Breakfast Best Buttermilk Pancakes

Aldi is never lacking in convenience foods, and that includes quick breakfast entrees. On mornings when you don’t have time to make pancakes from scratch, Aldi comes through with ready-made pancakes in the freezer aisle.

Breakfast Best Buttermilk Pancakes sold for $3.59 for a 32-ounce package of 24 pancakes in 2025. It’s around 11 cents per ounce, or around 15 cents per pancake. The overall price has increased from $2.59 for the same-sized package when we first reviewed these in 2019.

They’re sold frozen, are fully cooked, and contain no preservatives. They’re advertised as a good source of iron and can be ready to eat in one minute.

If you’re looking out for allergens, these contain wheat, milk, eggs, and soy.

The full ingredients list includes enriched unbleached wheat flour, buttermilk, water, sugar, soybean oil, whole eggs, dextrose, baking powder, and salt.

One serving is 3 pancakes, and one serving contains 260 calories, 7 grams of total fat (9% DV), 1.5 grams of saturated fat (8% DV), 370 mg of sodium (16% DV), 44 grams of total carbohydrates (16% DV), 12 grams of sugars, 10 grams of added sugars (20% DV), and 6 grams of protein.

The package states the pancakes should be kept frozen until ready to serve, and thawed product should not be refrozen.

You have three ways to heat the pancakes: microwave, toaster, or oven. The microwave is the recommended method.

To microwave, remove the desired number of frozen pancakes from the plastic wrap and place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave on high until warm. For one pancake, microwave for 25-30 seconds. For two pancakes, microwave for 40-45 seconds. For three pancakes, microwave for 1 minute to 1 minute and 15 seconds. Individual microwave ovens may vary, so these are guidelines only, and overheating may cause toughness.

To prepare in a toaster, set the toaster to a light/low setting. Remove plastic wrap from pancakes, and place one pancake in each toaster slot. Toast for one to two toaster cycles or until warm.

To bake in a conventional oven, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place pancakes on a sheet pan, cover with foil, and bake for 5 minutes or until hot. For a crispier texture, bake uncovered.

One of the first things I noticed is that these pancakes use a lot of plastic wrap. They are sold in one large plastic bag, and within that larger bag, pancakes are packaged in groups of three in more plastic wrap. Maybe this helps with portion control or with reducing freezer burn, or maybe not, but it’s a lot of wrapping.

My family enjoys these pancakes, although we prefer homemade pancakes. The Aldi pancakes are spongy like you’d expect pancakes to be, but they have a slightly rubbery texture if you heat them in the microwave. That doesn’t stop my kids from devouring them, though. A plus is that these are easy for my kids to pop into the microwave for breakfast on busy mornings.

The Verdict:

Breakfast Best Buttermilk Pancakes taste good and have that classic spongy texture that will soak up all the butter and syrup you put on them. While we like homemade pancakes best, these are perfectly good, and we appreciate them on mornings when we don’t have time to cook breakfast from scratch. We do wish there was less plastic waste in the packaging.