Description
The fluffiest chocolate pancakes ever – and packed with dark rich chocolate. Plus simple steps kids can follow.
Ingredients
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- 1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons canola or corn oil
- 2 eggs, separated (you’ll use only 1 egg yolk)
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- To serve: Chocolate hazelnut spread, such as Nutella
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, have kids add these measured ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cocoa; stir with a fork.
- In a medium mixing bowl, have kids measure milk, oil and 1 egg yolk; mix with a fork.
- In a clean bowl with clean beaters – or a hand crank egg beater, beat egg whites until light and fluffy. This will take at about 10 minutes with a hand beater. But it will keep the kids busy!
- Mix the dry ingredients into the milk mixture.
- Gently fold the whipped egg whites in. Explain to kids how to gently bring mixture up from bottom of the bowl as not to deflate the egg whites like a balloon.
- Measure 1/4 cup scoop of batter onto hot griddle (if kids are old enough) and drop 4-5 chocolate chips onto each pancake. Flip when most of bubbles in batter have popped (but not all since these are such thick pancakes.)
- To serve, spread with chocolate hazelnut spread. Kids as young as 2 can do this!