Green Spinach Pancakes- Mint Chocolate Chip!

Easy green spinach pancakes without using any food dyes! Make this fluffy green spinach pancakes recipe for a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, Christmas or just to add a little fun into your family breakfast.

This recipe is also flexiable with the flavor. You can make them mint chocolate chip, or leave out the mint for regular chocolate chip pancakes that are green.

Why We Love Green Spinach Pancakes

• Great For St. Patricks Day – My kid would call these leprechaun pancakes, she really thought it was fun to have green pancakes for her meal. I don’t make these pancakes every day, but they are fun when you are celebrating all things green, add a slice of this Irish Soda Bread if you have time too!. They also could be fun as Christmas pancakes or Grinch style pancakes.
• Colored Green With Spinach – We didn’t use any artificial dyes in this pancakes, leafy green spinach gives these pancake their bright green color. It can be a sneaky way to get a little extra vegetable in a picky eater.
• Fun Unique Flavor – You won’t taste the spinach, these pancakes are the perfect balance of chocolate chips and mint!

Ingredients For Green Pancakes

• fresh spinach
• milk non dairy milk such as almond or coconut milk can be used
• vanilla extract
• mint extract optional, you can make these just regular chocolate chip pancakes
• honey maple syrup also works, especially for babies who should not have honey before 1 year old.
• olive oil – other oils like avocado oil, vegetable oil or sunflower oil can also be used.
• large egg
• all purpose flour
• baking powder
• mini chocolate chips
• butter for greasing the pan. Oil can also be used but butter will have more flavor.

How To Make Green Pancakes

1. To a blender add fresh spinach, milk, vanilla extract and mint extract (optional.) Blend the mixture together until it becomes a liquid and the spinach is smooth with no leafy pieces.
2. Add honey, olive oil, and egg to the blender Pulse five to six times or gently mix the wet ingredients together.
3. In a large bowl combine flour and baking powder and blend until thoroughly mixed.
4. Pour the blender into the large bowl. With a whisk quickly blend the batter together well until all lumps are gone and the batter is smooth. Add the chocolate chips and stir until combined.

5. Heat frying pan on medium heat and melt some of the butter. Working in small batches, use a quarter cup measuring cup to add green spinach pancake batter to hot pan. Add more butter as needed between batches to keep the pancakes from sticking.
6. Flip spinach pancakes when they begin to bubble. Pancakes will take a minute or two on each side. Continue to work in small batches until all pancakes are cooked, then enjoy!

Will These Spinach Pancakes Help My Picky Eater Eat Vegetables?

This pancake recipe adds a little bit of extra veggies to your breakfast. Most kids won’t even think twice about the spinach when they hear mint chocolate chip pancakes are on the menu. These pancakes come out a vibrant green color that kids love!

I have never been of the mindset that I wanted to be sneaky about vegetables with my kid. But boosting up your kid’s veggie intake (and your’s too!) with these easy green spinach pancakes doesn’t hurt anyone either.

I think it’s important to still offer your kids other veggies on their plate even if they are a picky eater. If your child asks if spinach is in the pancakes to be honest. But usually, as soon as they get that first bite? All kids are thinking about is yum, green pancakes!

Other Names For Green Pancakes

We’ve called these pancakes by a more than one name to make it fun! Sometimes a fun name helps kids, and can make mealtime more fun for young kids- especially for picky eaters who need a little extra help.

Hulk Pancakes

Leprechaun Pancakes – Try adding this Rainbow snack to complete the leprechaun theme!

Frog Pancakes

Toad Pancakes

Oscar The Grouch Pancakes