Healthy Homemade McGriddles

These copycat homemade McGriddles combine 4-ingredient protein pancake buns with folded eggs and your choice of healthier fixin’s like chicken breakfast sausage. It’s a simple recipe with a 25-minute prep time and just 5 ingredients, and it’s highly customizable. I’ll walk you through the recipe below and cover modification questions as we go.

How to Make High Protein McGriddles Buns

For the McGriddles buns, I used my 3-ingredient protein powder pancakes recipe with two minor tweaks. The first being the addition of maple extract. If you’ve had the original McGriddle you’re familiar with the syrup flavor in the buns. The maple extract mimics this.

The other tweak is the size of the pancakes. Instead of using 1/4 cup of batter to make a pancake, the recipe calls for using 2 tablespoons. This makes perfectly sized McGriddles buns. And if you don’t have a 2 tablespoon measuring cup, just fill a 1/4 cup halfway like I did! 

My 3-ingredient protein pancakes recipe calls for protein powder, milk, and pancake mix. These homemade McGriddles call for the Bisquick version, but you can use other pancake mixes. Check out the graphic below for other mixes I’ve tested and the amounts to use for each.

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What if I don’t have protein powder? 

Just use your favorite pancake mix. Or you could use the pancake recipe from dwardcooks’ McGriddles Makeover recipe.

Can I use another protein powder?

The short answer is yes, but you may need to make some slight modifications. Check out my original 3-ingredient protein pancakes post. I gave some tips for using whey-only and other protein powders there.

How to Make Folded Eggs

No special tools required—just a nonstick skillet and rubber spatula. Here’s how to do it:

1. Whisk an egg in a small bowl while you heat a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat with cooking spray.
2. Add the egg to the skillet and swirl to spread the egg across the entire pan.
3. Once the edges are cooked (10-15 seconds), use a rubber spatula to fold one side of the circle into the center. Then fold the other side into the center, creating a rectangle in the center of the pan.
4. Fold one end of the rectangle into the center, and the other end over that. You’re done!

If that sounds confusing, the photo below should bring it all together.

If you’d rather see it in action, here’s the video.

You got this!

Assemble Your McGriddles with Fixin’s

I used my chicken breakfast sausage patties (linked in the recipe card below) and cheese, but you could use bacon or any other breakfast sandwich filling. I’d love to see what you come up with. Snap a pic of your homemade McGriddles on tag me on Instagram @mason_woodruff.