Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes

Hey Dana, love your blog and your recipes. Have you done any baking with chickpeas flour? I have tried some banana bread recipe but I find it goes too hard after it goes cold. For pancakes it works well. Looking forward to your inventions

I am now totally addicted to these pancakes, thank you very much for this recipe. I can´t wait to try more recipes.

I’m not a big fan of chocolate, so I replaced the chips with blueberries…a generous amount of them. They turned out great, I’ll definitely make these again, probably with a different fruit since blueberries are going out of season soon.

one of my VERY favorite recipes, thank you!

I absolutely love this pancakes! They are my favorite! I didn’t change a thing in the recipe. My 18 mo daughter loves them too! Thank you for all the amazing recipes!

These look great. However, what can we replace the almond butter and oil with so this can be a Plat base version? ( Butter or oil is not healthy. )

I love bananas but I was telling my SIL about this recipe…that I LOVE. I forgot she doesn’t like bananas. Is there anything at all to substitute for it? Maybe applesauce?

Isn’t there refined sugar in the semi-sweet chocolate chips? Confused.

Your recipes are amazing! You make going vegan a whole lot easier. Please keep it up!!

These are the best pancakes I have ever tasted, so wonderful! I have them every week! Thank you xx

Your recipes are amazing! Thank you ☺️

I just made these for my son’s birthday breakfast and they were outstanding! I didn’t change a thing, except I doubled the recipe to accommodate my family size. I was a little nervous because I made the batter the night before (school night) but that didn’t make a difference.

I love that these are wholesome and will give my kids the energy they need at school, but still are a special treat! GREAT recipe and will be making these again!!
Plus huge benefit for me that they are vegan!!!!

I feel like there were too many wet ingredients in this recipe… Mine wouldn’t stay together on the skillet and ended up just being a mess:( they tasted great but the consistency was more like oatmeal than pancakes

Hi is it okay to use protein powder instead of wheat flour? Or does it change the consistency?

Best pancakes ever! I added walnuts. I can’t wait for your cookbook!

OMG!!! Just made these pancakes for breakfast and WOW…phenomenal. I am gluten free, so I substituted Bob’s Red Mill GF oats and Bob’s Red Mill AP flour in equal amounts without a problem. I also used mini chocolate chips as they’re my favorite for baking and made sure to use a nice brown banana to keep some sweetness. They were very moist and filling. This recipe is definitely worth a try! My non-gluten free boyfriend asked me to make them again – that speaks volumes. Thanks so much for sharing! I’ll be following your blog from now on :)

This recipes is crazy good! I make it all the time. I reviewed it on my blog, if you’d like to take a look!

You know whats awesome? I found my way to this page from your most recent post (Toasted Coconut Pancakes, in case you are reading this later) and I think it is fabulous to see how much your blog has grown from the beginning! Thanks for sharing this, they sound delightful and I will certainly be trying them!

WOW! So impressed. I’ve tried making vegan pancakes before and they turned out super thick and chewy. These were moist, light, fluffy and extremely delicious. Only substitution I made was earth balance instead of almond butter, and I added some cinnamon. I like these better than traditional pancakes!

Just made these as I had a craving for pancakes and wanted something simple and yummy.
They turned out incredible! Thank you so much!

I love these pancakes! They are my standard ‘go to’ breakfast on weekends. I’ve been making them for about 2 years now and still enjoy them. I found that they cook best in an iron skillet. Frying them is tricky so don’t give up after the first time!

Just made these for breakfast and they were DELICIOUS! So decadent, moist and full of flavour. I subbed the flour for a vegan protein powder and worked perfectly. Can’t wait to make again :)

Very delicious, just in need of a little more sweetness in my opinion :) But definitely a original recipe, I make these pancakes every once in a while.

Now these look so good I have to stop everything and make them right now haha! Nothing can stop me when I get a chocolate craving :P

Lovely and super easy to make. I do not eat chocolate so no chocolate chips for me. But they are still perfect without the chocolate chips!

These were lovely and substantial in a healthy-feeling but decadent-tasting kind of way. The perfect special occasion breakfast! Today my special occasion was Thursday before work…I think that’ll do! Thank you for the wonderful recipe!

I have a question-I don’t have all the ingredients, so could I substitute an egg for a flax egg and peanut butter for almond butter? They look amazing!! I wish it was morning so I could have breakfast now!

Hello my name is Jessica and I cannot stop eating your pancakes. These are the best I have ever made. Thanks for the recipe, I’m going to tell the world about them.

Sincerely,
Jessica Pancake Face

P.s. subbed flax egg for a real one and the b almond milk for 2% which changes the calorie content. Also I read poorly so I ended up just mixing everything together instead of following the steps but they still turned out great!

I love you blog and recipes. Always a great source for food inspiration! However, I do sometimes wish there was some nutrition content to go along with each recipe.

Wow! These are good! My 3 yr old and I didn’t even need maple syrup with the chocolate chips and banana in there. I did a couple of substitutions, used an egg and peanut butter instead, because that’s what we had. Really good!

