These chocolate protein pancakes are the absolute best! This high-protein, eggless pancakes recipe makes fluffy pancakes that are healthy, filling, and delicious! And this is a great recipe for protein pancakes without banana for the chocolate lover.
This healthy protein pancake recipe is made without refined sugars, without eggs, without flour, and without bananas. You may be wondering what they DO have in them. These chocolate protein pancakes use clean ingredients to make the batter, and mix in chocolate chips for a little pop of decadence.
This chocolate protein pancake recipe uses unsweetened almond milk because it is an accessible option for many diets as it is naturally vegan, dairy-free, and lactose-free. I also love using almond milk in pancakes because it’s a low carb and low calorie option.
These chocolate protein pancakes without banana are an excellent option for those who love sweet breakfasts but are looking for high protein breakfast ideas to get their morning started on the right foot.
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- Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Ingredients Needed
- How to Make Protein Pancakes
- Pancake Toppings to Try
- Possible Dietary Restrictions?
- Have Leftovers? How to Store Pancakes, How to Reheat Pancakes
- Expert Tips
- Helpful Equipment
- Love This Recipe? You May Also Enjoy
- Chocolate Protein Pancakes
- More Breakfast Recipes to Try
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Level of difficulty: Easy. Measure, blend, cook, enjoy!
Flavor: Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate!
Time: Give yourself about 30 minutes to make your chocolate protein pancakes without banana. It will take you less than 5 minute to measure and blend up your batter, but you need to let your batter rest and you’ll need some time to pan-fry your pancakes on a non-stick pan or griddle. The size of your pan will affect how quickly you can make these (the more you can make at once, the faster it will go).
Ingredients Needed
Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
Chocolate Protein Powder (I use whey protein, but select a protein that fits your dietary needs)
Cocoa Powder
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
Unsweetened Applesauce
Apple Cider Vinegar
Salt (optional)
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
How to Make Protein Pancakes
- Place oats into a blender and blend for 10-15 seconds to break down the oats (fun fact: you just made oat flour!)
- Place remaining ingredients (except the chocolate chips) into the blender and blend until a smooth batter is formed
- Gently stir in the chocolate chips
- Let the batter rest 8-10 minutes
- Preheat non-stick pan (or griddle) over medium heat
- Spray pan with cooking spray and scoop ¼ cup sized portions of batter into the pan, leaving room between the scoops of batter
- Cook for 1-2 minutes until the edges begin to form (they’ll look slightly raised/curved/dry), and then flip to cook the other side for another 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
- Serve with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
Pancake Toppings to Try
You can serve your chocolate protein pancakes with any of your favorite pancake toppings. Below is a list of some fun combinations that pair nicely with these healthy chocolate pancakes:
- Vanilla Greek yogurt and berries (this is what is shown)
- Peanut butter and banana
- Peanut butter, banana, and pure maple syrup
- Whipped cream, strawberries, and chocolate syrup
- Plain or vanilla Greek yogurt, strawberries, and chocolate syrup
- Butter and pure maple syrup
- Pure maple syrup and toasted pecans or almonds
- Whipped cream and berries
- Banana and chocolate chips (and/or chocolate syrup)
- Fresh fruit compotes or syrups
Possible Dietary Restrictions?
This eggless pancakes recipe as written is a great high protein breakfast for vegetarians who don’t want eggs for breakfast, and can easily be modified to fit a variety of other special diets:
- To make these into vegan protein pancakes, select a protein powder that is vegan-friendly.
- Similarly, to make this into a dairy free protein pancakes recipe, select a protein powder that meets this requirement.
- This recipe is already written to be a gluten free protein pancakes recipe, however, if you are serving them to someone with celiac intolerance it is wise to ensure your rolled oats specifically note ‘gluten free’ on the package!
Have Leftovers? How to Store Pancakes, How to Reheat Pancakes
Leftover pancakes can be enjoyed at a later date for a quick and easy breakfast!
Option 1: If you plan to enjoy your leftover pancakes soon, you can store the remaining protein pancakes in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3-days. Reheat pancakes in the microwave, starting with 1-minute (adjust the time to heat your pancakes as needed to reheat to your desired temperature).
Option 2: Freeze to enjoy at a later date! The best way to do this takes a few steps, but they are worth it to make a future morning easy, filling, and delicious with your leftover protein pancakes! Reheat frozen pancakes (from frozen!) for 1-minute. Option to then pop them into the toaster to crisp them up a little too for the perfect protein pancake!
How to Freeze Pancakes
- Step 1: allow pancakes to cool completely to room-temperature on a cooling rack
- Step 2: do an initial freeze of your pancakes in a single layer on a baking sheet. This only needs to be for about 30-minutes, but this will help prevent your frozen pancakes from sticking together
- Step 3: transfer pancakes to a ziplock bag labeled with the type of pancake and date made, and freeze for up to 3 months
Expert Tips
Let the batter rest – don’t skip this step! This may seem strange, but this time allows the apple cider vinegar to activate the baking soda and baking powder to help create the fluffy texture! It also allows the batter to thicken a bit, creating a sturdier batter when flipping. If you put your pancakes on immediately after blending the batter, they tend to be a bit flat and break apart when trying to flip them (but still taste good).
What’s the best protein powder to use in this recipe? I personally use this whey protein powder because it has a clean ingredients list and tastes great! However, select a protein powder that fits your dietary needs.
Helpful Equipment
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Chocolate Protein Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 + ½ C Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- ½ C Chocolate Protein Powder*
- 1 tablespoon Cocoa Powder
- 3 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 + ½ C Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- ⅓ C Unsweetened Applesauce
- 2 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar
- Optional: Pinch of Salt
- ½ C Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Place oats into a blender and blend for 10-15 seconds to break down the oats
- Place remaining ingredients (except the chocolate chips) into the blender and blend until a smooth batter is formed
- Gently stir in the chocolate chips
- Let the batter rest 8-10 minutes
- Preheat non-stick pan (or griddle) over medium heat
- Spray pan with cooking spray and scoop ¼ cup sized portions of batter into the pan, leaving room between the scoops of batter
- Cook for 1-2 minutes until the edges begin to form (they’ll look slightly raised/curved/dry), and then flip to cook the other side for another 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
- Serve with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
Angie says
Can I make the batter the night before or is that too long to rest?
Meredith says
Hi Angie, I haven’t tried making the batter the night before, but I think it could work! Just be sure to store it in an airtight container in the fridge overnight. I’d love to hear how it goes if you try it!
M. says
These were great, especially since I always have chocolate protein powder on hand! Thanks for the recipe!
ourlovelanguageisfood says
Happy to hear you enjoyed these! Thanks for giving this recipe a try.
David says
These were really fun and filling! Loved the double chocolate .
ourlovelanguageisfood says
glad you enjoyed these chocolate protein waffles! thanks so much for making my recipe!