Earlier today I was trying to decide what kind of pancakes I wanted to make. I decided that I should make some gingerbread pancakes. You know me though, it can never stop with one flavor. I had to add some sort of topping to the pancakes.

I opted for something cheesecake flavored. I saw that I had some cheesecake pudding mix in the pantry which would be perfect. I mean who doesn’t love the flavor of cheesecake?

This flavor combo might seem a little weird, but let me tell you what. It was fantastic together. The warm and fluffy gingerbread pancakes topped with a smooth cream cheese sauce. They definitely did not taste like I was eating something healthy and protein packed.

I got the awesome gingerbread flavor for the pancakes from two things. The first was obviously gingerbread spices. Sadly, I did not have any molasses, but the flavor was still on point. Secondly, I used MuslePharm’s snickerdoodle combat protein powder. Their vanilla, or cinnamon bun protein powders would have been great in this recipe as well.

I ended up adding a couple more layers of flavor after the cheesecake sauce. I added some maple pancakes coconut butter that I received from Sweet Spreads. After that I sprinkled some chopped walnuts for a little extra crunchy and nutty flavor.

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