Carbon's Golden Malted Original Waffle and Pancake Flour, 32 Ounce (Pack of 3)

I am a repeated customer on Carbon's Malted Original Mix. When I was much younger I would go to this swanky restaurant in New Braunfels known for their famous breakfast. I didn't eat eggs (I was a kid) and would only eat the delicious pancakes. My mom's pancakes never tasted this good (and hers were great) as this has a distinct flavor that must be corn or the malt? Back to my story....so as a kid I asked the waitress where the restroom was etc. and after she gave me the location (across the room, turn right, go passed the lobby desk and I would see the restroom entrance. These instructions were not the best for a kid!) The waitress did me a big favor!!! I accidently went into the kitchen of the restaurant. (chose the wrong door lol) and remember seeing this round red and yellow tub of Pancake Mix that said Carbon's.The staff told me I must be lost and escorted me out of the kitchen and to my destination. I told my mom that I saw the big tub of pancake mix and wanted her to get some too! Needless to say they didn't sell Carbon's in the grocery stores where we lived. (I was disappointed, as a kid, having to eat what I considered less than desirable pancakes at home because I had eaten the best pancakes ever at the swanky restaurant.) To my shock and amazement I saw the familiar red and yellow round can of Carbon's pancake mix on Amazon!! I bought it (immediately I might add) and couldn't wait for it to arrive. When Amazon delivered it, I rushed into the kitchen to whip up a batch and relished every bite I took. These are sooooh good! I make them according to the directions but sometimes I add Mexican vanilla to the batter just for a little variety as well. Of course I use REAL butter when I prepare these :-)I can tell you the price is higher than your average pancake mix (even with Bidenomics) but the mix is so worth every penny.

I’ve been buying this for years. Using the Test Kitchen advice, I change the recipe on the back to 2 cups mix, 1 egg, approximately 1.5 cups milk, and 3T melted butter. The pancakes come out much fluffier, particularly if you turn them just before the most of the bubbles on top of the pancakes pop.

After a Walt Disney world trip we needed to bring some of the magic home! We bought a special Mickey waffle iron and heard that this mix is the perfect mix to recreate the resort waffles ! I normally make my pancake and waffle mix from scratch, but this mix is a great addition to our breakfast fun at home and simplifies the process to a magical breakfast atHome !! It gives the waffles the perfect crunch and texture ! The kids love it !!

Our family lives this waffle mix. Great malted flavor

This mix makes very good and tasty waffles. However, they are just very good and do not reach over into excellent or extremely delicious. When you first open the mix, the flour smells wonderful! You get a distinct malt scent and it makes your mouth water. To make waffles, you add water, egg and melted butter to the mix. Once the waffles are cooked, the mix browns and crisps nicely on the outside and the inside of the waffles are soft and fluffy. Upon tasting them, there is only a slight hint of the malt flavor and they are just a bit bland, especially compared to the initial scent of the mix. But the waffles are still very good and get even better with some good syrup.I tweaked the recipe by using half and half rather than water and adding vanilla extract to part of a batch and molasses to another. That substantially improved the taste. As a base mix, this was very good and made tasty if not outstanding waffles. But I can see unlimited potential for tweaking this mix by adding various enhancements and taking waffles to new taste directions. Overall, I enjoyed the waffles and yes, I do recommend this.

First, if you have tried Carbon's and liked it, this is the most economical way to go; a while back I had to buy some directly through the company (Amazon was out of it), and I paid about the same amount for much less of the product (three tins but quantity was much less in each one). Now, when you go to hotels and get this product in their super duper waffle makers, it is first rate. When you try to use it in your little home waffle maker, it isn't as good. (I finally found one waffle maker (Waring) that produces a pretty good waffle. The trick seems to be the intense high heat that you can only get from the 240 current that you don't usually have at home. Anyway, this is a very good waffle mix (yeah, I know you can make pretty good pancakes with it too); the directions are simple; you just add some milk, egg, and butter in the quantities it directs you to use. One trick I learned a while back (in my sourdough recipe) is to separate the eggs and put the yolks in; then take the whites and whip them up to like a meringue (lots of air in it--I put in a bit of cream of tartar), then mix that into the batter. It makes the batter much lighter, and the waffles then are lighter and more airy. Another trick is to use buttermilk; I think that makes them a little better too. There's another good mix on the market called Garvey's authentic organic pancake & waffle mix, but it is quite expensive compared to Carbon's (see my review of that one for a comparison). Hopefully this review gives you food for thought (a little pun for you).