These hot cocoa pancakes inspired by Snooze are simple, delicious, and absolutely addicting!
Ingredients
Pancakes
1ripe banana, mashed
2eggs
3cupsbuttermilk
4Tablespoonsbutter, melted
2cupsflour
2teaspoonsbaking powder
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoon salt
2Tablespoonssugar
1cupwhite chocolate chips
Mexican Hot Chocolate Sauce
3/4cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4cupwhole milk
1/4teaspooncinnamon
Toppings
1cuptoasted walnuts*
powdered sugar
2cupsminiature marshmallows**
Instructions
Before making the pancakes, make sure all of your toppings are ready, including marshmallows, walnuts, and powdered sugar. You may also make the hot cocoa sauce ahead of time, but it comes together very quickly.
Pancakes
Heat griddle to 350 F or a large nonstick pan to medium-high heat. In a large bowl, combine the wet ingredients with a whisk including banana, eggs, buttermilk, and butter. Add the dry ingredients all at the same time to the wet ingredients, and mix until just combined.
Grease the griddle or pan with butter or nonstick spray. Using a 1/3 cup measuring cup, pour the batter onto the hot surface. The batter will be fairly thick; you may need to use the back of the measuring cup to spread into a pancake that is approximately 6 inches in diameter. Top the wet, uncooked side of each pancake with a handful of white chocolate chips. Cook until golden brown on bottom, and some holes have formed on top of the uncooked side. Flip the pancakes and cook until golden brown on the bottom.
Mexican Hot Chocolate Sauce
Heat the chocolate chips, milk, and cinnamon over medium heat until melted, stirring occasionally with a whisk. Lower heat to the lowest heat to keep warm until serving.
Assembly
For one individual serving, stack pancakes on a plate and top with walnuts, a sprinkle of powdered sugar, and marshmallows. If you are using a torch, place marshmallows on top of pancakes and torch the marshmallows until they are a golden brown color. Drizzle with the Mexican hot chocolate sauce and serve immediately.
Notes
*If you purchase your nuts untoasted, simply put them in a pan over medium heat for 5-6 minutes until fragrant and toasted, tossing every minute or so to avoid burning.**At Snooze their hot cocoa pancakes are served with an enormous homemade marshmallow, which is torched to golden brown perfection before serving. You can use large marshmallows for this recipe and toast them with a torch or over a gas top stove using a skewer, or you can also toast miniature marshmallows on top of your pancakes with a torch like we did.