Friday, January 8, 2010

Iron Chef Dumbass

Genius struck me out of the blue last night while making dinner for the boys. Like a chunk of frozen waste water falling from a jet liner at high altitude, I looked down at the ingredients of my chocolate chip pancakes and though, "what if I added marshmallows to this?"





Yes, my friends, s'more pancakes. Go ahead, take a minute.



The boys were on these like hyenas on a gazelle carcass.



Tomorrow's Saturday, treat yourself, treat your family. (picture me winking and shooting you with my fingers like Isaac from The Love Boat)

*Sadly, I just googled "s'more pancakes" and in 0.34 seconds the Oracle delivered me 679,000 entries. Whatever. I know mine were better. Not only that, I love my children more than those people as well. They probably hate unicorns and old people and don't recycle. Planet killing fascists.

64 comments:

  1. I can't believe that you have been feeding your boys on gazelle carcasses. They don't complain?

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  2. No no no!! You're meant to say they were on it like Oprah on a ham.

    Or like Braja on your pancakes. Holy CRAP they sound good. You're TOTALLY swaggering now, aren't you.

    You make me laugh. No I mean that as a compliment. Not with attitude.

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  3. I am totally going to make them this weekend.. maybe this morning when I get home from work.. very cool..

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  4. Those other people that Google found probably just copied you. You know, by looking ahead in a crystal ball. They ARE fascists!

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  5. You are so cutting edge, man! Wow, what a way to raise the bar...I'll stop slobbering now :)

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  6. oh nice...on my way home to fix some for the boys...hope you have an amazing weekend!

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  7. How dare you show those pictures to the dieting public!

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  8. I gained five pounds just looking at those photos, damn you! Of course your boys were helpless against the siren song of chocolate AND marshamallows! Why wouldn't they be! Will you stop at nothing in a bid to win their love through sugar? I thought not! Neither would any other awesome dad. Party on, Isaac!

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  9. Did you give the boys Mountain Dew to go with all that sugary goodness?

    My grandmother would give us pb and fluff sandwiches and Mountain Dew for lunch in the summer. It's no wonder we ran around like we were on speed for the afternoon!

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  10. for dinner? did they ever go to bed?

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  11. OMG. I almost drooled on the keyboard. That looks delicious! And for dinner? Oh, I love breakfast for dinner!

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  12. Pretty much anything is better with marshmallows. Rice Crispies, hot chocolate, melted over popcorn (trust me on that one, add powdered koolaid into the marshmallows melted with butter then pour on popcorn, unholy mess but yummy).

    Have you ever thought about putting out a cookbook?

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  13. How funny I look at these and think, "wow, dinner - hmmm...wonder if they got any sleep because their kids were jacked up on sugar".

    They do look tasty...

    Here's another treat for breakfast time - peanut butter and nutella on toast.

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  14. Batali's got nothing on you, Cap't.

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  15. Here's the thing - when we made s'mores as kids, I would only eat the chocolate. Marshmallows don't really do it for me. Still, my kids would go ape-shit crazy for those!

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  16. My children are going to be so freaking happy (and bouncing off the walls) on Sunday, you don't even know. And yes, I am going to take full credit and say I thought of the idea. Sorry. But telling them that Captain Dumbass gave me the idea # 1. Doesn't mean anything to them, and # 2. Really isn't appropriate because of the blatant use of the word "dumbass."

    So yeah, thanks dude ;)

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  17. and you wonder why the boys are running around like mad after dinner and won't go to sleep.

    but they do look yummy and i think you're a brilliant chef!

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  18. was it super sweet? i do pancakes every sunday...n we do em different every week

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  19. You have to go with it when inspiration strikes. This looks like a winner.

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  20. The title of this post alone is funny. I choose to believe you were the creator of this gourmet concoction. Just put your fingers in your ears, close your eyes and say "lalalalala". It works.

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  21. It's a keeper!!! You were in my conversation the other day...grilled cheese sandwich with mac and cheese on it. PERFECT.

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  22. Don't let my husband see this. He will definetly make them, nothing better then chocolate and marshmallows.

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  23. I spy a new CBC cooking show, "Captain Cholesterol." It's a winner.

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  24. Well if any of my kids ate chocolate that would be perfect.. but they don't like chocolate. I know I have sick demented children lol... but those do look awesome. not so sure about on teh dinner menu but hey ..

