I’ve been seriouuusly obsessed with chocolate chips lately.
Choocolate Chips in everything! From my Chocolate Chip Quick Bread to my Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Bars. And now introducing Chocolate Chip Banana-Oat Blender Pancakes. Can we all agree that chocolate chips are the perfect way to cheer up any Monday!?!
I mean who doesn’t love a Chocolate Chip Banana Pancake that’s fluffy, soft, hearty, filled with melt-y chocolate chips and topped off with Maple Syrup. Pancakes + Banana + Chocolate Chips + Maple Syrup = L O V E. I have a confession friends. Whenever I come back from Canada I bring a huge jumbo-sized contained of maple syrup with me. It’s over TWENTY EUROS here for a small jar so I never ever ever want to run out and have to pay that price. Because this girl needs Maple Syrup with her pancakes, not plain sugar, not Aunt Jemima – only the good stuff! I have 3 huge jumbo sized containers of Maple Syrup in my student sized pantry right now, lol!
But let’s talk breakie. What’s your favorite, never-tire, go-to breakfast? Oats are my favorite way to start the day. Almost every morning I wake up to a big bowl of oats with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a touch of coconut sugar. In the summer I switch to overnight oats and on the weekends I’ve been loving oats in the form of my Chocolate Chip Banana-Oat Blender Pancakes.
These pancakes are perfect for lazy Sundays. Throw all your ingredients into a blender and blend, blend, blend until they form a creamy, smooth pancake batter. NO flour, refined oil or white sugar required! Only goodness from oats, bananas, flax and a few other pantry staples that you probably have in your cupboard right now. So go whip these up! It’s just what every Monday morning needs 😀
And if you are not a fan of banana, try my Flourless Pumpkin Oat Blender Pancakes!
If you do make these Chocolate Chip Banana Oat Blender Pancakes or any other recipes from my kitchen, it makes my day hearing about it! 
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- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax seed + 3 tbsp water)
- ½ tbsp white or apple cider vinegar*
- 1 cup almond milk or non-dairy milk of choice*
- ½ cup mashed banana (about 1½ bananas)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 heaping tbsp maple syrup or agave syrup*
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 3 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 2 cups oats
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- Non-stick coconut oil spray, coconut oil or vegan buttery type spread
- Place ground flax seed and water in blender, swirl it around and let it sit for a couple minutes until it becomes a thick, goopy, egg-like texture. Add the rest of the ingredients (EXCEPT for the chocolate chips!). Blend in the blender until the oats are dissolved and a smooth pancake batter is formed. Add a bit of milk, by the tbsp, if the batter is too thick. If it is too thin, leave it to thicken for a couple of minutes. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Preheat stove to medium high heat and oil skillet with coconut oil spray or brush with cooking oil. Test the pan by dropping a couple drops of water on the skillet. When the water sizzles the pan is hot enough.
- Using a tbsp, scoop and pour batter (2 tbsp for each pancake) onto the hot, oiled pan. Do not exceed two tbsp or your pancakes will not be as fluffy. Cook for a couple minutes on the first side. The pancakes are ready to be flipped by they begin to bubble around the edges. Flip and cook for just less than a minute on the other side.
- Serve with crumbled walnuts and smother with maple syrup or toppings of choice!
Due to the oats, the pancake batter does thicken as it sits. While cooking the pancakes be sure to add a bit of milk, by the tbsp, to maintain a thick yet pour-able pancake batter.
These pancakes can be stored in the fridge for a couple of days in a sealed container or in the freezer for up to two weeks. Reheat pancakes in the toaster or in the microwave for 30 seconds.
Make sure your baking powder and oats are certified gluten free if necessary.
43 comments
These are my go to pancakes love them so much! Ran out I’d oats today so I’m using a bit of white spelt flour to make up the mix. Hopefully they’ll turn out good! Thanks so much I love your recipes!
These were so good!! My kids gobbled them up in no time! I made a double batch and by the time I was done cooking them all, the batter had gotten quite thick. This was actually great because I was able to make bigger pancakes and they were still super fluffy. Winner!
I’m SO happy that you and your family enjoyed them, Jenn! 🙂 I love that you made a double batch so you have pancakes to spare! It’s always a treat when we have leftovers of these and we can enjoy them during the entire week! Thanks for the feedback!
These look so delicious and I have a blender that can make these up really fast for a nice Sunday Breakfast! Thanks for sharing an awesome recipe.
Thank you for the lovely comment, Julie! I am so happy that you love the recipe! These pancakes are a regular on Sundays around here 🙂 I hope you enjoy them in your home as much as we do 🙂
Those pancakes look so delicious, and super easy to make!! 🙂
Thanks, Christina!! They are so delicious and so easy to whip up 🙂 Let me know if you give them a try!
Ceara those pancakes look delicious! I’d love to try these and I’m hoping I won’t mess this up. I’ll just throw everything in the blender. I love how you are making it healthy but with some of my favorites – choc chips! This will be perfect with coffee or a freshly squeezed fruit juice in the morning. Thanks!
Thank you so much for commenting, Stephanie!! 🙂 These are SO easy to make and so yummy! Let me know how they turn out if you make them – they’d go perfectly with freshly squeezed OJ in the morning!
LOL you’re such a Canadian stereotype 😉 Just kidding, I definitely love me some maple syrup, too! These pancakes look like the perfect reason to break out the maple syrup, they look delish!
HAHA!! I sometimes DO feel like the total Canadian stereotype. In some ways I’ve become one since living abroad. Just ask my maple syrup stash, LOl! Thanks, Denise!! 🙂 Hope you’re having a great day!
Yum! I don’t mind your chocolate chips obsession as long as it results in such delicious looking pancakes 😉 Love it! Pinned.
