Guests everywhere will want to be good for pancake sake.
IHOP® announced a new limited-time menu in partnership with the beloved holiday tradition, The Elf on the Shelf®. On the way back to the North Pole, a few adventurous Scout Elves snuck into the IHOP kitchen to whip up special, elvish treats for guests of all ages.
Using signature IHOP ingredients and a little bit of magic, the Scout Elves turned the IHOP kitchen upside down to create holiday-inspired items like Jolly Cakes – fluffy, green pancakes topped with sweet cream cheese icing and shimmery elf sprinkles – Oh What Funnel Cakes and more. The limited-time The Elf on the Shelf menu is available at participating IHOP restaurants nationwide now through the end of the year.
To help keep a close watch on who’s being nice, every IHOP restaurant has adopted its own Scout Elf™. Guests are encouraged to try and spot the Scout Elf in different hiding spots every day, watching closely for any shenanigans the elf creates in the restaurant. Parents are also getting a special treat this holiday season; kids 12 and under eat free with the purchase of one adult entrée every day from 4-10 PM, now through January 1, 2020.*
The Elf on the Shelf menu is available now through January 1, and includes:
- Jolly Cakes: Four fluffy green pancakes topped with sweet cream cheese icing, whipped topping and shimmery elf sprinkles that resemble elf-sized ornaments. Also available as a side.
- Oh What Funnel Cakes: Two golden, crispy funnel cakes, lightly dusted with powdered sugar and topped with glazed strawberries, whipped topping and shimmery elf sprinkles.
- Holiday Ham & Sausage Omelette: A fluffy omelette loaded with diced ham & sausage, fire roasted peppers & onions, hash browns and Jack & Cheddar cheese, then topped with more diced ham & sausage, Cheddar cheese and White Cheddar cheese sauce. Served with three pancakes or a choice of side.
- Merry Marshmallow Hot Chocolate: Rich hot chocolate flavored with toasted marshmallow syrup and topped with whipped topping and shimmery elf sprinkles.
- Little Elves Combo: Choice of 1 Jolly Cake topped with cream cheese icing, whipped topping and sprinkles or 1 Oh What Funnel Cake topped with powdered sugar, whipped topping and sprinkles with 1 scrambled egg, 1 bacon strip and 1 pork sausage link.
A significant part of The Elf on the Shelf tradition is the Welcome Back Breakfast, the moment every year when each family’s Scout Elf returns home for the holidays. This year, IHOP invites guests across the country to join in the world’s largest Welcome Back Breakfast event ever, hosted in honor of IHOP’s special holiday guests – the Scout Elves. The breakfast celebration will kick off #ScoutElfReturnWeek; starting on Friday, Nov. 29 and ending on Sunday, Dec. 1, kids who visit participating IHOP locations will receive a special Elf-themed activity sheet along with their meal.