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  25. Oh they are, they are. Planet-killing. And fascists. Your 'cakes rule.

    And are you really reading The Book Thief? I'm jealous -- I wish I could read it for the first time, again. Top 5 for me.

    Ellie

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  26. This is going to enter the regular rotation with Cap'n Crunch coated french toast! I was thinking this morning that it might be pancakes for dinner tonight. (It is snowing a little bit, so I'm not going to go anywhere near the grocery store, but I can probably get mini marshmallows at Walgreens. Heck, I need them to build the Mythbusters marshmallow air gun this weekend anyway.)

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  27. Oooh, and just for a theme and variation on this yumminess, how about a little "Fluff" instead of whole marshmellows?

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  28. Sounds good for dessert, I'll take 2 to go please.

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  29. My kids would love me forever if I made these. Hmm...that sounds like a plan!

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  30. Great great idea. I will have to do these soon for College Girl and of course Neighbor Nessa. They were all over the computer drooling on the screen. Ok, I did take time to windex it so I could comment.
    But...not to be out done, this morning I made fresh banana bread with real butter slathered in the middle and homemade chocolate whipped cream on top.

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  31. i was just wondering when these new creations make into the pancake people hall of fame
    i can think of a few inappropriate ideas...

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  32. Awesome. If only you could add a Unicorn fillet in them then you would be onto a winner.

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  33. Silly man. I would never ever in a bazzillion years subject myself to that kind of sugar mailine into the girls bloodstream before bed. Unless I had a tranq gun chaser...

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  34. Those look so GOOD! Dieting be darned...

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  35. Put some warm coconut syrup on those pancakes and you have my house.

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  36. Okay, so I know of this website called www.thisiswhyyourfat.com. Actually, your pancakes look yummy! But I immediately thought of this gross website. Check it out!

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  37. Those look like the picture of health. That is my kind of breakfast.

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  38. Well this is new to me! I can't wait to try these

    Nice change from animal remains

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  39. OMG.. I love this recipe!!

    And you for the last few lines of this post.

    My kids are gonna die of happiness this weekend!!!

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  40. I don't know about anyone else, but my dinner plans have changed. Yum!

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  41. We sub butterscotch chips for chocolate.

    And real scotch for milk.

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  42. I like a meal with high nutritional value!

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  43. and which one of you is building the human? my sugar just went throuhg the roof looking at that. My boys do love pancakes though, especially with chocolate.

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  44. I'm totally impressed. I wouldn't bat an eyelash if hubs made these for dinner. Well, actually I'd check to see if we won the lottery or my boobs magically enhanced themselves while my ass relocated to its original region on my body....he can't even boil water (or so he says).

    These look so yummy

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  45. All I have to say... is graham flour. Can you even imagine these with actual graham cracker taste to go with the chocolate and marshmallow? hmmmm.... it is whole wheat graham flour in my freezer... can't be too bad for me, right?

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  46. Drool...

    You crack me up Captain. You are too damn good for that list anyway.

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  47. Unicorn haters are the worst!!!
    Go ahead and send your patent application in, cause these are definitely original!

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  48. Oh...yum. Yum. Yum. Yum.

    I'm sure yours were better. Maybe even bigger. And I'm with Lisa - graham flour!? OMG GENIUS.

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  49. I can't believe that has never occured to me before. I must be slipping.

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  50. I'm gonna try these in the morning.

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  51. ooohh...I think I'll make these on a school day so the sugar rush will be someone else's problem. Bet it would be great with nutella too, by the way

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  52. JUst when are you going to change your name from Captain Dumbass to Captain Smartass?

    Well I'm just sayin...

    But I must admit that my husband brought home a bag of marshmallows with the groceries. I immediately opened the bag and grabbed a wooden skewer and roasted one on the stove. THere is never a bad time for marshmallows.

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  53. We are so having those for breakfast tomorrow! And when my children are rushing around from the sugar high, I will think of you.
    Great job!

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  54. Of course yours were better! You added the best ingredient: LOVE!

    Here's another idea--red velvet pancakes. I served mine with vanilla bean ice cream and powdered sugar. Slurp and Delish!

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  55. Damn those look good. I should have done that with my pancakes this morning.

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  56. Which is why you should never Google anything.

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  57. The only thing they're missing is Hershey's Chocolate Syrup.

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Come on, sailor. I love you long time.