Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes

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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