Fluffy Dark Chocolate Peppermint Pancake

5 from 27 votes

Fluffy Dark Chocolate Peppermint Pancake

This fluffy dark chocolate peppermint pancake is the absolute delight for a Christmas morning breakfast. It’s quick, easy, chocolatey and crunchy with every bite.

Prep Time8

Cook Time3

Total Time11

Course: Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: American

Servings: medium size pancakes

Calories: 411kcal

Author: Maureen Celestine

Ingredients

1½ cups All-purpose flour
⅓ cup Unsweetened dark cocoa powder
2½ teaspoons Baking powder
⅛ teaspoon Salt
4 tablespoons Melted butter, divided
3-4 tablespoons Sugar I used swerve sweetener
2 Large eggs
½ teaspoons Peppermint extract
1⅓ cups Buttermilk (see notecard below on how to make one at home)
¼ cup Crushed peppermint plus more to garnish (about 10 peppermint rounds)
½ cup Semi-sweet chocolate morsels

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, dark cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In another bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons of the melted butter, sugar, eggs, and peppermint extract. Gently fold in the egg mixture with the dry ingredients from earlier. Add the buttermilk, one-fourth cup at a time, continue to fold in until combined. Do not overmix the batter; you don’t want the pancakes to be hard. Set aside.
Heat a pancake or skillet pan and lightly grease with butter, then pour in ¼ cup of batter at a time, spaced slightly apart if using a big skillet and spread gently. Sprinkle some crushed peppermint and chocolate morsels on top and cook for 2-3 minutes or until bubbles rise to the surface and bottom are lightly golden. Flip once and allow to cook for one minute.
Cooks Tips: If you are cooking in batches, transfer the pancakes into a preheated oven at the lowest setting to keep them warm.
Drizzle the pancakes with maple syrup, chocolate syrup, or some whipped cream. Whatever you fancy, Go for it.

Notes

How do I make Buttermilk at home?

There are several ways to make a homemade buttermilk, but I've found these two methods below works best for me.

To make 1 cup buttermilk;

Method 1

1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 scant cup of whole milk

Pour the lemon juice in a measuring cup/jar, fill the jar to one cup mark with milk.

Allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes. The longer it sits, the more it cuddles to give a buttermilk texture.

Method 2

1 Tablespoon white vinegar
1 scant cup of whole milk

Pour the lemon juice in a measuring cup/jar, fill the jar to one cup mark with milk.

Allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes.

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