I had the same thought when I first saw the commercial.  SUGAR OVERLOAD!

And then we wonder why Diabetes is so rampant in our country!

Oh my.. Guess we will stay away from there for a while. I bet my kids would love those. Even without the huge sugar rush, they are already a handful. :-)

I was at I-HOP after mass on Easter.  I had a conversation with some parents about the sugar content of that lovely concoction with it's big promo at the front desk...As the kids worked themselves into their own sugar frenzy just by looking at it, I was able to slip away for 2 eggs over with pork roll! (rye toast)

it's supposed to be strawberry and blueberry (I asked).  But YOU ARE RIGHT, alot of sugar and then let's not even go to the lollipop!  Good post, great get away!!  

Karen - I love sweets, but that gives me a toothache just looking at it!  And I certainly would not wire a kid up on that much sugar unless ............ I was sending him home with his own family!  LOL

My family got together for my wonderful father's (RIP) eightieth birthday and bought him 80 copies of the original book so he could send them out to 80 bureaucrats and politicians. The people that most need to hear the message of the book.

Look out for the little people, even if everyone thinks that you are nuts.

I am afraid that this movie is going to miss the point. It sure looks like the marketing people are! how can spiking blood sugar levels be looking out for people?

It wouldn't hurt us real estate pepes to read this one every once in a while. I do. 

Hmmm i don't have a sweet tooth...bt i thought it looked very colourful and fun - and can see why that might appeal to a child as a treat......say instead of birthday cake?  Fun yummy - blog - and i was feeling a little bluesy and it made me smile............Can i ask?  why do you have a welcome bc visitors mat on your site?  :-)  Lizzie from BC

They look like my mom's idea of a fun trick to play on me back when my teenagers were small! She would delight in getting them all wired and sending them home with drums or finger paints or some such "goodie":)

I guess it was my just desserts for being a hellion when I was young..........lol 

They look like my mom's idea of a fun trick to play on me back when my teenagers were small! She would delight in getting them all wired and sending them home with drums or finger paints or some such "goodie":)

I guess it was my just desserts for being a hellion when I was young..........lol 

Yummmmm! 

You know, I'm a...well...a big guy. A little circumferentially challenged. I'm sure it's because I wasn't protected when I was young and didn't know any better and am now addicted to sugar (and virtually all carbohydrates).

I get your point and it's nice to write a fluff post every now and then. Society and the sugar lobby are going to make sure the IHOPs of the world never go out of business. Let's not forget the chocolate Easter bunnies, the candied yams and apple pie at Thanksgiving, Halloween candy, the Good Humor Ice Cream Truck guy (a distant memory, for sure) during those hot summer months (which I guess are year 'round in AZ). On and on and on.

Sometimes it takes a real visual shocker like this, though, to bring up to our senses. 

The little mountain they make is soooooo cute. 

Karen, When the offering is like sugar, whether it is IHOP's "Who Cakes", a Sunday, a stated mortgage with no money down, you will always have people be gluttens.  It is human nature. AJ

Karen, my young adult daughter had childhood hypoglycemia and the picture of the pancake is the EXACT type of thing she loved.  The problem was it turned her in to Hyde or Jekyll, which one was the bad guy.  That would be the one she turned in to.

Karen- It is pure POISON! But it is not even the white sugar it is the high fructose corn syrup that behaves worse and more addicting than heroine. The artificial colors in there are the root cause of all ADD and ADHD. ALL disease is related to the foods we ate or eat and starting out the kids with this food is setting the fertilizer for cancer, heart disease and diabetes and much, much more. Katerina

Karen - just wanted to say "Hi" - hope all is going well - think of you often!!! :)

Hi Karen!  It's good to see you on AR, hope everything is going well.  I can't believe IHOP is really serving those pancakes...ha,ha!

Hi Karen- It has been ages since I have been over to your blog....I wanted to make sure all is well with you....and what do I find....a years worth of calories all in one Breakfast  LOL :)  anyway, Ilike what you said....every now and then it's nice to write about nothing, as the alternatives can be depressing.

I wouldn't allow my kids to order it - oops they are in their 20's but it sure is pretty!!

Bah humbug to Nestor & Katerina. For my money (and given that I'm circumferentially challenged too), that plate looked delish. Like a cheeseburger between two Krispy Kreme donuts. It satisfies all the senses. Wind the little darlin's up tight and send 'em home to Mom & Dad. Revenge can be sweetest when served cold.

