Looking for a nutella pancake recipe that will make your weekend breakfast special?

These nutella pancakes are a chocolate lovers dream, combining fluffy pancake goodness with the deliciousness of Nutella (flavour without the nasties).

With just a handful of ingredients, you’ll have homemade pancakes ready to delight your family!

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Ingredients
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The covers are ripped off me violently.

Well as violently as a 2.5 year old can rip off the covers.

My eye mask (which I wear to stop my eyes drying out because I sleep with one eye a bit open – yes I’m weird) is pulled back and snapped back into my face just in case the covers being ripped off didn’t quite wake me up.

Then a little face meets mine.

‘Mummy, wake up it’s morning time. You have to get up and make me pancakes.’

A few years ago, this was often how my day started.

Now I know I’m a big advocate of getting up before the kids and getting a head start (or actually exercising) but there was a time there where I was staying up a bit too late and hanging out in bed until one of the kids woke up.

I’m much better at it these days though. I know just how much I benefit from that bit of alone time before everyone wakes up.

Nutella Pancakes via www.clairekcreations.com

The request for pancakes on the other hand, hasn’t changed and I don’t think will be changing any time soon.

I can’t say I mind that much.

It saves me having to think of breakfast ideas and they all eat them.

It does stint my creativity a little but I’m not one to back down from a food challenge of course so I have quite a few healthy pancake recipes up my sleeve (quite a few of which appear in my nutritionist friend Shannon and my eBook Crawler Cuisine to Toddler Tucker).

I try to make them with lots of goodness which means mixing up the flours that I use – buckwheat, spelt, coconut and nut meals are favourites – and using fruit or veggies, like in my pumpkin pancakes, to sweeten them.

Generally it's just a twist on regular pancakes.

Ingredients

To make nutella pancakes you will need:

WET INGREDIENTS

Very ripe bananas - mashed
Eggs
Vanilla extract - here's how to make your own

DRY INGREDIENTS

Hazelnut meal - also called hazelnut flour
Raw cacao powder - or use unsweetened cocoa powder
Coconut milk (or whole milk if dairy is ok)
Chocolate chips - optional extra

Take them next level

We saw a tip somewhere that to take these pancakes to the next level (but sort of remove the 'healthy' name) you can add nutella filling.

Hello nutella stuffed pancakes.

To do it, you scoop little spoonfuls of delicious nutella on top a lined baking sheet.

Pop it in the freezer until frozen and then place a frozen disk of nutella in the middle of the batter on the pan and press in slightly with the back of a spoon and cook the pancake as usual.

The frozen nutella will slowly melt into gooey chocolatey goodness.

My latest creation – nutella pancakes.

This delicious recipe is all sorts of chocolatey goodness and I may sneak a few myself.

Ok I have them for breakfast sometimes too but they’re actually a pretty balanced breakfast (but like an indulgent breakfast treat) especially topped with some berries.

Having made more pancakes than I can even begin to count this year, I have come up with some top tips for perfecting them.

Tips

Make a test pancake – I always cook one in the middle of the pan to test the consistency of the pancake batter and check the heat of the pan. If that one turns our well then I’m good to go.
Wait for bubbles - wait until bubbles appear, pop and stay popped before flipping then just cook for a minute or so on the other side.
Don't press - if you want fluffy pancakes, make sure you don't press down on them while they're cooking.
Keep them warm - Keep the cooked pancakes on a napkin or a few sheets of paper towel while you’re cooking the rest so they don’t sweat and go soggy. Alternatively put them on a plate in the oven on low.
Freeze leftovers - You can freeze pancakes. It’s best to put a bit of parchment paper between or wax paper each one so they don’t stick or you can freeze them on a tray then pop them into a freezer baggie once they’re frozen. They make the perfect treat to grab on the go.

Recipe

Nutella pancakes

These nutella pancakes are a chocolate lovers dream, combining fluffy pancake goodness with the deliciousness of Nutella (flavour without the nasties). With just a handful of ingredients, you’ll have homemade pancakes ready to delight your family!

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Snacks and sweets

Keyword: chocolate, pancakes

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 25

Servings: mini pancakes

Calories: 30kcal

Author: Claire Cameron - Claire K Creations

Ingredients

2 medium very ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs
⅓ cup hazelnut meal
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon raw cacao
Coconut milk or milk if dairy is ok

Instructions

Mix the wet ingredients - bananas, eggs & vanilla - together in a large mixing bowl.
Add the dry ingredients - hazelnut meal and raw cacao and stir until smooth.
If the batter is too thick (depends on the size of your bananas), add a little bit of coconut milk. Let the batter rest a few minutes while the pan heats.
Heat a large frying pan over medium high heat. If your pan is not non-stick, add some melted butter or coconut oil or any other unflavored oil.
Use a tablespoon of batter (a cookie scoop works well too) per pancake and place on the hot pan and cook until bubbles appear and pop then flip and cook for a few minutes on the other side.
I like to use the first pancake as a test pancake to make sure the batter is not too thick or thin.
Serve your chocolate hazelnut pancakes hot off the skillet, topped with fresh fruit, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or an extra nutella drizzle for that indulgent touch. Drizzle with maple syrup for a sweet finish. Or for a healthy version they're delicious just with a little maple syrup.