Lil Chocolate Chip Pancake BItes
Pancake batter poured into a mini muffin tin and baked to create a similar flavor and texture to pancakes. Bake these, throw them in the freezer, and reheat them whenever you need in the microwave. Serve with a side of maple syrup.
PER SERVING – MAKES 24
34 CALS
PREP TIME
10 MINUTES
COOK TIME
9 MINUTES
| CARBS | PROTEIN | FAT |
|---|---|---|
| 4.9g | 2g | 0.7g |
STANDARD RECIPE
Lil Chocolate Chip Pancake Bites
Servings: 24 bites
Calories: 34kcal
Pancake batter poured into a mini muffin tin and baked to create a similar flavor and texture to pancakes. Bake these, throw them in the freezer, and reheat them whenever you need in the microwave. Serve with a side of maple syrup.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (100 g) oat flour
- ¼ cup (25 g) tapioca flour or corn starch
- 1 scoop (30 g) vanilla casein protein powder I use the brand Optimum Nutrition but micellar casein will work
- ½ cup (130 g) liquid egg whites
- 2 tbsp (30 g) mini chocolate chips
- 1 tsp (4 g) baking powder
- ⅝ cups (150 ml) water
Instructions
For the Pancake Bites
- Preheat your oven to 325°F.
- In a large bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients until no clumps remain. It is easiest for later if your bowl has a spout on it, not required however.
- NOTE: I'm sure many of you will ask me if you can swap the casein with whey or leave it out all together. No, do not omit the casein and absolutely do not substitute with whey. Your pancake bites will become hockey pucks. A lot of the sweetness comes from the protein powder, do not leave it out. I have attempted this recipe by adding sugar in place of the protein powder and it does not work. The casein adds an airy quality that is not present when only oat flour is used. You can probably use wheat flour and omit the casein but add in some kind of sweetener.
- Add in the water, egg whites, and 1 tbsp of chocolate chips. Mix until incorporated and your batter is pourable.
- Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Make sure to coat all sides of the well.
- If your bowl doesn't have a spout you may find it easiest to transfer the batter into a large ziplock bag to use as a piping bag. Cut off the corner to fill each well of your mini muffin tin.
- Fill each well about half way with batter. This recipe makes 24 bites. Top each bite with the remaining chocolate chips.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes.
Storage
- Once the bites have completely cooled, place them in a ziplock bag and remove as much air as possible. Store in the freezer.
- Reheat the bites in the microwave and serve with maple syrup.
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Nutrition
Calories: 34kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.9g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.7g
NUTRITION INFO
The information in the following tables are estimates for the total nutrition of the recipe, as written. If you follow the recipe listed above, as written, you can use these tables to determine the nutrition information if you wanted to split the recipe, as written, into more or less servings than what is originally listed. If you update the number of servings in the “Servings” field of the recipe above, the information in these tables are no longer accurate as you have updated the ingredients.
STANDARD RECIPE NUTRITION
Servings
Carbs
116.9g
Protein
48.8g
Fat
15.9g
Calories
805.9 cals
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This Post Has 21 Comments
Can you Whey protein?
No, it has to be casein
Can it be a casein/whey blend for baking or does it have to be casein?
I’m not sure. I’ve never tried
What temperature do you have on your freezer to consider it a cold freezer.
Im not sure, cold enough to where they can freeze solid and not be soft
Havent tried yet but looking to try for my kids, I dont want them having protein powder at such a young age though is there anything to substitute the protein powder for?
i would just make regular pancake batter
It’s 34 calorie per piece right?
I’m not sure why the standard recipe nutrition is showing 1 serving to be 800 calories and 24 to be 34 calories.
Wanted to ask if one pancake ball is 34 calories.
The nutrition charts shows 1 serving as 800 calories while 24 servings as 34.
Yes. The chart is for the entire recipe
Great recipe – thanks Josh!
In case anyone doesn’t have egg whites on hand like me, I used 2 extra large eggs instead. It turns out fine.
I also tried adding 1/2 a teaspoon of stevia and 1 teaspoon of maple extract since I don’t eat these with syrup – I am usually just eating one or two as I walk past my snack drawer. I definitely prefer real maple syrup, but I also like to keep my hands non sticky.
thank you 😎
You think just adding sweetener say a cup of stevia would make the batter and end result sweeter so you wouldn’t need syrup. More like a muffin bite?
That is a lot of stevia. I would try an 1/8 to 1/4 of that if you were to give it a go
Used whey, turned out fine. Maybe denser than they should be, but still good.
interesting, whey has always turned out horribly for me
Been playing around with it. I think more baking soda helps with whey.
Can you use almond flour or does it have to be oat flour?
I wouldn’t recommend that. Ive only tested with oat flour
Mine was a bit of a fail. Had to substitute rice flour for oat flour (couldn’t find packaged and don’t have a blender), used whole eggs and my casein turned out to be 20% whey.
Still edible and pretty tasty so credit to the recipe but collapsed once they came out of the oven. Not sure what ingredient killed them – probably the flour – but will tweak and attempt something different next time