Hey, Dana! Recently, as I was searching for creative, easy, delicious vegan recipes, I stumbled upon your blog…and I’m sure glad I did! Your recipes are absolutely amazing, your photography is out of this world, and I love your commentary on your posts! I always find myself looking at the sidebar and clicking on whatever looks great (which is everything, really). Thank you for the inspiration :)

This recipe looks amazing and got such great reviews! Would love to make these tomorrow morning. Will this recipe be enough for two hungry people??

I made this pancake recipe exactly as shown here numerous times. I have also tried them with blueberries instead of chocolate. It is without a doubt the healthiest, most tasty and sustaining pancake recipe I have enjoyed. I consider the conventional pancake to be blood sugar skyrocketing junk food, but this recipe is an exception. You have succeeded in getting pancakes back into my menu! Many thanks!

I just made these and they were well….probably the worst pancakes I’ve made in years…The texture was like complete mush and even though I cooked them until they were close to burning it still felt like I was spooning raw pancake batter. I’m going to assume I did something horribly wrong, except I’m not sure what it was.

I am not a vegetarian or vegan and am on a pretty tight food budget but I make these all the time. I use a regular egg, peanut butter, dairy milk, and yogurt (in place of oil). They are still healthy and unbelievably delicious! Best of all my toddler loves them and I get to feel like I’m giving her a special breakfast without filling her up with junk food. Win/win! Thank you!

This looks lovely! I love chocolate chip of browning the butter.

you are such an inspiration. to see how your photos and everything in general has evolved over theses 3 years! wow. and these pancakes look wonderful!!

These pancakes rock! They are my “I had a bad day, pancakes makes it better ” meal. Thank you Dana !

Delicious pancakes! I’m always on the hunt for pancake recipes that use little to no flour, and such recipes are hard to come by. This recipe is perfect for my Sunday morning pancakes – oats, dark chocolate chips, a bit of nut butter, and I top them with a light drizzle of New England maple syrup. Next time I may try to toast the oats before mixing them in.

I can’t believe I haven’t thought of making such recipe. I love pancakes for breakfast but I am also aware of the amount sugar I can consume. Thank you for this recipe! I can now enjoy mornings with pancakes without feeling guilty.

Yummooooo! Definitely making these ASAP! Saw your comment on potentially swapping the banana for pumpkin purée and sang HOOOORAY! Can’t wait to try these. Thanks guys!

These are absolutely delicious – great recipe, thank you.

I’ve made these twice and love them and so do my little boys. I ended up adding just a tad bit more milk to my batter and used peanut butter instead of almond.

Hello this looks amazing but i was wondering if we can use peanut butter instead of almond butter? Thanks!

I did the recipe just as written and they turned out gooy in the middle and a bit dark/burned on the outside. What did I do wrong?

Could you use steel cut oats rather than rolled oats?

Made a double batch so we would have leftovers, hubbies with choc chips and mine with blueberries. Loved mine but couldn’t resist one of his, heaven! Will certainly make often!

Hi!
I tried them… and I have to admit… THERE ARE SO GOOD!
I try a new recipe every week, quite an addict of your blog ;) Thank’s for sharing awesome recipes <3

What a lovely and delicious recipe! I will definietly try it!
Alice

Goodness gracious me – delish!

These are outstanding!!!!! Comfort breakfast at its finest!!! I used Bob’s Mill All Purpose Gluten Free flour and it worked great. I wonder if coconut flour would work? I may try that next time. I’m a new follower to your blog and am very excited to have found you!!! Thank you for the wonderful recipes.

I used these pancakes to get my daughter (age 6) out of bed one morning. She LOVED them, and even more when I told her the story of your mom waking you up with them.

Then she asked for them every morning. I wasn’t that surprised. :)

This was amazing.. Since I started making this , I crave it and make more..

Thank you for posting this recipe–I couldn’t stop eating them!! Only thing is I followed the instructions to the letter and my pancakes seemed to fall apart a bit easily–do you have any suggestions as to what I could do to make a more cohesive batter? Thank you again!

It was reLly yummy and filling … Thank you for this awesome recipe..

Just gave it a try. It’s soooo good. Thank you for sharing!

Great recipe, very nutritious, easy to make and sooo tasty! Thanks!

Found this on pinterest and whipped them up straight away! They were delicious! The banana flavour was very strong as I used a very ripe banana but I don’t mind! They kinda tasted like a healthy banana muffin with choc chips which was a bonus. Made some little changes – used a real egg and used granola instead of oats. Still tasted amazing! Maple syrup on top added some good flavour! Thank you for an actual good dairy free pancake! Will definitely be making these again!

I love these pancakes! You’re my favorite food website to look at. A lot of your recipes have helped me cook and be better at it. Go minimalistbaker :)

I LOVE this recipe! I’ve made it so many times I’ve memorized it. I’m making a batch right now. It’s easy, fast, healthy, and hearty enough to last me all morning…all important things to a mom of a busy 7-month boy. I use chicken eggs and add cinnamon. I highly recommend cinnamon!

Is it necessary to use banana for this recipe?

Hi! Found this picture on Food Porn with the Food Porn logo on it without a recipe, searched using Google Images and then eventually found it here. Do you know they didn’t even bother to link back to your blog? You should do something about that, because it’s not right. :)

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I love your blog! The recipes are great and soooo delicious! Greetings from Venezuela. Xoxo

I have been making these for a couple of years now and have never commented but feel I must do so because my family ABSOLUTELY LOVES these pancakes. They are delicious and pretty easy. I get excited whenever my bananas start to turn a little brown because I know I have a special breakfast coming up. I am going to try them as the waffles this morning just to change it up. Thank you!

