Protein Pancake Power Cakes, Flapjack and Waffle Baking Mix, Dark Chocolate, 18 Ounce (Pack of 6)

I could not longer find these in any stores. They made fabulous chocolate waffles we serve with fresh strawberries & whipped cream. They have good protein so they'll somewhat healthy! Right?

This probably deserves 5 stars, but I save that for things that totally knock me over. I hadn't expected the chocolate to be this good, but it really is good. Honestly though I prefer (and this is just personal preference) the plain old buttermilk version. Both are whole grain, which is really great. This makes a fun variety.

Such a good deal for 6 boxes!

Guys. You don't know me, but there's never been a time in my life I have been so drawn to a breakfast food. I have been 100% obsessed with the Dark Chocolate Kodiak Cakes. Does this sound like an exaggeration? Well buckle up, partner, because I'm about to take you on a ride. I started focusing on my health most recently in March 2022. I've really buckled down after gaining some pandemic weight (but come on, who didn't gain a little bit during all of that?!). So I started upping my protein and tracking calories so that I could be good to my body. Fast forward to around June when I truly got into a balanced routine of nutrition and fitness. I was really struggling with finding high protein recipes I could really consider staples. At one point I bought the Dark Chocolate Kodiak Cakes pancake mix for some recipe I found online for a high protein dessert. And uh oh, I did not know just what I was getting myself into. The dessert was decent but I decided to try the pancake mix as officially intended and made some pancakes for breakfast one day, around or on June 23rd. I loved them so much I wanted them again. And again. And again. I started looking forward to breakfast every morning and even sometimes midday I would verbalize that I couldn't wait until breakfast the next day. This may all sound like a joke, but I assure you I am dead serious. I love these pancakes so much that I have eaten them almost every single morning since that first day. The only times I haven't had them since then are when I was sick with covid (and barely ate at all) and when the grocery store was out of stock. Unfortunately the grocery store kept disappointing me even though I went multiple days in a row to try to get this elusive product. Nothing for days! I couldn't just keep sitting around hoping it'd show up on the shelf, so I had to do something else. I looked to see if I could get it shipped to me and noticed they had it in bulk. HOORAY! I can even subscribe and get a new bulk box of mix as often as I need it! I have to get the 6 pack, because let's be honest, I'm a fiend for these babies. So remember when I said I had covid? I decided to skip my subscription since I had a lot of mix left from not eating for two weeks. Let me tell you, this was a big mistake on my part. Roughly a week and a half ago I ran out. My next auto-shipment wasn't scheduled for two more weeks. I thought I would be okay; venture out and try new breakfast options, maybe grab a box or two from the grocery store (yeah, wishful thinking, I know). But I'm going to be honest with you, I am not okay. I need my pancakes! There is just something about starting my day with some delicious chocolate protein pancakes that jumpstarts my motivation and helps me be excited to hit my daily goals. Not being able to start my day with these pancakes have been such a rough time (absolutely first-world problems, I know, but give me a break, I am obsessed). It just kind of throws my day off track and I just keep looking forward to when I'll have that sweet, sweet pancake mix in my hands once again. If I ever run out (or they decide to discontinue them for some reason), I may die. Tl;Dr - Fav pancakes/breakfast of all time, and the #1 way I prefer to start every day.

Listen, I was never a huge pancake person. I would eat them maybe twice a year. But I picked up a box of the dark chocolate and poppyseed to make for my kids to see if I could get them to eat a hearty breakfast and break their cereal habit. We were staying with extended family at the time and everyone raved about them. We all agreed that you don't even need syrup- you can eat them plain. Now we have subscriptions set up so that we eat them every day. The dark chocolate is the favorite, and we only add syrup on "special occasions". We also love the pumpkin flax. My kids don't like the poppyseed but I love it. However, we all universally agree that the peanut butter kind taste like bark. Amazon just sent us a case on accident and we will just give it away. The basic buttermilk mix is also fine, just a normal pancake mix, but you can't eat it plain and I don't like loading my kids up with extra sugar every morning. Note that we never do anything other than just mix with water and the pancakes turn out great. I've stopped measuring and just tweak the consistency based on whether I want thinner or fluffier pancakes. I didn't see that the addition of milk and eggs made them that much better. In fact, for the chocolate kind it diluted the chocolate flavor and made them less chocolatey. We have also made the muffin recipes on the box and that's a nice way to shake things up. Really, these pancakes are almost too good to be true. I eat two and feel full, my kids get a good breakfast, and they are delicious. And the price on Amazon (especially with a subscription) cannot be beat. I raved about them so much to a man I met at a conference that he emailed me and asked for the link. I'm not sure why some people don't like them (unless they are talking about the peanut butter kind which, as mentioned before, is horrendous) but we are 8 months in and still in love.