Your Boxed Pancake Mix Will Taste Better With One Simple Step - Tasting Table

Adding spices to boxed pancake mix is just as easy as it sounds. When you're measuring out (or just eye-balling) your boxed mix make sure to incorporate some of the additions. There are also a couple of other things to try while you're at it.

Lifestyle of a Foodie recommends sifting your pancake mix before introducing any wet elements. Doing so will prevent any clumps from forming while you're preparing the wet mix and make for fluffier pancakes. According to King Arthur Baking, overmixing a pancake batter eliminates air bubbles. If your pancake mix is lumpy, you'll need to mix it well to break the clumps up, but you'll also be removing air from the batter, too. So, always sift your dry ingredients. 

You can also use milk instead of water when making the wet mix, and in fact adding different dairy elements will overall help your pancake to become richer. Using milk and adding things like butter, yogurt, or even ricotta cheese are good ways to get a more wholesome pancake.

And of course, as always, you can (and should) add toppings of some kind. Whether you're baking blueberries and/or chocolate chips in a smiley face or you're slicing up some bananas as a sort of heavy garnish, every little bit of spice added can elevate your boxed pancake mix from boring to spectacular.