UnTreeHugger: Organic Batter Blaster

My mom irks me when she makes cardboard pre-mix pancakes rather than taking the additional minute to meter out a whopping 5 dry ingredients and 3 wet ones to make superior flapjacks.

she would love this crap.

Now if it heated it up and cooked it AS it was blasting it....that would be sweet. Just squirt into mouth.

I'm a parent and I would not go near soemthing like this. This reminds me of a bad packaged food comercial from the 50's

If they invented something like this where I could stuff my own batter into the can and then squirt it out...
wait, that already exists, it´s called a pastry bag.

The part that takes the longest in preparing waffles and pancakes is not the mixing, but the actual cooking, so this doesn´t really solve any "morning rush" problems... in any case, isn´t that the reason toaster waffles were invented?

i want one, just to have as a novety.

Someone mentioned toaster waffles ....

Did you know it is easy to freeze your own waffles (just make extra when you've bothered to heat up your iron). You can put them in the toaster or, for better results, back into the same waffle iron. I freeze them in aluminum foil (from recycled sources, of course), and then transfer to a different container. I then reuse the aluminum foil for other purposes.

The extra time it takes me to do this? On the weekend when I make the waffles, maybe 15 minutes. During the weekday, it is no slower than store bought. BTW, they taste WAY better (shocker, I know).

You can also freeze pancakes and French toast - I do it all the time with leftovers from eating out (who can eat three enormous pancakes???). I put them in a Ziploc freezer bag, which I rinse out and use again when I'm done.

Yeah, this is really gross.

I wonder if you can eat it straight from the can...yum...the lack of cooking would save some CO2 emissions and maybe offset the difference in the amount of CO2 expended to make the can vs. the packaging for all the other pancake ingredients.

This goes to show you that organic does not automatically equal better. And it shows the advertising power organic is gaining, for better or worse.

How long until the anti-organic backlash, if junk like this hops on the bandwagon?

A bowl of müsli with milk or yoghurt is quicker and healthier.

That just seems so wrong!

Dear Treehugger,

When you do not support a product like this, you should not like to their site. Google and other search engines sees a link from a noteworthy site such as yourself as a "vote" or endorsement.

Love,
Todd

In my year of being a food inspector...nothing surprises me now.

I hope there are not eggs or milk or butter sitting in a can...on a shelf...at room temperature... somewhere

I bet it is located on the same shelf as twinkies? I bet mos people don't realize twinkies are not "food", they are pass through...like when a baby eats a marble or penny or plastic...yeak!

Though it is innovated...but not the best mechanism for getting "food".

I bet my golden retrievers would love it! Like dog cheese or peanut butter....

Haha, what a waste!

Making pancakes and waffles from scratch is so easy, even my twelve year old son makes them on the weekend- for the whole family.

A bag of flour goes a long way.

"My mom irks me when she makes cardboard pre-mix pancakes rather than taking the additional minute to meter out a whopping 5 dry ingredients and 3 wet ones to make superior flapjacks."

Why not make you're own breakfast, and do it right?

Old enough to post on the internet yet his mom makes his breakfast...

Regarding Todd's post, you can still provide the url for accreditation, but keep it un-hyperlinked. Just write it in and people can cut-and-paste if they're still curious. Two birds, one stone.

Um, has anyone considered that to make a normal flapjack you'd need:

Milk (1 x packaging)
Sugar (1 x packaging)
Eggs (1 x packaging)
Salt (1 x packaging)
Flour (1x packaging)
Possibly oil (if not using non-stick) (1 x packaging)
(etc)

Granted you won't use up these entire packages for every meal, but then how many flapjacks do you get from one "can" anyway?

So now how about that comment on waste? And let's be real here - instant mix or not, flapjacks are still bad for you as a breakfast, although it does seem to fit into the average North American food group, although nobody ever seams to notice. Now try and consider THAT, you time-strapped, parental types.

I buy flour, sugar, and salt in bulk. I don't use eggs or milk, either. Vegan pancakes with wheat flour aren't really bad for you at all-- at least not 'till I smother them with maple syrup :D

I buy flour, sugar, and salt in bulk. I don't use eggs or milk, either. Vegan pancakes with wheat flour aren't really bad for you at all-- at least not 'till I smother them with maple syrup :D

The only poissibly redeeming use might be camping!!! Or am I just lazy?

Excellent in a food fight. If only they could do this with bacon.

We picked up a three pack of Batter Blaster at CostCo and gave a can to friends going camping. They loved the ease of packing, making and cleaning the pancakes up! They also said that they tasted great! Here is a review: http://blog.clubgrub.com/2007/10/24/batter-blaster-pancakes-in-a-can/

Many of you point out how easy it is to make pancakes. Do you have children? And those of you that poke fun at your moms - did you ever offer to help her make or clean up breakfast? Or, were you too busy slipping on your Uggs to go attend a beach clean up. That is what I was doing.

Now that I have kids, I get it. For those of you that do not have one or more children under 5, on an early Saturday morning when evryone is wanting attention from the husband in bed to the toddler getting ready for a party or sports class to the baby wondering where breakfast is - this product does provide relief to a tired mom stretched to thin.

Try them before you judge them!

