# Pancake syrup **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827 "2014-09-29T02:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/21 "2014-09-29T14:06:01Z")
Kroger has a store brand of maple-cinnamon flavored syrup I am fond of. Depending on the type of pancake I have different flavored syrups though. For my bacon pancakes it’s the Kroger brand but sometimes I make dark cinnamon pancakes that only need butter and a sprinkle of confectioner’s sugar. Corn cakes get honey. I make a chocolate syrup my daughters prefer on thin pancakes whereas I prefer butter and raspberry preserves. We eat a lot of pancakes around here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/22 "2014-09-29T14:37:23Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > Sometimes we use our own concoction instead of syrup for a change of pace. Two parts sour cream mixed well with one part strawberry preserves, or some other kind of fruit preserve. Try using crème fraîche rather than sour cream. It too is yummy! 🙂 > **[Google](https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=creme+fraiche)** > > Happy Holidays! #GoogleDoodle ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/23 "2014-09-29T14:40:28Z")
Grew up with Karo or Log Cabin. Now it’s Sugar Free Log Cabin, sometimes Sugar Free Smucker’s Blueberry. ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/24 "2014-09-29T15:05:33Z")
Until I married and moved to Ontario from BC, it was Rogers Golden Syrup all the way. DH was/is a Karo fan. Now my favourite is Ontario #2 (dark amber) maple syrup - much more flavour. I still like Rogers Golden when I go home. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/25 "2014-09-29T16:11:13Z")
I’m probably one of the few that prefers the heavily processed sorts of fake pancake syrup to actual maple – maple is so thin that I find it doesn’t really stick to the pancake/waffle/french toast. Mrs. Butterworth is my favorite, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/26 "2014-09-29T16:24:45Z")
The issue with real maple syrup is that it’s so stupid expensive per oz. that my childhood and inherent frugality make it painful to use more than a dollop per pancake and it just sinks right in a little quarter-sized circle and the rest of the cake has nothing. So I use regular fake syrup for my pancakes, waffles and cornbread and save the real stuff for salad dressings, marinades, baking and the like. But my favorite pancake topping is the smuckers fruit syrups. They’re what my grandpa always had when we had breakfast at his farmhouse. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/27 "2014-09-29T16:27:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > 100% pure maple, from either Canada or Vermont. Medium dark, whatever grade that is. > > I’d love to have boysenberry again, if I could find it. I tried ordering it from California once, but it didn’t work for some reason. > > I like combining hot syrup with butter and just pouring that over a stack. Yum! :o We do the mix melted butter with the dark real maple syrup also. We picked up a couple bottles of the boysenberry syrup when we were in California a couple years back, but mrAru is from California so if we need anything from there we ask someone i his family to pick it up and send it to us - usually for a birthday or Christmas. [URL=“[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”] ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/28 "2014-09-29T16:29:33Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Corn cakes get honey. When you say “corn cakes”, do you mean [corn fritters](http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,creamed_corn_fritters,FF.html)? Or is there another type of pancake-like item with corn that I’ve missed out on? :eek: If there is another pancake-like corn item, can you please share or PM the recipe? We like corn around here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/29 "2014-09-29T16:44:31Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > Sometimes we use our own concoction instead of syrup for a change of pace. Two parts sour cream mixed well with one part strawberry preserves, or some other kind of fruit preserve. I use a little vanilla and brown sugar in the sour cream. And butter and real maple syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/30 "2014-09-29T17:23:29Z")
I enjoy a variety of pancake toppers including butter, cinnamon, honey, PB&J, whipped cream, ice cream, fruit, compote, powdered sugar – but the old stand-by is pure Grade B Maple Syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/31 "2014-09-29T18:16:05Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > Sometimes we use our own concoction instead of syrup for a change of pace. Two parts sour cream mixed well with one part strawberry preserves, or some other kind of fruit preserve. > [@terentii](#): > > Try using crème fraîche rather than sour cream. It too is yummy! Or ricotta cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/32 "2014-09-29T18:33:47Z")
I remember that in Hawaii they used to serve a coconut syrup with pancakes that was out of this world. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/33 "2014-09-29T18:44:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Or ricotta cheese. Or Mascarpone, mmmmmmmmmmm! :o Mascarpone also makes a more than acceptable substitute for Devonshire clotted cream when eating scones for tea. Top with strawberry jam. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/34 "2014-09-29T18:46:49Z")
Real maple (any grade) or powdered sugar and lemon. However, on a camping trip I am perfectly contented with Mrs. Butterworth’s or the like. As long as there is cream for my coffee. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/35 "2014-09-29T18:48:59Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > When you say “corn cakes”, do you mean [corn fritters](http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,creamed_corn_fritters,FF.html)? Or is there another type of pancake-like item with corn that I’ve missed out on? :eek: > > If there is another pancake-like corn item, can you please share or PM the recipe? > > We like corn around here. 😃 > **[Google](https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=johnny+cakes+recipe)** > > Happy Holidays! #GoogleDoodle ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/36 "2014-09-29T18:50:27Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I remember that in Hawaii they used to serve a coconut syrup with pancakes that was out of this world. [https://www.google.com/search?q=coconut+syrup+recipe](https://www.google.com/search?q=coconut+syrup+recipe) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/37 "2014-09-29T18:58:20Z")
Blackstrap molasses. I like the bitter with the sweet ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/38 "2014-09-29T20:32:38Z")
Not just maple syrup… HOMEMADE maple syrup, we tap the maples on our lawn and boil the sap down to grade A dark amber or grade B Nothing as good as homemade from your own trees ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/39 "2014-09-29T20:48:34Z")
I think what we can commonly get from the grocery stores around here is Grade A - Dark Amber, so that’s what we use. We do have some sample-bottles of Fancy and other stuff that my wife got while in Vermont, but they mostly taste like sugar syrup relative to the darker grades. I may hunt down a bottle of Grade B to see what it’s like. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827/40 "2014-09-29T21:32:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > [coconut syrup recipe - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=coconut+syrup+recipe) Thank you for that. I will give it a shot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-syrup/699827.md?page=3)