Chocolate Chip Greek Yogurt Pancakes
These Greek yogurt pancakes make a perfect light and healthy breakfast! They’re studded with chocolate chips and are made healthier with whole wheat flour, Greek yogurt, and honey!
How was your weekend? Mine involved taking my little niece to the circus and it was seriously the cutest thing ever. I guess when you’re three years old the circus is an incredible thing and now she’s been asking to ride an elephant all weekend. Sadly, I don’t see any elephant riding in her near future. But at least she got to see the elephants up close, right?
Another thing I did this weekend was make these chocolate chip Greek yogurt pancakes. You guys. These are good. I usually stick with my whole wheat pancakes for a homemade pancake recipe that’s still on the healthier side, but I decided to try something a little different.
I used my whole wheat pancake recipe as a base, I doubled the recipe to make more and swapped out the buttermilk for some vanilla Greek yogurt and regular milk. I also used white whole wheat flour in these pancakes and sweetened them with a little honey.
I seriously couldn’t believe how great these turned out! The best part is that they’re pack with a little extra protein from the Greek yogurt since there’s one full cup in the recipe!
Recipe Ingredients
For this easy healthy pancake recipe, you’ll need the following ingredients:
- White whole wheat flour: I prefer using whole wheat flour in this recipe, but you can also use all-purpose flour if that’s all you have on hand.
- Baking powder & baking soda: Makes the healthy pancakes super light and fluffy.
- Salt: Enhances the flavor of the pancakes.
- Vanilla Greek yogurt: Adds sweetness and flavor, while keeping the pancakes moist.
- Milk: You can use any milk you’d like.
- Eggs: To bind everything together.
- Oil: Use a neutral oil, like vegetable or canola.
- Honey: Sweetens the batter.
- Vanilla extract: Use pure vanilla for the best flavor.
- Chocolate chips: Optional, but highly recommended!
How to Make Greek Yogurt Pancakes
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the greek yogurt, milk, eggs, oil, honey, and vanilla extract.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. It’s important not to over mix your batter or the pancakes can turn out chewy. Once the two are just combined, gently fold in the chocolate chips.
Scoop the batter onto a preheated, greased skillet and cook until bubbles form. Flip, then cook until golden brown.
Healthy Pancake Toppings
Not sure what toppings to pile onto your Greek yogurt pancakes? Here are a few healthy pancake topping ideas to get you started:
- Fresh berries
- Blueberry Sauce
- Strawberry Sauce
- Apple Butter
- Pure maple syrup
- Homemade Honey Roasted Peanut Butter
Cooking Tips
- I used vanilla greek yogurt for these pancakes, but I’m sure that plain would work as well. If you do use plain, you may need to add a little extra sweetener, but I do suggest vanilla Greek yogurt if you have it on hand.
- You can certainly leave the chocolate chips out for a plain version or substitute some fruit instead; blueberries or strawberries would also work well with these pancakes!
- The full recipe will make about 14 pancakes, but you can easily halve the recipe to make enough for two people.
More Easy Pancake Recipes to Try!
Chocolate Chip Greek Yogurt Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet or griddle to medium heat and spray well with non stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the greek yogurt, milk, eggs, oil, honey, and vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined, making sure not to over mix the batter. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Using a ¼ cup measuring cup, scoop the batter from the bowl and drop onto the skillet or griddle. Once the top starts to bubble and the edges look set, flip and let cook for another 1-2 minutes.
- Serve with extra chocolate chips, fresh fruit, or pure maple syrup!
Can you use Maple syrup instead of Honey?
Yes, that would be fine.
What are the calories per pancake?
I’m not sure on the nutritional information, but you can plug everything into an online calculator to get an estimate.
These were amazing!! I used bananas & walnuts in them and couldn’t stop with 2! Everything I’ve made by you has turned out delicious. I am a fan & Will keep coming back to you for all my baking recipes! Thank you!
Thank you, Elise! That means a lot to me!
This is my favorite pancake recipe. I keep it taped to the inside of my cupboard for easy access! This morning I tried adding orange zest to the batter and it turned out even yummier!
BEST PANCAKES EVER!! I used blueberries instead of the chocolate chips, and WOW! I didn’t even use syrup, instead, I used a squirt of whip cream. Tasted like dessert instead of a healthy pancake. My husband loves them as well. Followed the directions exactly (besides the blueberries). Will have to try the chocolate chips!
Made these for breakfast today. Used plain Greek yogurt instead of vanilla and added a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Topped with peanut butter and maple syrup. So delicious!
Hello from Toronto 🙂 I made this recipe this morning for my family. They all loved the pancakes! I substituted regular milk with oats milk and they turned out so fluffy and tasty. Thank you for the recipe Danielle!
Hi Danielle, I’m new to your blog & this was the first recipe I tried. I made 1/2 batch with plain greek yogurt and couple Tbsp sour cream as I ran out, regular whole wheat flour, coconut oil and 3 tbsp honey, and they were great! I did 1/2 with mini chips and 1/2 with blueberries and my 3yr old couldn’t get enough of both, which is saying a lot for a picky eater 🙂 As you mentioned, I did find the last few pancakes to be thinner, as the batter sat for a bit during the breakfast process, but they were still tasty. Thanks for sharing your creation. It wouldn’t let me give you a rating, but it’s 5 stars!
