Chocolate Pancakes

We love homemade pancakes in this household. Aside from it being healthier, we love "personalizing" our pancakes. Sometimes, I add flax meal in the recipe and replace some ingredients with a healthier substitute. There's a lot of add-ons that you can mix in with your pancake batter. You can chocolate chips (white chocolate, dark, and peanut butter), berries (blueberries and strawberries), bacon (pork or turkey), and nuts.

This Homemade Carmel Sauce adds a delicious touch to pancakes. We've used them with sliced apples for a snack and added them to our favorite dessert- brownies and ice cream! You should also try this Healthier Pancake recipe, which involves a few and healthier ingredients.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
3 1/2 tbsp oil
2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar

Toppings of your choice: fruits, walnuts or chocolate chips

See here for the Caramel Sauce: Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce

Directions:

In a medium-size bowl, combine the white sugar and the cocoa powder.

Mix in the brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and flour. Whisk it all together.

In a separate bowl, combine buttermilk, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Whisk it together.

Make a well on your flour mix and pour in your buttermilk mixture. Mix well but do not over mix.

Add a pat of butter to your pan or griddle. Heat to medium-low. Scoop about 1/4 cup of the chocolate pancake batter onto your heated pan. Cook until bubble appears on top and flip the pancake. Cook for an additional 2 minutes or until it is cook through.

With the topping of your choice on top of the stack of pancakes, drizzle it homemade caramel sauce.

It is fluffy..and delicious!

You can cook these pancakes in a big batch. Batch cooking will save you time and your sanity especially on those days where you have tiny ones that tug into your pant leg so early in the morning because they want pancakes. REALLY. BAD.

Don't forget to pin and share!

RECIPES TO TRY:

Healthier Pancakes

35 Gluten and Dairy Free Breakfast

French Breakfast Puffs

Homemade Bread Loaves

22 comments

MariaJune 12, 2014 at 2:05 PM
Your pancakes look so fluffy and delicious!!!! YUM!!
MrsTeeJune 12, 2014 at 2:37 PM
Oh My I'm drooling...these look amazing!
AnonymousJune 13, 2014 at 8:08 AM
Oh my! My daughter is going to LOVE this!
Amanda @ Little House on the CornerJune 13, 2014 at 4:26 PM
Chocolate pancakes?! Sign me up! I love combining breakfast with dessert :) In fact I had some chocolate cake for breakfast this morning! lol.
Found your post through the Weekend Bloggy Reading party.
UnknownJune 16, 2014 at 1:42 PM
Oh my goodness, these look and sound amazing!

Thank you for sharing (and for linking up to the SHINE Blog Hop!

Wishing you a wonderful week.
xoxo
the cape on the cornerJune 17, 2014 at 8:09 AM
oh man, with the banana on top?? killer.
Bobbi @ 3GLOLJune 17, 2014 at 7:39 PM
These look sooo good! I know my daughter would definitely prefer these over regular pancakes.

Thanks for sharing!!
NewMrsAdventuresJune 21, 2014 at 2:43 PM
We love pancakes but for some reason I've never thought of making them into chocolate pancakes! These look so yummy! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
ErleneJune 21, 2014 at 9:04 PM
Wow I think those are the most chocolatey pancakes I've seen. Thanks for sharing your recipe on Merry Monday. Hope to see you again tomorrow.
Shanice BannisJuly 4, 2014 at 7:54 AM
Yum chocolate at breakfast! Thank you for sharing this post at City of Creative Dream's City of Links on Friday! I appreciate you taking the time to party with me. Hope to see you again this week :)
C.MahanJuly 4, 2014 at 11:59 AM
These look amazing. I know kiddo would love them! Thanks for linking with us at The Yuck Stops Here. Pinned and shared. Hope you will join us again next week. Chrystal @ YUMeating
Ethnic FoodJuly 10, 2014 at 10:44 PM
Wonderful post. Chocolate pancakes are my favorite.