These carrot pancakes are so good! The flavor is so delicious with not too much carrot taste so picky eaters won’t mind. The batter comes together quickly and this recipe makes enough pancakes so you can freeze some if you want.
My toddler is a very picky eater. I’m always trying new ways to help him eat better and so one day I thought of making carrot pancakes. I had never heard of them before but quickly found a great recipe to try out.
It was so easy to make. You just place all your ingredients in a blender, blend it and it’s ready to be cooked! I made them into Mickey shapes for him since he loves Mickey Mouse. He thought it was so cool and called it Mickey bread. And you know the best part? 
He ate it all up! YES! I made the rest of the batter and shaped them all into Mickey shapes and put some in the freezer so I can pull them out as needed. I am so glad he liked it. And I also liked it very much. These were much better than any plain pancake I’ve had before. You almost don’t even realize it has carrots in it. But if you look closely you can see the orange specks. I loved the flavor of this. I will be making this again!
UPDATE- Dec. 2019- 7 years later and these are still a favorite of ours! In fact, they are our favorite pancakes! I love trying new recipes and I’ve made many different pancakes over the last 7 years and these are still the best! The texture, taste, and look of these are just PERFECT! My kids don’t even notice there are carrots in it. But I do tell them!
If you want to make Mickey shapes just make the circle pancake as usual and using a spoon drop batter for ears.Carrot Pancakes
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Recipe adapted from Food.com
Thanks so much for sharing
I also have a picky eater. I’ll be trying this with her tomorrow.
I hope she likes it as much as my boys do! 🙂
Sounds yummy! Do you cut the carrots up really small? I’m just wondering if there are still actual noticeable chunks of carrot throughout. I would like to try to trick my 6 year old with these.
They don’t need to be cut up too small. Probably about the size of a baby carrot. A little bigger should be ok. I just blend until the chunks are gone. Hope she loves it!
These are so good! I’m so glad I stumbled upon this post. My daughter loves them which is great because she will rarely eat any vegetable other than pouches. I make a whole batch and freeze them for east breakfasts. Thanks again!
That’s so awesome! Thanks for my letting me know! Years later and my kids still love these! 🙂
can you tell me how you store them in the freezer and the way you reheat them so they don’t dry out! Thank you in advance!
Hi Katherine, I just freeze them on a small cookie sheet lined with wax paper then I put them in a gallon zip-lock. To reheat I just microwave it about 10-15 seconds on each side. It hasn’t been dry for me. Enjoy! 🙂
Do you steam the carrots before putting them in the blender?
I don’t but I’m sure it’d be fine if you want to do it that way.
Hello I would like to make these! when u say blender are you meaning just a good ol blender? or a kitchenaid mixer type one? I hope you get back to me. My child is very picky and I want to really try these out.
Yes, just a regular blender! My picky kids love this. Hope yours does too! 😁
You could probably just use 2 jars of pureed carrot baby food and just mix it up in a bowl
That is a fabulous idea!
I use pretty much any veg but my Grandkids love when I use cooked beets & they get pink pancakes! Great recipe – thanks!!
Oh that’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing. I’m so glad they love it! 🙂
Made these as waffles and they turned out great! Thank you!
That’s great to know it works great as waffles! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
My 4 year old is the most picky eater, but I figured I would try these, and he LOVED them! He ate 4 right out of the gate, and even said he wants these now instead.of the other ones I make!
That’s so great to hear! My kids love it too!