Healthy Chocolate Chip Pancakes
By Lee Funke
8/2/2022
It’s a pancake morning over here! Enjoy these healthy chocolate chip pancakes made with our delicious oatmeal pancake base and top it with maple syrup, nut butter and more chocolate chips. Looking for more healthy pancake recipes ? Try one of my favorites: banana oatmeal , coconut flour pancakes , and almond flour pancakes . There’s a 100% chance that I eat pancakes at least once a week. Whether it’s for breakfast or brinner, I’m always down for healthy pancakes !
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pancakes
Healthy Swaps
- fat: instead of canola oil or buttermilk, which most pancake recipes use, we opted for coconut oil. Coconut oil is higher in “healthy saturated fats” compared most other oils.
- sugar: these healthy pancakes are sweetened mostly with mashed banana. Sugar from fruit is all-natural unlike sugar from white and brown sugar which are refined. The chocolate chips in this recipe are dark chocolate chips, which are lower in sugar than milk and semi-sweet. Most pancake recipes call for additional refined sugar such as white or table sugar.
- flour: lastly, most pancakes are made with a refined, white flour, whereas these pancakes use 100% ground oat flour.
Why Oat Flour?
How to Make the Perfect Pancakes
Topping Ideas
- maple syrup
- nut butter
- dark chocolate chips
- coconut chips
- honey
- nuts
- seeds
More Healthy Pancakes
- Cottage Cheese Protein Pancakes
- Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes
- Vegan Yogurt Pancakes
Ingredients1x2x3x
Dry Ingredients
- ▢ 1 cup ground oat flour
- ▢ 1/2 cup rolled oats
- ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ▢ 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ▢ ½ cup dark chocolate chips , + more for topping
Wet Ingredients
- ▢ 2 large eggs
- ▢ 2 medium bananas , mashed (~1 cup mashed)
- ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢ 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
Instructions
- Begin by placing dry ingredients into a medium bowl. Whisk until combined.
- Then, mash bananas in a large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
- Transfer dry ingredients into wet and mix until combined.
- Finally, add in melted coconut oil and mix again until combined.
- Heat a large skillet over low/medium heat. Spray with coconut oil cooking spray. Spoon on about 1/3 cup of batter and let cook for 2-3 minutes on each side. Repeat.
- Serve with maple syrup and more chocolate chips.
Tips & Notes
- This recipe was slightly updated on July 1, 2019.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Don’t forget to tag your posts on social media with the hashtag #fitfoodiefinds , we’d love to see what you’re up to!
Healthy Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 cup ground oat flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips + more for topping
Wet Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 2 medium bananas mashed (~1 cup mashed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
Instructions
- Begin by placing dry ingredients into a medium bowl. Whisk until combined.
- Then, mash bananas in a large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
- Transfer dry ingredients into wet and mix until combined.
- Finally, add in melted coconut oil and mix again until combined.
- Heat a large skillet over low/medium heat. Spray with coconut oil cooking spray. Spoon on about 1/3 cup of batter and let cook for 2-3 minutes on each side. Repeat.
- Serve with maple syrup and more chocolate chips.
Notes
- This recipe was slightly updated on July 1, 2019.
Nutrition
Healthy Chocolate Chip Pancakes
By Lee Funke
8/2/2022
It’s a pancake morning over here! Enjoy these healthy chocolate chip pancakes made with our delicious oatmeal pancake base and top it with maple syrup, nut butter and more chocolate chips. Looking for more healthy pancake recipes ? Try one of my favorites: banana oatmeal , coconut flour pancakes , and almond flour pancakes . There’s a 100% chance that I eat pancakes at least once a week. Whether it’s for breakfast or brinner, I’m always down for healthy pancakes !
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pancakes
Healthy Swaps
- fat: instead of canola oil or buttermilk, which most pancake recipes use, we opted for coconut oil. Coconut oil is higher in “healthy saturated fats” compared most other oils.
- sugar: these healthy pancakes are sweetened mostly with mashed banana. Sugar from fruit is all-natural unlike sugar from white and brown sugar which are refined. The chocolate chips in this recipe are dark chocolate chips, which are lower in sugar than milk and semi-sweet. Most pancake recipes call for additional refined sugar such as white or table sugar.
- flour: lastly, most pancakes are made with a refined, white flour, whereas these pancakes use 100% ground oat flour.
Why Oat Flour?
How to Make the Perfect Pancakes
Topping Ideas
- maple syrup
- nut butter
- dark chocolate chips
- coconut chips
- honey
- nuts
- seeds
More Healthy Pancakes
- Cottage Cheese Protein Pancakes
- Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes
- Vegan Yogurt Pancakes
Ingredients1x2x3x
Dry Ingredients
- ▢ 1 cup ground oat flour
- ▢ 1/2 cup rolled oats
- ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ▢ 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ▢ ½ cup dark chocolate chips , + more for topping
Wet Ingredients
- ▢ 2 large eggs
- ▢ 2 medium bananas , mashed (~1 cup mashed)
- ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢ 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
Instructions
- Begin by placing dry ingredients into a medium bowl. Whisk until combined.
- Then, mash bananas in a large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
- Transfer dry ingredients into wet and mix until combined.
- Finally, add in melted coconut oil and mix again until combined.
- Heat a large skillet over low/medium heat. Spray with coconut oil cooking spray. Spoon on about 1/3 cup of batter and let cook for 2-3 minutes on each side. Repeat.
- Serve with maple syrup and more chocolate chips.
Tips & Notes
- This recipe was slightly updated on July 1, 2019.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Don’t forget to tag your posts on social media with the hashtag #fitfoodiefinds , we’d love to see what you’re up to!