OMG. That’s all I can say. From picture, to plate, to mouth. SO GOOD. The best I’ve had, probably, ever. SOO SOO GOOD. Thank you much!! Also, such creativity, just awesome. Keep the vegan goodness coming.

Just made these this morning with a couple of minor substitutions: sunflower seed butter instead of the almond butter and flaxseed meal instead of the flour. They came out OK; I feel that the flaxseed meal was a bit too strong in flavor and overpowered the other ingredients. My 2 year old took a couple of bites but did not gobble them up like I had hoped! (we didn’t use maple syrup.) I am planning to try this recipe again with whole wheat flour, if that goes over well I will continue to other gluten free options. Loving your site and look forward to trying more recipes!

I have made these a million times and I absolutely love them! However anytime I have tried to double the recipe or even make it times 5to use my ripe bananas it never turns out right. The pancakes always seem Uncooked in the middle. Do you have any advice for what I might be doing wrong or how to best double or triple the recipe?

So I’m a little late to the game on these, obviously, but I’ve been a MB fan from the start! And yep, they are amazing. You ACTUALLY don’t need syrup for these. I’ve tried tons of pancake recipes where they’re like “omg so amazing you don’t need syrup”…but yeah, you do. But not with these! Love all of your recipes. Whenever I want to make something good I just come to your site and you never let me down. <3 you guys!

G’day guys from Oz. Made these this luvly Sunday morning. Used an egg and buckwheat flour and just a little more coconut milk to make them a little more spreadable. Cooked in coconut oil, served with coconut yoghurt and sf maple syrup. I used sf well naturally choc chips which have recently become available here. Made 6, just had 2, so, yay, brekkie for next 2 days sorted. On ya!

Do these freeze well? Looking for Eggo alternatives for my kids! Would like to make batches of healthy pancakes and waffles I can freeze.

Pancakes are not usual for Italian cuisine but these seems really really yummy! I really want to try them asap! Thanks for sharing!

I just discovered your blog and I am elated by the simplicity of the recipes and the wonderful pictures. I am on the verge of making a major lifestyle change to improve my eating habits but have been very stressed out and intimidated by all the complicated recipes and information I have found online. I love how delicious and enticing your recipes look but I mostly love the simple ingredients you use. Thank you! I can’t wait to try them out!

These pancakes are freaking amazing!!!!! I can’t wait to make them again!!! I used a real egg and whole milk and half almond and half peanut butter and they were YUMMY!!!

I just made these with my boyfriend, who is genuinely so disgusted by healthy food, he won’t touch anything green. But he loved these, he has asked me to ‘never not make these’ and yes, they were absolutely delicious, and I didn’t feel guilty about eating them. Thank you so much :)

Hi there,

Thanks for sharing this oh so simple and delicious recipe with all of us. I have one quick question. Can i sub the wheat flour for almond meal? or would a gluten free flour be preferred?

Thank you again.

Mine came out all gloppy ;( still looks good though but hard to flip

I am so in love with this recipe and make it once or twice every single week. I’ve had trouble with doubling/tripling/quadrupling this recipe. The texture never turns out right. Could you help me with increasing the size of the batch? I follow your recipe to a “t”… I take the step of warming real maple syrup on the stove before I get started so it thickens up for me by the time I am done. Please help so I can make more more more at a time! Thank you so much!

I am so in love w/these pancakes. My only problem has been trying to double/triple/quadruple the recipe. It

Made these just now and had to comment before I am even done eating them. These are FABULOUS!! I made a few adjustments. Regular egg, peanut butter, mashed up cottage cheese for the milk (no milk but desperate to try these) and added walnuts. They turned out perfect! So happy I tried these. Didn’t disappoint! Thanks :-)

Any suggestions as to what to replace the almond butter with??
Thanks! I can’t wait to make these

These are AMAZING!!
I’ve made them a few times now- they are even good cold out of the fridge!
I always use Pamela’s all purpose GF flour, but I’ve used peanut butter instead of almond butter, raisons instead of chocolate, i’ve added ground cinnamon and nutmeg….
even walnuts :-)
They always turn out super yummy!
And they freeze well too!
I make 5x the recipe because left overs are a must here.

Im totally gonna try making these for breakfast tomorrow ;)

by the way what type of program you’re using for editing your photos? i really like the way they look!

I am in love with this recipe. I only wish it was Saturday morning so I could test it out! This is a great way to use up overly ripe bananas. Thank you for sharing!

I want to try this recipe but I’m currently missing the flax; would it be okay if I just use regular eggs?

I was just curious If you and your family are vegans. Can you send me some more recipes.

Made these this morning. Amazing!! Just wish it was a bigger batch because they were gone in a flash!

Hi! We have an egg and nut allergy in our home. Any suggestions as to what to replace the almond butter with??
Thanks! I can’t wait to make these :)

Holy balls these were delicious! Super easy to make also, and my cooking expertise goes about as deep as burning toast. After getting assigned to make dinner for my roommates, I stumbled upon this gem and liked the promise of ease and taste, which it definitely lived up to. Using this as my go-to recipe site from now on!

