Goooooooood morning!
Let me introduce my new favorite pancake. It’s thick, it’s fluffy and it’s full of everything healthy…. like chocolate chips, sweet potatoes and whole wheat flour. The original recipe hailed from one of my favorite breakfast spots in Charleston, Joseph’s. Joseph’s officially closed last June and I shed a tear both for it and these pancakes.
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of eating there, you understand. It was such a great spot! In college, I spent many Saturday mornings there with my roommates, donning our extra large sunglasses, messy ponies and flip-flops. Those were the DAYS!
Thank goodness we can still make these pancakes and relive those days….hangover and extra large sunglasses totally optional.
Unlike many pancake recipes, there’s an absence of butter or oil in the batter. That just means you should use extra on top before drowning these bad boys in warm maple syrup. This is a perfect way to use up leftover baked sweet potatoes from the night before, and I urge you next time to even bake an extra just so you can have these pancakes! They’re extra thick, just the way I like ‘em and absolutely stuffed with melting blobs of chocolate.
Because what’s breakfast if chocolate isn’t involved? I rest my case.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Sweet Potato Pancakes
serves 3-4
adapted from The Food Network and originally, Joseph’s restaurant in Charleston, SC
Ingredients:
1/2 large sweet potato, baked then mashed with a fork
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 cup milk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 cup (heaping) dark chocolate chips
butter to grease skillet
maple syrup for serving
Directions:
Grease a large skillet with butter and head over medium high heat.
Combine all ingredients, mixing JUST UNTIL COMBINED and drop by quarter cups onto hot skillet. Cook for about two minutes each side then serve with warm maple syrup.
Time:
10 minutes
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I love pancakes but I’ve never been able to make a nice whole wheat version so I will definitely be trying these! They look amazing.
I WANT RIGHT NOW! I havent had pancakes in forever and am currently a) freezing cold b) craving sweet potatoes c) feeling unsatisfied after a rubbish breakfast d) thinking chocolate doesnt sound half bad. The sweet potato adds such good colour too!
I never got a chance to go to Joseph’s. Was it downtown? Nevertheless, I must make these pancakes. They look incredible! You should open a Jenna’s. I’d eat there every morning.
these look delicious! quick question, do you scoop the potatoes out of the peel or do you include the peel ?
You do not include the peel.
Oh these look too good for words. I’m taking your advice and cooking extra sweet potatoes this week!
say what? sweet potatoes in pancakes? well… i’ve never had sweet potato pie, either. but that’s an accident. i’m sure they’re delicious. and chocolate chips + pancakes is probably my favorite combination ever.
Chocolate + doughy pancakes = good. Too good.
I baked and ate an entire pan of chocolate-chip doughy muffins last night…and followed it up with enough chocolate to last someone a month.
And I woke up…and continued the trend.
Clearly I’m going through a “food process”. Bum in chair + food in mouth.
These look amazing, and I love the idea of sweet potato in pretty much anything actually. I also love that you combined all-purpose with whole wheat flour. Makes it a little easier on the system (and conscience).
holy moly these look delicious. i will (at least try to) put sweet potatoes in ANYTHING and, needless to say, these are right up my alley. and yes, extra chocolate chips, please!
Oh my goodness, now THIS is how all Mondays should start!! I’m totally trying these!
Why have I never thought to add chocolate chip to sweet potato pancakes?? Everything about these looks perfect!
Sweet sweet potato foods make me think of Oprah since she’s all about her sweet potato pie. So, I read your “goooood morning” in an Oprah guest announcement voice.
Oh and these pancakes sound amazing (but wouldn’t we rather hear Oprah’s voice in ancipation of a free car announcement?!)!
I don’t know why it has never occurred to me to make sweet potato pancakes, but these sound so good!
OH.
MY.
GOSH.
I’m not sure you could’ve smushed more things that I lOVE into one meal. Amen. Well done.
OMG YUM. They look so FLUFFY and thick. And photographed melting chocolate has never looked so tempting.
love! What a cool combo
what a great start to any weekend. delish!
