Chocolate Chip Pancakes are fluffy buttermilk pancakes filled with chocolate chips to start your day right! Learn my trick to getting fluffy pancakes every time!
Every Saturday evening, our kids are excited to go to bed. Like actually in a hurry to go to bed. Not on Monday, not on Wednesday or any other day of the week - only Saturday. The reason - Sunday morning breakfast. Because every Sunday I make pancakes and waffles for breakfast.
Ingredients:
- all-purpose flour
- granulate sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- buttermilk (See note for homemade)
- egg
- vanilla extract
- oil
- chocolate chips
Buttermilk:
Since I make pancakes every week, you bet I learned my favorite recipe and learned a trick or two to get them perfectly fluffy every time. My secret? Buttermilk, or sour milk actually. I never buy buttermilk in a store. I always make it myself. All you need is whole milk and vinegar. It's perfect for cakes, cupcakes, sweet breads, loaf cakes and of course pancakes. But sometimes, it just so happens that the pancake batter comes out a little too thin and the pancakes fry up flat. And no one likes flat pancakes.
There is a fail-proof way to get a perfect batter and perfect pancakes every time! The secret lies in half and half (a mix of cream and milk). I discovered that if you use half and half (or equal part of cream and milk) and mix it with apple cider vinegar (I always use ACV in my cooking and leave the white one for cleaning) - you will get thick and rich buttermilk. Perfectly sour to react with baking soda in the batter and make it thick. You should be able to run the spatula across and see the bottom of your bowl for a second or two. If your batter is thick - your pancakes will be thick.
To jazz up my pancakes a little bit this week, I added semi-sweet chocolate chips. Because chocolate for breakfast is totally acceptable, allowed and recommended for a weekend breakfast. 🙂 You are welcome.
More easy breakfast recipes:
- Peanut Butter Jelly Pancakes Recipe
- Fluffy Whole Wheat Pancakes Recipe
- Apple Cider Pancakes
- Mini Pancake Muffins Recipe
- Best Sunday Waffles Recipe
- Best Blueberry Pancakes
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup + 2 Tablespoons half and half see note
- 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt).
- In a measuring cup, combine half and half and apple cider vinegar. Stir few times and let sit 2 to 3 minutes. It should thicken up and half and half should sour.
- Add egg, oil and vanilla to medium bowl or large measuring cup. Whisk until smooth. Add half and half and vinegar mixture. Whisk to combine. Add the wet ingredients and chocolate chips to dry ingredients and stir to combine. Do not overmix. The batter should be slightly lumpy. After few minutes (while the griddle pan heats up), the batter will thicken and have bubbles.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the batter (1 scoop per pancake) and fry on one side until bubbles form holes around the edges and towards the center. Flip pancakes and fry on the other side for 10 to 15 seconds. I always melt 1 tablespoon of butter on the griddle while it heats up.
- Serve warm with a slice of butter and drizzle of maple syrup.
Notes
- Half and half is often found next to coffee creamer in the dairy section of a grocery store. It's a combination of light cream and whole milk. You can substitute whole milk but from my experience it will not make as fluffy pancakes.
- Half and half mixed with apple cider vinegar makes the best homemade buttermilk and that's what I use. For this recipe you can also use store-bought buttermilk in place of the half and half and vinegar mixture.
Monica says
How much buttermilk would u use?
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
That would be one cup.
PegP says
Recipe calls for half-n-half and says "see note" right after that ingredient on the list. However, I've scrolled through the page three times and couldn't find a note. Is the note to say how to substitute something else for the half-n-half (I never have that on hand).
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Peg! Thank you! I updated the recipe with an explanation and substitutes. Hope this helps!
Shirley Camilleri says
These pancakes look lovely, but with being British, what is half and half.?
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Shirley! Half and half is a mixture of equal amounts of light cream and whole milk. I believe it is know as half cream in UK. I hope this helps!
Monica says
Where is the recipe?! Every time I click "jump to recipe" it just refreshes the page!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
It's should work now. So sorry!
Angie says
These are the loveliest pancakes I've ever made, they were so delicious and fluffy! I also tried the recipe without the chocolate chips. They were a huge success both times!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Angie! YAY! That's fantastic! Thank you so much for letting me know and for trying the recipe. 😀
Starla B says
Those look absolutely heavenly. I am definitely slacking because to be honest I have never tried making homemade pancakes. 😐 Ouch, I know!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
I am so excited for you to try this recipe then! You will never go back to a store-bought mix. They are so easy - promise! 🙂
Debra A Attinella says
I know my family would love these and you can never go wrong with chocolate chips 🙂
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Exactly! Thank you, Debra! 🙂
Sandi says
My all time favorite breakfast food!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thanks, Sandi!
Patricia says
Love the tip on the half & half and the ACV! These look great, and love the chocolate chips! Nice!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Patricia!
Jenny says
Wow, these are SUPER fluffy. I'm gonna keep buttermilk in my fridge all of the time!
Becky Hardin says
Oh yum!!! One of my favorite pancakes --- chocloate chip!!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thanks, Becky!
Medha says
I love chocolate chip pancakes! After shows in high school, the entire cast and crew would go to a local diner for dinner on Friday night and I always got chocolate chip pancakes 🙂 So yum!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Awww, I love that! Thank you for sharing, Medha!
Kimberly says
These pancakes couldn't possibly look more perfect - YUM!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Kimberly!
Ginny McMeans says
These pancakes look so perfect and fat. I love that you do your own 'buttermilk'. You can actually do that with non-dairy milk too. Thanks for the great recipe.