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Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Fresh Strawberry Sauce Recipe

February 10, 2016 by Jeanette 15 Comments

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Treat your loved ones to these Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes topped with Fresh Strawberry Sauce. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or any other special occasion! Sponsored by Peapod.
Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!

Valentine’s Day is this coming weekend, so when the online grocery service, Peapod, asked me to develop a special Valentine’s Day breakfast recipe for their recipe site, I spent a few days dreaming about all the different kinds of pancakes I could make.

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!

I finally came up with these gorgeous Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Fresh Strawberry Sauce. I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t love pancakes. In fact, I have a few friends who are absolutely obsessed with pancakes.

In developing this pancake recipe, I wanted to achieve several goals.

  • First, I wanted to make a healthy pancake, so these pancakes are made with white whole wheat flour (which is not as strong tasting as regular whole wheat flour), low-fat Greek yogurt and low-fat buttermilk (both of these lighter ingredients add tang and some acidity which gives these pancakes more flavor and makes them fluffier when they react with baking soda/baking powder), and fruit (I love sneaking in some extra fruit at breakfast time).
  • Second, I wanted to include several flavor combinations that naturally work together, like strawberries and chocolate, bananas and chocolate, oranges and chocolate. Chocolate compliments lots of fruits :).
  • Third, I wanted to give these pancakes an extra loving touch for Valentine’s Day, so I made a fresh strawberry sauce to go on top of the pancakes, and cut out cute little heart shaped bananas and fresh strawberries for fun decorations.

These pancakes are made with healthy, whole ingredients. If you’ve never tried white whole wheat flour, this is a great recipe to try it out on. White whole wheat flour is a whole grain flour, but it has a milder taste than regular whole wheat flour.
Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!

The consistency you’re looking for in this pancake batter is not too thick, and not too thin.

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!

To make heart shaped pancakes, the easiest way I found is to make pancakes slightly bigger than a heart shaped cookie cutter. I tried using a heart shaped pancake mold, but it was a lot more work and the pancakes didn’t turn out as nicely.

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!

The fresh strawberry sauce is super easy to make, and maple syrup and orange zest compliment the strawberries nicely.
Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!
A pretty presentation will show your loved ones how much you care this Valentine’s Day. To cut out heart shaped strawberries, choose strawberries that are naturally pointy at the ends and heart shaped; then slice into 1/4″ slices, and cut out the white core in a “v” shape to make the heart shape more pronounced. For the bananas, I used a mini heart shaped cookie cutter. Aren’t they cute?

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!

These pancakes are so pretty, I couldn’t stop taking pictures. My family had the biggest smiles on their faces when they sat down to this plate of Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Fresh Strawberry Sauce.

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with fresh Strawberry Sauce - treat your loved ones to a gorgeous stack of these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!

Whole Wheat Strawberry Banana Pancakes - these healthy pancakes are topped with a fresh strawberry sauce. Treat your loved ones to these pancakes for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion!
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Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Fresh Strawberry Sauce

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

Pancakes

  • 2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 3/4 cups low fat buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil or olive oil
  • 1 ripe banana mashed
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Strawberry Sauce

  • 2 cups chopped strawberries
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • zest from one clementine ~ 1 teaspoon

Garnishes

  • sliced strawberries
  • sliced bananas

Instructions

Pancakes

  1. Place flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl; whisk together.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, Greek yogurt, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla and oil.
  3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in mashed bananas and chocolate chips. Let sit 10 minutes.
  4. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium low heat. Drizzle a teaspoon of oil in pan and use a spatula to spread it around. Form pancakes by pouring 1/4 cup batter into skillet, spreading batter out to make a circle. Cook until bubbles form on surface and bottoms of pancakes are brown, about 2-3 minutes; flip pancakes and cook other side, about another minute or two. Repeat with rest of batter, oiling pan as necessary in between batches.

Strawberry Sauce

  1. Place strawberries, maple syrup, vanilla and orange zest in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Simmer 5-7 minutes, until strawberries break down.

Recipe Notes

This recipe makes 14 pancakes when using 1/4 cup batter for each pancake or 7 large pancakes when using 1/2 cup for each pancake. To make heart shape pancakes, you will need a heart shape cookie cutter. Make round pancakes slightly larger than the heart shape cookie cutter (I used a 4 1/2" heart shape cookie cutter which required 1/2 cup batter for each pancake). Once pancakes are cooked, transfer them to a cutting board and use cookie cutter to cut out heart shaped pancakes.

If you’re looking for more breakfast ideas for Valentine’s Day, check out these recipes on From The Pod:

Whole Wheat Chocolate Pistachio Cinnamon Rolls with Orange Icing
Cranberry Almond Meringue Tart
Spinach Ricotta Potato Omelet
Potato Hash with Fried Eggs
Ham, Spinach & Mushroom Quiche

Big thanks to Peapod for sponsoring this post which helps support Jeanette’s Healthy Living.

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Comments

  1. Sonali- The Foodie Physician says

    February 10, 2016 at 8:01 am

    So, so, so pretty! You can’t beat chocolate with strawberries and this stack of pancakes just looks absolutely perfect!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 12, 2016 at 7:57 am

      Thank you Sonali – I agree – strawberries + chocolate are always a winning combination!

      Reply
  2. Dianna | Chard in Charge says

    February 10, 2016 at 9:33 am

    Love the heart shape and that strawberry sauce sounds and looks divine! Totally trying this soon!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 12, 2016 at 7:56 am

      Thanks so much Dianna! Happy Valentine’s Day!

      Reply
  3. Kaleigh says

    February 10, 2016 at 2:16 pm

    Wow, these look delicious! I love the hearts! WE make pancakes every Saturday, so these are definitely going on the list! 🙂

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 12, 2016 at 7:57 am

      Thanks Kaleigh – I had fun making all the heart shapes for this recipe 🙂

      Reply
  4. Melanie says

    February 10, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    These pancakes and strawberry sauce look delicious! I haven’t been good at getting pancakes to take on a shape other than the oval/circle, but the cookie cutter after they’re cooked it so smart! I’ll have to do that next time 🙂

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 12, 2016 at 7:58 am

      The cookie cutter way is definitely easier than using the pancake molds that they sell (and a lot less expensive).

      Reply
  5. Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says

    February 11, 2016 at 10:46 am

    Perfect for Valentine’s Day!!

    Reply
  6. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

    February 11, 2016 at 2:38 pm

    These heart shaped pancakes are fabulous!
    Have a sweet Valentine’s Day!
    Angie

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 12, 2016 at 8:11 am

      Thanks Angie – Happy Valentine’s Day!

      Reply
  7. Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says

    February 11, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    Jeanette, I love these healthier heart shaped pancakes!!! these are just what I want for breakfast in bed on Valentine’s Day! 🙂

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 12, 2016 at 8:11 am

      Thanks Alice – ask your husband to make them for you 😉

      Reply
      • John T. says

        February 13, 2016 at 5:15 pm

        I found that to be very amusing! Does look fabulous. Happy Valentine’s Day Jeanette!!!

        Reply
  8. marie johson says

    December 27, 2019 at 8:57 am

    5 stars
    I’ve tried this recipe and absolutely in love it thanks

    Reply

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