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)
Just had these for breakfast. Sooooo good. Thank you for all your great recipes (especially this one)!
I just made these. Devoured them. Then made another batch. Yes, that is how good they are! I topped them with some shredded coconut sugar and BAM! Instant mood elevator! Haha! Thank you Katie!!
what’s the recipe for the topping? : )
Barleans chocolate raspberry syrup
I added a scoop of protein powder to the recipe – high protein, low fat snacks are what I’ve been seeking. It doesn’t hurt that it’s chocolate related 🙂
I made these today with gf flour and my Idon’tlikegforvegan husband liked them a lot. Thanks!
Literally just made this. Holy Wow Batman! Definitely gonna have to be 2 serving MINIMUM. Too good
I love these pancakes! I’ve made them twice so far (for an actual meal; not even breakfast or dessert! haha). They really do taste like brownie mix! For extra chocolateyness, I use chocolate almond milk for the milk choice.
Instead of applesauce, I use coconut oil. Then, I warm up the batter in the microwave until the oil melts. The pancakes come out really smooth and dense (just how I like them!)
I even made some vegan chocolate syrup to go on top 🙂
As for sleep overs, I mostly played Truth or Dare, and stayed up late gossiping.
Wow. I just made these and sandwiched them with peanut butter and nutella.
Amazing.
We tried these this morning. WOW, they are decadent! I made a couple of extra batches to stick in the freezer for desserts 🙂 thanks for sharing!
Hugs,
Sami
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I love this pancake recipe!! I have used it so many times since you posted it that I’m kind of embarrassed to say that I’ve memorized it! Thanks so much for this amazing recipe 🙂