Hazelnut & Chocolate Protein Pancakes
We bet most of you guys top your pancakes with syrup, honey, nut butter, and/or fruit. Some of you might add some whipped cream, greek yogurt, or hey, maybe even a strip (or ten) of bacon. But we bet there’s something most of you don’t do: top your pancakes with protein ice cream and then, to take things up another notch, pour some protein sauce on top of the whole thing.
Now, there’s nothing special about protein sauce. All it is is whey + a bit of milk. It’s kind of like a really condensed protein shake! But it pours beautifully and lends a sweet creaminess to the whole stack that’s a great replacement for syrup. You could try it with a lot of different flavours of whey too. You can make a vanilla protein sauce, a banana protein sauce, a strawberry protein sauce… you get the idea.
Here, is a chocolate protein sauce using chocolate whey protein and almond milk. Then this is poured on top of some protein ice cream under a lovely stack of hazelnut protein pancakes. It kind of turns your average plate of pancakes into something that feels like a decadent desert but is instead sugar-free, low-carb, and packed full of protein!
Ingredients for the pancakes
2-3 tbsp hazelnut butter (or peanut butter!)
1/2 cup liquid egg whites
1/4 cup vanilla whey protein powder
2 tbsp coconut flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup of almond milk
Directions
1. Whisk all the above ingredients together and panfry on a nonstick pan with some coconut oil, low-calorie spray or butter. Please make sure you have a good quality nonstick pan – one that is properly nonstick. When you pour the batter on the pan, make sure the pan is sizzling hot. As soon as the batter makes contact with the pan though, turn it down to medium. Wait till bubbles start appearing on the pancakes’ surface before you flip. Otherwise, they’ll break on you and we don’t want that.
2. Place the pancakes on a plate, top with a scoop of protein ice cream and then with your chocolate sauce which is basically just 1/4 cup of whey with about 3-4 tablespoons of milk!
Macros per 1/2 stack
252kcals, 33g protein, 11g carbs (out of which 6g is fibre so net carbs = 5g) and 8g fat!
Whey Protein 360 Extreme
Vegan Mass Gainer Extreme
Whey Protein 80
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Out of curiosity, have you ever tried any of your protein pancake recipes in a waffle iron for waffles? I’m much more of a waffle person than a pancake girl, but I worry about turning my waffle iron into a sticky mess if the batter sticks or doesn’t crisp up properly.