I made these twice in the same weekend, and they were great! I used almond flour in place of regular flour the second time and found that the pancakes did not stay together at all, so I had to add regular flour to keep them from falling apart. Stick to the recipe as written and you will not be disappointed.

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But I just made these and they took forever to cook (still not completely cooked on the inside) and they are not fluffy or look anything like your photos. I used coconut oil, almond milk and peanut butter instead of almond butter because that’s what I had…. what did I do wrong or what can I do to make them better next time?

I was seriously craving pancakes the other night, found this recipe on Pinterest, and it absolutely failed. When I put the batter in the pan it never really formed into a solid pancake and then the bottom ended up turning black so I flipped the pancake and still no solid fluffy pancake formed. It ended up just being a heaping pile of blackended, uncooked batter somehow. I used almond meal for the flour and baking soda because I was out of baking powder. Is this the culprit?

Hello! Im making these as we speak! Very excited :) Would it be better to make them and then put them in the fridge or to refrigerate the mixture instead? Thank you!

Not at all minimalist, and requires more milk, but definitely, YUM! Also good with vegan carob chips :-)

My 3 year old son is a pancake addict and I’ve gone dairy-free, so these were a great compromise. He loves them! And you’re very right, no need to add sugar thanks to the banana. I did use a real egg, peanut butter instead of almond butter, and rice milk instead of almond milk. Totally delicious! Thanks!!

These were absolutely awesome. I was looking for something to do with oatmeal to spark my kids interest and this was it. I used an egg instead of a flax egg, I was out of Flax powder. I always keep bananas in the freezer for making things. They were soooo good…thank you.

These were really good. I have a family of 6 and doubled the recipe but I think triple would’ve been better. However, I also tried some other recipe which wasn’t as great. I too subbed the almond milk for 1% regular milk! the almond butter for yogurt based butter and the flax egg for a real egg. I will try it next tine with the almond butter. This is a keeper! Kids loved them.

These are SO yummy!! My husband and kids loved them too. Too bad I need to quadruple the recipe probably-ha! I had all the ingredients on hand so finally gave them a try, now I want to look at all of your other recipes. Thanks!

I am literally writing this as we finish eating. oh.my! I made this fiercely delicious recipe as one of my last hurrahs to sweets – giving them up for a while – but realized that I could actually eat them (sans chocolate) with just a bit of butter on top…oh, happy day! i also made them with p. butter and actual egg, but imagine that many variations would be delectable also. Thanks for your efforts to combine health with taste! PS -my husband is loving them too! :-)

I made these for breakfast and fell in love! I used an egg instead of a flax egg, and increased a little bit of the flour and it was really delicious. I loved the oats giving it a bit of a crunch and chocolate makes everything taste better. I will definitely be filing this in my recipe book, I’ll need to bookmark more of your recipes :)

My son and I just love these pancakes. They are healthy with a little something extra special(Chocolate!) I usually use peanut butter in place of the almond butter and they are just awesome! Thanks for the recipe!

Best pancakes I ever eaten. Never knew rolled oats and chocolate chips would make a tasty pancake. Thanks for the recipe.

These were so amazing I couldn’t even believe it when I took a bite. I used a real egg, peanut butter and quick oats because that is what I had on hand, and they were so delicious I ate the entire serving in about 5 minutes, no leftovers here! Will definitely be making again. My new favorite pancake.

Why does your bowl looks like it has enough liquid but the 3 tbsp doesn’t seem like enough for mine!?

Love this recipe – thanks! I freeze these all the time so they’re ready when I want them (and actually love them even more when reheated! I’ve played with swapping ingredients and they always turn out. :) Success swapping almond butter for sunflower butter and almond milk for oat milk. Have also used eggs rather than flax ‘eggs’. Whole wheat pastry flour works beautifully (and lightens them up a little, I think), but King Arthur GF flour has worked also. Finally, I add a good pinch of cinnamon (might help for those who aren’t huge banana fans).

Hi Dana,
I’m writing you from Germany :) I just had your delicious pancakes for breakfast! This was the first time ever I made pancakes – but not the last time :D
Thanx for this yummie recipe!!
Claudia

Hi!
I made these this morning and they were amazing! Could you recommend a substitute for the banana? While I thought they were great just as they are, my picky children weren’t keen on the banana (I know, silly kids!) Thank you so much for sharing – I am loving your site. :)

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Hi. Would this recipe work with all oat flour instead of the oats and flour? If so, how much do you think? I’m worried that my son (who has sensory issues) might not like the texture, but I would really like to find a good gluten free pancake recipe for him that is healthy and easy.

I just made these for Valentines Day breakfast, and they were amazing!!! My boyfriend was equally as pleased. The only modification I made was using a real egg instead of flax egg, and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the recipe!

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These look delicious. I’m not a big banana fan (my bf is though). I saw a picture on pinterest with the caption Healthy and almost fell off my couch. Good job! Def. need to try soon!

I was craving something sweet and ended up making these for dinner. Trying to eat healthy and omg these are delicious!!! I used coconut oil and crunchy almond butter which makes them that much better! Ended up using a little extra milk. Great recipe,

I just found this recipe and it looks amazing! One question though: could this double as a waffle recipe? I can’t see why it wouldn’t because waffles and pancakes have the same ingredients, but you never know sometimes.

