No Bake Cookie Pancakes. Vegan, no butter, no added sugar, and featuring my favorite new condiment…
No Bake Cookie Sprinkles!!!!
Or, sprankles as I like to call them. They’re essentially my No Bake Cookie Bars only not in bar form. I keep them crumbly so I can add them to things like yogurt, almond butter toast and pancakes!
These pancakes are a spin-off of my Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes, which have made close to 200,000 friends on Pinterest. Gee, must be their charm…or their ooey gooey chocolate chip frosting.
The base of these cakes is banana and oats, which cuts the need for sugar and hardly any flour. Then, we add a healthy scoop of cocoa powder to the mix and plenty of no bake cookie sprinkles, and the result? A refined sugar-, butter-free stack of goodness that nearly passes as a straight up no bake cookie. Breakfast of champions? Uhh, yes please!
- 1 very ripe medium banana
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 flax egg (1 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 2.5 Tbsp water)
- pinch salt
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp canola oil (optional)
- ½ cup + 2 Tbsp milk (I used almond)
- 1.5 Tbsp cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup rolled oats (or gluten free oats)
- ¼ cup whole wheat or unbleached flour (or sub other flour)
- ¼ cup no bake cookie sprinkles* (+ 2 Tbsp for topping)
- * To prepare no bake cookie sprinkles, pulse 9 dates, ¼ cup oats, 1.5 tbsp natural salted peanut butter, and ¼ cup chocolate chips in food processor until small crumbles remain and transfer to a bowl.
- Preheat a skillet to medium-low heat and prepare flax egg by mixing flaxseed meal and water and letting set for 3-5 minutes.
- Mash your very ripe banana with baking powder.
- Add flax egg, oil, salt, vanilla, almond milk and stir.
- Stir in oats, flour and cocoa powder until just combined.
- Add no bake cookie sprinkles and fold gently. Add more almond milk if too thick.
- Scoop ¼ cup measurements onto lightly greased griddle.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side. Be careful not to burn – they will be slightly soft in the middle from the banana.
- Serve with another healthy scoop of no bake cookie sprinkles – in between each layer if you dare.
* The no bake cookie sprinkles are key in this recipe – don’t leave them out!
Katie September 4, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Those sprankles are the best idea ever. You and your pancakes get me every time! <3
Tammy T September 5, 2012 at 10:32 am
My teenaged daughter asked how you make “healthy” food taste so awesome! Her words not mine! Though I am in total agreement. And both of us can’t wait to make these pancakes!
Tammy
Dana September 6, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Tammy! That’s so awesome. Tell your daughter ‘thank you’ for me. It’s always awesome to hear when people think my healthier recipes are still somehow insanely delicious.
Best!
Dana
Heidi @ Food Doodles September 7, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Yum! These look awesome! Especially with those sprankles, haha :)
whiness September 8, 2012 at 10:46 am
These looks so delicious! :)
Richa September 8, 2012 at 1:23 pm
I think these cookie sprinkled pancakes are going to make a bunch of friends on pinterest too! these look awesome!
marla September 9, 2012 at 7:32 am
Great recipe! Will be linking back to this in my post tommorow :)
Dana September 9, 2012 at 11:55 am
Yay! Thanks Maria!
Simple recipes September 11, 2012 at 7:31 am
Easy recipe to prepare! I! Fun to prepare all your recipes. Well done
Julia @ Bouillon Logic September 11, 2012 at 6:08 pm
I haven’t tried the pancakes yet, but I’ve been putting “sprankles” in Greek yogurt for the past few days. Delicious!
Kierstan @ Life {and running} in Iowa September 14, 2012 at 8:41 am
Delicious!
Lori Delgado December 31, 2012 at 4:53 pm
These look heavenly. I am gonna make them this weekend I have a question about the amount of sprinkles. I plan on tripling the recipes, so should I triple the sprinkle recipe amount you have listed? How much does the amt make with 9 dates? Thanks
Dana January 1, 2013 at 10:59 am
Not necessary! The “sprinkles” portion is enough for many batches of pancakes!
Lori Delgado January 3, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Thanks Dana. I can’t wait to make these. I made & LOVE your choc chip oatmeal cookie pancakes into waffles. Do you think these are even better? Are the sprinkles inside crunchy? Thanks
Dana January 3, 2013 at 4:48 pm
I think I still slightly prefer the originals over this version, but they’re still really tasty! The sprinkles are not crunchy, just sweet. Hope that helps!
Kammie @ Sensual Appeal February 12, 2013 at 11:34 am
Nom nom nom…
Allison @ thebakingyear February 15, 2013 at 5:41 pm
I clicked on this post, saw the first picture, and said to myself, “oh my g-d”.
These look delicious!
Diana d.p. Moreno February 26, 2013 at 5:51 pm
In the ingredients where does it ask for dates and peanuts?
Dana February 26, 2013 at 6:00 pm
It’s in a separate recipe, which I linked to in the recipe box. It’s the one for “No Bake Cookie Sprinkles.”
Averie @ Averie Cooks March 5, 2013 at 3:20 am
How did I miss these! Pinned! Cookie sprinkles throughout..healthy pancakes & choc for breakfast – YES!
hannah March 18, 2013 at 5:48 am
I’m not sure what happened, but these stuck to the pan like crazy. They look great in the pictures though, and I love your cookie sprinkles.
Chloe March 21, 2013 at 9:17 pm
This looks awesome!!!!!!! How many servings would I get per bach?