These chocolate chip pancakes are incredibly fluffy, filled with chocolate chips that add a delicious flavor, and they turn out amazing every time!
These pancakes are one of our favorite sweet breakfasts to make, they are super simple to make, come together in under 20 minutes, and taste amazing. Who doesn't like dessert for breakfast?
If you like simple breakfast recipes, you should try our lemon ricotta pancakes, puff pastry apple turnovers, tahini banana bread, bakery-style banana muffins, and brown butter chocolate chips banana bread.
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Why this recipe works
- This recipe uses simple ingredients that are easy to find in your pantry.
- It doesn't get easier than this! this recipe can be made by anyone, there is no need for cooking skills.
- Perfect to make when you need a quick breakfast.
- Made in under an hour from start to finish.
Ingredients
Before you start to make this recipe, measure and prepare your ingredients so the cooking process will go smoothly and easily.
Buttermilk– gives the cake extra moisture. You can make your own buttermilk if you don’t have one on hand. Simply mix a cup of milk with a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice and let it sit for at least 10 minutes.
Eggs- you will need large eggs for this recipe. Make sure that your eggs are at room temperature.
Melted butter- use unsalted butter for this recipe. melt your butter in the microwave or on the stovetop. Melted butter adds to this banana bread with lots of moisture.
Chocolate chips- you can use any kind of chocolate chips for this recipe, we like to use either dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, or semisweet chocolate chips.
Vanilla extract- for extra flavor.
Sugar- we used granulated sugar for this recipe. You can use caster sugar as well.
Baking powder and baking soda– baking powder and baking soda allow the cake to rise. Make sure that your baking powder and baking soda are not expired.
Kosher salt- use kosher salt for this recipe.
Flour– we used all-purpose flour for this recipe, self-rising flour, and cake flour will work great as well.
Instructions
Into a large mixing bowl, add the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour. Mix with a whisk or with a spatula.
Add the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract, and mix with a whisk until almost combined.
Add the chocolate chips and mix until just combined.
Melt ½ teaspoon of butter on a skillet over medium heat and cook each pancake until bubbles are formed on the top of the pancakes.
Flip the pancake and cook for another minute on medium-low heat.
Serve these pancakes with more chocolate chips and maple syrup and enjoy!
Expert Tips
- Use room temperature ingredients. It is important that you use room-temperature ingredients like eggs and butter. This step ensures that your mixture mixes into a homogenous mixture and bakes perfectly.
- Measure your flour correctly! When measuring your flour, avoid scooping it with a measuring cup. Instead, stir the flour with a spoon to create as many air pockets as possible, and spoon it into your measuring cup. Finally, level it with a back of a knife.
- Don’t overmix the batter, you don’t want to develop the gluten in the flour. This step ensures you have a moist pancake and not a dense and dry pancake.
- Sift your flour! sifting your flour is a very important step when baking and making pancakes. Use a fine-mesh sifter to sift out the flour. also, recommend sifting your cocoa powder. Cocoa powder tends to have big lumps, so we always sift the cocoa powder to make sure that there won’t be any cocoa lumps in the mixture.
- Make sure that you are using fresh ingredients! One of the most common mistakes in baking and making cookies is not noticing that your baking powder or baking soda is expired. This can ruin your pancakes and waste your time and money on the ingredients.
- Before you start to make this recipe, measure and prepare your ingredients so the cooking process will go smoothly and easily.
Faq's
These pancakes will last for up to 3 days stored in the fridge in an airtight container. We suggest making these pancakes the day you eat them, they taste the best fresh.
We love serving pancakes with whipped cream, blueberries, and maple syrup. These lemon ricotta pancakes are extremely moist, so you won’t need to add a lot of maple syrup.
Butter- our favorite way to cook pancakes is with ½ teaspoon of butter at a time. The butter gives the pancakes a delicious buttery flavor.
Coconut oil- we love making pancakes with coconut oil, it’s a slightly healthier option and gives the pancakes a light coconut flavor.
Vegetable or canola oil- we love using vegetable or canola oil for cooking pancakes as well, you won’t need a lot, for each pancake you will need about ½ a tsp.
Storing
Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for a day or for up to 3 days in the fridge.
Freezing
These pancakes freeze great although we prefer and suggest eating these pancakes fresh. If you want to freeze these pancakes, place them in an airtight container for up to a month in the fridge.
To reheat, place the pancakes in a preheated oven for 150c (300f) until the pancakes are heated well.
Substitutions
Dairy-free- swap the milk with dairy-free milk or your favorite plant-based milk.
Variations
Add-ins- add your favorite pancake add-ins like chocolate chips, dried fruit, nutmeg, chopped fruit, lemon zest, orange zest, etc.
Spread- add peanut butter or Nutella, or any of your favorite spreads that go well with chocolate, and swirl it into each pancake with a toothpick.
Topping ideas
- Maple syrup
- Fresh berries
- Lemon curd
- Chocolate chips
- Sliced banana
- Nutella
- Whipped cream
- Butter
- Powder sugar
More breakfast ideas:
Bakery style banana muffins- These are great for a quick breakfast, awesome to make when you have overripe bananas and taste just like a bakery banana muffin.
Tahini banana bread- This tahini banana bread is moist, fluffy, and filled with tahini which gives this banana bread a delicious nutty flavor.
Lemon ricotta pancakes- These pancakes are made with lemon zest, lemon juice, and ricotta cheese which makes these pancakes moist, extremely fluffy, and flavorful.
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📖 Recipe
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
- 2 cups Buttermilk
- 2 Eggs
- 30 g Butter melted
- 1 cup Chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Into a large mixing bowl, add the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour. Mix with a whisk or with a spatula.
- Add the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract, and mix with a whisk until almost combined.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix until just combined.
- Melt ½ teaspoon of butter on a skillet over medium heat and cook each pancake until bubbles are formed on the top of the pancakes.
- Flip the pancake and cook for another minute on medium-low heat.
- Serve these pancakes with more chocolate chips and maple syrup and enjoy!
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients. It is important that you use room-temperature ingredients like eggs and butter. This step ensures that your mixture mixes into a homogenous mixture and bakes perfectly.
- Measure your flour correctly! When measuring your flour, avoid scooping it with a measuring cup. Instead, stir the flour with a spoon to create as many air pockets as possible, and spoon it into your measuring cup. Finally, level it with a back of a knife.
- Don’t overmix the batter, you don’t want to develop the gluten in the flour. This step ensures you have a moist pancake and not a dense and dry pancake.
- Sift your flour! sifting your flour is a very important step when baking and making pancakes. Use a fine-mesh sifter to sift out the flour. also, recommend sifting your cocoa powder. Cocoa powder tends to have big lumps, so we always sift the cocoa powder to make sure that there won’t be any cocoa lumps in the mixture.
- Make sure that you are using fresh ingredients! One of the most common mistakes in baking and making cookies is not noticing that your baking powder or baking soda is expired. This can ruin your pancakes and waste your time and money on the ingredients.
- Before you start to make this recipe, measure and prepare your ingredients so the cooking process will go smoothly and easily.
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