Vegan Mint Chocolate Pancakes Recipe

I feel like Christmas breakfasts either go one way or another, you eat next to nothing to try and prepare yourself for the main event of the day, or it’s pure indulgence to set the tone for the day ahead. In my house, we eat Christmas dinner late afternoon/ early evening so breakfast usually leans more toward the latter. If you’re the same, this one is for you. I knew I wanted to make a Christmas flavoured chocolate pancakes recipe this year, but it took me a while to settle between mint and orange. In the end, I opted for these vegan mint chocolate pancakes recipe, enjoy! 

This recipe is loosely adapted from my peanut choc chip pancakes recipe, so if this one sounds a little too rich for first thing on a morning, maybe check those ones out instead.  

Ingredient choices and alternatives  

I opted for chocolate soy milk to make mine a little bit richer, but you can swap that for any non-dairy milk of your choice.  

When I was making these, I very nearly mixed some of my mint choc shot in with my chocolate milk to try and make them even more minty. In the end, I decided that could be too much. But if anyone feels like trying that, please let me know how it goes.  

Nutritional Information  

Of course, chocolate pancakes aren’t the most nutritionally dense food on earth, but the oat flour does provide some fibre and the non-dairy milk will add a little something providing it’s fortified.  

The full recipe contains 11g of fibre and 12g of protein, as well as 25% of the RDA of calcium. This recipe is also an iron source,  cocoa powder and dark chocolate contain fairly high amounts of iron iron, so this recipe provides 4.4mg.  

Suggested Post: Learn more about plant based iron and requirements 

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Gluten Free Vegan Mint Chocolate Pancakes Recipe 

A festive themed vegan mint chocolate pancakes recipe perfect for a deliciously indulgent breakfast on Christmas morning. Or serve it as a dessert if that’s too much… 

This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, nut free and vegan. It can be soy free depending on your non-dairy milk and chocolate choices. 

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Gluten Free Vegan Mint Chocolate Pancakes Recipe

A festive themed vegan mint chocolate pancakes recipe perfect for a deliciously indulgent breakfast on Christmas morning.

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chocolate Pancakes Recipe, Gluten Free Vegan Pancake, Vegan Pancakes Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 6 minutes

Total Time 11 minutes

Servings 6 Pancakes

Calories 80 kcal

Ingredients

• ½ cup GF oat flour
• ½ cup chocolate soy milk
• 1 ½ tbsp cocoa powder
• 20 g vegan mint chocolate broken into chunks
• ½ tsp peppermint extract
• ½ tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 tsp golden caster sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder

Toppings

• Vegan mint choc shot
• Dusting of icing sugar

Instructions

1. Add oat flour, sugar and baking powder to a medium to large mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
2. Add the sunflower oil and peppermint extract. start adding the non-dairy milk a little at a time. Stir slowly to combine as you go until just combined. You may not use all of the liquid to reach your desired texture. Then stir in the chocolate chips/ chunks.
3. Preheat a non-stick frying pan over medium/medium-low heat. You want it warm but not hot. Oil should not smoke when added to the pan.
4. Once hot, drizzle the surface with oil (if necessary, for your pan) but wipe away any surface excess with a paper towel. You don’t want any pools of oil, just a light grease.
5. Then pour a small amount of mix into the pan. Cook until bubbles appear and the sides are beginning to dry - about 3-4 minutes. Cook for another 2-4 more minutes on the other side. Repeat until all the mix is gone, it should make roughly 6 pancakes.
6. Once all pancakes are cooked, stack them up, drizzle with your desired toppings before serving.

Serve and enjoy!

Does this mint chocolate pancake recipe look good to you? Which bracket do you fall into, indulgent breakfast ot light to save space?  

Until next time, 

Sophie 

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