Williamsburg Pancake Syrup Decadence Award
Previously we wrote about all the weird ways you can have your pancakes. It was a departure from the tried and tried American blue style buttermilk pancakes you get in here at National Pancake House of Williamsburg, Virginia. But we only talked about the pancakes. It would be unfair to not mention its traditional pairing…syrup.
Williamsburg Pancake Syrup Decadence Award
Syrup, just like pancake batter can be very traditional. It can also be pretty unusual and decadent Hence we have compiled a list of pancake syrups to give our Williamsburg Pancake Syrup Decadence Award that we think sound the most scrumptious. Please note this award is an award we made up. It has not graced the pages of Wikipedia..yet. One can only hope
The Pancake Syrup Universe
Here is a list of some of the syrups I found. The list includes:
- Cinnamon Vanilla
- Apple Cider
- Blueberry
- Apple
- Butterscotch
- Raspberry
- Coconut (YUM)
- Strawberry
- Buttermilk caramel (mouth is watering)
- Maple
- Creamy Chocolate (Double YUM)
- Lemon buttercream
- Vanilla
- Vanilla butter
- Blond butter (sugar and evaporated milk)
- Strawberry Buttermilk
- Pumpkin Spice
- Butter Pecan
- Cream Cheese
- Brown Sugar Butter
- Pumpkin
- Blackberry
- Whiskey Maple
- Peach
- Whiskey Cranberry
- Cinnamon Cream
- Lemon lime
- Pecan Praline
- Hot Fudge
- Eggnog
- Peanut butter
- Spiced Chocolate
- Cherry
- Lemon Lime
- Peanut Butter Maple
- Pear
- Beer
- Bourbon Cider Maple
- Nutella
- Lemon Blueberry
- Toffee
- Wine
- Watermelon
I never knew…the syrup universe was this incredible. The thought of having to choose one for the Williamsburg Decadent Pancake Syrup Award seems almost unfair. Do I really have to choose just one. My mouth is watering just compiling this list. I am going to have to break them down into subcategories of the Williamsburg Decadent Syrup Award. So here are some awards that try to do justice to these great pancake toppers.
The Awards
90 proof syrup award
- This goes to the alcohol based syrup that sounds yummy
- The winner is whiskey maple
Chocolate Overload Award
- This is the chocolate blowout syrup for the sugar junkie pancake lover
- The winner is hot fudge
Just Tasty
- Just overall great sounding syrup
- The winner is coconut
Fruity and Delicious
- It is unfair to pit fruit syrups against vice ingredients like whiskey and chocolate, hence this award.
- The winner is strawberry
Off the beaten path syrup award
- This is just for the weird sounding choice
- The winner is watermelon
Mouth watering syrup
- This is for the syrup that sounds so good your mouth waters
- The winner is Buttermilk caramel
Other Thoughts
I walk away from this pleasantly overwhelmed. I had no idea there were this many choices beyond the obvious ones. And most of them sound very good. In fact it is making me re-think some of my pancake consumption habits. I mean on the one hand pancakes, even plain batter with maple flavored syrup is like pizza..when they are good they are great and when they are not they are still pretty good. There are really no bad pancakes. There are just levels of deliciousness.
I have a few dream syrups I would like to see created. These do not exist to my knowledge. They are inspired by what I think would taste really really good. Here we go…
- Whiskey Maple Bacon
- Vanilla Butter Pecan
- Cinnamon Vanilla Maple Butter
- Chocolate Butter Pecan
- Peanut Butter Crunch (pecan with rice krispie pieces)