Chocolate Pancakes
These chocolate pancakes are the perfect breakfast or dessert for true chocolate lovers. They're soft, fluffy, and made with cocoa powder and chocolate chips for a double dose of chocolate.
Servings 8 pancakes
Ingredients
Chocolate Ganache
- ½ cup chocolate chips or chopped chocolate , semi sweet or dark
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp corn syrup
Chocolate Pancakes
- 1 cup all purpose flour*
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk , room temperature
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil , or canola
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
Chocolate Ganache
- Add ½ to 1 inch of hot water in the bottom of a medium saucepan. Place a glass bowl over top, ensuring that the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water.
- Add the chocolate, heavy cream & corn syrup to the bowl.
- Melt over low heat, while occasionally stirring. Once chocolate is melted, remove from the heat and whisk until smooth.
Chocolate Pancakes
- Preheat a griddle or large frying pan to medium heat.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl or liquid measuring cup whisk together the buttermilk, sugar, egg and vegetable oil.
- Gently fold the wet ingredients into the flour mixture. Then fold in the chocolate chips.
- Lightly grease the frying pan or griddle.
- Pour ¼ cup of batter onto the griddle/frying pan per pancake. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until you see a few little air bubbles forming. Flip and cook on the other side for 1-2 minutes.
Notes
*For extra thick pancakes, add 1 extra tablespoon of flour.