I personally wouldn't eat this because it contains eggs and I live on a vegan diet.

but if I were to look at this product in terms of how 'green' it is, I could point out two different views.

1) its organic, the product itself is grown without pesticides and stuff, and it makes [lazy] people aware that organic is good. where is this product going to be sold? this product should hit the shelves in the average grocery store to show people that organic can be good.

2) this product is super possessed. a lot more energy and materials went into this product, than if you made pancakes from scratch. and that alone is enough to make me not want to use it, and its a little too convenient for me.

Well, that's one bread product I won't miss since I have Celiac disease.

it's great for people who would normally buy this crap ( er, i mean food) anyway, AND it was grown pesticide free and that does mean something. "ORGANIC"doesn't mean healthy, it just tells you how it was grown and or processed. I certiainly wouldn't buy the product, but for those that would, I'm glad there's something out there that is one bit less frankenstein- no GMO's in a can. Bon Appetit!

It may be organic, but that doesn't mean it's good for you - these days, all of my baked goods (including waffles and pancakes) contain at minimum half whole wheat flour, so that no one in the family gets a crazy sugar rush or starch coma. (Which we do, if the pancakes are made with all white flour.)

I'm sort of opposed to the product on principle, but the lack of whole grains would turn me off even for convenience purposes like camping.

LOVE THIS STUFF!!! It is AWESOME!!!!! I use them all the time. As a busy Mom of 2 small children my mornings are filled with rushing around to get them ready and out the door on time. I love giving the kids a hot breakfast and the cleanup is a snap just rinse the dispenser and stick the can back in the fridge.

By the way you can add whatever you like while the are cooking the 1st side. Blueberries, Bananas and my fav....Chocolate Chips!

When I heard about this at a friend's house, my immediate reaction was "What do they call it, Pancake Whiz?" I still think that's the best possible idiomatic designation, since it adequately conveys the cultural baggage that comes with the product; "organic" (for whatever that word, in the hands of the USDA, may be worth) or not, I'm not going to buy any.

Carb Eater- maybe you oughta get the husband out of bed on the weekend and teach your kids to help out in the kitchen, if you're so strapped for time you feel the need need to use some silly processed spray batter to feed them all.
Just sayin.

You have got to be kidding me... that got an organic seal on it? What's organic about it the steel can it's in? Seriously, this is nothing shy of stupid.

Haters need to try them before forming an opinion. They're delicious!

i must be an awful awful person. i thought it looked like fun. my husband googled the batter blaster and read an article about the creator of it. it IS refrigerated and NOT like twinkies. as i recall, it does not use CO2, so you don't have to worry about that. it doesn't have a nitrous oxide blast like whipped cream cans.

we got some after my husband read about it - we just used it this morning. it was fun and good. a bit spendy for normal everyday use - and i DO make healthy pancakes quite often - with organic this and organic that and hemp and flax and pumpkin, but i think this will be awesome for camping.

it tasted pretty good to me and mine.

Would my great grandparents recognize it as food? I'm not sure that they would, so I think I'll stay away from it. :)

For some reason this product gives me a bad gut feeling. Like some natural instinct saying to me: "That is not food." I wrote an article about it on my blog actually. It's more "rant" than "article" though. haha

Would my great grandparents recognize it as food? I'm not sure that they would, so I think I'll stay away from it. :)

For some reason this product gives me a bad gut feeling. Like some natural instinct saying to me: "That is not food." I wrote an article about it on my blog actually. It's more "rant" than "article" though. haha

I was curious so I got a 3 pack. It's actually not bad. And yes we did convince someone to try it straight from the can, it was described as a pancake flavored root beer float taste. www.theforbiddenchicken.com if you want to see pics.

so we saw this in the store and pointed and laughed... then bought some.

seriously, it's actually good. and it's 1 recycleable can... and less bowls & utensils to wash.

we love this stuff. don't knock it till you try it.

I tried this product. Frankly, I was stunned, as I didn't expect much. It made a really great pancake, but it paled in comparrison to the waffle. This is where it truly hooked me. The waffles it makes are FANTASTIC, which is most surprising in that pancake batter and waffle batter shouldn't be interchangeable. In any event, I'll not only be buying it again, but I'm talking a local grocer into carrying it as well.

As someone who makes almost everything from scratch except Mac and Cheese, I am already looking for it. Not for the house but for the annual camping trip. 3Days, 30 kids, no running water, very little ice. I'm all over this one.

I think this would be a great thing for my sister. She loves pancakes and waffles but cant cook. Her son loves to cook but good luck getting the two of them to come up with a working batter. It seems like a fun easy way for kids to cook.

"My mom irks me when she makes cardboard pre-mix pancakes rather than taking the additional minute to meter out a whopping 5 dry ingredients and 3 wet ones to make superior flapjacks.

she would love this crap. "

Um, if it bugs you that much why don't YOU make some pancake mix? If you know how to type, I assume you have the faculties to cook your own breakfast :-)

These are the best! Once I heard they were organic, I was sold. I like making stars, letters, hearts and fun shapes on the griddle. You can do dinner by having pancakes with chili on top or you can do them sweet. My favorite is a waffle ice cream sandwich. Coffee ice cream goes great. Open faced with whipped cream and it's a treat. And there's always Snoop Dogg's favorite, fried chicken and waffles!