With the excitement of Halloween in the air there’s no better time to cook as much orange, brown and black food as possible! We make pumpkin pancakes all the time at our house, but come October I like to spice things up and fill them with a chocolate cream cheese filling. They’re like Halloween whoopie pies, only without the gnarly ingredients or food dyes of the pre-packaged ones.
Warning_ once you try these babies you may never be able to go back to regular pancakes again!
Pumpkin Pancakes Sandwiches with Chocolate Filling
Ingredients
Pancakes:
- 1 cup white flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing the pan
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
Chocolate Filling:
- 1 cup cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Sift the first 6 ingredients in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine the rest of the pancake ingredients.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet until combined; it’s ok if there are some lumps.
- Heat a large sauté pan or griddle over medium heat and grease with oil.
- Drop about 2 tbsp of the pancake mixture onto the griddle and cook for 2 minutes on each side until golden.
- Set aside and allow to cool.
- To make the filling: In a small bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the filling until smooth.
- Place 1 tbsp of the filling between two pancakes to make a sammie.
- Continue to make the rest of the sammies.
- Serve.
- * Tip: For perfectly round pancakes, use an ice cream scooper to put the pancake batter onto the griddle.
Nutrition
Calories: 230kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 550mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g
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I don’t see the instructions for this recipe. Would you please post them?
Hi! I’ve added the instructions. Sorry about that – they accidentally got deleted when we redesigned our website. Thanks for letting me know 🙂
Perfect idea!! My kids are not cream cheese eaters even if it’s chocolate flavored. This would be perfect for breakfast on the go as I think they’d be plenty sweet without anything on them. Thanks for the awesome tip!
I have 2 of your cookbooks just to get this recipe, but it’s not in either…so I am here. My problem is the pancakes never cook all the way through. I follow the recipe and don’t make them big, but it takes alot longer than 2 minutes, more like 5+. Any hints? Love your recipes
Turned out great. I had pumpkin spice powder so used it instead of cinnamon. Turned out nice. Thanks for the recipe!
Made these and added smashed banana, delicious!
Did you say it was a whole can of pumpkin rather than 1 cup?
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I added 1/4 cup mini dark chocolate morsels to the mix and it was Perfect! No chocolate filling required and no messy toddler! 🙂
We have been making these pancakes for a whirl and love them. my son can no longer eat gluten. Any ideas for flour substitutions?
I used your pumpkin pancake recipe and added ricotta cheese to the batter. My 13 month old inhaled these pancakes!! Love love love your recipes! Thanks for another yummy breakfast inspiration!
OH and maple syrup went perfectly with them. what a great combo.
just made these… delish. not that I was expecting anything different 😉