Enjoy a sweet breakfast with Healthy Mini Pancake Bites made with oat flour, maple syrup, and almond milk, and loaded with mini chocolate chips!

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Recipe Name: Healthy Mini Pancake Bites
Ready In: 20 minutes
Serves: 24 bites
Main Ingredients: oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, egg, maple syrup, vanilla, lemon juice
Why You'll Love It: Enjoy a sweet breakfast with Healthy Mini Pancake Bites made with oat flour, maple syrup, and almond milk, and loaded with mini chocolate chips!

The most delicious chocolate chip pancake bites

Most of us have experience cooking up pancake breakfasts, but have you ever made yours in the oven?! Today we're whipping up delicious, healthy mini pancake bites made complete with a maple syrup sweetener and loads of chocolate chips.

This is one of my go-to breakfasts, especially on weekends. It's perfect for a lazy, slow morning, and it's a healthy option that gets your sweet tooth under control!

Our healthy mini pancakes recipe creates 24 servings and is suitable for several people. It's an easy recipe to double, making it a great option for feeding to weekend visitors!

Mini pancake ingredients

These healthy mini pancake bites use 10 different ingredients. If you do a lot of baking, you probably have most of them on deck and ready to go!

Oat flour: Begin with 1.5 cups of oat flour. This will be the base of the batter.
Baking powder: Include 1 teaspoon of baking powder to help the pancakes cook properly.
Baking soda: Add ½ teaspoon of baking soda as well!
Salt: Next, add to the flavor with ¼ teaspoon of salt.
Egg: 1 egg helps bind the dry ingredients together and creates a light pancake texture. If opting for vegan pancakes, see below for two simple egg substitutes.
Maple syrup: Sweeten up the 'cakes by including ¼ cup of maple syrup. This is probably my favorite ingredient (next to the chocolate, of course)!
Vanilla: Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla for extra flavor.
Lemon juice: The secret ingredient is 1 tablespoon of lemon juice!
Almond milk: Include ¾ cup of almond milk to help the batter achieve the correct consistency.
Chocolate chips: Finally, throw in 1 cup of mini chocolate chips.

Tools used in this recipe

Mini pancake bites require a few different kitchen utensils. You'll need the below items, as well as a handful of measuring cups. Be sure to measure everything accurately, as pancakes rely on a certain ratio to fluff up and cook properly!

Mini muffin tin
Nonstick spray
Small mixing bowl
Stirring utensil
Large mixing bowl
Whisk
Cookie scoop
Toothpick

For measuring, you will need the following sized cups: ¼ tsp, ½ tsp, 1 tsp, 1 tbsp, ¼ cup, ½ cup, ¾ cup, and 1 cup.

Photo of ingredients for Healthy Mini Pancake Bites with labels.

How to make healthy mini pancake bites

In just 15 minutes, this recipe creates 24 light, fluffy, healthy pancake bites. If you've never used a muffin tin to make them, get ready. It makes the process worlds easier, and it's not as messy!

First, preheat the oven to 350ªF and grease a mini muffin tin with nonstick spray.

In a small bowl, stir together the oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Whisk the egg, maple syrup, vanilla, lemon juice, and almond milk in a large bowl.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet and whisk until well combined.

Stir in the chocolate chips. Using a cookie scoop, divide the batter evenly into 24 mini muffin tins.

Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Substitution Tip

In the mood to switch things up? Here are some easy ways to change up your pancakes or replace an ingredient you may be missing!

Egg: Achieve vegan pancakes by swapping the egg with ¼ cup of applesauce. You can also opt for a chia seed "egg" made from 1 tablespoon of chia seeds and 3 tablespoon of water!
Maple syrup: Not into maple syrup? Swap it with either honey or molasses! Use a bit less and add to taste.
Almond milk: You can replace almond milk with any other nut or dairy milk in equal amounts.
Chocolate chips: Chocolate chips make this recipe complete, but you can replace them if preferred! Ideas include frozen or fresh fruit, white chocolate chips, or even walnuts!

How healthy mini pancake bites are healthier

Making healthy versions of recipes is my jam. In this one, it was incredibly easy — I just swapped in three healthier ingredients!

Oat flour
First, I kicked the white all-purpose flour to the curb and opted for oat flour instead. This is the easiest switch — you can't detect it in the final flavor! In fact, oat flour makes for some seriously fluffy and delicious healthy mini pancake bites.

Maple syrup
Did you notice the lack of sugar in this recipe? That's because maple syrup was used to add the perfect amount of sweet flavor, the natural way!

Almond milk
Finally, I used almond milk in place of dairy milk for a plant-based option and subtly nutty flavor.

Storing leftovers

Did you know pancakes are a great make-ahead breakfast? You can prepare and cook the batter, and then freeze the freshly made 'cakes for up to 3 months! When ready to enjoy, simply microwave or place in the oven under foil for a couple of minutes.

If you just want to save them for tomorrow, store in the refrigerator in a tightly sealed container. They'll stay fluffy and fresh for up to 3 days!

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Need some more breakfast ideas? Here are some of my favorites, including breakfast burritos (which are perfect for meal prepping!), a hearty casserole, and muffins.

Erin Antoniak