Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Chocolate Covered Date Rolls

My son has always been a big fan of pancakes. There was a phase when all he wanted to eat were pancakes , for breakfast, for lunch and for dinner. I wasn't very happy about the amount of maida (refined flour) that was going inside him. I decided to give the regular pancake recipe a healthy twist. I wanted it to be healthy and yet be yummy because kids are pretty difficult to please in the culinary department.

So here goes - (recipe makes 4 small pancakes)

Whole Wheat Flour (atta) - 1/2 cup

Cooking chocolate (morde dark ) -  50 gms (broken into tiny bits)

Egg - 1

Baking powder - 1/4 spoon

Brown/Demerara sugar - 1 Table spoon

Milk - 20 ml

Olive oil - 1 tsp

Take a bowl and add the egg and sugar and mix. Add the milk and stir till the sugar dissolves. Now add the flour slowly and continue stiring till it is a smooth mix. Add the cooking chocolate and the baking powder and give it one final stir.

Add olive oil to a pan and pour in a dollop of the pancake batter. Watch the pancake rise and flip over when the lower side has turned a beautiful golden brown. Once the pancake is golden brown on both ends, take it off the pan. If your child loves jam. You can serve the pancake with some delicious strawberry/ raspberry preserve. You could also sprinkle some pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds on top to add a crunchy texture.

Chocolate Date Rolls:

De-pitted dates 

Almonds

Cooking chocolate

Crushed almonds and chia seeds (you can use sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds as well)

Remove the seed from the date and put an almond in its place. Melt some cooking chocolate in a pan. Once the cooking chocolate has melted and dip the dates in the chocolate till they are completely covered. Now roll the chocolate covered date over the crushed almonds and chia seed mix. Let this cool in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Both these treats makes for a great dessert and breakfast for the little ones. If your child is not a chocolate fan , you can replace the chocolate with cinnamon powder.

Do try this out and let me know what your little ones think! ❤️❤️❤️