Haha, I coudn’t agree with you more! As long as there are pancakes my chocolate chip addiction is A-okay! 🙂 Thanks for the kind words and pin! 🙂
These look awesome! I’ve been craving pancakes like crazy this week…pancakes AND chocolate chips!? Sold! Also, I can’t get over how expensive maple syrup is for you locally. I have to say I thought our organic grade B maple syrup was expensive when I was paying about $16 for a medium jar…wow…
I know! It is SO expensive here – not that it’s cheap at home by any means but here it costs an arm and a leg to buy a small jar of it! Let me know if you end up trying these pancakes, Michaell – they are sure to solve any pancake craving 🙂
ahhhh I totally just found my new favorite pancakes! these look SO DELICIOUS!!!!
Yay!! Happy to hear it, Michele! Let me know if you end up trying them 🙂
I love your blender pancakes, Ceara!! I’ve been craving pancakes like crazy lately and these look delicious!! I can’t remember the last time I ate a pancake and that is a terrible thing! I gotta fix that soon with these chocolate chip banana pancakes 🙂
Thanks, Izzy!! 🙂 Blender pancakes are my jam!! 🙂 That is a terrible thing – you need a pancake like RIGHT NOW 🙂 Have a great day my friend!
I really meant it when I told you the last time that you are a genius! Low fat and healthy recipes where never good to me until I came across your website! These are heavenly Ceara! Thank you for sharing! Pinned
You are too kind, Hadia! <3 Thank you so much for your love and support! <3 Hope you are having a wonderful day!
This recipe is genius! I’m making these on Sunday! Pinned!
Thanks so much, Linda!! I can’t wait to hear how they turn out 😀
Okay these look amazing… and perfect!! I used to have oats as my go-to brekkie of choice, but lately I’ve been having an egg, a slice of g.free toast with PB2/ honey and 1/2 of an orange! Very specific, I know! But I LOVE it and am hooked!! Haha, great recipe!!
Everybody has their morning breakie they love 😀 !! I could never get hooked on PB2 – I have a jar of it sitting around and need to give it another chance! Thanks, girl!
Love pancakes and need to make these asap! Chocolate and banana is my husband’s favorite combination!
These are so easy to whip up and delicious, Mira! If your hubby likes chocolate and banana I’m sure he’ll love these! Let me know if you end up trying them! 🙂
Oats in all forms are totally my favorite kind of breakfast, so I’m all over these gorgeous pancakes! Love all the flavor combos you threw into these and I LOOVE that they’re made in the blender!
I would be packing serious amounts of maple syrup with me too if it cost that much! You must have to lug around quite a heavy bag, ha! Priorities!
Bananas and chocolate chips are like the ultimate breakfast combo! I love that you use real maple syrup, too! I can’t stand the processed kind, even though mine’s not quite at your level 🙂
They totally are, Medha!! 🙂 I love my chocolate chips and bananas! Hope you’re having a great week!
Banana and chocolate are always a great duo! Love this and my next lazy weekend, this looks just right.
Bananas and chocolate are the best duo!! Let me know how they turn out if you end up making them, Lori!!! 🙂
You and your chocolate chips! LOL! I think you sneak in chocolate chips in every recipe, which is why I LOVE YOU! Haha! I’m a chocolate chip fiend! These look so delicious Ceara!!! I don’t like bananas unfortunately, but it is still a fabulous recipe and they sure are pretty! Happy Monday!
Haha!! You are too funny, Brandi! I have been sneaking chocolate chips in EVERYTHING lately! I need to stop, LOL!! I linked to the second pumpkin pancake recipe at the bottom of the post because I know not everybody loves bananas as much as I do! 🙂 Hope your week is off to a great start!
Bananas and chocolate chips are such an incredible combo! I love all the ingredients in these pancakes! They look so delicious and they sound so easy to whip up in the blender 🙂 Wish I had a big stack for breakfast this morning!
Thanks so much, Kelly! Wish I could send you a big stack to munch on this morning! 🙂 Have a great day!
I’m a total banana chocolate chip fan! They are way too delicious. I went to an agricultural high school where I took a class and learned to make maple syrup and honey. We would have taste testing classes and boiled our own syrup in a sugar shack. Nothing beats real maple syrup. 🙂
That’s sooo cool! The closest I’ve gotten to making maple syrup is visiting Sugar Shacks in Quebec 🙂 You are so right – nothing beats the real stuff!
Your pictures are gorgeous, Ceara! I just want to reach right through my screen and grab a few of these cuties. And I’m addicted to chocolate chips, too. A lot of times I’ll just sneak a few from the bag, as I need just a tiny chocolate fix on most days. And I’m loving this blender version! It doesn’t seem like it can get any easier than this. Pinned! Have a wonderful day!
Thanks so much, Gayle!! 🙂 Hehe, I’m always sneaking a couple from the bag!! Thank goodness I brought a big bag with back from Canada! Have a great day too my friend!https://www.cearaskitchen.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php#comments-form
Totally agree on the chocolate chips, lately, I just eat them out of the bag for a little afternoon snack. But I love the idea of making pancakes with oatmeal. In fact, I love all the ingredients in these, and I have been totally craving pancakes lately but have been cutting my carbs so didn’t want to make “the boxed kind” Thanks for sharing this Ceara! Maybe I’ll just email to let you know how it goes, my pictures won’t look nearly as good as yours!!!
Happy to know I’m not the only chocolate chip fan 🙂 They do make such a fun and quick snack – my favorite is grabbing a few chocolate chips in the afternoon with some almonds! Let me know if you end up making these, Laura!! They are so yummy, soft, nutritious and easy to whip up!! Hope your week is off to a wonderful start 🙂