These chocolate pancakes are free of gluten, eggs, dairy, & refined sugar! They’re full of wholesome ingredients, including zucchini, but you can’t even taste it!
Leave it to me to find a way to eat chocolate for breakfast. And since pancakes are basically my favorite food group, (as you can tell by the ridiculous amount of pancake recipes on the blog 🙈) I just had to make a chocolate version. This is for you, my fellow chocolate lovers—chocolate zucchini pancakes with chocolate maple syrup…yes, chocolate topped with more chocolate! You’re welcome! 😉
Don’t worry, I added a whole shredded zucchini to these chocolate oat pancakes, so the vegetable automatically cancels out any unhealthiness that may be found in these…isn’t that, like, a rule or something?! The good news is, these pancakes are made with wholesome ingredients, like oat flour, coconut oil, flaxseed, and sweetened with maple syrup, so the added zucchini ends up being a bonus!
An easy mixture of maple syrup and cocoa powder makes a delicious chocolate maple syrup to drizzle all over these fluffy pancakes! The only thing that makes them better is fresh strawberries, because chocolate + berries are 💣!
I hope you give these a try and enjoy them as much as we do!
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Chocolate Zucchini Pancakes
- Yield: 10-12 pancakes 1x
Description
These chocolate pancakes are free of gluten, eggs, dairy, & refined sugar! They’re full of wholesome ingredients, including zucchini, but you can’t even taste it!
Ingredients
PANCAKES:
- 1 cup *oat flour
- 1/2 cup gf all purpose or regular all purpose flour I used King Arthur Gluten Free Multipurpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup shredded zucchini, about 1 whole small zucchini
- 1 cup almond milk, a little more may be needed
- 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil, plus extra for pan
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
CHOCOLATE SAUCE: (optional)
- 1 tablespoon regular/dairy-free butter, melted
- 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
- 6–7 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- splash of vanilla extract, optional
- Fresh sliced fruit such as strawberries, raspberries, or bananas (optional)
Instructions
PANCAKES:
- *You can easily make your own oat flour by grinding whole oats (I use my coffee grinder, but a food processor works!)
- In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients—flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, flaxseed, cocoa powder, mixing well. Stir in shredded zucchini, almond milk, maple syrup, oil, and vanilla extract, mixing together just until incorporated. Let rest for a few minutes to allow the oat flour and flaxseed meal to soak up the liquid and bind the mixture together.
- Grease a pan or griddle with extra coconut oil and place on the stove over medium heat. Pour batter onto the hot pan by 1/4 cupfuls. Flip when edges have set and cook thoroughly. If batter gets too thick, stir in a splash of milk.
CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
- In a small bowl, combine together the melted butter, maple syrup, cocoa powder, and vanilla. Add extra cocoa powder to make it thicker or add more maple syrup to thin. You can heat for 15-20 seconds in the microwave if you’d like it warm.
- Category: Breakfast
You May Also Enjoy These Similar Recipes:
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bars
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Double Chocolate Raspberry Muffins
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Can we leave the regular four out and use just the oat flour ? They sound yummy!
Could the flax be left out of the recipe?
LOOKS DELICIOUS! Thank you 🙂
Thank you Gina! Yes, the flax can be left out of the recipe with no problem. Let me know how you like them!
Shall I use carrots in place of zucchini
Hi Lynn, I’d say shredded carrots or apples would make a good substitute for zucchini. Let me know how it goes if you give it a try!
Hi, This looks amazing can’t wait to try it. But what can be substituted in place of zucchini. Thank you
Oh my, I have been looking at those pancakes for a while, I am a guest at a friends house, I think I’ll try to make them as a thank you for hosting me! Can’t wait!
Thanks, Al! That sounds like a great idea! I mean, who wouldn’t want chocolate for breakfast?! I really hope you all enjoy them as much as we did!
OMG! These look sOoOO delicious! I cannot wait to try them out. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Thank you, Jackie! Please let me know how you like them!!
I love chocolate and zucchini together! I made chocolate zucchini banana bread last year but these pancakes look so delicious i may need to make this this weekend for sunday brunch 🙂 thanks for sharing, Joscelyn!
I love chocolate and zucchini too! Well, chocolate and anything really 😉 I need to try a zucchini bread soon! Is that recipe on your site?
Yep! http://www.livingminnaly.com/allposts/2014/9/10/chocolate-banana-zucchini-walnut-bread?rq=zucchini
Yay! I’m going to make this soon! Thanks, Minna!!
Oh. My. Gosh. Obsessed with these decadent CHOCOLATE pancakes, I can’t believe you got some zucchini in here, too, that’s awesome!
Thanks, Sam! I must admit that I’d rather eat zucchini in chocolate pancakes than steamed, haha! As long as you eat it, right?!
Wow! I really love your photos, really gorgeous 🙂 This looks like the perfect stack of pancakes!
Thank you, June! I really appreciate you kind words!
WOW Joscelyn! These look soooo incredible!!!! I love how healthy they are too!!! I could eat a whole stack of these right now. They’re my complete idea of heaven!
Thank you so much, Harriet! Can’t get enough chocolate in my life right now, haha! I’m sure you as a fellow chocoholic can relate! 😉
Oh Joscelyn! These look so absolutely fudgy and fluffy! And you even managed to hide some veggies in there! Healthy chocolate! Wow! It’s basically like dessert for breakfast! You are seriously a genius 😉 I need these tomorrow! Thanks for sharing! 🙂 Pinned!
Haha, thanks Kennedy! I heart dessert for breakfast 😉 Thanks so much for the pin too! Truly appreciate it, friend!
Chocolate, strawberry & banana? You had me there. Adding zucchini is such a great idea! I will definitely have to share & try this out!
Thanks, Raj, and thanks for sharing! I hope you like it!!
Yup. I’d very happily eat these for breakfast. Or lunch. Or dinner for that matter. They looks So yummy and the green addition is just perfect.
Kimberly, you’re a girl after my own heart, haha! I can eat pancakes any time and for any meal. The added green just means I can enjoy a little extra! 😉
Those look absolutely delicious! I’ll have to try them out sometime.
Thanks, Julia! Please let me know what you think!!
These are the best breakfast ever. I love zucchini in these pancakes! Pinning!
Thank you so much Ilona! I love pancakes and the fact that we can get some added nutrients is a plus! Thanks for your support, friend!
These sound really good! The zucchini will make me feel better about the chocolate ha ha!! http://www.littlemissfangirly.blogspot.com
Haha, yeah I know what you mean! Although, besides a little cocoa powder, these pancakes are full of wholesome ingredients. At least, it’s a healthier way to eat chocolate! 🙂
oh my God, probably shouldn’t have read this when I was starving! xx, kenz
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Sorry, Kenzie! I know how hard it is to look at food pics when you’re starving, lol! Maybe you’ll get a chance to make some soon!
Oh yummy!!!! I share your chocolate addiction so I will definitely be making these.
Haha, thanks Shann! I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!
Oh my gosh! That gif! These look (and sound) killer! Pinning for sure!
Thanks, Miranda! They were a big hit! Thanks so much for pinning!! 🙂
These sound and LOOK delicious!
Thanks, Caroline! They were really good! Best of all, the kids LOVED them!