Easy Pancake Breakfast Board
By Rebecca St.Clair
This pancake breakfast charcuterie board will let your guests pick and choose from a variety of toppings, syrups, fruits, and sides. Whether someone’s into classic maple syrup or wants to try whipped cream, fresh berries, nuts, or even chocolate, the options are endless.
Make this gorgeous breakfast board personalized or festive depending on who and what you’re serving it for. Everyone will love this laid-back, and fun way to enjoy breakfast.
Your family and friends will be running to the table to create their own little pancake creations, and enjoy the experience of sharing a meal together with a relaxed, fun vibe.
I made this pancake breakfast board for a sleepover my daughter had with her friends. It was a huge hit! If you’re making this for kids, mini versions like silver dollar pancakes are a must. The more little decorations the better so they can have fun creating their own breakfast masterpiece!
Why You’ll Love It!
Customize – Make this board unique to you! Whether you have dietary restrictions or making this for a special holiday like Mother’s Day, Easter, or Christmas, you can fill your board with a festive flare.
Stress Free – Make this as easy as you like by buying everything premade. Then all you have is the fun of arranging the board!
Visually Appealing – Bright and colourful fruit and toppings make this board visually stunning.
Laid back – For Christmas morning, brunch, or a kids sleepover, this is fun way to serve breakfast rather than a sit down meal.
Something for everyone – Whether you are a syrup fan, fruit lover, or want to make a treat with rich chocolate, let everyone customize their own plate.
Tips and Tricks for the perfect pancake breakfast board
Size
Choose the size of the board according to how many people you need to serve. Make the board abundant! Ensure there is enough for everyone to have seconds and more than enough of all the toppings so your guests know they can load up on anything they want.
Make ahead
Do as much of the work you can ahead of time. The night before, wash all of the berries and fruit. Prep all of the sauces, accompaniments, and spreads. Place them into small pitchers or bowls ready to arrange on the board the next day.
If you are making homemade you can even make pancakes or waffles the day before and reheat them in the oven before serving.
Options
Variety makes this board fun and appealing. Choose different types of pancakes like these strawberry pancakes, oatmeal pancakes, or classic fluffy pancakes. Think outside the box with waffles and crêpes.
Choose a variety of accompaniments from sweet to savoury so everyone will find something they love. Choose a variety of sizes like silver dollar pancakes.
Ingredients
The below pancake breakfast board ingredients are only suggestions. The sky is the limit when it comes to pancake recipes, fruit, accompaniments, dips, and spreads! So feel free to make this recipe your own!
Silver dollar pancakes – Mini pancakes are fun especially for little kids. No cutting required!
Classic Pancakes – Use your favourite recipe or store bought.
Waffles – Use store bought, homemade, or turn any pancake recipe into waffles by cooking them on a waffle iron.
Crêpes – A classic French pancake perfect for filling with fruit and spreads. Check out my super simple recipe for the perfect easy crêpes.
Maple Syrup – The classic pancake topping. Place in a small pitcher for easy pouring.
Preserves – Jams, jellies, and marmalade. Place in a small bowl with a spoon for easy spreading.
Nutella – Use this classic hazelnut spread or make your own homemade ganache.
Whipped Cream – A classic waffle topping that can also be added to any hot chocolates you might be serving!
Fruit Sauce – Grab my easy blueberry sauce from the recipe list below!
Fresh Fruit – Any berries like raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries are great. Cut larger fruit like bananas and apples into slices or bite sized pieces.
Chocolate Chips – I used mini chocolate chips for my board.
Storage
Store all of the items from the pancake breakfast board separately.
- Cover the whole leftover fruit and store in the fridge for up to 2 days.
- Allow the pancakes, waffles, or crêpes to cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container, in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Store any store bought items according to the package directions.
Method
- Wash and dry fruit.
- Place accompaniments, spreads, and sauces in small bowls or pitchers.
- Cook pancakes, waffles, and crêpes. Place on a baking sheet and keep in a 200 °F (90 °C) oven to keep warm.
- Onto a large board arrange pancakes, waffles, or crêpes in the centre.
- Arrange the fruit around the outside. Make sure to cut any large fruit like bananas or apples into smaller pieces.
- Place the small bowls and pitchers with the spreads, syrup, and chocolate chips in any empty spaces.
- Provide small tongs, spoons, and serving forks to use for serving.
Pancake Breakfast Board
Layers of pancakes, vibrant fruits, colourful syrups, and all the little extras make this a perfect option for breakfast, brunch, and special occasions.
Ingredients
- fresh fruit
- pancakes
- waffles
- crêpes
- maple syrup
- jam
- mini chocolate chips
- whipped cream
- Nutella
- fruit sauce
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Wash and dry fruit.
- Place accompaniments, spreads, and sauces in small bowls or pitchers.
- Cook pancakes, waffles, and crêpes. Place on a baking sheet and store in a 200 °F (90 °C) oven to keep warm.
- Onto a large board arrange pancakes, waffles, or crêpes in the centre.
- Arrange the fruit around the outside. Make sure to cut any large fruit like bananas or apples in to smaller pieces.
- Place the small bowls and pitchers with the spreads, syrup, and chocolate chips in any empty spaces.
- Provide small tongs, spoons, and serving forks to use for serving.
Notes
Quantities will vary depending on the size of your board and the amount of people you will be serving.
Do as much prepwork as possible before hand, like wash fruit and placing spreads and chcocolate chips in small bowls. Assemble right before serving.
Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 191Total Fat 7gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 12mgSodium 109mgCarbohydrates 32gFiber 2gSugar 24gProtein 2g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
Need the pancake recipes to go on the perfect breakfast board? Hop over here! Grab the simple homemade blueberry sauce here!
Some perfect accompaniments you might want to serve with your breakfast board!
Cheesy Hashbrown casserole
Ham and Cheese Potato Crust Frittata
Asparagus and Swiss Quiche
