Crepes

Q: When can babies eat crepes?

From around 6 months, once your baby is ready for solids, served in a safe shape and texture for their age.

Thin, soft and easy to roll around a filling. Fruit makes them sweet enough.

Checked against official guidance on October 18, 2026 · How we review

Quick answer

Babies can eat crepes from around 6 months, once they show signs of being ready for solids. Prepare it as shown below.

From 6 monthsLow choking risk as servedAllergens: Wheat, Egg, Milk

How to serve crepes by age

6 months+

Rolled or folded crepe strips

Make plain crepes with no sugar or salt and cook them until set, with no wet batter. Spread a thin layer of mashed ripe banana or plain full-fat yogurt over a crepe, roll it up loosely and cut it into finger-length pieces, or fold it and cut it into strips. Offer crepes once your baby has had egg, dairy (such as plain yogurt) and wheat on their own.

Size: Strips about the size of an adult finger, roughly 6–8 cm long and 2 cm wide (2½–3 × ¾ in).
Check before serving: Tear a piece open: no wet batter inside. It should squash easily between your thumb and finger.

US and UK advice differ here. The AAP suggests mashed food or soft pieces no larger than ½ inch; the NHS suggests soft finger-sized pieces your baby can hold in their fist. Both agree the food must squash easily.

Always have your child sit upright in a high chair or at the table, and stay with them the whole time they eat. Keep to the size and texture for their stage. Every baby develops on their own timeline.

How to prepare crepes

1
Whisk flour, egg and milk into a thin, smooth batter (breast milk, formula or cows' milk in cooking: see the guidance note below). Leave out sugar and salt.
2
Cook thin layers in a lightly oiled pan over medium heat, turning once, until set all the way through with no wet batter. Egg dishes should reach 160°F (71°C). Don't let your child taste or lick the raw batter.
3
Let them cool, add a soft filling, then roll, fold and cut them for your baby's stage. If you use fruit, rinse it under running water first.
4
Offer crepes only once your baby has had egg, dairy (such as plain yogurt) and wheat, each on their own. First time? Pick a day your baby is well, at home, when you can watch them for a couple of hours afterward.

How much to offer

For the first taste, offer one or two rolled strips. If there's no reaction, offer more next time. Your baby decides how much to eat: stop when they turn away or close their mouth. Once egg, milk and wheat are in your baby's diet, keep offering them regularly.

Common mistakes

Making crepes the first taste of egg, milk or wheat

Crepes contain three common allergens. The NHS says to introduce foods that can trigger allergy one at a time, so you can spot any reaction. Offer each one on its own first: for milk, plain full-fat yogurt works well.

Sweet fillings before 12 months, or before 4

No honey before 12 months, because of the risk of infant botulism. Sugar, syrup, honey and chocolate spread are all added sugars, and US and UK advice is to avoid added sugar for children aged 4 and under. Fill crepes with mashed fruit or plain yogurt instead.

Undercooked crepes

Crepe batter contains raw egg, and the CDC lists raw batter as a riskier choice for children under 5. Cook crepes until they're set all the way through: egg dishes should reach 160°F (71°C). Don't let your child taste the batter.

Whole berries in the filling

The CDC lists uncut berries as a choking hazard for young children. Mash soft fruit, or squash blueberries flat or quarter them lengthwise, before rolling them into a crepe.

Where US and UK guidance differ on crepes

United States(AAP and CDC)Your setting

The CDC says not to give cow's milk before 12 months. If you follow US advice, use breast milk or formula in your baby's crepe batter instead. USDA FSIS says dishes containing eggs should reach 160°F (71°C).

United Kingdom(NHS)Your setting

The NHS says hens' eggs with the British Lion stamp (a red lion) can be eaten lightly cooked; other hens' eggs, and duck, goose and quail eggs, should be cooked until the white and yolk are solid. For babies, we suggest cooking crepes until set all the way through. The NHS says cows' milk can be used in cooking or mixed with food from around 6 months, but shouldn't be given as a main drink until 1 year.

We cover US and UK guidance in detail. Elsewhere, check your national health service's advice too.

Questions parents ask

Can crepes be a choking hazard for babies?

