Cooking with SunnyD: What happens when "plain" just doesn't cut it.

[SunnyD]

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. 🙂

 

[KLin]

mmm cow pies.

😉

 

[knawlejj]

I would definitely eat. They look like my pancakes when I make protein pancakes. Chocolate whey protein + pancake mix, cook them up and right before they are done put a dallop of peanut butter on it so it melts.

So delicious!

 

[Howard]

Why don't you do it with two batches? One will be regular while the other chocolate, and simply fold the latter into the former once or twice just before ladling onto pan?

 

[rocadelpunk]

well played sir.

 

[Heller]

shit.. those look delicious

Now if i could actually wake up before 2pm on a Sunday :thumbsup:

 

[Mo0o]

Did you take a pic of teh second batch. I wanna see the perfected product

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Howard
Why don't you do it with two batches? One will be regular while the other chocolate, and simply fold the latter into the former once or twice just before ladling onto pan?

My actual goal was to have chocolate SYRUP veins inside the pancake, not pancakes that were marbled.

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Did you take a pic of teh second batch. I wanna see the perfected product

They didn't look much different, just more like whole pancakes that weren't rotting. Cutting through them you'd hit veins of syrup. But no, I didn't get pics of them - the kids were getting impatient.

 

[nanette1985]

Next time you make those things, let us know and we'll drop by and help you finish them They look fantastic.