--- title: How to Get Free Pancakes on Tuesday, Courtesy of IHOP description: National Pancake Day, yet another made-up food holiday, is Tuesday, March 3. That means IHOP customers get a free short stack of pancakes. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-03-02T19:16:43.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T10:09:03.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - breakfast - Charity - deals - fake holidays - Food & Drink - free food - free pancakes - freebies - IHOP - international house of pancakes - Pancakes word_count: 140 canonical: https://money.com/free-pancakes-ihop/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Maple syrup runs down the side of a short stack of three pancakes at the International House of Pancakes.](https://img.money.com/2015/03/150302_em_ihoppancakeday.jpg) *These handsome fellows can be all yours on March 3 for the extremely reasonable price of free.* Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of [National Pancake Day](http://www.ihoppancakeday.com/), an annual event in which IHOP customers get free pancakes and millions of dollars are raised for charity. This magic combo easily makes Pancake Day one of our favorite fake holidays of the year. Getting free pancakes is simple enough. All you have to do is head to a participating IHOP—the vast majority play along—and ask for a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes. Easy as that. In exchange for your free breakfast, IHOP will ask you to consider giving a donation to the [Children's Miracle Network Hospitals](https://giveamiracle.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/) or another designated local charity. For the 2015 edition of its National Pancake Day giveaway, IHOP hopes to raise $3.5 million for charity. 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