Love chocolate for breakfast!! These look fabulous Jenna!
Sweet potatoes and chocolate in my pancakes? I am so in.
These look incredible – I’m gonna sub out the egg and the chocolate (because I don’t like chocolate but I love carob) and can not wait to make these
Oh my goodness…. these look delicious!! My husband and I had your vegetable soft tacos for dinner last night (ELR makes a regular appearance in our kitchen) and they were awesome. I’ll definitely make sure ingredients for these pancakes are on my grocery list for the week!
Sneaking veggies into pancakes is one of my all time faves. Sweet potatoes make a lot more sense than some of my crazy concoctions!
I know it’s not the same as the real one, but I’ve had a can of sweet potato puree in my pantry forever that needs to be used up. It’s destined for these next weekend!
Delicious! Maybe when leftovers are gone, pancakes for dinner tomorrow night.
I love the sweet potato addition…that’s some good thinking right there!
Jenna these look so good! I bet the sweet potatoes just keep them so moist and soft and chocolate chips, well, that always works for me!
Chocolate chip pancakes are some of my favorites – so gooey. I like mine slathered with butter – no syrup tho, they’re perfect as-is!
I’ve never made my own pancakes but this might just convince me to. These look absolutely delicious!! And chocolate chip pancakes are one of my guilty pleasures–pumpkin just makes them even better!!
Are you still doing the project with your grandmother’s recipes?
I am! I took a short break after the holidays and then everything so busy, but I look forward to starting up again in February.
Looking forward to it
love this recipe! this looks like the perfect sunday breakfast to me. yum!
My aunt used to make sweet potato casserole every Thanksgiving just to make waffles out of the leftovers. She definitely would have approved of adding chocolate chips to the batter.
We all have/had a college hangout like you mentioned. These sound and look delicious, the perfect hangover breakfast……or lunch.
I have never had sweet potato pancakes but they look delicious!
These look delicious! I can’t wait for the weekend to try them — we always have pancakes/waffles on the weekend
Utterly delicious! I will have to omit the chocolate chips {gasp! how dare she?!} because my darling husband will not eat pancakes with ‘em. Sigh. Win some, lose some.
GOOD GRACIOUS!!
Pancakes are my favourite breakfast (or any time) meal ever! This is the perfect pancake recipe … and you’re right – - what’s breakfast, if chocolate isn’t involved
lol I love this recipe.
Mmm, these sound great! And they remind me that I have a couple sweet potatoes hiding in my cupboard that need to be used up
How many ounces/cups would you say the sweet potato is? in Australia, the sweet potatoes vary from nearly as long as your forearm to maybe the size of your palm. thank you!
Oh hello. My two favorite ingredients. Chocolate and sweet potatoes. Love this idea…looks like an ideal Sunday morning breakfast.
What a great use of sweet potatoes! I would love to try these, anything with chocolate chips for breakfast can’t be bad in my opinion!
These look REALLY good. I definitely want to give these a try. Thanks for sharing.
How clever! I have made sweet potatoe pancakes before but not with whole wheat and not with chocolate chips. This is just a really special recipe indeed.
I’ve been dreaming about these all day! I must make them soon.
these look outrageous! i cant wait try them!!!!
Absolutely divine! Guess who’s making this in the morning???!!! Thank you!
I already had dinner but I seriously want some of these now. They are filled with some of my favorite things. So yummy!
Yum these look delicious I will definitely be trying this recipe out soon!!
and i wish i had these for dinner tonight. definitely getting added to the rotation for the weekend.
Those look really, really good. I used to make chocolate, chocolate chip pancakes for the kids when they were little. The unhealthy kind – regular pancake batter with some hershey syrup and chocolate chips added. The kids loved them though. I’ll have to try your healthy version.
This is straight up pregnant lady porn. I have to protect myself.
Can’t wait to make these!!
Looks GREAT!! Anything with sweet potato is a winner in my book!