I just discovered this site the other day and there are so many delicious looking recipes! These pancakes are the first recipe I made, I made a double batch for my parents and I, this morning, and they were delicious! They were dense and oaty but in a good way. I will definitely be making them again and trying a bunch of your other recipes.

I am making these for new years day breakfast. I was wondering if I could make the batter in advance? how far in advance would be ok? Thanks so much. Can’t wait to try them!

I’ve just moved and I can’t find my go-to pancake recipe so I searched the internet. I was disgusted with all the chocolate chip pancake recipes I was finding. All involved added white sugar and all the pictures showed these thin, white, boring pieces of blah. As soon as I seen your chocolate chip pancake picture, I knew this was a good recipe. I’m not vegan but I love to use flax and oats are essential to a delicious, hearty pancake (in my opinion). Good job, the only criticism I have is that the recipe makes such a small batch. Next time I will be doubling it at least! Thanks!

This has become my family’s go-to gluten free pancake recipe. I always triple the recipe so we have leftovers. Today I mixed it up a bit and replace some of the banana with pumpkin – it was a huge hit. Thank you!

Has anyone tried freezing them?

These are my favorite pancakes, and I have been cooking different kinds of pancakes for years! We have them every Saturday morning now. I use almond milk and almond flour to make them gluten-free. I’ve also found that letting the batter sit for at least 5 minutes to thicken before cooking makes the pancakes hold together better. Thanks so much for this wonderful, healthy pancake recipe!

Saw the link on FB last night and made them this a m. Delicious and nuitrious and a welcome change from my two ingredient cookie breakfast.

These look so good! I’d love to give them a try.
Would an egg work in place of the flax egg?

These look delicious and must be really healthy!

I made the batter the night before to make it faster on school morning. Slightly hard to flip but kids loved them and I love giving them a whole grains breakfast! Thank you.

Question…
If I choose NOT to make it with the ripe banana, applesauce or any other fruit purée, is there anything I should add more of or perhaps less of?
I am not a fan of cooked banana at all! Despite, I gave it a try with this recipe anyway. Ignoring the smell and taste of banana in these pancakes, I thought they weren’t bad. The chocolate chips truly helped LOL.

These tasted wonderful! I used regular egg and milk since that works for our diet. Only problem was they they got nearly black before they were firm enough to flip. They weren’t burned exactly, but got so dark that I really had to convince my kids to try them first. A double recipe was just right for a family of 4. Very filling and tasty!

Delicious pancakes! We make them at least once a week! Most requested breakfast at our house! Can you make a vegan apple cinnamon pancake recipe?

Just made this recipe for breakfast and doubled it so I could share with the whole fam- so good and easy!! Love the texture with the oatmeal in it. Thanks so much!

I’ve made these twice! SOOOO GOOOD! I just added some unsweetened coconut and peanut butter because I didn’t have almond butter. Thank you, these are a new staple in my kitchen

Winner! Perfect and Delish. Thanks!

Pumpkin subbing: Disappointed to say that substituting the banana for Libby’s pure pumpkin did NOT turn out well :( I was out of bananas and figured the pumpkin would give it a similar mushy texture but I ended up with a pan full of unflippable, yucky, messy batter that just did not firm up. I know it’s entirely my fault for changing the recipe and I’ll definitely try it again someday with the banana!

Is there any way to modify this recipe to make it into banana bread but with the same taste?
Would adding more flour work?

I made these over the weekend using a real egg instead of vegan egg, peanut butter instead of almond butter, & skim milk instead of almond milk. I topped them with banana slices & a few extra semi-sweet chocolate chips. Added a glass of milk and…..perfection! I will definitely make these again, they were amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!!

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These look very good, and I am not a pancake person. I’m forwarding to my daughter who IS a pancake freak!

I used a regular egg and coconut flour. They are delicious but refuse to keep the shape of a pancake. They are more like pancake pieces. Any thoughts?

I love this recipe for many reasons. The primary one is that it’s DELICIOUS and it’s hard to mess it up. I saw this a few days ago and have made them half a dozen times already, yes- I had pancakes for dinner. They come out moist, soft on the inside but with crunch on the outside. You don’t need to add the syrup because they are plenty sweet. The picture was what really attracted me to this recipe and it just happens to be that my boyfriend is a vegetarian working towards becoming vegan so this recipe is definately going in our treasure box. I really did not expect to get such great results without eggs, milk and butter. This is fantastic. Thank you so much :)

I bookmarked this a while ago, but never had the chance to make it. This morning I found I had all the ingredients and OH MY WHY DID I NOT TRY THIS EARLIER it’s brilliant. Thank you for an amazing recipe. x

These look TO DIE FOR!!! I like way too many of your recipes…I don’t even know where I should start!

These are my favourite! I’m so happy I came across your website, I’ve been loving your recipes so far!

So so yummy!!! I did use actual eggs instead of flax eggs & peanut butter instead of almond butter. They turned out amazing!

These look amazing!! HAVE to make them sometime soon!

Could you use peanut butter in place of almond butter? And what could you substitute for the flax seed meal if you have none on hand?

Can you substitute chia seeds for the flax seeds?

Just made these with a couple of variations and Oh my amazing !! Thank you!!

