Healthy Lemon Cranberry Pancake Mix Muffins are bursting with juicy cranberries and drizzled with white chocolate made extra easy with pancake mix! Also gluten-free and vegan options!
That awesome moment when you realize you can use pancake mix for making things other than pancakes🙀
Yep, it took me THAT LONG for the light bulb to turn on in my head. All too often I try to think of complex recipes with 7 types of flour when all I really need is more simplicity in my life. Simplicity meaning pancake mix instead of flour. DUH Bethany!
You see, I’m not logically smart. I may be able to tell you the name and location of every muscle in the the body (thanks be to God for enabling me to study for hours on end), but I lack common sense. I always do things the hardest way, then I figure out much easier it would be to do it another way.
Besides the point, just look how pretty these muffins are! The cranberries and lemon zest gives them an eye-pleasing pop of color.
You may be wondering why these are called peek-a-boo muffins. Good question, I’m happy to answer it for you. Two reasons: (1) I adapted this recipe from betty crocker and thats what they called it and (2) before baking the cranberries are hiding under the batter. When they bake, they pop out. Hence the name peek-a-boo.
It’s time to live it up until cranberry season is a goner. Be festive and go make these for you or someone you love! Here are the simple ingredients needed:
pancake mix ( gluten-free or vegan if needed)
cranberries
lemon juice
lemon zest
coconut sugar
non-diary milk
coconut oil
nutmeg
cinnamon
vegan white chocolate
Lemon Cranberry Peek-A-Boo Muffins
Pancake mix serves as flour in these tasty, vegan-friendly lemony muffins studded with juicy cranberries and drizzled with white chocolate.
Lemon Cranberry Peek-A-Boo Pancake Mix Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups frozen cranberries
- 2 Tbsp. coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 2 cups gluten-free pancake mix vegan if needed
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 3/4 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 Tbsp. lemon zest
- vegan white chocolate for drizzling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together cranberries, 2 Tbsp. coconut sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and lemon juice in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Combine pancake mix, remaining coconut sugar coconut oil, milk and lemon zest in a large bowl.
- Add muffin liners to muffin tins. Spread a little bit of batter on the bottom of each liner. Top with a heaping spoonful of cranberry mixture, then drop a heaping tablespoon of batter on top. Repeat until batter is finished (makes about 8).
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden.
- Let cool, and drizzle with white chocolate.
- Enjoy!
- *Adapted from Betty Crocker
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Questions of the day!
What’s your favorite thing to make with pancake mix?
I love baking with cranberries! Perfect sweet-tart contrast!! Thee muffins look incredible!!! 😀
I love the name, it’s so cute. It reminds me of the teletubbies 😛
Using pancake mix in muffins is such a great idea!
Cranberry and Lemon is wonderful together. This looks fabulous!
Yum yum! A perfectly poppable breakfast or treat for the holidays!
Thank you! so obsessed with the lemon cranberry combo 🙂
Thank you! Love it so much 🙂
haha thank you! So easy to make!
Same here! Thank you Kaila!
I love baking with cranberries too. I enjoy the tartness and it can complement both savory and sweet dishes!
The actual muffin completely lives up to the cuteness of he name, these are adorable!! And once you drizzle he white chocolate one top I really can’t resist😍 I don’t actually think I’ve ever used pancake mix for anything other than pancakes either😂
aren’t they the cutest!? Thank you Natalie 🙂
Love them too! Thank you!
Aw these are so cute!
Thank you! They are super cute and delicious 🙂
Mmmm, these muffins look delish. Everything cranberry is so good at this time of year!!
Ooh, what a delicious combination! These look perfect!
Pancakes muffin?! These look like a post0Turkey Day must!
I LOVE cranberries this time of year and these muffins look so good! I wish I had one in front of me with a cup of tea 🙂
These are so cute! Cranberry muffins are a perfect idea this time of the year.
As you know, anything with cranberries in gets my vote at this time of yea!
In fact I shall be launching my own batch of cranberry bakes pretty soon.
Anyway enjoy the Thanksgiving festivities!
That moment is clearly the BEST moment ever! Love the sound, the look and the EVERYTHING about these pancake muffins! Lemon and cranberry is such an awesome combo. Pinned!
Oh my gosh these little bites are too cute!! I’m not a huge fan of cranberries by themselves but I totally love the lemon and cranberry combo 🙂
I really don’t know how to show my big love for cranberry! Pancake is one of the dish I am good at best (cause it is very easy to cook). And muffins… I can’t refuse it anytime. I want to call this combination “awesomeness”. I will follow your recipe to make them for my family members, look rather simple to do. Thanks so much!
Love the combination of lemon and cranberries! My twin and I just made a raspberry and orange almond cake (https://sprinkleofvanillasugar.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/raspberry-orange-almond-cake-paleo-gluten-free-dairy-free-oil-free/) – citrus and fruit really goes so well. Next time i might have to try this combo on Pancakes! – it looks amazing! Love it!
Hi Bethany & Rachel,
Wow this look yummy! Perfect for the holiday season. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!
Love the recipe you give about how to make the lemon cranberry pancake peek a boo muffin. A nice snack! I followed it to make some for my children when they back to house from their school and they were very happy. Thanks for introducing us about these muffins!
I LOVE this idea. The lemon cranberry combination seems incredible!
Looking delicious and beautiful photos! I’m trying to make ti. Thanks!
Thanks so much!