Recipe Swap: Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Our fluffy flapjack recipe (complete with chocolatey innards and puffy whipped cream!) will kick a chocolate craving to the curb before noon — and without costing you crazy amounts of calories and fat. Batter up!

Ingredients:
1/4 cup regular oats (not instant)
1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Original Egg Beaters)
2 tbsp. whole-wheat flour
2 tbsp. fat-free vanilla yogurt
2 tsp. semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1 no-calorie sweetener packet (like Splenda)
dash salt
4 sprays I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spray
2 tbsp. Fat Free Reddi-wip
Optional: sugar-free pancake syrup

Directions:
In a small bowl, place all ingredients EXCEPT for the chocolate chips, butter spray, Reddi-wip and optional syrup. Add 2 tbsp. of water, and stir until thoroughly mixed. Then, fold in the chocolate chips. Bring a pan sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat. Evenly pour half of the batter into the center of the pan to form 1 pancake. Once the pancake begins to look solid (after about 1 1/2 minutes), gently flip. Cook for an additional 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, or until both sides are lightly browned and the inside is cooked through. Plate and spray evenly with 2 spritzes of the butter spray. Repeat with the rest of the batter and butter spray to make your second pancake. If you like, drizzle with a little sugar-free syrup. Then, top with the Reddi-wip and enjoy!

From IHOPs across the country to every diner in between, chocolate chip pancakes are the ultimate flapjack faux pas. And they can be a pretty tough-to-turn-down temptation — with melted chocolate goo oozing out everywhere (ahhhhh!) and that buttery smell wafting through the air. But more than 600 calories and 35 fat grams for that short stack (only 2 pancakes!) is a little outrageous, especially considering that those stats don’t even include maple syrup! Pour on the p-cake syrup, and your breakfast could quickly exceed 800 calories and a POINTS® value of 19*. That’s a silly way to start your day! Luckily, there IS a way to cave in to your craving for a breakfast chock full of chocolate chips, without wasting an absurd amount of calories on it. Just whip up HG’s Oatrageous Chocolate Chip Pancakes at home. And leave the sorry, over-caloried restaurant versions for the people who aren’t in on our little secret…