Karen - don't worry about writing about nothing.  Remember the Seinfeld show it was "a show about nothing" very entertaining.

Gene - you are so bad.  Circumferentially challenged?  I thought you made it up, but spellcheck okay'd it.

I love your blog about nothing, Karen!! 

I am a sugar nut, but that picture almost makes me queasy.  It had to have been thought up by a now grown rebellious kid who had to eat all of his broccoli or something. 

Good to see ya! 

PS - guess who's out of business? 

Ya know?  After being diabetic for so long, now that I don't have it anymore, I may have to go get one of these things, LOL!!!

Karen, Another awesome post.  I know my middle daughter would love these pancakes.  Her doctor (she has hypothyroidism) asked her, "What is your favorite food?"  Her answer, "Candy."

Karen, I wish I could eat such a thing. FYI~I recieve my cubs tickets yesterday for Labor Day weekend

This looks like something my kids....including Eddie..... would ilke to eat.I have a savory tooth :)

Lets hope that more buyers come out of the woodwork !

Karen, you could write about absolutely nothing and I would read and enjoy it. Hope all is well, (((hugs)))

You mean that's not sugar free? It looks sugar free to me! Just kidding...as I sit here munching my Kashi bar! :)

So you should do a show about nothing. OOPS it is done. Fun post and I enjoyed reading it . Thanks

IHOP is the "Pancake King".

Lots of sugar and carbs but they surely taste good.

I need an IHOP fix every month or so.  

I would probably pass out if I ate that mess. 

Karen - It is so good to see you back my friend.  You have always been in my thoughts and prayers.  I hope you are having a lot more good days. Take care and have a fabulous weekend!

Posts about nothing can indeed be the best posts....while I didn't care for it, didn't that formula work on the Seinfeld show??

Bob Mitchell

ValueList Real Estate Services, Inc. 

Karen, instead of calling them "who cakes" they should just call them "WHO CARES!" Wow, the nurse in me says waaaaaaay too much sugar.  The kid in me says hmmmmm..  I know my granddaughter would think that was way cool, but I would definitely have to send her right home IF I let her have those! LOL

All I ask is where is the whipped cream???

Patty & Scott Carroll - RE/MAX Equity Group

Karen,

I started a low carb diet recently and have cut out almost all sugar from my diet.  I feel great, with a ton of energy, and am losing weight.  Sorry, but no Who Cakes for me or my kids.

I'm just  back from Whole Foods...there is a bit of a disconnect here isn't there?  Although, I guess it's all in the name of marketing.  Thanks for being so sweet:)

Not a big sugar fan myself. I know many would look at that picture and think it looks fantastic. I think it looks horrible! I guess thats the person who wants to stay fit forever coming out.

As a former Type II diabetic I am once again angry.  Angry that I want it and don't care if the sucker is empty at the end, Angry that they would even serve this for breakfast...and most of all angry because now that I know it exist: I HAVE TO HAVE IT!!!!!!

Great post.

Am I correct that there is a sucker stuck in the top of those pancakes??...Awesome!

That is disgusting looking. I would immediately got get a tooth pulled after eating that! Good post.

Sorry, that was me that commented above but I wasn't logged in.

Gives me low blood sugar just LOOKING at them! Honestly, IHOP is one of those restaurants whose ads make the food look good (well, the whocakes don't, but stuffed french toast does) but I've found that the food doesn't taste as good as it looks.

I guess I should get out more.  I didnt know that Horton Hears a Who was a movie and I have definitely never heard of who cakes.  LOL   I just found out what a doodlebop was yesterday!

i have just started blogging, and it is good to know that we can just post a blog for fun.  i think that i will take my great neices and nephews to the show and then to i-hop for fun.

If a child was eating "Who Cakes" while watching "The Wiggles", I bet their head would explode.

Karen

I am a diabetic and would love to dive into that pile of cake let me take  as hot first. Actually, the icing most likely has some butter or margarine in it as well.  the confectioners sugar is usually mix with milk and not water. If you notice the icing is hard at the bottom of the dessert it is a Strong indication that a butter or margarine was used in the making.

Karen, I have a stomach ache just by looking at the picture of the pancakes. Wow! Can you imagine what those must taste like? I can only see a handful of kids after having these for breakfast! Creative post!

Yikes !   Makes my teeth hurt just looking at it !   Bet they sell a gazillion of them.

