Start every weekend with a plate of chocolate chip pancakes.

Extra syrup, yo!

These chocolate chip pancakes are a chocolate lovers delight, gooey with ample melty semi-sweet chocolate.

Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes on a plate to serve with syrup and butter

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Or if you make them with chocolate chips, youll get pockets of melty chocolate in every bite.

Either way, you cant lose.

Learn how to make chocolate chip pancakes.

Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes ingredients

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Serve with maple syrup and softened butter even whipped cream, if you like for a crowd-pleasingbreakfastorbrunch.

Don’t Overmix the Batter

Avoid overmixing pancake batter.

This is a delicate batter and overmixing it will overdevelop the gluten and result in chewy and tough pancakes.

Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes served with syrup

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Or, store pancakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.

Place a wire rack inside a large, rimmed baking sheet.

Whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl.

Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes whisking together the dry ingredients

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Whisk together eggs, buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth.

Stir together wet and dry ingredients:

Make a well in center of flour mixture.

Add buttermilk mixture, stirring until just combined (some lumps are okay).

Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes whisking together the wet ingredients

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Add enough melted butter to lightly coat bottom of griddle.

Working in batches, spoon batter, about 1/3 cup each, onto griddle.

Keep warm in preheated oven.

Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes making a well in the flour mixture

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Repeat process with remaining batter, coating griddle with melted butter in between batches, as needed.

Serve pancakes with softened butter, and drizzle with maple syrup.

Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes stirring in the chocolate chips

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Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes adding the batter to the griddle

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Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes cooking on the first side

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Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes flipping the pancakes

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Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes keeping warm in the oven

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Southern Living Chocolate Chip Pancakes ready to serve

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