Chocolate Chips Protein Pancakes

These healthy chocolate chips protein pancakes are very easy to make! Unlike many other recipes, they do not contain protein powder. They are delicious and will keep you full for hours! Top any pancake with chocolate and you for sure have a winner! If you like sweet breakfasts like me, definitely give them a try!

I always ate sweet breakfasts growing up in France and only discovered savory ones when I moved to the United States! And I have to admit than savory breakfasts keep me fuller longer cause most of the time they are simply higher in protein. So here come these protein pancakes! A mixture or egg whites, cottage cheese, oat, banana and chocolate cause it makes everything more delicious! Protein pancakes don't have the same texture as regular ones, they definitely are a little more dense but in my opinion they do the trick, are nourishing and this delicious recipe that I tested multiple times is my favorite!

Chocolate Chips Protein Pancakes Ingredients

• ¾ cup of oats. My favorite are rolled oats or old fashioned.
• 1 whole egg
• ⅓ cup of liquid egg whites
• 1 small banana (use half if large)
• ¼ cup of low-fat cottage cheese
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 heaping tablespoon of chocolate chips (or more to taste)
• a pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon of butter for cooking
• optional but highly recommended: fresh raspberries, strawberries or any berries!
• optional: maple syrup

How to make Protein Pancakes

You need a blender and a non-stick pan for this recipe.

Step One: put aside the chocolate chips and butter add all the other ingredients to a blender: oats, banana, egg, egg whites, cottage cheese, baking powder, vanilla, and salt. Blend the mixture until smooth.

Step two: warm up the non-stick pan and add the butter. Turn the heat down to medium. Using a ¼ cup for each pancake, pour 2-4 into the pan and add some chocolate chips to each (6-7 chips). Cook for 3 minutes and flip for another 3 minutes (no need for more chocolate chips). You will most likely need to cook them in 2 or 3 batches depending on the size of you pan. A serving size is 2 pancakes and this recipe should make 6 pancakes total. Top with berries and a little maple syrup and enjoy!

Tips

Storage

→These pancakes reheat well and are great for meal-prep! Store in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.