Hi there, these pancakes look and sound amazing!!! However, I was wondering if the nutritional information is readily available for them. If yes, could it be posted?? Thanks so much!! Suzy
I don’t calculate the nutritional information for my recipes—sorry!
These look amazing! I am so excited to try them!
Let me now introduce you to my favorite pancake… what a coincidence, it’s this one too! Wow, these sound so freaking delicious! THanks for the great recipe. I haven’t made it yet but I already know it’s going to be off the chain (excuse my ghetto-ness, that’s how I roll).
Jenna- these look incredible! I’ve never found a sweet potato pancake recipe that I’ve liked, but this one looks like it might be it…how can you go wrong with chocolate chips?!
Thank you for sharing.
YUM! totally going to make these soon. I predict the sunglasses will be necessary….I’m thinking of them for a post Bachelorette night!!
Heidi xo
I didn’t read all of the comments, so I apologize if this is a repeat question: would it be possible to throw this batter into a baking dish and make it a baked pancake type thing? I’m a busy woman and I would love to be able to whip it up, throw it in the oven and then partition it and take it to work for breakfast for a few days in a row.
Oh my goodness, these were SO GOOD! My grandparents and I snarfed down all six large pancakes I made. They’re so chocolate chip-y and wonderful. I liked tasting the sweet potato in the background. I also added a 1/2 teaspoon cardamom, though I’m not sure it changed much. Next time I think I’ll make them entirely out of whole wheat flour and test them out on my anti-whole-wheat-flour brothers. Thanks for the amazing recipe!
I was wondering the same thing as Jenna! I’d love to see if these cook well in a baking dish or muffin tins so you could have this for several days without much prep. FYI, I am NOT a fan of sweet potato, BUT my sister tried this recipe and substituted blueberries for the chocolate chips and said it was fantastic, so I decided to give it a try this morning…..OMG….I think you have made me a sweet potato fan!!!! We did follow the recipe as written because….I’m a huge fan of chocolate chips
Thanks for the great recipe!
I really don’t know because I haven’t tried! Pancakes are tricky to make ahead though, so I suggest prepping all the dry ingredients together the night before and then just mixing in the wet the morning of. That way you will have fresh pancakes. You could try to make ahead though and freeze with parchment or wax paper in between then reheating in the toaster oven as an experiment!
I’m really glad you don’t include calorie counts on your recipes. Something tells me that ignorance is bliss with these babies, and I love having the ability to rationalize with whole wheat flour and sweet potatoes. Can’t wait to try them!
I made these last weekend and they were easy and delicious! They don’t even need butter or syrup. I just picked them up and ate them. Thanks for the great recipe!
Oh My Pancakes!!! I’m definitely making these. I had a favorite pancake place while studying abroad in Sydney called Pancakes on the Rocks and this definitely welcomed sunglasses, flip flops and the occasional stayed up all night adventure!
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I’d been planning on making these for myself for awhile, and I finally did! They were delicious. I tend to get in smoothie ruts, so this was a nice change. I also have a leftover giant pancake in the fridge for breakfast tomorrow!
looks so scrumptious!! i tried making a sweet potato pancake the other day but it turned out more like potato pancake. i used japanese sweet potato, that’s probably why. any idea what kind of sweet potato this is? love the color!
Well Jenna, I’ve decided I need to go on a sweet potato kick after I went on a cheese binge with your cheesy stuffed shells and the summer squash and mushroom lasagna. Any recommendations on how to bake the sweet potatoes? Foil or no foil? The Googles tells me 40 minutes at 400 degrees, but there seems to be a toss up on whether to wrap or not.
I bought some extra sweet potatoes so I can try your breakfast skillet this weekend. I just had to make brinner tonight though.
LOVE your blog, btw. It’s really helped me go from barely being able to make box mac n cheese to, well, not a first class chef, but at least someone willing and proud to cook for others! Thanks!
eating these pancakes as we speak. I love sweet potato and when you’re dieting, you can’t get enough chocolate! amazing recipe.
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