Made these again……….this time used the almond butter, incredible! Daughter suggested heating maple syrup with chopped walnuts.

Delicious! I’m new to your blog, and absoloutely love your minimalist baking – very refreshing! Looking forward to seeing more!

OMG I saw this recipe tonight and couldn’t stop thinking about it so I loaded the kids in the car and went and got almond butter and chocolate chips. Came home and made them and they are scrumptious.

Can’t wait to give these a try! Looks delish

I made these this morning, they were delicious! I didn’t have any syrup because I’m out of 100% pure maple but I’ll try them with it next time. I think next time I’ll sub the whole wheat flour with coconut flour and see how they do or possibly leave out the flour all together.

Made these for breakfast this morning since I had a well ripened banana and homemade almond butter on hand. I used a gluten free all purpose flour and vegan mini chocolate chips. These were delicious. My only issue was the batter being thick and mine tended to slightly burn. After reading the comments I will add a little more coconut milk next time and lower the temp. I had it on medium but every stove is different. Despite all that, I ate the whole stack not realizing the calorie/carb counts. Next time ill do half-sies! Thanks for the recipe!

Can you make the “egg” with chia in place of the flax?

so i just decided to look back at where this recipe came from. turns out your name is Dana (so is mine) and you posted this recipe on june 22 (my birthday). how weird!! anyway, just wanted to say that it is clearly a majorly popular thing you have here since i put it on my blog (gastrogirl.tumblr) 8 months ago and as of right now it has 153,047 notes. it gained 32 as i typed this. you’re a rock star!

I made a double batch and they were delicious. However, they were not very fluffy and tended to break apart. I did everything exactly as the recipe except I used almond flour instead of all purpose. Would that make such a difference? Any thoughts or recommendations so they will be fluffier and stick together better next time? Thanks for the recipe!

Looks so yummy!!!

These pancakes were delicious and very filling. Is this recipe supposed to serve two people? My boyfriend and I had double it. I will also have to adjust the liquid (milk), my batter was a little thick (my flour must have been too packed) and it was a little bit more difficult to handle in the pan… This recipe is a keeper!

These are AMAZING! I have eaten 1/3 serving of these everyday for the last 2 weeks. I’m addicted. I make them in advance and then heat up in the microwave; ready in 30seconds! It’s a delicious and healthy way to get in my carbs after my workout!! Thank you for this recipe!

DELICIOUS! I’ve switched the quantities of oats & flour and used a chicken egg, but otherwise exactly followed this recipe. They have lots of texture & flavour, but are still a little fluffy. Usually eating pancakes makes me feel sick and bloated, but these do not. I have been making these for my family every weekend, we love them.

I really want to make these, I’ve had the recipe saved forever now! But, I only have whole flaxseed, not flaxseed meal. Is there a way to still make these?

Just made these for my kids and they loved them, now I have a much better breakfast option for me and the kids. Thanks!!!

Wow! I tried these this morning. They are so soft, chewy, and crispy with gooey globs of chocolate, and bits of oats that they are exactly like oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookie pancakes. I think you nailed this. The first two pancakes seemed to be clinging to the pan for their lives for some reason, which I think is because there might have been too much banana, so I added a pinch more flour to the rest of the batter and greased the pan a bit more and they turned out fine. So yummy, and really filling.

Holy cats! Tastiest pancakes ever. I used a real egg, peanut butter instead of the almond butter and also added in some fresh homemade applesauce and sliced almonds. Topped it off with some vanilla greek yogurt, bananas, and some raspberries. Delish!!

Sooo yummy!! I added some extra egg whites and a little more oats for a little more protein. Delish!

I was just curious if I could make these in a waffle iron? I am unable to make pancakes on my stove at the moment and would LOVE to try these out! Get back to me when you can. :)

Love this i wonder if you could bake themm??? Hmm

Just made these and they were so good!!

I LOVE making healthy pancakes, I do it at least once a week! These are def in my top 5 fav healthy pancake recipes. I added blueberries becaus I always like to get an extra serving of fruit :). I tried 1 pancaked w.o the BB and it turned out lovely. When I added the BB’s, it became a big mess and the cakes would not stay together – boo! O well, I can still eat them :) Thanks!!

I saw these on pinterest the other day and couldn’t wait to make them for our traditional sunday breakfast. My 3 year old daughter just said “these are yummy momma!” I agree. delicious. Made them just like the recipe said except I didn’t have almond butter so I used tahini and it was fine. They have to get pretty brown before flipping so I burned the first one. just fyi. anyway, great, easy recipe. thanks!

I’m interested in making these but I’m allergic to ALL tree nuts- almonds, pecans, walnuts etc. What would be a good substitute for the almond butter? Thanks!

Made these this morning for breakfast. Delicious! And very easy to make.

Im not sure if you have the nutritional info on this YUMMY pancakes which we absolute love, I can’t seem to see it anywhere on this post :( , but you think you could post the nutritional facts. Thank You

I’m making these now and followed to a T only doubled it I used coconut flour and read some responses and realized why they were so think. My main complaint is that they never binded together they remained just a blob that was hot instead of a blob in the mixing bowl. They never became pancake like ever. So bummed too cause I made kind of a brig deal to my family “breakfast for dinner!” So my tea maher tried it again exactly as listed still no good. But your pictures are incredible and we had lots of fun in the kitchen.

