Sneaky Healthy Chocolate Chip Pancakes

5 from 2 votes

These sneaky chocolate pancakes are full of good-for-you ingredients!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword healthy chocolate chip pancakes, healthy chocolate pancakes, healthy pancakes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings -16

Calories 118kcal

Author The Seasoned Mom

1 cup cottage cheese
½ cup peeled, roughly chopped carrots or baby carrots
2 cups whole oats
½ cup fresh spinach leaves
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
¼ cup milk, plus ¼ cup as needed (I used 1% milk)
3 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 apple, peeled and roughly chopped (if you have a high speed blender you can leave the peel on the apple)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
⅓ cup mini chocolate chips

Place the cottage cheese, carrots, oats, spinach, cocoa, 1/4 cup milk, honey, vanilla and apple into a high quality blender. Blend on high until the mixture is very smooth, about 1 minute. If the mixture is too thick, add an additional 1/4 cup milk and blend.
Add the eggs and pulse to incorporate.
Add the baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Pulse again to combine.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Heat a pancake griddle or skillet over medium-low heat. Grease or spray with non-stick cooking spray. Using a ¼-cup measure, pour the pancake batter onto the heated skillet. Cook the pancakes on one side until large bubbles appear, about 2 minutes. Flip the pancakes and finish cooking on the other side, about 1 minute.

Recipe adapted from www.FoodNetwork.com.