Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes
2013 – Gluten Free Living
Prepare to drool over these spectacular Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes. Let me make one thing clear from the start. There is NOTHING healthy about these pancakes! The pancakes are made with both cocoa and chocolate chips in the batter. Then you serve them with chocolate sauce drizzled all over them. On top of that you add more chocolate chips for garnish! Overkill, yes! Delicious, yes! Sugar addiction, yes! To die for (probably literally), yes, yes, yes!
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I probably would have been fine with just the double chocolate pancakes and maple syrup drizzled over them, but the addition of chocolate sauce and additional chocolate chips put these pancakes over the top. They are so rich you may as well be eating dessert.
Feel free to eliminate the chocolate sauce if that’s too much chocolate for you! These are really easy to whip up like the other pancakes I’ve made, but these don’t have a compote or sauce accompanying them so they are even quicker and easier.
I recommend when you cook pancakes with chocolate chips (or any kind of chip for that matter), that you push the chocolate chips into the batter as soon as possible so the chips don’t remain floating on top of the pancake. This way when you turn the pancake over they don’t scorch and melt on the bottom of the pan and make a mess.
If you’re looking for a way to make chocolate chips that tastes like dessert, then this recipe is for you. If you are trying to be healthy then close your eyes and look at some of my other pancake recipes with fruit compotes and sauces. 🙂
For those of you who are dairy intolerant, you can almost always substitute coconut milk for regular milk and coconut oil for butter in recipes. There are also egg replacers for purchase at speciality shops and whole-foods markets.
When I first posted this recipe in March 2013, it was before I started taking pictures with my Canon and all I had was an iPhone. The pictures just weren’t as nice as I would have liked even though the recipe was spectacular.
I recently remade this recipe (June 2016) and promptly demolished these pancakes. It did take me two sittings to do it, but these pancakes even reheat well. These are one of my favorite gluten free pancake recipes. The texture of the pancakes is wonderful.
If you want a richer and darker chocolate flavor and color, then simply increase the cocoa in the recipe from two tablespoons for four, or use a dark-roasted cocoa. While I probably should have called these “triple chocolate pancakes,” I think you can see from
the pictures just a luscious-looking they are.
Eating a bite of Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes is like having dessert! Seriously, you’ll be drooling over every bite.
Rich and decadent–these amazing pancakes are everything you could dream of in a pancake! Yes, they are on the sweet side–even for my huge sweet tooth!
Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes are garnished with chocolate sauce, but you can add whipped cream and berries (along with more chocolate chips), if desired.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients. I used Pamela’s pancake and baking mix because it was the only gluten free product available at the time. The the flavor and texture are both off. I recommend almost any other gluten free flour for this recipe.
Put gluten free flour in a mixing bowl. I used Pamela’s gluten free baking and pancake mix. Add cocoa, vanilla, eggs and milk.
Whisk all the ingredients together.
Pour the pancake batter a heated skillet with coconut oil. The batter is thick. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top of pancakes. If necessary, press chips down lightly with a fork. You can see that I added about 30-40 regular sized chocolate chips on each pancake. YES!
Turn pancakes over and cook other side. To assemble: stack pancakes. Drizzle with your favorite chocolate syrup or sauce, and sprinkle with chocolate chips on top for garnish. You can also add whipped cream and berries in the center for garnish, if desired.
Cocoa, chocolate chips in the batter, then covered with chocolate syrup and more chocolate chips as garnish. Yes, to die for!
If you love chocolate, this dessert (ahem), breakfast entree will delight you.
Each bite of Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes is irresistible. I wanted to eat ALL of them, but had to wait for another time to finish them off. They are really quite hearty and filling for pancakes.
Here’s the recipe.
GLUTEN FREE TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES
(my own concoction)
Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Equipment
- 1 large skillet or griddle
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 whisk
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 spatula
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free flour (I prefer Cup4Cup)
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 2 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups 2% milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips plus more chocolate chips for garnish
- 1/4 cup chocolate syrup for garnish
- 4 tbsp. butter or coconut oil, for frying
- whipped cream and berries for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Combine GF flour, cocoa, eggs, milk and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- Whisk until ingredients are combined but don’t overbeat.
- Pour batter into a hot griddle or skillet lightly greased with butter or coconut oil.
