Easy Chocolate Pancakes

A stack of 3 chocolate pancakes on a white plate next to blueberry syrup.

5 from 17 votes

Just a little bit of cocoa powder and pancake mix has the kids smiling big time! It is almost like having dessert for breakfast.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: Servings

Calories: 190kcal

Author: Keri

Ingredients

Ingredients using Pancake Mix

1 ½ cups Krusteaz Pancake Mix
¼ cup Cocoa Powder
2 tablespoons Sugar
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
1 ¼ cups Water

Instructions

Directions for pancake mix version

Mix all of the dry ingredients together. Add the water and mix until combined.
Warm a skillet over medium to medium-low heat.
Pour ¼ cup of pancake batter onto warmed skillet.
Flip over when the edges start to firm and bubbles appear on top.
Continue cooking about 1 - ½ minutes on the second side.
Serve with fruit, whipped cream and/or powdered sugar.

Notes

If you want to make them from scratch…

1 ½ cups milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon canola oil
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon

Mix together liquids. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to liquids and stir just until combined.

Pour ¼ cup of batter onto a warm skillet. Flip over when the edges start to firm and bubbles appear on top.

Continue cooking for about 1 ½ - 2 minutes on the second side, until done.

Both recipes are delicious. I usually use the first recipe using a mix, especially on school mornings when we are trying to get out of here in a hurry.

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