No-Fail Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Name: Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 2 cups milk; 2 tablespoons white vinegar; 2 cup all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons white sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 eggs; 2 tablespoons butter, melted; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup chocolate chips

May 17, 2020

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These No-Fail Chocolate Chip Pancakes only takes 20 minutes to make. It’s an easy recipe for fluffy pancakes made from scratch.

stacked chocolate chip pancakes with butter sitting on top

Who doesn’t love hot, fresh pancakes for a weekend breakfast or brunch option? These No-Fail Chocolate Chip Pancakes can be made with minimal time and ingredients. It’s also the perfect recipe to incorporate the kids. They can add the ingredients and help flip the pancakes.

About the Recipe

The recipe starts by mixing a little vinegar and milk together, which is a simple way to make homemade buttermilk. This is what gives these pancakes their rich taste and fluffy texture. It’s a secret to making pancakes that taste better than a box mix!

These pancakes are loaded with chocolate chips but not overly sweet. They’ll remind you of your favorite diner-style pancakes. Drizzle some maple syrup over the top and you’ll have a crave-worthy meal for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

close up of stacked pancakes with syrup running down them

Tips For The Recipe

Mixing milk and vinegar: at the beginning of this recipe, you’ll mix together milk and vinegar and then set the mixture aside. This is a simple way to make homemade buttermilk. After the mixture sits, it will settle, and clumps will form. As you mix your wet ingredients, work to whisk out as many of these lumps as possible.
How to make evenly-sized pancakes: use a measuring cup to measure out ¼ cup of batter for each pancake. You can create evenly-sized pancakes by measuring your batter and then pouring it into your skillet from about 6” above your pan.

When to flip your pancakes: once you start to see bubbles in your pancakes and the edges begin to look cooked through, it’s time to flip your pancake. You’ll want them to be golden brown on both sides.

stacked pancakes on a plate with a portion on a fork

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If you love waffles you might want to try out this simple recipe for my Homemade Waffle Batter.

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Yield: 10-12 pancakes

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

These No-Fail Chocolate Chip Pancakes recipe only takes 20 minutes to make. It's an easy recipe for fluffy pancakes made from scratch.

Ingredients

2 cups milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

In a medium bowl, gently whisk together the milk and vinegar. Set aside for 10 minutes. This will allow the mixture to ‘sour’ and turn to buttermilk.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add the egg, melted butter and vanilla into the milk and vinegar mixture. Whisk to combine.
Pour the flour mixture into the milk mixture. Whisk until smooth.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Coat a large skillet with cooking spray over medium heat. For pancakes that are about 5” wide, pour ¼ cup of batter into the pan. Once the pancake starts to show bubbles on the surface, flip and cook for a couple minutes more until browned on both sides.