How To Make Easy Fried Oreos with Pancake Mix

Name: How To Make Easy Fried Oreos with Pancake Mix
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: ½ cup Krusteaz Buttermilk Pancake Mix; ⅓ cup cold water; 8 Oreo cookies (Double-Stuf); Vegetable oil; Powdered sugar (optional topping)

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These easy fried oreos with pancake mix take less than 15 minutes, so you can quickly whip up a batch of your favorite carnival snack whenever the craving hits. All you need is 4 ingredients, including boxed pancake mix (no eggs, no milk, no extra sugar or flavorings) and a frying pan.

A pile of perfectly golden brown fried oreos on a blue stoneware plate.

We all know and love deep fried oreos, that irresistible treat you can usually smell wafting down the boardwalk or through the rows of carnival games at your local fair. Pillowy, golden-brown fried dough stuffed with a creamy oreo cookie, sometimes doused in enough powdered sugar to make your teeth hurt (yum).

While we usually focus on cooking with fresh, real ingredients, sometimes we just gotta indulge in our favorite processed treats. Life is all about balance, right? But whenever we do, we make sure to read ingredient labels and choose better-for-us brands that don’t use artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives, like Krusteaz pancake mix.

What To Expect

Great for: The best midnight snack when you’re craving something indulgent, or a fun and easy decadent treat.
Ready in: 15 minutes
Serves: 8 fried oreos, but easy to scale.
Flavor profile: Sweet and savory with the classic cookies and cream flavor.
How to make it: Mix the pancake batter with water then coat the oreos in the pancake batter and fry them on both sides until golden brown and fluffy.

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Why We Love This Recipe

This recipe brings me back to our college days sitting in a rundown apartment with our best friends looking for something delicious to satisfy our sweet tooth after one too many drinks. I will always make room for food that brings back memories like those. Even if recipes like these don’t align with my day-to-day health goals.
– Alex

Key Ingredients

Ingredients for making fried oreos: oreo cookies, pancake mix, cold water, vegetable oil, and powdered sugar.

Oreos – Double-Stuf oreos are the only correct answer here. The extra gooey cream filled center of these homemade deep fried oreos is the best part about them.
Pancake mix – We always use Krusteaz buttermilk pancake mix because it’s super fluffy, has the best taste of any store-bought pancake mix, and doesn’t have any artificial ingredients. Plus, it only requires added water, so we can make our fried oreos without eggs or any other additions to the batter. Simple treats should be easy to make.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How To Make Fried Oreos with Pancake Mix

A pancake mix batter in a white ceramic bowl.

Step 1: Make the batter: Combine the pancake mix and water in a bowl, mix until just combined.

A collage showing how to make fried oreos: coat both sides of an oreo in batter, then add to hot oil in a frying pan and cook until golden brown on both sides.

Step 2: Fry the oreos: Preheat a quarter-inch of oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Then coat the oreos in the batter and transfer them to the hot pan. Fry until the bottom is golden brown, about 30 to 60 seconds, then flip and repeat on the other side.

A golden brown fried oreo being removed from hot oil in a pan with a slotted spatula.

Step 3: Cool: Let the fried oreos drain and cool on a paper towel lined plate for at least 3 minutes before eating.

Expert Tips

Use utensils for everything! This will not only keep your hands clean, but it will keep your fingers safe from the hot oil. Use a fork to make the batter, coat the oreos, and transfer the oreos to the pan. Then use a slotted spatula for flipping the oreos and taking them off the pan.
Use a slotted spatula – This ensures the oil drains through the slots when you’re flipping the oreos and taking them out of the pan. This keeps the hot oil safely contained in the pan, and also keeps your fried oreos from getting soggy.
Keep an eye on the oreos as they’re cooking – If you work in batches of 4, chances are that by the time your last oreo is on the pan the first one will be ready to flip. It only takes about 30 seconds to 1 minute for the oreos to fry.
You can flip them more than once – You can always flip the oreos more than once if you think you flipped them too early or want more color on one side. It’s better to flip them early and then have to crisp that same side for a few more seconds than to burn them on the first go.
Let them cool – It’s hard to resist the temptation to eat one right away, but let the fried oreos cool for at least 3 minutes first! They’re super hot when they come out of the oil. And even if the outside feels cool to the touch, the gooey oreo center will still be piping hot. Avoid burning your mouth so you can actually taste how delicious these fried oreos are 🙂

A pile of freshly made fried oreos on a blue stone plate.

