These secretly vegan and healthy brownie batter pancakes taste like eating dessert for breakfast!
This is the pancake recipe for chocolate lovers.
Dark, rich and fudgy, yet healthy enough for breakfast at the same time!
The delicious homemade chocolate pancakes are magically made without any eggs at all and can be completely dairy free and vegan.
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Pancake Topping Ideas
Chocolate Syrup
Sliced Strawberries
Mini Chocolate Chips + Banana
For the past few days, one of my friends has been staying with me while she waits to move into a new apartment, so basically, it’s been an ongoing slumber party.
We’ve had movie nights, spa nights, and every night is chocolate night.
On the menu last night: Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Yet both of us woke up craving chocolate again this morning, and the only way to remedy this was to make a chocolate pancake feast.
Brownie Batter Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup spelt, white, or oat flour (for flourless, try these Keto Pancakes)
- 1 tbsp dutch cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tbsp sweetener of choice
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/16 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp oil, or applesauce or mashed banana for fat free
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 4 – 5 tbsp milk of choice
Instructions
- Stir dry ingredients well, then add wet. Add more milk of choice as needed to form a batter consistency. Grease a nonstick pan well and heat on medium. When skillet is hot (add a drop of water to test – the pan is ready if it sizzles), drop small ladles of the batter. Use a spatula to flip when edges begin to look dry. Re-grease the pan after each set of pancakes.*I personally much prefer the oil version but some readers really like the fat-free one so I'm including that too. I haven't tried subbing regular cocoa powder for the dutch, so be sure to report back if you experiment with that. View Nutrition Facts
Notes
More Dessert-For-Breakfast Ideas
(Or this Vegan Banana Bread)
I love your recipes! I have a 2 year old who has eaten most of your pancake recipes without hesitation! She is eating these brownie batter pancakes right now for dessert!
I am so glad I found your blog with all these great recipes!!
would strawberry applesauce alter the flavor of the pancakes?
I, um, I’m actually super bad at making pancakes. So I used the batter made from this to make a brownie in a mug in the microwave. And it was absolutely delicious 😀 I’m sure pancakes made from this would be amazing too.
I just made these this morning for myself my birthday breakfast. They were awesome! And such a perfect way to start my birthday. Thank you for this recipe!
OMG Katie!!!! These were amazing!!!! I made them in a waffle maker, and eating chocolate waffles in the morning is heaven!!! The only problem was it stuck to the maker a lot, but that’s my fault.
the pancakes look awesome, i want to make them this instant!! Because i’m on a diet I wonder does the 130 calories refer to each pancake or to all of them ?
Hey, I made these this morning and they were delicious! The only problem was that they were very hard to flip, as they were extremely thin, so they ended up a little misshapen. Any way to fix this?
I tripled this recipe and made them for breakfast today for me and my kids. DELICIOUS!!!! I served with a dollop of vanilla yogurt and it really hit the spot. Thanks!
I don’t understand what I did wrong. I’m an experienced baker/cook and I followed the recipe but my batter was SUPER runny.
My whole family and i love these pancakes! I have to 5X the recipe when I make!