Chocolate Protein Pancakes – Absolutely Delicious!

Are you hungry? How does Chocolate Protein Pancakes sound? Absolutely delicious, right? This is the first in a new illpumpyouup.com feature: Recipes! And the first recipe is fluffy, golden brown, delectable chocolate pancakes! They are easy to make, high in protein (15 g per cake) and feature a scrumptious chocolate flavor that can’t be beat! Hungry? Then get your gear out, get those toppings ready, because pretty soon you’ll be enjoying an amazing breakfast!

List Of Ingredients

1. Blender.
2. Frying pan or griddle sprayed with a non-stick cooking spray.
3. 2 Scoops Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey. There’s 2 flavors that work: Extreme Milk Chocolate and Double Rich Chocolate.
4. 2 Large Eggs, use the whole egg
5. 1 cup 1% Milk
6. 2 tsp Baking Powder.
7. 1 cup Almond Flour.

How Long Will This Take To Make? 

Like many of us, you may lead an active lifestyle. That means you don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Good thing, because you’ll be sitting down and enjoying your chocolate protein pancakes in about 20 minutes. That’s time well spent for a delectable meal like this!

Prep:  10 minutes

Cook: 10 minutes 

Total:  20 minutes

Chocolate Protein Pancakes Directions

1. Pre-heat your frying pan or griddle on low.
2. Using your blender, mix eggs and 1% milk.
3. Mix Optimum 100% Whey, baking powder, and almond flour. Make sure you mix thoroughly.
4. Pour a small amount onto your pan, cook until it bubbles, flip, and repeat until your batter is gone.
5. Add toppings as desired, sit down, and enjoy!

Chocolate Protein Pancakes Macronutrient Profile

Ingredient	Calories	Protein	Fat	Carbs	Sugar	Fiber	Sodium
2 Scoops Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey	220	48	3	6	2	1	260
2 Eggs (large)	148	12.5	9.8	0.7	0.7	0	140
1 Cup 1% Milk	110	8	2.5	12	12	0	114
1 Cup Almond Flour	352	17.6	26.4	13.2	8.8	8.8	0
2 tsp Baking Powder	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Total (Makes about 6)	830	94	41.7	31.9	23.5	9.8	614
Per Pancake	138	15	6.9	5.3	3.9	1.6	102

Variations

1. You can add any toppings you like. For example, maple (or other flavor) syrup, cool whip, or peanut butter. I suggest sugar-free syrup, and light Cool Whip.
2. Feel free to replace 1% milk with your favorite milk or milk alternative as desired. For example, using 2% milk adds a richer flavor. Or, you may prefer almond milk. 
3. You can replace almond flour with any type of flour you prefer. However, doing so will change the nutritional profile, texture and taste.
4. Feel free to replace the chocolate protein powder with any other flavor. For example, I’m a vanilla freak, so that would be my choice, after I got tired of chocolate of course!

Supplement Suggestions

Supplements and nutrition go hand in hand. In the case of this Chocolate Protein Pancakes recipe, you’re already using whey protein. You may choose to use a plant protein powder, such as PEScience Vegan Series Select Protein (chocolate), which supplies 20 grams of protein from pea and brown rice. Or, you replace Optimum Whey with, say, Hi-Tech Precision Protein, my personal favorite. Don’t forget your other supplements, namely a pre-workout, creatine, and a multi. Ensuring you’re always on top of your cornerstone supplement stack means you will always be ready to hit the gym and power through your workouts!

Summary

So, now that you’ve enjoyed a mouthwatering serving of Chocolate Protein Pancakes, you can easily make them again. What a great way to help you meet your daily protein requirements, right? Not to mention, you can have them anytime, they aren’t just for breakfast. If you’d like some more recipes, don’t worry, I’ve got other tantalizing protein-based recipes heading your way soon. In the meantime, don’t forget to stop by illpumpyouup.com and stock up!