Just ate these for breakfast! YUM! I added a dollop of vanilla greek yogurt on top of my stack and drizzled a bit of lite syrup over it. Love!

I’m totally making these tomorrow for Sunday breakfast!

I’ve made these pancakes more than a few times since first discovering this recipe. We love them! I use peanut butter instead of almond butter, an egg instead of the flax egg, and sometimes we use skim milk instead of almond. While I’m not entirely sure that they taste like chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, we don’t care. Whatever the taste, we can’t get enough of these! Thanks for posting such an awesome recipe!

I made these this morning for my family and they were soooo delicious! I did omit almond butter and used soy milk (my 9 year old is allergic to dairy, egg and nuts) but otherwise followed your recipe exactly and the whole family loved them! Next weekend we are going to try your blueberry muffin pancakes. Thanks for the yummy allergy friendly recipes!

I made these for breakfast yesterday. They were a HUGE hit!! All 3 of my kiddos liked them. I made them GF , but they were still easy to work with. I can see this becoming a regular in my house :)

Thanks for sharing.

this is food porn

I just made a version of these and it was amazing! I used egg whites since I didn’t have flax and I omitted the almond butter – they still turned out great.

Thanks for the idea!

Could you provide the nutritional information on this recipe! Sounds and looks deli sh, but I want to count WW points for it. Thanks!

can i use almond or coconut flour in sub for regular wheat flour?

Has anyone tried with pumpkin yet? It’s my favorite…just wanted to see how much to use in place of the banana, which I do not like at all. Thanks!

These are delicious! I add a bit of water to make the batter thinner. I make a double recipe and cook them all and have enough to reheat in the microwave every morning for an easy breakfast for the week.

Looks so extremely delish and yummie, love the fact there is no need for sugar. I definitely have to try this one!

These look fantastic! Do you know how many carbs they have? I am trying to see how many Weight Watchers points they are!

Made them this morning and they were delicious! They did not look half as pretty as yours, but I am thinking it’s because I used almond flour instead of whole wheat. Mine didn’t really keep any shape. But regardless they tasted great, plenty sweet (i used dark choc chips) and very hearty. Thanks!

Just wanted to let you know I found these on Pinterest. Made them and we loved them! LOVED!! Can’t wait for the rest of the bananas to get more ripe so we can have more. Thank you so much!

These pancakes are absolutely dee-licious and has instantly become a family-breakfast classic! We make it at least once a week. I can’t thank you enough for sharing this recipe! You’re taste is impeccable. I’m now a huuge fan of your blog. If you ever require assistance in recipe-testing as some chefs do, I’d be more than happy to contribute my time and efforts. Thanks again!

These sound wonderful! I have one question…does peanut butter work fine as well? Or soy milk? Trying to substitute with things we have :) thanks

What is a flax egg? Please elaborate! Thank you. Any substitute?

Funny story about these pancakes: I made a batch for myself last Saturday along with a batch of crazy not good for you cinnamon roll pancakes for the kids (please don’t judge me :-)). My oldest slept in and didn’t get to eat with the rest of us, so I stuck the rest of your recipe and his share of the “other” pancakes in the microwave with the intent of finishing the chocolate chip ones when I got home from the gym (again, no judgement allowed). As I was heading out the door, I told the oldest that his super special pancakes were in the microwave, assuming that he would know that I meant the ones swirled with cinnamon sugar and topped with cream cheese frosting. When I got home from the gym, I opened the microwave for my reward for working out on Saturday and found instead the cinnamon roll pancakes. I asked my son why he didn’t eat his breakfast and he told me he had – he ate those awesome chocolate chip pancakes I had left for him! My husband then looked me right in the eye and said, “See what you’ve done! You’re turning them all into vegans!” I told him I intended the other pancakes for him, to which he replied he would rather have the banana chocolate chip pancakes any day. Thanks for the awesome recipe and for helping me quietly convert my children to veganism :-)

Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome recipes!! I recently subscribed to your blog, and your recipes are amazing! I went vegetarian about 7-8 months ago, and have begun trying to eat vegan now for the past month or so. I was struggling with baking though, because I didn’t know what to replace eggs with. Well now, thanks to you, I have an egg substitute that works AND is healthier!

Tnx for the recipe I will try it this afternoon :)

I tried this recipe recently and I LOVE it! I eliminated the chocolate chips to stay on my strict diet, but they were still VERY good. Thank you for posting this! Side note: clean-up was a breeze!

I’m allergic to almonds, what can I substitute for the almond butter?

I used an egg, organic whole milk, coconut oil, and oat flour. They turned out delicious!! Thanks for the healthy recipe!

Hi my daughter is allergic to all nuts and seeds. Any suggestions?

i LOVE these pancakes!!! i add a bit of cinnamon and omit the oil, but they are so perfect. :) great post-workout or pre-homework fuel. i like to top them with more almond butter, more chocolate chips, and a drizzle of molasses. mmmmm…

Very delicious and healthy too! thanks for the recipe.

Very delicious and healthy too! thanks for the recipe

There’s fat and sugar in the choc chips.

Thank you! :) :) :) I’ll try this soon :D

Hi!! These look lovely :) I can’t wait to try them. But, how can i replace flax egg?

