--- title: Pancake and Waffle Cereal Are the New Tiny Breakfast Bites description: Waffle cereal and pancake cereals are the new trendy food as social media becomes awash in the new breakfast option. canonical: https://time.com/5832164/pancake-cereal/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-05-05T15:42:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:27.217Z og:title: Pancake and Waffle Cereal Are the Tiny Breakfast Bites in the Social Media Spotlight og:description: It is the must-see food og:url: https://time.com/5832164/pancake-cereal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pancake and Waffle Cereal Are the Tiny Breakfast Bites in the Social Media Spotlight twitter:description: It is the must-see food twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Pancake and Waffle Cereal Are the Trendy New Breakfast Bites in the Social Media Spotlight by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 5, 2020 3:42 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 5, 2020 3:42 PM UTC Whoever originally said that desperate times call for desperate measures, they undoubtedly could not imagine that some day “desperate measures” would mean adorably small waffles served in a bowl. Yet here we are. As many across the world continues to stay at home to slow the spread of the [novel coronavirus](https://time.com/5820118/coronavirus-questions-answered/), people staying at home first started tending to their sourdough starters. Then they turned to [photogenic whipped drinks](https://time.com/5826159/whipped-milk/) like Dalgona coffee and frothy strawberry milk. Now it is pancake and waffle cereal’s time to take over the social media spotlight. First, bowls of [miniature pancakes](https://time.com/92444/watch-a-tiny-hamster-eat-a-tiny-slice-of-pizza/) slathered in syrup were spotted popping up on TikTok. The adorable tiny breakfast bites were accompanied by the #pancakecereal hashtag and were cute enough for [a tiny hamster to eat](https://time.com/83362/watch-tiny-hamsters-eat-tiny-burritos/), racking up millions of views on TikTok alone. Now, [as _Delish_ points out,](https://www.delish.com/food-news/a32368014/waffle-cereal/) at least one food influencer is trying to shift attention a little further down the breakfast buffet in the hopes that adorable bowls of teeny tiny waffles will become the next social media stars. On TikTok, @[soflofooodie](https://www.tiktok.com/@soflofooodie), who has [mastered](https://www.tiktok.com/@soflofooodie/video/6821851605449624837) the miniature food trend, shared a video of bite-sized waffles served in a bowl. The tiny morsels are drenched in maple syrup and topped with a dollop of butter and a photo-ready dash of colorful sprinkles and are nearly too cute to eat. To make the miniature waffles at home, squeeze just enough batter to cover a single square of a waffle iron with batter. When both sides are a golden brown, put them in a bowl and get them ready for their close-up. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5832164/pancake-cereal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5832164/pancake-cereal/"},"headline":"Pancake and Waffle Cereal Are the Trendy New Breakfast Bites in the Social Media Spotlight","datePublished":"2020-05-05T15:42:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:27.217Z","description":"It is the new must-try food","url":"https://time.com/5832164/pancake-cereal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Brief","clickmonsters","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5832164/pancake-cereal/","name":"Pancake and Waffle Cereal Are the Trendy New Breakfast Bites in the Social Media Spotlight"}}]}] ```