Flavoured with molasses and warming spices, these light and fluffy Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Greek Yogurt Pancakes make a delicious and healthy holiday breakfast!
Please tell me you aren’t sick of gingerbread yet… because I have one more sweet and spicy recipe to share with you guys before Christmas (2 more days!!!), and while I briefly considered playing around with another one of the fabulous Christmas flavour combinations out there (chocolate orange was a big contender), I always seem to get hit with a huge molasses addiction around this time of the year, so I’m not even going to bother trying to fight it #SorryImNotSorry.
I have a feeling you’ll forgive me, though…
Do you have a go-to Christmas morning breakfast tradition? I know that cinnamon buns are a big one for a lot of people, but it’s always been pancakes at my house. Buttermilk pancakes topped with a sprinkle of icing sugar. Or maple syrup because #IAmCanadian.
I seriously love pancakes, but the whole flipping process has always stressed me out so Christmas morning breakfast was usually Mom’s job. And man oh man did she do some quality work. To this day, I have yet to find pancakes that I like more than hers, and even though she’s tried to teach me the ropes a few times, I’ve never quite been able to make pancakes like her.
So I put my own spin on things… literally.
You guys know I adore my Blendtec Designer 725. I rely on it so much, that it even managed to snag a permanent place on my kitchen counter… which is saying a lot for someone who doesn’t like her counter space being cluttered. But I was getting tired of constantly taking it in and out of my cupboards seeing as I use it for everything from smoothies, to muffins, to pancakes.
Yup. Pancakes. Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Greek Yogurt Pancakes, in this case.
I die.
They’re light. They’re fluffy. They’re sweet. They’re spicy. They’re basically everything I look for in pancakes. They’re also incredibly healthy, with a good dose of protein from the Greek yogurt and egg whites, fibre from the oats, and chocolate for the antioxidants 😉
And if that wasn’t enough, they’re crazy easy to whip up. No messy bowls and no hand mixing… just a few seconds in the blender to make the batter, and then straight onto the skillet. Foolproof and delicious — what more could you ask for during the craziness of the holidays?
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Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Greek Yogurt Pancakes .
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 1 serving, 6 pancakes 1x
Ingredients
- ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/2 ripe banana
- 2–3 tsp. molasses
- 2 egg whites
Instructions
- Preheat a skillet over medium heat and coat it with cooking spray or oil. You want to make sure that it’s very hot before you start cooking your pancakes.
- Add ingredients to a blender in the order listed and blend until oats are broken down and batter is smooth. Allow batter to sit for a few minutes so that it thickens up.
- Pour batter straight from blender onto skillet until desired size of pancakes is reached. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top and cook until the edges have set and bubbles begin to form on the tops of the pancakes, about 3 minutes. Using a spatula, flip and cook for another 2 minutes. Repeat until all the batter is gone, making sure to coat your skillet again with oil between each batch.
- Remove from heat and serve with your favourite toppings.
Notes
* Recipe makes 1 serving of 6 palm-sized pancakes. You can easily double of triple it to make more.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
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These are soooo simple looking and I have wanted gingerbread pancakes! Going to have to whip these up soon 🙂
I still remember the day I finally bit the bullet and gave the blender a permanent place on the counters. It was a big deal, and it only happened because the Hubby nagged me about it for months and months. I finally agreed to “try it” for a week to see if I liked it. It’s never gone back in the cabinet. Who says people can’t change. 😉
These look insanely delicious! Thinking of adding peanut butter chips because I love peanut butter and gingerbread together (well, ANYTHING with peanut butter!)
How gorg!! I’m been craving gingerbread EVERYTHING lately, so I’m beyond excited to try these bad boys. Love the chocolate chip addition, obviously 🙂
Not even close to being sick of gingerbread. I haven’t actually had much this year, but my mom made a loaf the other day and I nearly ate the entire thing. HOLY WOW.
Man those look good. I usually serve a big hearty breakfast on Christmas. Eggs, turkey bacon, muffins, juice, yogurt parfaits. Merry Christmas!!
I made these for breakfast this morning and they were yummy! Thanks for the recipe
Gingerbread + Pancakes? Omg. You know the way to my heart.
You know I’m right there with you on the gingerbread obsession!
We never do pancakes or waffles on Christmas morning because they’re too labour intensive – instead we do a strata or overnight French toast that we can make the night before and just pop in the oven in the morning. But I’m definitely pinning these to make soon!
Light, fluffy, and spicy is the only way to go! This is my kind of Christmas morning stack – nope, never tired of gingerbread! Or chocolate chips 🙂 Pinned, and Merry Christmas Amanda!
Holy Amazing Pancakes! Another recipe that proves I need to pick up molasses…these look SO GOOD!
Pancakes are normally involved but this year I am trying to make some grain free gingerbread muffins – wish me luck!
My family has a huge brunch on Christmas day so it’s a mix of breakfast and lunch stuff. No pancakes thought, which I think I’m going to have to change this year, because these look ah-ma-zing. Definitely gonna try to figure out a dairy-free version of these ASAP 😀
Trust you to make me want something which I otherwise would not pick for myself! I’m not too big on the gingerbread flavour overall yet I have just bookmarked this recipe to try out within the next few days…these look SO good! My only complaint is that you didn’t post this recipe last month- my sister was in town and given her love for gingerbread lattes, I know she would have been all over this. Sending her this recipe nonetheless :)!
