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Chocolate Chip-Banana Pancakes (GF)

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Start your day on the right foot with these gluten-free, chocolate chip-banana pancakes! This easy breakfast recipe is the ultimate intersection of sweet and healthy.

Stack of chocolate chip-banana pancakes drizzled with maple syrup on a white plate
7-ingredient gluten-free, chocolate chip and banana pancakes

I am not a very patient person. Anyone who knows even a little bit knows that. Perhaps that is why I was a sprinter/jumper. I love moving fast in all aspects of life from running to writing. As a wee one I was notorious for running everywhere, and I still like to move swiftly.

This makes me a very bad pancake-maker. Making the perfect pancake involves low-heat and waiting for it to bubble and brown before attempting the trickiest part – the flip.

I have watched many pancakes lose their shape, and turn into half-cooked piles of batter in the pan. Making pancakes is not a game you can rush.

Last week I decided that to treat myself to a pancake breakfast after a circuit-training session. I have been meaning to attempt GF pancakes for a while, but rarely have time for a ‘let it sit and bubble’ breakfast.

The result was well worth the exercise in patience. These easy, chocolate chip-banana pancakes are filling, wholesome, and just what my muscles were craving after exercise. (Learn more about post-workout nutrition here).

Gluten-free chocolate banana pancakes, topped with Greek yogurt and maple syrup on a white plate
GF chocolate-banana pancakes topped with Greek yogurt and maple syrup.
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Chocolate chip banana pancakes drizzled with maple syrup on a white plate

Chocolate Chip-Banana Pancakes (GF)

  • Author: Edwina Clark
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Cook Time: 20
  • Total Time: 25
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Description

Start your day on the right foot with a chocolate-y stack of banana pancakes! These easy flapjacks are filling, wholesome, and delicious.

Ingredients

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Pancakes:

  • 2 bananas
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs
  • 5 tbsp + 1 tsp 70% dark chocolate chips
  • Cooking spray

Toppings:

  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup

Instructions

  1. Chop the bananas and toss them into a medium mixing bowl. Use a potato masher or fork to mash the bananas until smooth.
  2. Stir in the flour, vanilla extract, and baking powder. Add a shake or two of ground cinnamon to the banana mixture.
  3. In a separate bowl, crack and whisk the eggs. Add the eggs to the banana mixture, and whisk to aerate the batter.
  4. Grease a nonstick pan with cooking spray. Turn the stove on to medium heat, and heat the pan for a minute or so. Add 1/4 cup of batter to the pan. Sprinkle 2 tsp dark chocolate over the pancake.
  5. Cook the pancake/s for 5 minutes or so. Flip when the bottom side of the pancake is golden brown. Continue to cook until both sides are golden. Repeat with the remaining batter.
  6. Top each pancake with Greek yogurt, and maple syrup.

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