A closeup of McDonald's hotcakes meal.
FOOD NEWS
Are McDonald’s Hotcakes Made Fresh Every Day?
By Erin Metz
A McDonald's breakfast meal on a white background.
McDonald's hotcakes are an underrated breakfast item that often gets overshadowed by other popular breakfast items, but die-hard fans know just how tasty these hotcakes are.
McDonald's hotcakes on a plate.
However, even though they taste warm and fluffy, the hotcakes that McDonald's serves for breakfast arrive frozen at the locations and are reheated when an order is placed.
A McDonald's breakfast meal with various food items.
According to the company's website, many different suppliers provide ingredients to McDonald's kitchens, from large corporations to family-owned farms.
A closeup of McDonald's breakfast meal with hotcakes.
McDonald's hotcakes are primarily supplied by Bama Companies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company is known for providing the fast food chain with baked goods.
A plate of hotcakes on a white background.
A simple plate of hotcakes arrives with a side of butter and maple syrup. Funnily enough, the butter is "real," while the maple syrup is not.
A stack of pancakes topped with berries.
So, if you're craving a stack of homemade pancakes with genuine maple syrup on top, McDonald's may not be the place to grab breakfast.