So called because they are make from Kodiak brand of pancake mix! I am addicted to the mix!!!! It’s absolutely amazing. Now let me say here, that I dislike cornbread. No amount of trying “really good” corn bread will make me like it. I don’t hate it like I hate mushrooms but I dislike it. The only thing I tolerate cornbread with are corndogs. Now take corndogs and pancake mix, change a few things up and WHAMO you have pancake battered hotdogs!!!
And that’s what I’ll be posting about here. Quite easy to make with the Kodiak pancake/waffle mix and your favorite brand of hotdogs. I happen to like the Oscar Mayer ones.
The purpose of this post is just sharing of something I made. I am in no way an expert. In fact, this is the very first time I made this!
What you need:
- Hotdogs
- Pancake mix
- Corn Meal
- Deep Fryer
- Peanut oil
- Sticks. I used coffee stirrer sticks.
Now for a series of pictures.
This is the box of the one I used. There are many different mixes to choose from under the Kodiak brand.

First off, I decided to cut the hotdogs in half, one, because the coffee stirrers were much too flimsy to hold a whole hotdog, two, the deep fryer is not nearly big enough, and three, I figure it would fry faster. The coffee stirrers were still flimsy on the half-dogs (btw these are the jumbo wieners).

Here is the setup I used outside. It just so happened that my mom wanted to use a different batter so she made her own (the smaller blue bowl on the left side). Pay that no mind. That’s a Presto multi-purpose pot. We usually fry outside to prevent smell, heat and splashing.

Pretty simple stuff. Coat the dog in mix. Notice how the consistency is thicker rather than thinner.

Now fry it. You can see now why I cut them in half. There are 4 frying there.

Looking somewhat dark, but smelling heavenly. It’s getting dark too. I had some trouble getting them not to stick to each other in the basket.

And here’s the end result. Close up so you can see the corn meal. Looking like a real corndog!



Yeahhhh, I’m a big fan of more meat, less batter. On the side, since I had more mix left, I decided to dice up some chicken breast and use the remaining bits to coat that and fry. The funny light colored bits on top are plain pancake mix with nothing in it.…don’t recommend that so much. The chicken turned out really well, similar to a Chick-fil‑a nugget in consistency.

In conclusion: In doing this again, while it was overall a success, I’d recommend mixing some honey or maple syrup into the pancake mix. It was a little bland since it was just pancake mix and not cornbread, but nothing a little drizzle of maple syrup on top didn’t solve! If wanting to use a full sized wiener or frank, I’d get a full sized deep fryer and popsicle sticks or takeout chopsticks. The coffee stirrers were perfect for the half-cut, though. I will definitely be trying this again in the future!
