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Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes are an easy pancake recipe with tons of bananas and chocolate chips. We love how easy these are to make!
If your kids beg for pancakes but balk at the thought of banana pancakes, make these. They have chocolate chips, which is a guarantee that your kids will eat them. Plus: chocolate for breakfast? That’s the start of a really good day.
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How to make Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes
I remember when I was young going to Lyon’s for breakfast and ordering banana pancakes. I always loved them! However, Jordan would never eat my homemade banana pancakes…until I added chocolate chips.
After years of perfecting my favorite pancake recipe I decided to add bananas and they are a huge hit – even with my daughter!
Banana pancakes are simple and fast to make plus if you add chocolate chips they’re even better. These easy banana pancakes will be the hit of your breakfast table.
I think banana pancakes are seriously my favorite, but I’m a banana addict. I don’t much like eating them, but I love throwing them in everything from smoothies to bread. And pancakes are my favorite thing to add them to because it’s so easy (and, in my mind, it makes them healthier).
So I added chocolate chips. DUH, gotta even out that “healthier” with chocolate. #truth
Even though Jordan says she hates banana pancakes, I’ve been adding a banana to her Sprinkle Pancakes for years now and she’s never the wiser. But these? These are not “sort-of-banana” pancakes. These babies are like banana bread…in pancake form.
This is my favorite pancake recipe, but I’ve adapted it to be more banana-y by mashing 2 bananas into the batter. I also added some cinnamon because I love cinnamon with my banana anything. Don’t you?
These pancakes are fluffy, light, and full of rich banana flavor. Then I added chocolate because, well. Obviously Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes > Plain Banana Pancakes. I prefer mini chocolate chips but you can use regular. Reduce the amount if you want a less chocolatey pancake.
But if you do that I’m not sure if we can be friends anymore. 😉 And guess what? For “not liking banana pancakes” Jordan ate these for breakfast two days in a row. #momwin
How to make the best banana chocolate chip pancakes:
- Make sure your bananas are very ripe. I like them almost brown; this makes them sweeter and easier to mash.
- Mini chocolate chips are my favorite to use because they spread throughout the whole pancake. I feel like I can use less chocolate for a more chocolate to pancake ratio.
- Yes – 1 full tablespoon of baking powder. No, you don’t taste it. It makes these pancakes SUPER fluffy.
- You can use any milk – dairy, non-dairy, you like. Almond milk works too!
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Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (186g) all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons (25g) packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup (237ml) milk
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons (30ml) vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 very ripe bananas mashed (about 1 cup)
- ½ cup (85g) mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat an electric griddle to 350°F, if using one. If not, you’ll preheat your pan just before cooking the pancakes.
- Whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- Whisk milk, egg, oil, and vanilla in a large measuring cup. Add wet ingredients to dry, add bananas, and stir until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spray pan or griddle with cooking spray. Drop desired amount of pancake batter onto preheated griddle or pan. Cook until small bubbles form then flip until the bottom is a light golden brown.
- Serve plain or with maple syrup.
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Last Updated on February 2, 2023
These are so good- the perfect weekend breakfast treat! Slathered with butter and maple syrup they are amazing!
OMG THESE WERE AMAZINGGGGG
Made these this morning… Had to double the batch at the last minute because they are THE BEST PANCAKES EVER and I knew we needed more. Thank you ♥️
Wow! This is probably the best pancake recipe I’ve tried! There’s a certain unique (delicious) flavor the bananas give. The table spoon of baking powder really gives it a nice soft texture! There’s something just heavenly with oatmeal cooked into baked goods so I’m going to try to I corporate it into this and I also add 4-6 times the amount of vanilla extract because it realllllly makes it that much more flavorful and aromatic. Ive actually made banana oatmeal pancakes before and MY GOSHHH. A MUST TRY! Also, for some reason, freezing and re baking them for a few minutes at 350 degrees the next day (or any day after it’s been frozen) tastes sooo much better than fresh pancakes.
I love this recipe and like to find ways to use ripe bananas. I love all your different recipes and that they do not require expensive ingredients like almond flour or Swerve. I am trying to find healthier recipes to make for my daughter who was told to get rid of white flour and white sugar. I pinned a lot of your recipes already and cannot wait to try them.
Yum! Just perfectly delicious! I used self raising flour and left out the baking powder. And also didn’t add the choc chips. Loved them……will be making again. Thankyou.
I make these ALL of the time. Today, I forgot that I didn’t have any eggs! I went ahead and finished making them as is without eggs. Not bad! The texture was slightly different than usual but still so good. So if anyone has an egg allergy…make these just omit the egg! 🙂
How do you figure this makes 12-14 pancakes? I made 3” wide pancakes and it made 6….
These are my kiddos most requested! I love to top mine with peanut butter!
These are amazing! I have 4 kids and its their favorite, nothing compares. I fo make a few substitutes like applesauce instead of oil and whole wheat flour but they are by far a family favorite. I make them for everyone and am always asked to make them again or for the recipe.
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