Sundays, my family and I sit down for a "big" family breakfast, or brunch depending on when we get our lazy asses out of bed. Generally breakfast involves some variation or selection of the following: Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Hash Browns, English Muffins, Pancakes and/or Waffles.
This morning, indeed it was some variation, composed of pancakes, eggs and bacon. But, I wasn't going to settle for plain old. So I devised a plan... an ingenious plan. Kids like pancakes, right? Kids like chocolate, right? So therefore kids must go nuts over chocolate pancakes! I've tried something similar before, making cocoa waffles. But this time, I set out to do it right.
Progress!
The result! (These look sort of disgusting don't they?)
Mind you, I made a crucial mistake with the batch on the skillet. Apparently chocolate syrup pretty much disintegrates when heat is applied. Actually, it gets somewhat absorbed into the pancake as the water boils out of it. My goal was actually to have veins of chocolate syrup in the pancakes, which the second batch actually produced. (Note to self: apply syrup, then add a little more batter over top to "seal it in" - works great!) No, the chocolate pancakes were not made with simply mixing in chocolate syrup... I made it with cocoa powder, almond milk, butter and sugar.
Needless to say, said pancakes didn't last very long on the plates.
This morning, indeed it was some variation, composed of pancakes, eggs and bacon. But, I wasn't going to settle for plain old. So I devised a plan... an ingenious plan. Kids like pancakes, right? Kids like chocolate, right? So therefore kids must go nuts over chocolate pancakes! I've tried something similar before, making cocoa waffles. But this time, I set out to do it right.
Progress!
The result! (These look sort of disgusting don't they?)
Mind you, I made a crucial mistake with the batch on the skillet. Apparently chocolate syrup pretty much disintegrates when heat is applied. Actually, it gets somewhat absorbed into the pancake as the water boils out of it. My goal was actually to have veins of chocolate syrup in the pancakes, which the second batch actually produced. (Note to self: apply syrup, then add a little more batter over top to "seal it in" - works great!) No, the chocolate pancakes were not made with simply mixing in chocolate syrup... I made it with cocoa powder, almond milk, butter and sugar.
Needless to say, said pancakes didn't last very long on the plates.
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