Healthy Chocolate Buckwheat Protein Pancakes
Pancakes are taking over my life!!
Juuust kidding, but I kind of wish they were… ever since I made my first successful batch I’ve wanted to eat pancakes all day long. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I know I’m not alone on that one 😉
Pancakes are so simple to make at home, there is no reason to buy those processed storebought mixes. These Healthy Chocolate Buckwheat Protein Pancakes are easy to make and nutritionally balanced, just take a look at the nutrition label below!
But you see that stack of pancakes below? Think: sugar free, high fiber, high protein, filling, healthy, guilt free awesomeness… because that’s what these pancakes are!
Healthy Chocolate Buckwheat Protein Pancakes
Ingredients
- 30g (¼ cup) Buckwheat Flour
- 21g (1 scoop) Chocolate Brown Rice Protein Powder
- 10g (2 tbs) Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder
- 1 tsp Double-Acting Baking Powder
- 3 packets Natural Sweetener (stevia, Truvia, etc.)
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- ⅔ cup + 1 tbs Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
Instructions
- Spray a nonstick pan with cooking spray and place on your stove's lowest heat setting.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the buckwheat flour, protein powder, cocoa powder, baking powder, truvia and salt.
- Add the almond milk and whisk until clumps are gone.
- Raise the stove's temperature setting to medium/medium-high and once hot enough, scoop a spoonful of batter onto the pan. Cook for 2-4 minutes, or until the entire pancake surface looks dry. Gently flip the pancake (careful, they are a delicate) and cook for an additional 2-4 minutes.
- Do this with the rest of the batter, then serve with maple syrup, Chocolate Almond Butter, Almond Joy Candy Spread, fruit and/or chocolate chips!
C’mon, make these now.
You only need 6 ingredients, 15 minutes, and one serious appetite!
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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Indulge − no strings attached!
I added a 1/4 cup of raspberries, a tablespoon of spelt flour and a teaspoon of chia seeds to this recipe to bulk it up and help it bind, (oh, and used sorghum flour instead of buckwheat cos it was all I had)and encountered a bit of a “problem”… the batter tasted like the best brownie batter you could imagine! This made actually convincing myself to cook it quite difficult! 😛 Worked beautifully though. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
I’m glad you liked the recipe! Adding raspberries to the batter sounds great, I gotta try that next time.
And I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to eat the batter pre-cooking 😉
These pancakes are amazing! I made them with vanilla soy protein powder and it worked great; they were still very chocolatey from the cocoa powder. I never thought I could have a huge stack of delicious chocolate pancakes that’s this healthy, high in protein, easy to make, and vegan too. These (and your other buckwheat pancakes) have definitely earned a spot in my regular breakfast rotation! Thanks for the recipe!
I’m glad the soy protein worked, I was scared other protein powders might now work! So glad you like the recipe 🙂
Thanx for your post. Protein powders are beneficial. They provide your body with protein that the food you eat may not be providing.
I’m not a vegetarian….do you suppose this would still work with Whey protein powder????
I’m pretty sure whey protein will work, but in my past experience, whey protein tends to make things a little dry. I would recommend adding a tablespoon of oil or applesauce to add some moisture. I hope this works out for you!
If not, here is a good-looking fallback:
http://www.greenplaterule.com/recipes/gluten-free-protein-pancakes/
Would it work without flour at all?
No 🙁 The flour thickens up the batter and provides substance and nutrition. If you don’t have flour, you can try doubling (or even tripling) the protein powder to get a cake batter consistency. But I’m not sure how that would taste… if you have extra protein powder lying around I guess a practice pancake batch wouldn’t hurt?
Hi! These pancakes look amazing. I’m so happy i found your blog, I’ll be using it ALL the time. Question: Can I use coconut flour instead of Buckwheat? If I use the buckwheat flour, I don’t get as high a fibre content as you show in the breakdown.
Thanks!
Aw thanks, I hope you like all the recipes!!
As for the ingredient substitution, I wouldn’t recommend replacing the buckwheat flour with coconut flour. Coconut flour absorbs a lot of liquid and might dry out the pancakes. Also, coconut flour tends to make things crumbly. You can try using coconut flour but I would recommend adding an egg to the batter as well.
Hope you like the pancakes!
-Jess
It seems delicious. Thanks for the recipe. I’ll ask my mom to make it today. Don’t wanna wait for it.
Would oat flour work as a substitute for the buckwheat? I live in a small town and that’s not an ingredient I’m able to find locally.
Thanks!
btw – your matcha protein bars = AMAZING!
I haven’t tried it but I think it might work! Both flours seem to absorb quite a bit of liquid (probably due to the fiber content) so I think the texture will be similar 🙂
And YAYYY I’m so glad you liked the Matcha Protein Bars!! 😀
-Jess
Excuse me, but would I be able to blend all of the ingredients in a NutriBullet instead of whisking them? Thanks.
Yup, you can definitely try using a blender instead! Just note that the pancake batter is somewhat thick and goopy so you might need to scrape down the sides of the blender between blending 🙂
Hope you like the pancakes!
-Jess
Holy smokes….these are THE BEST pancakes! And the nutritional in them is pure gold. I made a 6x batch today and grilled them all up rapid-fire. I can’t believe how many pancakes are in a single serving! You’ve truly come up with the Perfect Pancake recipe. Standing ovation.
YES!!! 😀 That seriously made me so happy to read that! I’m glad you like the recipe 🙂
To celebrate, I will make these pancakes for my second breakfast 😉
-Jess
Could I use whole wheat flour instead of buckwheat flour?
I haven’t tried it but I think it should work! I hope you like the pancakes! 😀
-Jess
WOW! THESE WERE AMAZING!!!!!! I used a scoop of vanilla brown rice protein powder instead of chocolate ( it don’t have chocolate ) and these were amazing!!! Next time I’m going to use 3 scoops of vanilla and no cocoa powder just to try it out, but these pancakes are perfection! My mom who gets up at like 11 am on weekends ate these at 7 am today when I offered them to her! They are that good! Thank you for this recipe!
This. Just. Made. My. Day!!!
So glad to hear the vanilla protein powder works well in this recipe, I’ll need to try that out 😀
I hope the 3 scoops of protein powder works for you… if it gets too thick, I would recommend adding more of the milk and possibly even a tablespoon or two of unsweetened applesauce to keep things soft and fluffy and moist!
-Jess
So making them for my breakfast tomorrow!! Planning on having it with almond/peanut butter 🙂
It seems delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
Can i make waffles with this batter?
I haven’t tried it so I can’t be sure. Feel free to test it out though! 🙂
These look amazing. A couple of questions though. First, can I make these with whole wheat flour? It’s all I have in my pantry right now. Second, can I substitute the truvia with agave or maple syrup (or even coconut sugar)? I really dislike the taste of artificial sweetners.
Thanks!
I haven’t tried making this with whole wheat flour so I can’t be sure. I would recommend using whole wheat pastry flour, though, as it’s less tough and dry 🙂
Also, Truvia isn’t artificial, it’s natural. I haven’t tried subbing it so I can’t be sure if it’ll work or not.
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Could I use water instead of milk? I’m fresh out of milk