The easiest and best vegan and gluten free chocolate chipย pancakes, perfect for a lazy weekend brunch!
Vegan and gluten free pancakes? Yes ma’am! Now I’ve gone on and one about my love for pancakes previously, but these are taking everything to the next level. Lately, I’ve been playing more with gluten free flour blends (see the waffles that ended up being the BEST ever) and I’m amazed at how well they perform in waffles and gluten free pancakes, especially when trying to make them egg-less to boot.
After my first taste of these gluten free chocolate chip pancakes, I was amazed at how they stayed crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside and held together like a dream. Gluten free baked goods on the other hand, I’m still working on, but I’ll get there!ย Ever since throwing a waffle partyย and going through the trouble of making a gluten free batch of waffles and a vegan batch, I wanted to find something that would please just about everyone. Behold, what I think is the holy grail of gluten free chocolate chip pancakes, vegan and pretty dang good, if I do say so myself!
As a word to the wise, these gluten free pancakes won’t brown up as much as their gluten filled counterparts, so keep an eye on them! While I was testing the first batch of gluten free chocolate chip pancakes, I found that I either burned them too quickly, didn’t cook them in the middle, or they just came out burned AND browned, which is a feat I’m still not sure how I achieved. Anyway, keep your heat at medium and don’t walk away to do dishes while cooking a batch of gluten free chocolate chip pancakes (guilty!), because you will end up with something that is more burned than nicely browned.
Note: I did freeze and heat these up and they worked perfectly! Just pop them in the microwave for a couple minutes and they are just about as good as when they are fresh!
Next week is all about the apple sweets! I’ll hopefully be sharing a new muffin recipe and a roundup of apple recipes that will be perfect for the upcoming cooler weather. Happy baking!
Tag your creations on Instagram with #heartofabaker, I love to see what you make!ย
PrintVegan & Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Breakfast
Description
The easiest and best vegan and gluten free chocolate chip pancakes, perfect for a lazy weekend brunch!
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup gluten free flour blend (I use this one)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 4 tablespoons cane sugar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the almond milk and vinegar. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cane sugar. Whisk in the almond milk mixture, olive oil and vanilla. Gently fold in the chocolate chips. Preheat a skillet over medium heat and grease liberally.
- When skillet is ready, cook for 2-3 mins on each side, using about 1/4 cup batter per pancake, greasing after each round
Strength and Sunshine says
O these are pancake dreams! Absolutely perfect in every way Abby!
Heart of a Baker says
Thank you so much! I’m so happy I finally nailed them down ๐
Traci York says
That GIF tho!! Abby!!! Gorgeous work my dear. I love everything about these.. from the styling, light, that GIF (can I say it again?). These cakes are so light and fluffy! OMG – I made some vegan pumpkin pancakes this weekend and they were so crisp and perfect on the outside but wet on the inside.. back to the drawing board – LOL. I’ve just started playing with GF flours – no mixes. I think it may be a while before I have anything nailed down. I’m not GF, but the textures and flavors of ancient grains such as millet, buckwheat and others is so nice! I gotta learn! Way to goooo on these gorgeous cakes!
Heart of a Baker says
Oh your words are too kind Traci, thank you! I was really diggin’ on the light and the styling yesterday, I’m so happy with how it turned out! Pancakes have kind of been a struggle for me in the past, but once you get a good recipe nailed down, it feels SO good!
Liz @ Floating Kitchen says
AHHHH…that GIF! I can’t stop watching it. These are so unbelievably fluffy looking! Invite me over for breakfast, okay?
Heart of a Baker says
DONE and done! You are welcome anytime and that would make me SO happy! xo
Zerrin Gรผnaydฤฑn says
OMG these look super yum! Youโre making me hungry!
Heart of a Baker says
Then my job is done! ๐
Gena says
Looks like you absolutely nailed these pancakes, Abby. Beautiful!
Heart of a Baker says
Thank you sweet Gena! I had some this morning for breakfast and they are just as good a few days later ๐
Heartbeet Kitchen (@amanda_paa) says
will you be my brunch date? please and thank you. because confession, i have never had chocolate chips in my pancakes. counting on you to change that!
Heart of a Baker says
You say WHAT?! I need to change that! Next time we are together I’m making these for you, no doubt! xo
thalia says
haven’t made pancakes in aggeess, and totally need to. i love how these are vegan! i’ve been dabbling in vegan recipes myself lately, i find them so challenging and delicious too! definitely need to try these.
Heart of a Baker says
They are such a challenge, especially in baking! So happy you stopped by Thalia ๐
Julia says
These are gaaaaaawgeous! I absolutely love pancakes and am amazed at how fluffy they are in spite of not having eggs. Cider vinegar all the way, woop woop! Definitely amped to get my chocolate chip on via these beauties.
Heart of a Baker says
All about that vinegar babyyyyy!! They are so dang good! xo
Sara @ Cake Over Steak says
Look at you with the pour shot!! Yayyyy these look gorgeous ๐
Heart of a Baker says
I’m LOVING the tripod lately, can’t stop/won’t stop!
Sarah | Broma Bakery says
Seriously digging this styling. Loooove!
Heart of a Baker says
Thanks girlfriend! I’m pretty happy with it ๐
Caroline Rogers says
These are AMAZING!! I added 3 TLB of organic cocoa powder and a splash more of almond milk and they were divine!
Rianna says
These look so good but they just donโt work for me. They keep sticking! The mixture tastes so amazing though!!
Heart of a Baker says
Oh no! Make sure the pan isn’t too hot or that it’s thoroughly greased, that might help!
Katherine says
I followed the directions perfectly. But, the batter resembled rice pudding.
Lindsay says
Oh yours look so good and fluffy. Unfortunately this recipe didnโt work for me. I followed it precisely. I got that usual goopy inside that gluten free pancakes tend to have when missing some type of egg substitute. I was so hopeful! ๐