Serving Suggestions

Depending on how extra you want to be, you can either:

Gobble up these fried oreos as soon as they’re cool enough
Dust them with powdered sugar like you’d get them at a carnival and then gobble them all up. Either way, they’re delicious.

To dust fried oreos with powdered sugar:

Pile the oreos on a plate for serving.
Add a small amount of powdered sugar to a mesh sieve and hold it over the plate.
Gently tap the sieve with your free hand to release a fine dusting of sugar over the oreos

And voila! Now you have a plate of fluffy, golden fried oreos that look like they just came out of the deep fryer from behind a counter on the boardwalk.

Fried Oreos FAQs

Deep fried oreos don’t last that long, and they taste the best when they’re fresh – so we definitely recommend eating them all in one sitting. (That’s why this recipe makes a small batch of 8 fried oreos). If you somehow don’t eat them all at once, you can store fried oreos in an air-tight container for up to 2 days in the refrigerator. Enjoy them cold, or reheat in the microwave for 15 to 30 seconds – just know they may be a little soggy.

Fried oreos are one of the most decadent, indulgent, and nostalgic desserts around – that’s what makes them so good!

Whether you frequented local fairs as a kid, tried your first fried oreo on the boardwalk during summer vacation, or enjoyed this deep-fried treat whenever the circus came to town, most of us have fond memories of our favorite sandwich cookie engulfed in fried dough. And when we associate a particular food with special moments in life, the feelings that come rushing back when you bite into that food make it taste that much better.

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Prep Time 2

Cook Time 10

Cool Time 3

Total Time 15

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings oreos

Calories 73 kcal

Equipment

Large frying pan
Slotted spatula

Ingredients

Instructions

First, fill a large frying pan with a quarter-inch of vegetable oil and heat on the stove over medium-high heat.
Line a small plate with paper towels, then set it on the counter next to the stove.
Next, make the fried oreo batter. Add pancake mix and cold water to a small bowl, then whisk with a fork to combine.
Finally, batter and fry the oreos. Working one at a time, coat an oreo in the batter, then carefully transfer to the hot oil with a fork. Fry until the bottom is golden, about 30 seconds to 1 minute, then carefully flip with a slotted spatula. Fry until golden on the bottom again, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Then, transfer fried oreo to the paper towel-lined plate.
Repeat Step 4 until all the oreo cookies have been battered and fried. Let cool for at least 3 minutes before serving.
Optionally dust the fried oreos with powdered sugar to serve.

Notes

Use utensils for everything! This will not only keep your hands clean, but it will keep your fingers safe from the hot oil. Use a fork to make the batter, coat the oreos, and transfer the oreos to the pan. Then use a slotted spatula for flipping the oreos and taking them off the pan.

Use a slotted spatula – This ensures the oil drains through the slots when you’re flipping the oreos and taking them out of the pan. This keeps the hot oil safely contained in the pan, and also keeps your fried oreos from getting soggy.

Keep an eye on the oreos as they’re cooking – If you work in batches of 4, chances are that by the time your last oreo is on the pan the first one will be ready to flip. It only takes about 30 seconds to 1 minute for the oreos to fry.

You can flip them more than once – You can always flip the oreos more than once if you think you flipped them too early or want more color on one side. It’s better to flip them early and then have to crisp that same side for a few more seconds than to burn them on the first go.

Let them cool – It’s hard to resist the temptation to eat one right away, but let the fried oreos cool for at least 3 minutes first! They’re super hot when they come out of the oil. And even if the outside feels cool to the touch, the gooey oreo center will still be piping hot. Avoid burning your mouth so you can actually taste how delicious these fried oreos are 🙂

Nutrition

Serving: 1fried oreoCalories: 73kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 88mgPotassium: 44mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 21IUVitamin C: 0.05mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 2mg

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