Soft, well-cooked crepes are a low choking risk. Fillings are the part to watch: the CDC lists uncut berries, whole or chopped nuts and chunks of nut butter as choking hazards for young children. Mash or cut fruit small, spread any nut butter thinly, skip whole or chopped nuts on top, and cut crepes into strips or small pieces. Stay with your child during meals.

Can babies be allergic to crepes?

Crepes usually contain three common allergens: wheat (with gluten) in the flour, egg and cows' milk. Buckwheat crepes (galettes) may also contain wheat flour, so check the recipe or label. Foods that can trigger allergy can be introduced from around 6 months. Introduce each one on its own first, one at a time and in small amounts, so you can spot a reaction. Most reactions start within a few minutes to 2 hours, but cows' milk allergy can take up to 3 days to show. Fillings can add other allergens: chocolate hazelnut spread contains hazelnut (a tree nut) and usually milk, and nut butters contain peanut or tree nuts, so introduce those on their own first too.

Are crepes healthy for babies?

A plain crepe has about 8.9 g of protein, 95 mg of calcium and 1.9 mg of iron per 100 g, and one crepe weighs about 65 g. The standard recipe in FoodData Central includes sugar and salt, with about 278 mg of sodium (about 0.7 g of salt) per 100 g, so leave both out of your baby's batter.

When can babies eat crepes?

From around 6 months, once your baby has had egg, dairy (such as plain yogurt) and wheat on their own without a reaction. Make them without sugar or salt, cook them through, and roll or fold them into finger-sized strips.

What can I fill my baby's crepe with?

Mashed ripe banana or other soft fruit, plain full-fat yogurt, mashed avocado, finely chopped soft-cooked vegetables, or a little melted grated pasteurized cheese. Skip honey before 12 months, and sugar, syrup and chocolate spread up to age 4.

Can toddlers have Nutella or chocolate spread in crepes?

It's best not to. Chocolate hazelnut spread has added sugar, and the US Dietary Guidelines and the NHS both say to avoid added sugar for children aged 4 and under. Try mashed banana, or plain hazelnut butter spread thinly once tree nuts have been introduced.

Are crepes and pancakes the same for babies?

They're very similar: both are made from flour, egg and milk. Crepes are thinner and roll easily around a soft filling, which gives your baby something to hold. The same allergen and no-sugar advice applies to both.

If your baby refuses crepes

Many babies need 10 or more tries before they accept a new food. Keep offering it alongside foods they already like.
Try another shape: rolled strips, folded triangles cut small, or small pieces.
Fill it with a fruit your baby already likes, such as mashed banana.
Eat some yourself at the same meal. Babies copy what they see.

Never force or pressure your baby to eat. Some days they'll eat more, some days less, and that's normal.

Buying and storing crepes

Cook batter right away, or keep it in the fridge and cook it within 24 hours: it contains raw egg.
Cooked crepes keep for 3 to 4 days in a covered container in the fridge. Store them unfilled, and add fresh filling before serving.
Cooked crepes can be frozen for 2 to 3 months, stacked with baking paper between them. Thaw them in the fridge and use them within 24 hours of thawing. Reheat only once, to 165°F (74°C), until steaming hot, then let them cool before serving.
Throw away any food left out at room temperature for more than 2 hours (1 hour if it's hotter than 90°F / 32°C).

When to talk to your doctor

Contact your pediatrician, GP or health visitor if:

Your baby has had any reaction to egg, milk or wheat, even a mild one. Stop offering crepes until you've talked to your pediatrician.
Your baby vomits a few hours after eating a food made with milk, such as crepes. This can be FPIES, a delayed type of food allergy that milk can trigger. If they vomited once or twice and seem alert and like themselves, call your pediatrician or GP. If they vomit again and again, or are pale, floppy, very sleepy or hard to wake, call your emergency number.
You notice mild signs of an allergic reaction after eating, such as a few hives or a little vomiting. See signs of a reaction.
You're worried about how much your baby eats, their growth, or they refuse most solid food for weeks.

Call 911999your local emergency number (such as 112 in Europe or 000 in Australia) now if your baby has trouble breathing, wheezing, can't cough or cry, has lips, mouth, tongue or throat that suddenly swell, or becomes pale, bluish, floppy or unresponsive. Also call if hives come with repeated vomiting.

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