mg

Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.