Confetti Pancakes

1 quart (4 cups) buttermilk pancake batter, prepared

(Use your favorite recipe or a mix off the shelf) If you choose an off-the-shelf mix, the better tasting pancake batters are the ones you need to add eggs, oil and milk to, not water only.

2 cups assorted confetti colored M&Ms
2 cups fresh whipped cream
Confetti colored sprinkles, for ice cream or cookies
Optional: sparklers

Spoon buttermilk pancake batter onto hot cooking surface into 2 1/2-inch diameter pancakes or use a 1/4 cup measuring cup not quite full and pour batter onto hot cooking surface. Immediately drop 3-5 M&Ms semi-evenly throughout each pancake. As the batter warms up it will thin and spread out to 3 to 4 inches in diameter.

Turn the pancakes when they become dry around the edges and /or there are bubbles in the middle. You may lift an edge to peek at the color, these pancakes should be golden brown when ready to turn, turn. Cook another 1- 1 1/2 minutes on the second side, again peek for color, if done, flip again so that the M&Ms will be showing the most now on the top side, slide your pancake turner under the pancake one last time and gently slide onto a warmed platter colorful side up. You may plate all of the pancakes on one large platter to garnish and serve family style or individually plate, garnish and serve.

Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream, then sprinkle with confetti colored sprinkles.

Optional: With adult supervision only, you might try for excitement placing one sparkler into the stack of the family style platting of pancakes and light it just before serving.