Chocolate chip buckwheat pancakes from Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files (page 19) by Deb Perelman

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  • AVine on May 30, 2026

    Made half with chocolate chips and half with blueberries. Big hit!

  • crysta_63qusi on May 03, 2026

    Come together quickly, great with a smear of peanut butter. The buckwheat makes it hard to tell when they're finished, so I stick them in a warm oven for a few minutes to make sure without drying them out.

  • courtney_nb7i83 on March 01, 2026

    These were ok. A healthy alternative to flour pancakes but won’t be a regular recipe of ours. The kids enjoyed them because of the chocolate chips. They are hard to tell when done and I would make these smaller if I were to cook them again, just because they seemed to take a while to cook. Worth trying though.

  • courtney_nb7i83 on March 01, 2026

    These were ok. A healthy alternative to flour pancakes but won’t be a regular recipe of ours. The kids enjoyed them because of the chocolate chips. They are hard to tell when done and I would make these smaller if I were to cook them again, just because they seemed to take a while to cook. Worth trying though.

  • Jhein12 on February 25, 2026

    Really lovely flavor. It can be hard to tell if they're done though since the batter is quite dark.

  • ljl1989 on November 02, 2025

    Our favorite weekly pancakes! Agree with the other commenters that they are a little dryer than regular pancakes - we make sure to pull them off the pan as soon as they're fully cooked. I don't like syrup on my pancakes but butter works quite well to moisten them up when reheating! Chocolate compliments the buckwheat beautifully, but they're quite good with blueberries as well.

  • anya_sf on May 02, 2023

    I don't usually love chocolate chips in pancakes, but tried these as I had all the ingredients on hand (using mini chips). Watch the heat as the chips may start to burn. As others have said, the pancakes were tasty, fluffy and tender, but slightly dry (nothing some syrup couldn't fix). I'd try them without the chocolate chips too. I got 9 medium pancakes, just right for the 3 of us.

  • trudys_person on January 29, 2023

    Well said, @Zosia. I liked these too. Good flavour, balanced, fluffy and tender, but a bit dry - all the better to soak up maple syrup. Perfect recipe for 2.

  • Zosia on January 19, 2023

    I made these to use up a single overripe banana and some mini chocolate chips. Freshly made, apart from the baking soda aftertaste that only I noticed, the flavour was balanced and quite nice, and they were fluffy and tender. I appreciated the small batch as leftovers did not fare well; the flavour was fine but they were sturdy and a little dry. I served them with maple syrup.

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