So glad you enjoyed the pancakes, Toni! Sorry you had trouble rating the recipe too, that should be fixed now. Thanks for the heads up 🙂
I subed in 2/3 cup of protein powder for some of the flour to bump the protein up even more and these were still light and delicious! Saving for sure!
These are amazing! My pre-teen asked me to make these for her sleepover birthday party as well and the girls ate all that I made! You know they are good when kids ask for them!
So happy to hear that, Laura!
Hi there, can you make the batter and freeze it to use on another day?
I haven’t tried it, but I’m not sure that would work well. You can cook them all at once and freeze any extra pancakes.
Delicious recipe! About to make again right now! Do they freeze well?
I haven’t tried it, but I do think they would freeze fine! You can warm them in the microwave.
Very good! Very healthy AND passed the teenage boy test!!!
Great recipe! These were SO good! Will be my go to for pancakes.
I made these last weekend. They are absolutely fantastic. Now my new favorite go to pancake recipe. Thank you for sharing.
So happy to hear that, Lin!
I love these and make them every Sunday for myself and my kids. They are great as waffles and you can mix up the types of flours. I substitute apple sauce for the oil. Also I do leftover pancake dippers for my daughters lunch or will do a flavored cream cheese in between like a sandwich.
So glad you love the pancake recipe, Stephanie! The pancake dippers sound like such a fun idea!
Hi there! I tried it just now and these babies were amazing!! By far the best recipe i’ve tried. Thank you for sharing 🙂 much love from Malaysia ❤️
So glad you liked the pancakes, Farah!
Hello! I’m really interested in trying these pancakes, but have you made them with almond flour? Would that work well? Thank you so much!
I haven’t tried almond flour, I’m not quite sure how they would turn out with it.
Wow, I love these pancakes!!!!
I put in Blueberries instead of chocolate chips and they came out delicious!!!
So glad you enjoyed the pancakes, Chana!
These we’re pretty good but for me too much chocolate chips besides that it was amazing
Glad you liked the pancakes! You can certainly reduce the chocolate chips or leave them out next time.
Omg these are my fave I swapped out wheat flour for oat flour and added cacao nibs and walnuts instead of chocolate chips wow wow wow soooooo yummy thank you so much for this amazing recipe???
Glad to hear your substitutions worked great, Fouzia! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I pinned these ages ago and finally made them this morning with buttermilk instead of regular milk. They were absolutely delicious!! Thanks for this recipe 🙂
So glad you liked the pancakes, Lisanne!
Hello Danielle,
My name is Cameron and I was wondering if I could find nutrition info on this recipe, or how many calories and grams of proteins are in these yummy pancakes.
Thanks,
Cameron
Hi, Cameron. I typically don’t include the calorie count for recipes on my site, since it can vary based on the brands/products that you use. My Fitness Pal has a great website and app that you can use though to get a more accurate calorie estimate. Hope that helps! ?
What kind of oil do you recommend using? I want to make these tomorrow, they look soooo good!
Canola, vegetable, or even melted coconut oil all work well in these pancakes!
Can these be made with almond milk instead of regular milk? We keep greek yogurt in the house, but only drink and use almond milk!
Yes, I’ve used almond milk and it works just fine! 🙂
Can you use regular white flour or whole wheat flour?
Yes, either of those should work fine in this recipe.
I maade these this morning, and they are the most fluffy, flavorful pancakes i have ever had! will definately make again!
So glad to hear that, Sara!
Have you ever made the batter the night before?
If you combine the wet and dry ingredients and let it sit overnight, the pancakes won’t rise as well. You can mix up the wet ingredients and the dry ingredients separately (refrigerate the wet ingredients) and then combine them the next morning to make the pancakes. Hope that helps!
Hey! Has anybody made this batter and made the actual pancakes the next day? I’m wanting to do this for vacation. Make it before we go but I’m not sure how it will turn out!
Hi Audrey! I haven’t tried this before, but I’m afraid the pancakes wouldn’t rise very well if the batter sits overnight. You could mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately (just make sure to refrigerate the wet ingredients) and then mix them together right before you plan to make them. Or you could cook the pancakes ahead of time and just refrigerate them until the next day. Hope that helps!
Hi. Just wondering if these would transform into waffles fairly easily?
Hi Moni, I haven’t tried turning these into waffles yet. You would probably need to add a little extra fat (butter or oil) to the recipe to get crispier waffles, but since I haven’t tried it yet it’s hard to give a suggestion. My friend Kristine has a great recipe for chocolate chip whole wheat waffles you could try here: http://kristineskitchenblog.com/healthy-chocolate-chip-waffles/.
Hi, I love these! I just have one dilemma, I’ve run out of greek yogurt and want to make these. What can I use to substitute the 1 cup of greek yogurt?
Hi Cynthia! I’m so glad to hear you love them! You could substitute the Greek yogurt with regular yogurt or sour cream (you may need just a bit more sweetener if you use sour cream). You could also replace the milk and Greek yogurt in this recipe with 2 cups of buttermilk. I have a note in this recipe for how to make a buttermilk substitute here: http://www.livewellbakeoften.com/2015/02/17/whole-wheat-pancakes/.
I hope this helps!