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IHOP's New Menu: Not Grandma's Pancakes

The pancake restaurant chain is celebrating its anniversary by rolling out some new modern flavors for buttermilk pancakes.

If you're on a serious diet or are an obsessive carb-counter, stop here. Don't read further. It will frustrate you. Really.

Everyone else, here's the scoop (of butter). International House of Pancakes is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year.

The restaurant chain that serves just about every imaginable flavor of pancake and syrup actually has some new, modern menu items. And they sound delicious.

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Called the "Summer Signature Pancakes," the following three selections are not your run-of-the-flour-mill strawberry or blueberry or even chocolate chip pancake.

These flapjacks have pizazz. Really. They're so tasty that WTSP recently did a taste test. You can watch it here.

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And while the calories may be high, the cost of the meal will be light on your wallet – at $4.99 (without any eggs or other sides).

Here is the pancake trifecta:

1.) Banana Graham Nut Pancakes: This combo of healthy fruit and gooey marshmallow is like eating a pie wrapped inside a warm pancake. Banana slices are grilled inside buttermilk pancakes that are layered with marshmallow cream, graham cracker crumbs and crushed honey-roasted pecans. The pancakes are topped with cream cheese. This IHOP special weighs in at 1,110 calories, with 195 carbs, WTSP reports. Just bring along a second pair of pants that are two sizes larger than the pair you wore into the restaurant.

2.) Tiramisu Pancakes may just bring tears to your eyes when you taste them. This is really a stack of pancakes with dollops of sweet mocha cream sandwiched in between.The pancakes are topped with chocolate, whipped cream and cocoa powder for a breakfast that tastes and looks and smells just like dessert. That is probably why IHOP suggests that if you're really hungry, they also come with a side of fried eggs. Without the egg addition, this jumbo-tron breakfast has 1,240 calories and 161 carbs. But who's counting anyway? (Don't even think about ordering a milkshake with your meal.)

3.) Jelly Donut Pancakes: If you love chomping down on jelly doughnuts, then you will savor the jelly-filled pancakes served at IHOP. The pancakes are glazed, just like doughnuts. The stack is topped with some raspberry jelly. IHOP says this combo is 790 calories, with 146 grams of carbs.

Heading to IHOP? The nearest IHOP to Dunedin is less than 5 miles away at 30200 US Highway 19 North, Clearwater.

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