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These chocolate chip pancakes taste just like a chocolate chip cookie. They’re light, fluffy and filled with gooey chocolate morsels. A delicious breakfast treat for kids of all ages!
Why you’ll love this family favorite recipe!
This easy chocolate chip pancake recipe uses a combination of brown sugar and white sugar, plus a touch of cinnamon — just like our favorite cookies. Plus, you only need one bowl to make them, and they are kid approved!
Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookie Pancakes
Here’s what you need. Full amounts are in the printable recipe card below.
- Flour — all purpose flour is the base of the recipe
- Egg — 1 large egg
- Butter — salted butter or unsalted butter instead of oil
- Baking powder — helps make them super fluffy
- Salt — kosher salt or sea salt
- Cinnamon — adds extra flavor
- Sugar — for sweetness
- Brown sugar — for that classic chocolate chip cookie flavor
- Vanilla extract
- Semi sweet chocolate chips — or mini chocolate chips. Milk chocolate chips may melt
How to Make Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Just add an egg to a large bowl, and beat it slightly. Then, add your dry ingredients, and stir slightly. Next, add melted butter, vanilla and milk, and whisk together until blended. There may be a few lumps, but they’ll disappear when you cook them. Add the chocolate morsels, and use a scant quarter cup batter to pour batter onto the hot griddle or hot skillet. When the edges appear firm and the bubbles start to pop, flip the pancakes and cook for another minute or two on the second side.
Favorite Pancake Toppings
These fluffy pancakes are amazing on their own and even better with some fun pancake toppings!
We usually make a pancake topping bar and let everyone go to town. The kids love to add butter, maple syrup, chocolate sauce or honey on top of the pancakes.
And, whipped cream and a few more extra chocolate chips take these babies to the next level. Yum.
You can also add sprinkles, crushed chocolate chip cookies and fresh fruit. Bananas, fresh strawberries and blueberries are all good ideas!
Storage and Reheating
Place leftover pancakes in an airtight container in your refrigerator and they will keep for up to 4 days. You can freeze pancakes in a freezer bag for up to 3 months for best taste. Reheat pancakes on the stove top or in your microwave. I love to make a large batch on the weekends and reheat them for breakfast on busy mornings!
Recipe Tips
Add a little more milk if the batter seems too thick.
Cook on medium heat. Don’t heat the griddle too hot or the chocolate chips may melt.
Use a non-stick griddle or non-stick skillet for best results. You can add more butter as needed during the cooking process.
The brown sugar makes these pancakes a little darker than most pancake recipes, so don’t worry if they seem darker than the usual golden brown color.
Keep cooked pancakes warm on a baking sheet or cookie sheet covered lightly with aluminum foil in the oven while you finish cooking all of the pancakes.
More Delicious Pancake Recipes
Try my Banana Cinnamon Pancakes or pancakes made from sourdough or these decadent Chocolate Orange Pancakes, or Eggnog Pancakes for the holidays and Pumpkin Pancakes for fall.
The Best Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add an egg to a medium mixing bowl, and beat slightly
- Add flour, baking powder, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon and salt, and stir dry ingredients slightly
- Add vanilla, melted butter and milk, and stir until well combined. Batter may have a few lumps, but don't over mix. Stir in chocolate morsels
- Lightly grease a griddle with butter, and heat until hot on medium to medium-high heat. Drop small circles (We use a 1/4 cup to measure out batter) of batter onto griddle. Leave room to flip them
- Cook until bubbles form and start to stay open and edges are slightly firm, then flip and cook for about 1 minute more on other side
- Serve as you make them or keep warm in oven until ready to serve
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I tend to think most chocolate chip pancakes are good but these are actually phenomenal and might actually be the best. They came out super fluffy and the flavour was perfect. Great recipe!
The kids talked me into this for dinner last night! They were great! we will be making these again soon!
Tried these for something different. What a great flavor profile! Will make these again!
hi, can I use buttermilk
Yes, but you should use 2 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp baking soda if using buttermilk instead of regular milk.
Love the cinnamon in these! It makes such a delicious difference!
It really brings out the flavor. Thanks, Cathy!
wow! What a great idea to use chocolate chips in a pancake!
Such an incredible breakfast treat! My kids are going to love these!!
My kids inhaled these so fast! Hope yours like them!
We were just talking about how we want breakfast for dinner soon. This will be perfect!
What a perfect way to start the day!
It sure is! Thanks so much, Amanda!
Sounds like breakfast for dinner!
That’s always a good idea around here!