Chocolate Lover's Pancakes

February is National Chocolate Lovers Month and I was searching for a fun way to celebrate.  I found these pancakes on the Taste of Home website and they sounded absolutely awesome.

 

I made no changes to the recipe except that I used chocolate extract instead of the vanilla called for.  You can find it online, mine was the Watkins brand.  

I normally make my pancake mix in a large glass measuring cup so that it's easier to pour but this time around the batter was decently thick so I used a large cookie scoop to portion it out.  I got six nice sized pancakes.

The recipe recommends maple or chocolate syrup and I also added some cut up strawberries, whipped cream and mini chocolate chips. The base pancake itself isn't super sweet so you can splurge on fun toppings.

I took two pancakes and put some whipped cream on the first one and then some sliced berries.  Then I added the top pancake, added another dollop of whipped cream, a drizzle of chocolate syrup and then a slice of strawberry.

 

These would make a perfect Valentine's day breakfast, brunch or even dessert! You can make them ahead, freeze them on a cookie sheet in a single layer and then vacuum seal them or put them into ziptop bags.

You can defrost them in the fridge and warm them up in the oven or pop them into the toaster. If you want to get super fancy you could even cut them out with heart shaped cookie cutters!

 

Chocolate Lover's Pancakes

Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or chocolate extract
• Optional toppings: maple syrup and chocolate syrup, sliced strawberries, whipped cream

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk buttermilk, egg, melted butter and extract until blended. Add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.
2. Place a greased large nonstick skillet over medium heat. In batches, pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto skillet; cook until bubbles on top begin to pop and bottoms are golden brown. Turn; cook until second side is golden brown. Top as desired with maple or chocolate syrup, strawberries, whipped cream.

Notes

Source: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-lover-s-pancakes/

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