- Sprinkle about 35-40 chocolate chips into each pancake.
- Push the chocolate chips into the pancake batter with a fork to prevent a chocolate mess in your skillet when you turn the pancake.
- Cook until bubbles appear on surface of pancake.
- Turn pancakes over and cook remaining side.
- Remove to plate; keep warm.
- Makes about 8 large 6 to 8” pancakes.
- To serve: Drizzle chocolate syrup over bottom of plate.
- Top with pancakes; drizzle again with chocolate syrup and, if desired, garnish with chocolate chips.
Notes
NOTE: When I originally published this recipe Pamela's gluten free pancake and baking mix was the only gluten free flour carried by grocery stores (circa 2013). Nowadays, (circa 2023) there are so many really good gluten free flours available that have better taste and texture, in my opinion. I recommend Cup4Cup, Better Batter, Krusteaz, Pillsbury, Arrowhead Mills and even Walmart's Great Value Brand gluten free flour is so much better.
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Nutrition
- 2 cups [url href=”http://www.pamelasproducts.com/” target=”_blank” title=”pamela’s products”]Pamela’s[/url] gluten free baking and pancake mix
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 2 egg
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips plus more chocolate chips for garnish
- chocolate syrup for garnish
- butter or coconut oil for frying
- whipped cream and berries for garnish, if desired
- Combine pancake mix, cocoa, eggs, milk and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- Whisk until ingredients are combined but don’t overbeat.
- Pour batter into a hot griddle or skillet lightly greased with butter or coconut oil.
- Sprinkle about 35-40 chocolate chips into each pancake.
- Cook until bubbles appear on surface of pancake.
- Turn pancakes over and cook remaining side.
- Remove to plate; keep warm.
- Makes about 8 large 6” pancakes.
- To serve: Drizzle chocolate syrup over bottom of plate.
- Top with pancakes; drizzle again with chocolate syrup and, if desired, garnish with chocolate chips.
Are you ready to sample a bite of these pancakes for your next company breakfast? These make a great treat for the holidays. Everyone will love them.
Here, lots of chocolate syrup has been drizzled over the top and down the sides. Yummy!
Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes are sensational! I can’t recommend them highly enough.
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Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Equipment
- 1 large skillet or griddle
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 whisk
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 spatula
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free flour (I prefer Cup4Cup)
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 2 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups 2% milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips plus more chocolate chips for garnish
- 1/4 cup chocolate syrup for garnish
- 4 tbsp. butter or coconut oil, for frying
- whipped cream and berries for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Combine GF flour, cocoa, eggs, milk and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- Whisk until ingredients are combined but don’t overbeat.
- Pour batter into a hot griddle or skillet lightly greased with butter or coconut oil.
- Sprinkle about 35-40 chocolate chips into each pancake.
- Push the chocolate chips into the pancake batter with a fork to prevent a chocolate mess in your skillet when you turn the pancake.
- Cook until bubbles appear on surface of pancake.
- Turn pancakes over and cook remaining side.
- Remove to plate; keep warm.
- Makes about 8 large 6 to 8” pancakes.
- To serve: Drizzle chocolate syrup over bottom of plate.
- Top with pancakes; drizzle again with chocolate syrup and, if desired, garnish with chocolate chips.
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Elise @ Paint Chips & Frosting
March 20, 2013 at 10:42 am
Oh my gosh, these pictures are making my mouth water!
Teresa
March 20, 2013 at 2:22 pm
They were really rich!
Diane Roark
March 13, 2013 at 1:27 pm
YUM! This would be a great dessert too! Blessings, Diane Roark
Teresa
March 13, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Yes, it’s excessively rich!
Teresa
March 14, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Diane, I subscribed to your RSS feed and it is only giving an excerpt and no pictures. I think this can be adjusted in your settings. I checked mine out by subscribing to it and it gives full posts and all the pictures, too. I really want to see your fantastic pictures, sniff, sniff!
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Tamara Leigh: The Kitchen Novelist
March 13, 2013 at 5:54 am
Lady, I declare I put on pounds just looking at your delectables! My mouth is sooo watering 🙂
Teresa
March 13, 2013 at 11:33 am
Aren’t you glad we really don’t put on weight from looking! Then we really would be in trouble! These pancakes really are overkill. Just maple syrup on top would be plenty!!!!!