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Chocolate Avocado Oatmeal Pancakes {Made in the Blender!}

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Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Oatmeal Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

Yayyy another avocado recipe!  You would think that all of our recipes would feature avocado since we are the “Athletic Avocados”, but nah haha.  Rachel and I do not profess our love for avocados enough on the blog, but nonetheless, the affection is still there!

Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Blender Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

(Also side note:  About 10 times a day, we get tagged in an avocado post on instagram, its great haha!)

Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Blender Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

Today I am showcasing avocados in  pancake form.  You wouldn’t think that avocados and pancakes go together well, but thats what you probably thought with these chocolate avocado brownies and these chocolate avocado muffins.

Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Blender Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

Chocolate and avocado is actually a fantastic combo in recipes.  The avocado adds richness and intensifies the chocolate flavor.  Thats why these pancakes are da bomb.

Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Blender Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

I love this pancake recipe because all you need to do is add the ingredients (sans the chocolate chips) to a blender and blend.  Then make the pancakes on a griddle/pan and thats it!  These pancakes are wholesome, filling, nutritious, sweet and delicious.  You get your chocolate fix and a tasty breakfast in one, aka killing two birds with one stone!

Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Blender Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

Here is what you need:

oatmeal

avocado

dark cocoa powder

banana

maple syrup

egg

non-dairy milk

baking powder

dark chocolate chips >>>> a necessity

Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Blender Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

Chocolate Avocado Oatmeal Pancakes {Made in the Blender!}

Print Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 12 pancakes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups oats GF if needed
  • 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
  • flesh of one ripe avocado
  • 1/2 ripe banana
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 egg or flax egg for vegan version
  • 1 cup almond milk or any other type of milk
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • Mini dark chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients to a blender or food processor ( excluding chocolate chips) and blend until mixture resembles pancake batter.
  • Grease a griddle/pan with cooking spray or oil of choice and place on medium heat.
  • Spoon batter into pancakes, top with chocolate chips (as many as your heart desires) and let cook for about 2 minutes on one side. Flip pancake and let cook for about a minute on the other side, or until done. Repeat with remaining batter (makes about 12 pancakes).
  • Let cool and enjoy!
  • Adapted from The Healthy Maven

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Get a healthy start to your day with these Chocolate Avocado Blender Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like dessert! Vegan + GF

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Mint Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes {Vegan & GF)

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Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes! They’re sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

I know this isn’t an ice cream recipe, but lets talk about your favorite ice cream flavor.  Now I know what you’re thinking, ” This girl is cray cray.  Why is she bringing up ice cream right now?” Well the reason is because this recipe is based off my favorite ice cream flava🍦

Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

How would you like to eat your favorite ice cream for breakfast?  Yeah that kind of sounds like a bowl full of diabetes.  But it doesn’t have to be a bowl full of diabetes, really.  You see, I love mint chocolate chip ice cream, but if I eat it for breakfast, I can bet $100 that I wouldn’t feel energized after eating it.  I’d probably get a little sugar rush, but then crash and fall back asleep.

Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

When I eat breakfast, it has to be something that’s gonna fill me up and give me energy for the day ahead. You with me on that?  I hope so😉

Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

Butttt if something fills me up, gives me energy, has the taste of my favorite ice cream, and is easy to make, thats a whole other story😏.

Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

I’m telling you, using real mint leaves in these pancakes makes ALL the difference.  I was really curious when making the batter and so I licked the spoon.  It literally tasted like melted mint chocolate chip ice cream. Literally.  After that moment, I knew that I this was a winner.  The only thing that bothered me was the color, or lack of color.  It tasted like mint chocolate chip, but was the color of a regular pancake.  I didn’t want these to look like any other pancake because they are soooo much more than that.

Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

Insert a handful of spinach.  Voila, problem solved.  Don’t be scared by the veggies people.  Once they are whirled and swirled in the blender, you won’t taste it.  Pinky promise.

Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

Minimal clean up.✔

Perfect mint chocolate chip flavor✔

Gluten-free✔

Vegan-friendly✔

Refined sugar-free✔

Whole food ingredients✔

Breakfast that you’ll love✔✔✔✔

Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

Mint Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes

Wholesome ingredients are blended together to form an epic mint chocolate chip pancake batter!  One bite and you’ll fall in love with these sweet, filling pancakes!  No one could ever guess that the vibrant green color is made with the help of spinach!

Mint Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes {Vegan & GF)

Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups of gluten-free old fashioned oats
  • 1 1/2 cups almond milk or other milk of your choice
  • 1 cup fresh mint leaves loosely packed
  • 1 cup spinach
  • 1/4 cup almond butter
  • 2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Place all ingredients in a Vitamix or other high power blender. Blend until batter is smooth.
  • Heat a skillet or griddle on medium-low heat and spray with cooking spray.
  • Spoon on pancake batter, add a few chocolate chips to each pancake and cook as you normally would.
  • Repeat with remaining batter ( should make about 15 medium sized or 20 small pancakes).
  • Enjoy with maple syrup and fresh mint.

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Get a fresh start to your day with these Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes! They're sweet, filling + taste like the classic ice cream flavor! Vegan + GF

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Question of the day:

Mint Chocolate Chip, Yay or Nay?

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