Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes have a gooey chocolate centre and are topped with banana, chocolate chips, and golden syrup. Pancake heaven!
Today I’m bringing you my Gluten Free Chocolate Chip pancakes. I had never used gluten free flour before so spent the weekend experimenting after picking up a bag at the supermarket.
My soda bread experiment turned into something more akin to a concrete frisbee, edible straight out of the oven but not a few hours later!
So after reading up on gluten free flour, I gathered that they are all made differently (mine contained rice, potato, and maize flour), and as they lack the elasticity of gluten, that needs to be replaced on the whole.
So I decided that fluffy pancakes where the whisked egg white forms a frame for the flour would probably be a safer bet and I wasn’t wrong!
My first attempt involved using shop-bought chocolate chips which I tried adding to the pancakes once they were in the pan.
However, I didn’t like the result as once flipped the chocolate just sat spread eagle on the outer surface in unsightly blobs.
Then I tried adding the chocolate chips to the batter but they all sank to the bottom which made them more difficult to distribute.
However, these ones tasted better as the chocolate was in the pancake and not stuck to it so had a pleasing melt-in-the-middle effect and my kids also gave these ones their seal of approval.
So the following day I decided that chopping up my own chocolate would probably solve the problem and it did, the chocolate stayed evenly distributed in the batter.
I also decided to top them with some banana slices, more chopped chocolate, and a squeeze of golden syrup for extra decadence!
The great thing about these Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes is that you can reheat them for later if need be. I did this and we had the pancakes for dessert along with some ice cream.
My family absolutely loved these pancakes, there were big grins all around.
I think the gooey warm chocolate centre was the key to their yumminess!
The fact that they were gluten free didn’t make any difference to the enjoyment but if you aren’t coeliac then you could just make these pancakes with your usual plain wheat flour.
So with Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day as it’s also called, just around the corner I do hope you try my Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes and give your family a luscious treat.
They should probably carry a health warning as I think they are highly addictive and I can’t wait to make them again and I know my family can’t wait to eat them again!
More Gluten-Free Recipes
Here are some more gluten-free recipe ideas you might like:
- Pea Protein Pancakes with Matcha & Spicy Peanut Sauce – Tin & Thyme
- Easy Gluten-Free Coconut Flour Pancakes – Emily’s Recipes & Reviews
- 4 Ingredient Flourless Pancakes – Family Friends Food
- 3 Ingredient Banana Nutella Pancakes – Fab Food 4 All
- Gluten-Free Banana Bread Pancakes – Unconditionally Nourished
- Golden Apple Pie Pancakes with Salted Caramel Sauce – Food to Glow
I am entering these Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes into We Should Cocoa over at Tin & Thyme.
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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients
- 100 g plain gluten free flour I used Aldi’s or plain flour (if not coeliac)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp caster sugar I keep a vanilla pod in my jar to infuse
- 1 egg separated
- 150 mls semi-skimmed milk or your usual milk
- 25 g butter
- 50 g dark chocolate chopped into chips
- Decoration:
- extra dark chocolate chopped into chips
- banana slices
- golden syrup
Instructions
- Sift the flour, baking powder, caster sugar into a large bowl.
- Make a well in the centre and with a wooden spoon, quickly stir in the egg yolk, milk and melted butter.
- Whisk the egg white until forms stiff peaks and fold into the mixture.
- Then fold in the chocolate chips.
- Next, lightly grease and heat a griddle pan (or large frying pan) over a medium heat.
- The pan is the right temperature when a drop of water splutters on it.
- Use an ice cream scoop (or a jug) to pour equal measures of batter onto the pan (there should be room for 4 pancakes).
- Once the pancakes start to form bubbles on top and look slightly dry turn over and cook on the other side until golden.
- Once all the pancakes are cooked, makes stacks (3 is a serving) and decorate with banana slices, more chocolate chips and golden syrup. You can also make ahead and reheat on a plate covered in foil over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave.
- Makes 12 to 13 pancakes.
Natalie | Natalie's Food & Health
Wow delicious looking pancakes. So fluffy. Love that these are gluten-free and healthier. Banana chocolate combo is just amazing. Pinning to try!
Camilla
Thank you Natalie, they are totally lush:-)
Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry
Pancakes and chocolate = a match made in heaven. Bookmarking this for pancake day!
Camilla
Thank you Bintu;-)
Laura | Wandercooks
Yum, sounds like your experiments paid off – definitely keeping these pancakes on hand for when we cook for our gluten free friends. 😀
Camilla
Thanks Laura, you can just make them with regular flour too:-)
Andrea @ The Petite Cook
These look incredible! I love the chocolate chips addition, makes them kind of more scrumptious than classic pancakes. I also often use gluten-free flour and I find the pancakes a little more lighter but still delicious 🙂
Camilla
Thank you so much Andrea, yes perhaps they are lighter, difficult to tell without having the two types to sample at the same time:-)
Kate - gluten free alchemist
These look great Camilla. Nice to see so many GF pancakes on the web this year, and from non-GF bloggers too! Quite a trend!
Camilla
Thank you Kate. I just love trying new things and when I saw the gluten free flour in Aldi and it didn’t cost the earth I felt compelled to buy a bag and see what I could do with it:-)
Aish Das-Padihari
Oh My!! These stack of pancakes look so inviting. I can gobble the whole thing up.
Camilla
Thank you Aish, the stack does serve two:-)
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy
Well these look perfect for the weekend brunch. Although we don’t have any dietary restrictions in our house, I do experiment with GF recipes. Funny in Canada we don’t have caster sugar…I just but some regular sugar in the blender and make it super fine.
Camilla
Thanks Gloria. Yes my mum says caster sugar isn’t a thing in Denmark either. The other day I had to make my own icing sugar in my blender as I’d run out:-)
Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet
Gluten-free products have come a long way. Your pancakes look divine with the banana and chocolate!
Camilla
Thank you Michelle:-)
Kavey
I’ve never tried to make gluten free pancakes, but these look great. Do you find they’re a bit less heavy or no real difference?
Camilla
The only difference was a slight difference in taste Kavey.
norma robertson
they look so so delicious and easy to make xx
Camilla
Thanks, they really are:-)