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You Won't Flipping Believe It: The UK's Top 10 Favourite Pancake Toppings

HelloFresh have stacked up the UK's favourite pancake toppings just in time for you to decide whether you want to choose savoury or sweet this Pancake Day. Take a look if your favourite topping made the list or get some easy pancake recipe inspiration, including these tasty buttermilk pancakes, to switch your toppings up this Pancake Day. Match your pancakes with these 10 toppings for a tasty treat - it's that flipping easy!
HelloFresh have stacked up the UK's favourite pancake toppings just in time for you to decide whether you want to choose savoury or sweet this Pancake Day. Take a look if your favourite topping made the list or get some easy pancake recipe inspiration, including these tasty buttermilk pancakes, to switch your toppings up this Pancake Day. Match your pancakes with these 10 toppings for a tasty treat - it's that flipping easy!

When is Pancake Day and Why Do We Celebrate It?

Pancake Day 2023 falls on Tuesday, February 21st. We're certain you've enjoyed the traditions of Pancake Day in years gone by, but do you know why you did? Also called Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day began as the final feast day before Lent (the 40 days leading up to Easter when people traditionally fasted). To use up the leftover ingredients such as eggs, milk and fat prior to fasting, the Anglo-Saxons would cook pancakes and, thus, Pancake Day began.

Easy to make and even easier to eat, pancakes are a firm favourite with Brits up and down the country. Pancake Day has become widely celebrated in the UK often dividing opinions on savoury or sweet favourite toppings.

Here's How The Pancake Toppings Stack Up

At HelloFresh, we've researched the UK’s top 10 favourite Pancake Toppings by analysing the average number of Google searches per month for each pancake topping to help inspire you to make some family favourite pancakes everyone will enjoy this Pancake Day. Whether you prefer to keep things traditional with lemon and sugar, do get creative with toppings, textures, drips and drizzles, here are the UK’s top Pancake Day 2023 toppings to bring you some fresh inspiration.
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<h2>Banana Pancakes and Blueberry Pancakes</h2>

Banana Pancakes and Blueberry Pancakes

Banana Pancakes

Taking the top spot by a long way, banana pancakes have proven to be the UK's favourite topping. Adding a fruity twist to this classic dish, bananas are perfect for a soft topping or even to add into the batter, made popular by social media for those wanting to really switch things up.

Blueberry Pancakes

Continuing with some fruity favourites, blueberry pancakes were shown to be the UK's second favourite topping. Perfect for an Instagrammable stack, blueberries add a tart taste to this popular food whilst making sure you get one of your five a day!

<h2>Chocolate Pancakes and Bacon Pancakes</h2>

Chocolate Pancakes and Bacon Pancakes

Chocolate Pancakes

Perhaps a bit more of a conventional pairing, chocolate made the top five favourite pancake toppings in the UK. You can top pancakes with chocolate chunks, lather them in chocolate sauce or even add some chocolate chips to the batter for those with an extra-sweet tooth. This is the perfect dessert-style pancake for this Pancake Day.

Bacon Pancakes

Crispy bacon is another UK favourite to transform the pancake into the ultimate brunch. Find the perfect balance of breakfast, lunch, sweet and savoury to suit the whole family with our easy pancake recipe, Buttery Honeyed Cinnamon Pears and Crisp Bacon with Pancakes.

<h2>Spinach Pancakes, Apple Pancakes and Strawberry Pancakes</h2>

Spinach Pancakes, Apple Pancakes and Strawberry Pancakes

Spinach pancakes are also another savoury-favourite, incorporating a splash of colour and a healthy twist, spinach adds some green goodness to the simple pancake dish. If adding greens to your pancakes isn't quite your thing, apples or strawberries add a hint of natural sugar to your pancakes for a healthier sweet treat - which are both among the UK’s favourites when it comes to pancake toppings this year.
<h2>Cinnamon, Lemon Pancakes and Maple Syrup Pancakes</h2>

Cinnamon, Lemon Pancakes and Maple Syrup Pancakes

If you prefer much more traditional flavourings, cinnamon gives a sweet, woody note to your pancakes. Alternatively, lemon is a great way to add some zesty flavour to your dish, balancing out the sweetness for a punchy taste. Even more traditional, Maple syrup offers a tried and tested pancake flavour that is well-loved by all, adding hints of caramel and vanilla for depths of deliciousness everyone can appreciate.
Try out some of the UK's favourite pancake toppings for yourself this Shrove Tuesday to see whether you agree with the nation's top choices!

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