I tend to like almost anything that comes out of my mom’s kitchen but particularly her cakes- between her carrot, apple cinnamon & banana cake I just can’t choose a favourite!!
We’ve never had a traditional breakfast. I do love my pancakes though, these look really good.
These look delicious! I’m not head over heels for gingerbread, but I’m going to have to consider it for these. Also, I’m getting a Ninja for Christmas! I mean I might be. Have to wait on Santa. Pretty exciting that it might be able to whip up some pancakes along with all my smoothies.
Ohhh yum!!! These look perfect! I can’t get enough of the gingerbread flavor right now. I tend to go a little nuts with it during the holidays
Aaaare you serious with this combo? Literally all of my favorite things rolled into one. And yes, we have yummy breakfast Christmas traditions in our house! My mom’s famous scrambled eggs, English muffins and chicken apple sausage. I will be participating this year for the first time in many… sounds a bit more appetizing than last year’s coconut yogurt and berries. 😉 xox merry almost christmas!!
Wow, you weren’t kidding about the Molasses!!! I wish I brought you a jar of that instead of Tahini! Christmas morning this year…No idea what breakfast will be. Pancakes perhaps 😉
Perfect timing! I have to bring pancakes to a xmas brunch on Friday and this looks like a winning recipe to me!
I don’t think we ever had a specific Christmas morning tradition! My mom and my brother aren’t a fan of pancakes (I know, I don’t get it either) so we usually had some varation of eggs and bacon. A few years we did Eggs Benedict, which I think was always my favourite.
As for favourite foods my mom makes – beef stroganoff, pepper steak…pretty much anything hearty and comforting. now I’m really excited for April when I get to eat my mom’s cooking again…
We actually don’t have a breakfast tradition for Christmas but after seeing these, I’m ready for it to be pancakes!! I’ve actually never tried the gingerbread and chocolate combo but it sounds amazing.
I hope you’re having a blast on the slopes, pretty lady!
I’ve never thought to mix pancakes in a blender. Do you know if it affects their texture at all? These ones look incredible. I love gingerbread erraythang, and that syrup drizzle shot? Perf!
OMG these look amazing. I love your recipes. My husband would love these. All I need are molasses but I have everything else. Can’t wait to try these! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I totally haven’t done enough ginger this season. I’ve been really into mint. Now I have an excuse to try all your amazing recipes!
Totally not sick of gingerbread yet! I think it might be because I finally decided to go buy molasses and ground ginger to make some homemade gingerbread goods this year, so now I’m too excited to make alllll the gingerbread!
I never had a traditional Christmas breakfast, but pancakes sound like a good tradition to start 😉
Ooh, I love that this is a single-serving recipe AND that it has healthy stuff like oats and greek yogurt! Definitely making them!
to be honest, I don’t think we even have a Christmas breakfast tradition. Just a long, cozy breakfast /brunch together, but not a specific dish that we eat every year. Not sure what this year will be like. I’m not planning on making breakfast because I’m already in charge of dinner on Christmas Eve and 25th. So I’m booked out 😉 my father sometimes makes nice breakfasts with nice cheese and meat platters, buns, boiled eggs etc.
Yum yum yum! I could go for a big ol’ stack of these.
YUMMM!! Not sick of gingerbread at all, its amazing. I love pancakes like this. I can’t even eat regular pancakes anymore because they just taste like flour and nothing else. I like hearty protein filled pancakes. Great recipe.
YUM! No, definitely NOT sick of gingerbread yet. The gingerbread “season” just isn’t long enough 😉
My family doesn’t really have an x-mss morning breakfast tradition. We usually party pretty hard on christmas eve, so most of us are just trying to find the closest headache medicine and strong coffee.
My mom makes the BEST sweet potato casserole! It slow cooks all day and has pineapple and coconut in it!
Nope – am not tired of gingerbread because I haven’t started my consumption of it yet! Crazy right?! I think you should send me some of these beauts for me to start! 😉
Christmas morning I am usually cooking for our big lunch and my daughter and any family I might have staying with me are always trying to sneak eats before they are ready: “the end of that yule log looks weird, let me chop it off for you” – then “the yule log isn’t even – let me take the other side off for you” and on it goes…. we usually have something light for breakfast – but am thinking I need to rethink that strategy that way they will leave my yule log alone!!! 🙂
My mom makes the best “cutlets” ever – they are a fried potato and chicken/fish/beef ball with spices.
Merry Christmas to you and your, Lovely Lady!
These look awesome! My kids love chocolate chips in their pancakes (duh) so might try this for them this weekend 🙂
These look amazing! A must try!
I.love.pancakes. Specifically diner pancakes, but my mom used to make applesauce pancakes (???) and they,were,bomb.
These sound so delicious, but still pretty healthy! 🙂 Our tradition was always cinnamon rolls, which I love, but it’s probably good we only eat them once a year 😉 haha
I absolutely LOVE greek yogurt (or for me quark) in pancakes. It definitely is the fluffy secret!!
Since we don’t celebrate christmas morning, thesre is no real tradition here, but usually when we meet at Mum’s for any breakfast, she bakes a ginormous loaf of sweet butter bread.
Happy Holidays pretty lady!!
I did not grow up with a traditional Christmas breakfast. I know a lot of people have favorites but we really never had the same thing. As I got older, we would enjoy coffee and then we weuld have a frittata or pancakes.