Our mornings usually start out pretty lazily. Well, lazy for the kids and me. The husband wakes up bright and early at 5am and is out the door by 5:30. Poor guy. The kids and I tend to sleep in (one of the perks of homeschooling, you know) and just grab breakfast (usually cereal or oatmeal) before we start our school day.
The weekends, however, are a whole different matter.
We still keep things lazy, and we certainly don’t set any alarms for Saturday morning. Most Saturdays involve the kids torturing their daddy awake with wet-willies and violent piggy back rides. You’d think he’d just learn to get out of bed before they can attack, but those few minutes of being pummeled and jumped on always seem to prepare him for the 48 hours of horseplay ahead of him.
I, of course, stay far away from the flailing elbows and pointy knees. The kitchen is much safer for me.
The kids always ask for pancakes for breakfast on Saturday mornings, and most weekends I’m happy to oblige them. Keep an eye out for the recipe for our favorite chocolate pancakes!
When IHOP© recently asked me to share my breakfast routine with you, I knew that I had to talk about our Saturday morning pancakes.
Unfortunately, our town doesn’t have very many restaurants, and the nearest IHOP is about 30 minutes away. This means that Saturday morning pancakes are almost always made by the mama.
I was excited to hear about IHOP at Home® Syrup! If I’m too lazy to shower and drive to IHOP, I can still enjoy their syrup.
We’ve been loving their Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity® Strawberry syrup. It’s outrageously good, especially on chocolate pancakes. Who wouldn’t love the taste of chocolate covered strawberries for breakfast? And, no, I can’t say the name of that syrup without using a high pitched sing-song voice. It gets plenty of eye-rolls from the family.
Their Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity® Blueberry syrup is a fun way to jazz your pancakes up, too. My husband would probably have a stroke if I put actual fruit in his pancakes, but fruit in his syrup seems to be okay. He’s kind of weird.
Of course, their Original syrup will always be the winner, in my opinion. It’s sweet and sticky and pretty much makes my mornings complete. I like to dip my bacon or sausage in it, too. That’s not weird, right?
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What does your family think of IHOP at Home® Syrup?
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I would love to try IHOP at home; we love going there to have breakfast for dinner!
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Love IHOP and we’re excited to try the at home syrups!
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I really want to try the Rooty Tooty Strawberry! Yummm
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I haven’t tried it yet but I am excited to! It sounds delicious.
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I’m going to try this out because I love the syrups at ihop restaurants. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
songyueyu at gmail
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tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/syytta/status/183486541136531456
songyueyu at gmail
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We are just learning about the ihops in home syrup! But we love ihops so I know we will love it, cannot wait to try it. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
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tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/mommysdizzy/status/183607449109004290
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I don’t get the opportunity to go to IHOP very often, but I love it, and the syrup sounds amazing!
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We would love to try this, sounds delicious! Thanks for the chance to win!
gina.m.maddox (AT) gmail (DOT) com
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tweet-https://twitter.com/#!/CrazyItalian0/status/183687709817192448
gina.m.maddox (AT) gmail (DOT) com
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We love Ihop and have been eating there for years, and my kids love the new Ihop home syrups.
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https://twitter.com/#!/lindabr1001/status/183913416983986176 my tweet
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we’ve never tried it, but we love ihop
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tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/karinaroselee/status/184278841852829696
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We haven’t been able to try it yet, but we are looking forward to it!
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tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/KerryBishop/status/184459849696944130
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oooo I love it! The closest IHOP to me is over an hour away and I have never been to it or any IHOP but have always wanted to try them! This would allow me to do just that! SO cool! Thanks for sharing!
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I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/MsTofuFairy/status/185008814746112000
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This is awesome. While I have an iHop close by, often the wait on Saturday and Sunday mornings is up to an hour! I love that I can get the same yummy tastes at home in my jammies!
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I tweeted too: https://twitter.com/#!/rachelsondag/status/185030190030794752
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I think it’s a great idea! We don’t have an IHop close, so this is a great way to enjoy the flavors at home!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
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Tweet: http://twitter.com/coriwestphal/statuses/185105777034399745
coriwestphal at msn dot com
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Haven’t tried them yet, but the blueberry would be my favorite.
Thanks for the contest.
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Blogged: http://slehan.blogspot.com/2012/03/win-100-walmart-gc-ihop-blogher.html
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My kids are excited to be adding this to our Saturday morning breakfasts.
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Tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/chipdip2010/status/185186211768442882
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we haven’t tried their syrups yet but we love having pancakes and waffles for dinner
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https://twitter.com/#!/cmouse01/status/185196152344424448
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We just tried it a couple weeks ago – and we love it. Taste great on the french toast and waffles.
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We all love IHOP and waffles and pancakes so this syrup will definitely be on our table.
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I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m sure that my family would love IHOP syrup!
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We haven’t tried them yet, but we love IHOP pancakes & syrup so, I bet we’d love the at Home Syrup.
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https://twitter.com/#!/myfolly/status/185738439054995457
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We like the Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity® Blueberry syrup. It has a strong taste of blueberries.
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My daughter loves the strawberry syrup at IHOP and I bet she would love it at home!
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https://twitter.com/#!/TereesAmoore/status/185775211503828992
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Ooooh, these syrups sound great, we haven’t tried any yet, but my family is always excited about syrup with our homemade pancakes and waffles! Yum!! I want to try the Lite one first.
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I haven’t tried these yet but if they are as good as eating at IHOP then I’m sold.
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Tweet – https://twitter.com/#!/willitara/status/186227434109149184
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We’d like to try the original variety.
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We like the flavor of the IHOP Strawberry syrup the most.
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I think these syrups are great we can’t wait to try them out!!
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https://twitter.com/#!/ajoy1332/status/186251772564738048
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