Sweet mother of God. These things are DELECTABLE! The package makes a whole five pancakes.  Well...5 if you count those 2 tiny ones at the top of the plate there, which are about the size of a pinpoint.  But waste not want not on this plan, folks.  The batter splattered and made those 2 tiny pancakes, and make no mistake, they were just as good as their bigger, fluffier counterparts.

Seriously, you don't need syrup.  I threw in a little baking soda, which is why I think they were smaller in diameter but plumper.  I had to scrape the chocolate chips out of the shaker jar because you know I'm not going to be deprived of even one blessed chocolate chip.  Not. even. one. So they all kind of ended up in the last pancake which was more like a chocolate chip with some batter thrown around it for kicks.  What's not to like about that, though? 

I decided to read the ingredients. Normally that's an unwise thing with most foods, not just medifast but in general. Nine times out of ten you can't even pronounce half the stuff they put in food. I'm not sure most food actually is food after I read the ingredients. I haven't been too diligent reading labels on the Medifast foods, I guess because I have a fear of finding out what's in these magic packets. 

This time, for some reason, I took the plunge. I was pleased with what I read:

Rice flour: Flour made from rice! I love rice! Rice is one of my favorite words! I haven't had rice in months! Unless you count those little nuggets of rice in the chicken rice soup, but come on. That's just a tease. 

Whey Protein Concentrate: Whey protein is a mixture of globular proteins isolated from whey, the liquid material created as a by-product of cheese production. (I learned this from Wikipedia. Who knew!?).  

Soy Protein: Ah, we all know about this. Protein taken from the soybean, bless its little green nubby soul.  Soybean, I love you! 

Chocolate chips: deliciousness, sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithan, vanilla, all made to form an adorable, scrumdidlyumptious chip.

Dried Egg Whites: Egg whites. That are, um, dried.  

Oat Fiber: Fiber. Made from oats. Makes ya poo. We love this ingredient! (We being me.....)

Dried Apples: What?! I get to have apples?! In the form of a pancake!? That's FRIGGIN' brilliant.  Thank you Medifast. I love you.  Like, really, I do. 

Baking powder: I think we're all familiar with this one.....

natural flavor: Say what?! This is the only ingredient that has me a little unnerved.  I mean, bull sperm has natural flavor. So does cat poo. Please tell me there's no bull sperm or cat poo in these pancakes. 

Guar gum: A powder made from the "endosperm" of guar beans. After my previous description, I'd like to just qualify that I'm fairly sure endosperm isn't what it sounds like. I think it's just a ground portion of the guar bean.  Yum! Eat it up! 

Soy Lecithin: Fatty substance taken from an animal or a plant product, in this case, the soybean.  

Maltodextrin: This is the sweetener they use in the bars.  It's what gives us all that famous Medigas.  Still, without it, our foods would taste like....well...ass. 

Rebiana: This is a stevia based sweetener. This one has dashed all my hopes that I could eat these pancakes day and night. When I tried stevia as a sweetener for my coffee a few years back, it resulted in my having to perfect the art of blaming the dog for pungent wafting stenches in my general vicinity.  That's fantastic if you need a seat on the subway with elbow room, but not so great for spending time with loved ones and friends. Plus I had to spend terrific amounts of time on the toilet.  That's great if you need to read a good book, or avoid cleaning the house. Not so good, however, if you've gotta drive to work. They just don't make car seats that can sustain that kind of abuse. 

Vitamins and Minerals: Not gonna go into this, but suffice it to say the pancakes are full of vitaminy and minerally goodness all around. 

Not so bad, right? No ingredient you couldn't read, or that was really terrifying, except maybe the mysterious "natural sweetener".... and as for that one I will just assume that ignorance is bliss. 

I say order yourself some chocolate chip pancakes! They're good, and they're good for ya!