It's not available here yet and yes I am interested mainly for the gadget appeal because DGS loves pancakes--we could have fun making them together!

Jim

Thanks for the grin. It's a retro idea! Please let us know how you like it after you try it...you can be the Cooking forum test case!

Claire- don't worry. Sometimes things just get to us. And I'll bet you a pancake that the can says "for best results remove cap before using" just like the Cheez-Wiz cans do.

Nina

Ellen, I hope you and Jayden do have a Grammy-DGS pancake experience. I was thinking about doing waffles instead of pancakes for something different with Beau.

Pancakes made from a mix could hardly be easier, even when camping. Aerosol pancakes solve a problem which doesn't exist. It's like instant tea. Do they still make that? I always thought tea bags are easy enough although supposedly loose tea is better.

Jim

I for one would buy one in a heartbeat, just because, yes, I'm always intrigued by a new toy. It could be fun! But I would bet that this will be OFF the market within three years.

Thanks for posting this Cathy, I'm going to look for it!

Reading through this I really think it has to be one of the stupidest ideas ever.

How the heck hard is it to mix up some Aunt Jemimah?

Or, if you're not into measuring dry mix, dumping some water into one of those Bisquick Shake and Pour containers?

I'd REALLY be interested in knowing what the per flapjack price for this is going to be, as well.

I bet you it is going to be horrendous.

As for me?

Unlike the hapless moron in the video who looks like she's trying intentionally to gut herself with a balloon whisk, I actually like making pancakes from scratch.

It's not rocket science, it takes about 10 minutes, and it provides pancakes that I like a LOT more than any mix on the market.

/tricia

However, I do see this being a great item to take camping.

I just thought someone had experience with the taste of this product. I saw the potential for the fun factor as I mentioned in my original post.

May, I love the pancake mix that you sent to me. It makes great tasting and light pancakes and waffles.

I'd buy it once or twice for novelty for my daughter who makes her own breakfasts and feeds her sleep over friends, too. She would get a kick out of this for ease. She also prefers fake maple syrup. Ick! She likes the Bisquick Shake 'n' Pour containers and I buy them for her. The small ones serve 2 teen girls nicely. And no mess. This child can dirty three bowls, several spatulas, all the measuring cups, and the entire counter and stove with a batch of pancakes.

I'm sure this was the same reaction to pancake mix (who can't make pancake batter for heaven's sake!) or premeasured mix in a plastic bottle (who can't dirty a bowl!) or even better, how about the frozen pancakes (nuked pancakes!)...but, hey, they ARE still around!! Yes, I admit, I will try a can....I hope we hate them because what kind of mother would I be!!! I mean, really, pancakes in a can -- never mind the Eggo's in my freezer :)

But I think he would love to squirt pancakes into a pan, it might be a little dangerous, but I think he would love it and it would be fun.

It's probably not the best pancake in the world, but it's the fun factor for little ones and I think that is what Cathy was asking.

I veto the Blaster. I doubt it is even capable of living up to its name by giving out a real BLAST of batter, which might possibly be entertaining to me.

Jim

Homemade ones are far, far superior. Even Bisquick Pancakes, which I personally don't care for, are better. It is easy to me to make a quick pancake, even if I use Krusteze, which is quite often, I add an egg, a touch of vanilla, a smidgeon of vegetable oil, and use milk and not water like the recipe states. Even the plain mix and water recipe taste better than batter blasters.

My grandchildren love Batter Blaster when I use it, and in the wee hours of the morning, just heating the cast iron griddle (tortilla maker) and then spraying on three or four little silver dollar pancakes are a quick breakfast for my husband and myself.

They are okay in flavor, a little too sweet if you ask me, they are terrible for texture.. very thin and whimpy, but they are what they are and as long as you don't expect a perfect pancake, you'll be fine.

I think that all "convenience" foods are for times when you really need the convenience of a quick meal. These fit that bill, but you'd never want them for a long casual breakfast.

They are better than frozen, that is for sure! But, they will not win any awards for flavor or texture compared to homemade or even some mixes.

If you are concerned about clean-up, mix Krusteze in a paper bowl, which you keep on hand for such occasions. Afterward, toss the bowl and rinse off the spoon. It's no harder than Batter Blaster.

Jim

I'm at the point where excess packaging on anything really chaps me now. Don't get me started on single use water bottles though I know there are even far more egregious examples. I just can't get beyond the packaging. Plus, someone here once posted a really great buttermilk pancake recipe and if I'm going to have pancakes, I'm going to make those... or the Klondike whole-wheat pancake mix. In a cardboard box.

As for pancakes from scratch, Makayla loves to crack eggs and her favorite toy is that big red Kitchen Aid mixer. Ashley's favorite right now is banana/chocolate chip, and that doesn't come from a mix, any mix, LOL, they start with my good buttermilk pancake recipe. My favorite is buckwheat, but I wouldn't turn down a stack of whole wheat blueberry pancakes either. I seldom eat "white" pancakes

Like Diana, I avoid anything with all that packaging since I cancelled my garbage service entirely and have gone to recycling every darned thing I can and composting most of the rest, and I've been offended by those "disposable" water bottles for a long time, since they aren't biodegradable and thus not really disposable.

Still, like Cathy, I can see that Makayla and Bud would think spray on pancakes would be more fun than just pancakes. I doubt they'd eat them, being spoiled by homemade, but they'd love 'em.

Annie

Nope. A lot of people might try it, but "everyone" won't buy it. I know I won't. Why would I want to send the message to kids that excess packaging is OK and real cooking isn't cool. This past week my nephew was blown away by the fact I pulled out a big container of yogurt and flavored it for him to his taste. He thoguht that as "way cool". His mom buys those stupid, wasteful yogurt in a tube things. Then we made french toast from scratch and I got elected "best aunt ever". (From a kid whose mother says "he won't eat ANYTHING.")

Peppi

Well, IME kids like to do all that stuff. They like to mess with the mixer and break eggs AND they like to squirt stuff out of cans. I like to squirt stuff out of cans too, because I'm pretty much a kid at heart.

Cathy,
I'm glad you like that pancake mix! I don't make pancakes often but I know you love em!

Your story about your nephew is heartwarming to me. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Kids need to discover how much they are capable of, not how many things they can't do. And even if they are too young to do anything but watch (but don't underestimate them), someday they will put that experience to use with the knowledge that it is not too difficult. It can be done by an ordinary human. It doesn't need to be made, out of sight and out of mind, in a factory.

Jim

The things that bothers me are the packaging, the nutritional value and the cost.

I've become "born again" on waste management and try very hard to reduce the amount of waste our home generates.

There has got to be zero nutritional value in these. Fresh fruit, granola and milk in a bowl would be way quicker and a whole bunch better for your kids if the issue is a fast breakfast.

The cost per pancake has to be much more than scratch and the way food prices are going up this seems frivolous. Mind you the cynic in me says those that can least afford it will buy it.

So for a treat and a fun thing for little kids , once in a blue moon, sure. As a breakfast staple , no way. As a pantry item for an "all growed up" household, no way.

And to answer another question, it isn't under much pressure; it just sort of blobs out of the can - blub, blub, blub.

I have to admit toaster waffles (specifically eggo nutrigrain) are a fall back for me. However as soon as I buy a regular (not belgium) waffle iron I will be maing and freezing my own.

-Robin