Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

A delicious variation to classic pancakes, these soft & fluffy banana chocolate chip pancakes are like having banana bread dessert for breakfast!

If you prefer pancakes over waffles, you have to try these banana pancakes! They’re soo good and filling and also a great way to use ripe bananas. The insides are super soft and fluffy and the outside browns up perfectly! They taste just like banana bread and have lots of melted chocolate in every bite!

The batter takes just a few minutes and the pancakes cook in just 1-2 minutes per side. Using basic pantry ingredients and a ripe banana, this recipe for warm banana chocolate chips pancakes is sure to make it to your breakfast rotations!

Everything you need

Just like all other pancakes, these require basic ingredients that you most probably already have. Measurements and detailed instructions are provided on the recipe card below. 

• Flour: All purpose flour tastes great! If you’re comfortable making pancakes with a different flour of your choice, then you can use that too. 
• Salt: Salt is needed in all foods to bring out the flavors. 
• Sugar: is optional but I highly recommend it, especially if you aren’t using overly ripe bananas. 
• Baking powder: Essential to create fluffy pancakes. 
• Cinnamon: for an extra touch of flavor 
• Egg: The egg will bind all the ingredients together. 
• Banana: I found that 1 large banana is enough for my liking but you can add a little more if you wish. The more ripe it is, the sweeter it’ll make the pancakes. 
• Vanilla: essential for delicious flavor!
• Milk: whole milk works great! I haven’t tried with any other kind of milk. 
• Butter: a few tbsp of melted butter adds richness to the pancakes! 
• Chocolate chips: optional but I highly recommend, especially if you like chocolate chip banana bread. I used semi sweet but any other kind of chocolate will do.

Notes & Tips

• Please make sure that all of the refrigerated ingredients are at room temperature before getting started. You can place the egg in a bowl of warm water for 5-10 minutes to quickly bring it to room temp, heat the milk slightly in a microwave, and make sure to let the butter cool slightly after melting it. The butter should be melted and warm, not hot!

• The batter will have a few lumps since it’s made with mashed bananas and that’s completely normal and okay. 

• Mix only until the wet and dry ingredients are just combined. Over mixing can ruin the texture of the pancakes. 

• As always, use a kitchen scale to measure the flour. If you don’t have one, fluff the flour using a spoon and then spoon it to the measuring cup (the spoon and level method).

• Make them as big or as small as you want! I made them using a 1/4 cup measuring cup for smaller pancakes but you can use 1/3 cup or more for medium/large pancakes.

Toppings

These banana chocolate chip pancakes are already so flavorful and sweetened on their own but just like all pancakes, toppings are important! There are so many topping variations and all of them are wonderfully delicious!

I love to pair these with honey or maple syrup! Other sweeteners and toppings include berries, nut butters, banana slices, whipped cream, chocolate chips, and chopped pecans or walnuts!

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