The problem with all these foods is also the type of sugar used. High fructose corn syrup is horrible for you versus cane sugar. Also, keep a look out for hydrogenated vegetable oils (they are slowly killing us)....manufacturers have now changed the name to monodiglycerides to fool us. Look up these terms and watch your foods...they're in almost everything.  

Great Post.....I was at IHOP about two weeks ago and I saw this and wondered if children should be eating them?

daniel

I haven't been to an IHOP recently to see one of these in the flesh.... so I have no idea how large they are ....

I am thinking if we're talking very small little mini-pancakes with icing that would be OK ... everything is OK in moderation, right?  :-)  But great, suffering Peter, if those are the usual size of pancakes, I feel dizzy just thinking about it....

I haven't been to an IHOP recently to see one of these in the flesh.... so I have no idea how large they are ....

I am thinking if we're talking very small little mini-pancakes with icing that would be OK ... everything is OK in moderation, right?  :-)  But great, suffering Peter, if those are the usual size of pancakes, I feel dizzy just thinking about it....

Yikes, Type 2 Diabetes is already on the increase--this should put the number of cases over the top.

You know what's so funny about those pancakes?  The fact that we're watching commercials out the wazoo about getting kids out from in front of the TV and outside exercising.  Commercials about Juvenile Diabetes.  Commercials about how overweight our children are.  And then they come out with this.  I'm so bad I thought the kid's pancakes at Denny's with the whipped cream and cherries on top wass too much.  This is absolutely ridiculous.

~Renae

Oh My Goodness, What is it with these people and sugar???!!!  Why don't we see ads for wholesome, healthy fruit?  I'd much prefer a strawberry or some grapes to almost anything manmade and I bet there would be a lot of kids out there too who would feel that way if only they were exposed to it more often.  Remember the 'Got Milk' ads - well how about some nice fruit ads for the poor helpless easily influenced kiddies?

The kids would sure be wired after that breakfast.  I can't possibly find a semblance of anything healthy there. 

That doesn't even look good to me. I got a stomach ache looking at it! And I think I have a cavity. Wow, all that and I didn't even eat it! Not fair. LOL

Wow!  I can't imagine my 2 year old eating this!  I'd never be able to peel him off the ceiling

I'm slightly confused. I haven't been to an IHOP in years. Do they really have pancakes like you described? Is that picture for real?

What child even remotely needs to eat a plate of the sort of sugar? Too weird.

Great job on getting your BLOG Features..... I'm looking forward reading more

Great job on getting your BLOG Features..... I'm looking forward reading more

What a gross mess that thing is!  I would never let my kids touch that. And we wonder why kids have so many dental (and other problems).  "Would you like to supersize that...."

Karen,

I'm glad you are back.  Sugar or not.  Dr Suess was great and things were always happy, so I guess sugar is the way to go.

List and Sell (and blog sweetly)   gary @ RentonHomeFinder

Karen...my grandson would be literally bouncing off the walls if he ate 1/3 of that thing! What are they thinking?

Karen, I saw the movie with my little one and we loved it, but we have not seen this heap of sugar served as food!!!!!

So good of you to write even about nothing (non-mortgage or real estate related).

I think it's sad to give children that kind of food. The worst we do with our children is cookies my wife makes, but they are the healthiest cookies you can find. Being vegetarians, we tend to give our kids all healthy food, except on those special occasions like birthdays and halloween. Those pancakes make me sick just looking at them. But what I really liked was the info about copywrites. That was new to me. Thank you.

And what is the word I had to type in to post this comment?  Sugarberry. Go figure. Even ActiveRain is complicit in this sugar crime.

Hi Karen,
I always enjoy reading your posts, no matter the topic. I think I gained a few pounds just reading this one.

 Hope all is well with you.

Linda

I miss you. I hope all is well and you are taking good care of yourself. 

If your market is anything like our market here in the Bay Area, you probably have to work so much harder than ever before. Just don't overdo it. warmest regards.

My goodness, that looks positively disgusting!  Glad to see you posting, and hope you're doing well.

Oh my.  First, it is good to see you post, Karen.  Second, I saw you defend a comment on my "sneaky mortgage" post.  Thank you.  I won't be coming to AZ in May :(   It's a bummer because I go every may, but the good news is NAR has me flying to DC for Mid May to be on a panel about blogging!

here's irony, my graphic is "sugarberry". LOL