I’ve made these almost every day for breakfast for the past two weeks! SO GOOD!

These sound absolutely delish!! I just started with weight watchers. Do you know how many carbs if using whole wheat flour? Thanks!

Is the banana flavor very obvious? Hubbs hates bananas but I sure would like to sneak it in and try this recipe on him anyway! Or, could you recommend a substitute ingredient?

Gorgeous first post! I have added you to my RSS feed and look forward to more greatness.

Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Pancakes are simply the BEST! I made them gluten free, and did not use butter cream because I did not have any and never used it before, but I don’t think it needed it because they were SO good. I also used soy butter. I keep my very ripe bananas in the freezer and when I need them I just defrost them and used them :) I have done these pancakes two times already and my kids, husband and I love them! Thank you very much, and congratulations!

Mine did not turn out looking like yours. They were yummy but I think my batter was much thicker! Perhaps I need to add more milk?? The batter was super thick!! Yours look way better and more like a pancake.

Also, I didn’t have chocolate chips so I replaced them with dried cherries and it was yummy!

I LOVE THIS recipe! I recently made this for my friends (a modified version) and it was a huge hit. Thank you so much for sharing. Your blog is fantastic!

Wow! For your first blog post, just an amazing turn out in responses. Congratulations! I know its probably early for requests…but I’m a waffle queen, mostly because I work from my car, and waffle sticks are so much easier to carry. I would love to see this as a waffle recipe! The batter seems to be thick enough that it might actually be a good waffle as is :) Thanks for the wonderful pics, and the post, you have a loyal follower!

Just made them… the trick is to make very small pancakes… it was very good the nutritional value for the whole batch is around 1000 calories…. I ended up eating them all !!!

Oh my god these are good. I am eating them right now! Not like the usual cakey, spongy pancakes. Dense and perfectly sweet. Thank youuu

I like to throw together oatmeal, a bit of oil, a spoonful of maple syrup and enough water to make slightly soupy and
make waffles. Finish with Nutella and a few sliced strawberries for a decadent treat.

Made these w my kids for dinner tonight…taste good…texture weird. If u r thinking pancake it’s not at all…but if u r thinking fried oatmeal than its spot on. I love the healthy twist n the chocolate lure for the kids. Did anyone else have textural issues or just me? I’d love it more pancakey

I made these this morning with a real egg, natural peanut butter, skim milk, and no canola. They were pretty good! I liked that they weren’t sugary sweet or crumbly, but I imagine they might be a little bland without the chocolate. I also added about a tsp of cinnamon. Might add more next time.

I just finished eating these…they were delicious! I was a little skeptical because they didn’t look as pretty as your pics…but they tasted like warm gooey chocolate chip cookies. I swapped out flour for spelt flour and I had a large chunk of belgium chocolate so I just cut some off of that and chopped it up instead of the chocolate chips. I will definitely makes these again, but next time I think I will substitute the oil for applesauce. Thanks for the recipe and can’t wait to see more ideas from you!

I made these this morning and they were awesome! I will definitely keep this recipe for a long time! OH! My toddler adored these with a side of strawberries! She is so picky too! Thank you for helping me feed my kid today! lol! :)

I made these this morning and of course, they were amazing! Banana, oatmeal, and choc chips are one of my favorite flavor combinations by far. The recipe made 5 small pancakes and after 2 I was completely full and satisfied! I also was looking for a way to use a very ripe banana I had and my new almond butter and flax meal so this was perfect! The only changes I made were white flour because I was out of whole wheat and regular 2% milk because I have no issue with dairy. As for the calories, even though these do taste decadent, they were so filling I was right around where I wanted to be for breakfast anyway. Plus these would have a very different effect on your body than regular pancakes drenched in syrup. I found these needed very little syrup.

I have had this recipe on my pinterest boards for a while. We woke up this morning but couldn’t decide what to eat so I decided to make these. Oh my goodness!! We loved them. I know some people are grumbling about calories etc… but would you really have them every day for breakfast?! This is a breakfast treat for us. We are already planning the next time we have them and are considering adding grated apple and cinnamon instead of the chocolate chips. Can’t wait. We will be back to look for more of your recipes!! Well done. Xx

I’m confuse as to how the serving size works. It says that 3-5 pancakes per serving and its 400 calories. And the recipe makes just about 5-6. Shouldn’t it mean that the whole thing is one serving?

These are the best pancakes. My kids LOVE them.

Was very excited to try this, thinking it would be healthier with bananas, wheat flour and oats. Well, it really isn’t. Picture is beautiful… but 400 calories for 2 small pancakes is not that figure friendly to me. They do taste okay, better than another recipe I tried, but not really anything I absolutely must make again.

I want to make these soooo bad but I’m allergic to banana…. any idea what I could use for a replacement? They look so tasty!

I’ve made these twice now. The first time I pretty much followed the recipe, but used eggs and scooped a few table spoons of ground flax, and added the last cup of a multigrain mix from trader joes to clear out the pantry. Today we skipped the almond butter, and used coconut butter and also sloped the choc chips. Added a mix of raspberries and blue….. Kids devoured both batches!

I used a normal chicken egg and they turned out great! Should’ve added a little honey to make them sweeter though.