Making your favorite winter beverage into your favorite breakfast food is easier than you think. With these fluffy hot chocolate pancakes and marshmallow syrup, every bite is wonderful and filling.
Recipe: $2.96 | Per Serving: $0.30 | Yields: 10 pancakes
I went through a few "failure" attempts at trying to create the BEST chocolate pancake and FINALLY settled on this one. The use of chocolate milk to be the liquid really helps to seal the deal and pack in more flavor and richness.
The hot cocoa pancakes really do taste like chocolate, and the marshmallow syrup on top just brings all the wonderful hot cocoa flavors you desire into your every bite.
These pancakes feel rich and decadent without being "too rich" or "too sweet." Packed with the perfect balance of flavor in every bite, you're sure to make these a new seasonal tradition.
If you love hot chocolate, then make sure to check out my Easter Egg Hot Chocolate and my Butterfingers Hot Chocolate.
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🍯 Why This Recipe Works
- Simple ingredients. A lot of the ingredients we use are simple and basic pantry staple ingredients. Meaning that this recipe is easy enough to make with very minimal shopping needed.
- Easy to make. Making these pancakes from scratch is just as simple as any other recipe, only more fun because there's chocolate.
- A wonderful addition to the season. Serve these pancakes up as fun and exciting Christmas Breakfast Ideas, or enjoy them all winter season long.
🥘 Ingredients
Ingredient Notes:
Baking Cocoa- For a nice chocolate taste in every pancake, you will need some baking cocoa powder.
Chocolate Milk- I highly recommend buying some chocolate milk for this recipe. I have tried this recipe with regular milk, and it isn't the same.
The flavor just isn't strong enough and in the words of my daughter, "it tastes watered down." Pancakes should never taste like water, and should always be full of flavor, right?
Marshmallow syrup- Buy a jar of marshmallow fluff or marshmallow cream. That is the base of this simple marshmallow syrup recipe. Adding in hot water and vanilla make it thin enough to drizzle on your pancakes.
If you still have marshmallow fluff left, try our Rice Krispie Treats with Marshmallow Fluff and Oreo Bundt Cake with Marshmallow Icing.
For specific ingredients and measurements, please see the recipe card below.
🔪 Instructions for Hot Chocolate Pancakes
Step 1: Preheat a greased skillet to medium-high.
Step 2: Add the flour, sugar, baking cocoa, baking powder, and salt to a large mixing bowl (Image 1).
Step 3: Whisk together to combine (Image 2).
Step 4: Add the eggs to another large bowl (Image 3).
Step 5: Lightly beat with a whisk (Image 4).
Step 6: Mix in the chocolate milk, and then stir in the canola oil and vanilla extract (Image 5).
Step 7: Gently combine the wet ingredients with the dry until the flour is moistened but a few lumps might remain (Images 6&7).
If you want the batter thinner, add in 1-2 teaspoons of milk at a time until desired consistency.
Step 8: When the skillet is ready, pour ¼ cup measures of pancake batter onto the skillet and cook until the edges look set and the center is bubbly. About 2-4 minutes.
Step 9: Flip and cook until the other side is lightly browned. Repeat until all pancakes have been cooked (Image 8).
Step 10: Serve with marshmallow syrup.
Marshmallow Syrup
Step 11: In a small bowl, combine the ingredients needed for the syrup until well mixed.
Step 22: Pour over pancakes as use as desired.
Serve warm and enjoy!
🍴 Recipe Tips
- Handle Batter Gently- Avoid overworking the batter. Once wet and dry ingredients are combined, be gentle. Overmixing leads to flat, rubbery pancakes.
- Timing is Key- Wait for signs of readiness before flipping. Look for set edges, bubbles on the top, and easy sliding under the pancake with a spatula. If it resists flipping or bends, it's not ready.
- Hands Off- Resist the urge to press down on cooking pancakes. Let heat do its job, raising the pancake naturally. If centers remain doughy while edges burn, adjust heat settings for optimal cooking.
💭 Recipe FAQs
You can keep leftover chocolate milk pancakes stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days, just reheat and enjoy. Or eat them cold- it's up to you.
Topping these dessert-like hotcakes with more marshmallows, candy cane bits, sprinkles, or whatever you'd normally put in a cup of cocoa is a fun way to make them a little more realistic.
No, we discovered that incorporating hot cocoa mix into the pancake batter didn't contribute much flavor and left the pancakes lacking. For a more satisfying hot chocolate taste, using chocolate milk and cocoa powder is a far more effective choice.
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📖 Recipe
Hot Chocolate Pancakes
Ingredients
Pancakes
- 1 ⅓ cups all purpose flour ($0.17)
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar ($0.12)
- ¼ cup baking cocoa ($0.36)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder ($0.10)
- ¼ teaspoon salt ($0.01)
- 2 large eggs ($0.30)
- 1 cup chocolate milk ($0.20)
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil ($0.09)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ($0.03)
Marshmallow Syrup
- 1 ½ cups marshmallow fluff (7-8ounce jar) ($1.57)
- 2 Tablespoons boiling water ($0.00)
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract ($0.01)
Instructions
Hot Chocolate Pancakes
- Preheat a greased skillet to medium-high.
- Mix together the dry ingredients in a bowl (flour, sugar, baking cocoa, baking powder, and salt).
- In another bowl, lightly beat the eggs.
- Mix in the chocolate milk, and then stir in the vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
- Gently combine the wet ingredients with the dry until the flour is moistened but a few lumps might remain. If you want the batter thinner, add in 1-2 teaspoons of milk at a time until desired consistency.
- When the skillet is ready, pour ¼ cup measures of pancake batter onto skillet and cook until edges look set and center is bubbly. About 2-4 minutes.
- Flip and cook until other side is lightly browned. Repeat until all pancakes have been cooked.
- Serve with marshmallow syrup.
Marshmallow Syrup
- In a small bowl, combine the ingredients needed for the syrup until well mixed.
- Pour over pancakes as use as desired.
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