Best Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes
The best easy pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes recipe packed with flavor and sweetness. You will love this quick and simple breakfast!
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe
Good morning everyone! Today, I am sharing a pumpkin recipe with all of you. Now, I know what you’re thinking; fall is long gone. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy delicious pumpkin flavored foods. I absolutely love to make recipes with pumpkin in them, and these pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes are the perfect sweet breakfast option. The recipe is super simple, and the pancakes come out moist, sweet, and flavorful.
When you add the peanut butter and pure maple syrup on top, you get the perfect flavor combination. I love to eat these pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast in the morning or even for dessert at the end of the night.
Now, let’s take a look at some quick things to note for this recipe. Then, we will dive into the list of ingredients you’ll need to whip up these incredible vegan pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes.
How To Make Vegan And Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes
There are a few important things to note before you attempt to make pumpkin pancakes that are vegan and/or gluten free. First off, to make vegan pancakes, you have to make sure to include a few key ingredients. One essential ingredient is the binding agent. This could be a flax egg, chia seeds, mashed banana, etc. For this recipe specifically, the combination of oat flour, canned pumpkin, and unsweetened applesauce provides the perfect balance of both dry and wet ingredients to create a smooth pumpkin pancake batter that sticks together nicely, tastes delicious, has enough moisture, and doesn’t turn out dense or gummy.
In regards to making pancakes that are gluten free, it is important to choose either a gluten free flour or another alternative. For this recipe, I blended up quick oats to form an oat flour. If you want this pancake to be gluten free, use your favorite gluten free oats to make your oat flour.
Now that we have gone through some quick things to note for this recipe, let’s take a look at the list of ingredients you will need to make this pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes recipe a smashing success.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes – Ingredients
- Quick Cook Oats – The quick cooking oats are the first ingredient you will need for this recipe. They will be blended up to form a fine oat flour, which will serve as the dry base for this recipe. If you want to make your pancakes gluten free, make sure to use your favorite gluten free oats.
- Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips – The miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips add sweetness and rich chocolate flavor to every single pancake bite. You can add whichever brand of chocolate chips you like. I really love the Enjoy Life brand mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Baking Powder – The baking powder is the key leavening agent used in this recipe. It ensures that your pancakes achieve a lighter, fluffier texture.
- Spices – The spices are absolutely essential to add a strong pumpkin flavor to your pancakes. For this recipe, you will use both ground cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice.
- Nut Milk – The nut milk adds creaminess as well as a source of liquid to this recipe. I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk, but you can use whichever kind of nut milk you prefer or have on hand.
- Canned Pumpkin – This ingredient should come as no surprise. After all, you can’t make a pumpkin recipe without the canned pumpkin. It adds color, moisture, and pumpkin flavor to your pancakes.
- Unsweetened Applesauce – The applesauce adds even more moisture to the pancakes, along with some natural sweetness.
- Creamy Peanut Butter – The creamy peanut butter serves as the perfect topping for these pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes. You can easily sub another nut or seed butter in place of the peanut butter if desired.
- Pure Maple Syrup – A little bit of pure maple syrup is the finishing touch for any stack of pancakes, and these pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes are no exception. This ingredient will be drizzled on top of your pancakes to taste once they are finished cooking. The maple syrup adds sweetness and moisture to your pancakes.
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Best Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup quick oats (blended into a fine oat flour)
- 2 tbsp canned pumpkin
- 1 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp nut milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
- 1 tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 1 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
- pure maple syrup to taste
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the oat flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and baking powder.
- Make a well in the center of the mixing bowl, then add the canned pumpkin, applesauce, and nut milk.
- Mix the liquid ingredients together, then slowly mix the wet ingredients into the dry to form a smooth pancake batter.
- Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour dollops of batter onto a greased pan or pancake griddle over low heat.
- Cook the pancakes for a few minutes on each side until firm.
- Plate the pancakes, then top them off with the peanut butter and pure maple syrup to taste.
- Dig in and enjoy!
Notes
I hope you all enjoy this tasty vegan pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes recipe. It has been one of my go-to Saturday breakfast options recently. Anyway, that’s it for this recipe. As per usual, I will be back with another blog post very soon, so make sure to stay tuned.
-Alyssa 🙂
