Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Drizzle are wonderfully fluffy and moist and have just the right amount of chocolate flavor.
Red Velvet Pancakes make an absolutely, positively delicious breakfast for Christmas morning, Valentine’s Day or any day. These pancakes are extra decadent, studded with mini chocolate chips and drizzled with a cream cheese glaze. There’s a whole lot of sugar going on here.
If you don’t feel like having them for breakfast, they definitely qualify for dessert.
Red Velvet Pancakes Recipe Tips
You’ll want to make sure the heat under your griddle isn’t too hot. I find that they burn easily. Most likely because the batter has so much sugar in it. Cook them a little longer and slower than normal to ensure the inside sets up before the outside burns.
A few fresh strawberries go great with these pancakes.
The dry ingredients can be mixed together the night before to save time.
More Red Velvet Treats To Try
- Red Velvet Cake– a classic layer cake with cream cheese frosting.
- German Chocolate-Red Velvet Cake– two southern favorites combined into one cake.
- Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Red Velvet Scones– perfectly tender scones with a cream cheese drizzle.
- Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Red Velvet Marble Bundt Cake
Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Drizzle
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup mini chocolate chips
- Maple syrup for serving
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 4 ounces cream cheese,, room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, sour cream, food coloring, and vanilla.
- Add wet ingredients to dry and mix just until combined.
- Fold chocolate chips into batter
- Use 1/3 cup batter per pancake cooking on a griddle heated over medium heat until lightly browned on both sides.
- For Cream Cheese Glaze, beat together cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Add in vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon of milk and beat until smooth. Add in extra milk until glaze reaches desired consistency.
- To serve, drizzle cream cheese glaze on top of pancakes and maple syrup, if desired. To make drizzling the glaze easy, place in a plastic bag and snip the corner.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally published January 30, 2014.
Recipe adapted from thatssoyummy.com
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these pancakes are fancy! love the red velvet idea!
I want these for breakfast, dessert, snack…anytime I can get them! They look amazing! That cream cheese drizzle is perfect for me because I don’t like syrup!
My daughter doesn’t like syrup either. You would love the cream cheese drizzle. 🙂
Christin, I love the idea of REd Velvet pancakes. Especially with that delicious cream cheese drizzle over the top! These look delicious!!
Thank you Renee! The cream cheese drizzle really makes it! 🙂 Have a great weekend.
Want want want want.
These pancakes would make a wonderful special breakfast! Oh, look at how lovely they are! And the cream cheese drizzle sounds uuuhmazing :’)
Thanks Consuelo! Hope you are having a great weekend!
Good golly – these look good! Good enough for breakfast AND dessert! 🙂
I had no clue sugar made pancakes burn quicker – thanks for the tip!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks Shashi! Hope you are enjoying some warmer weather in Georgia after that terrible storm.
I couldn’t resist a monster stack of these any time of day! They look just delicious, Christin!
I would love a few of these gorgeous pancakes for dessert! They look heavenly! And it doesn’t help that red velvet is such a weakness of mine : ) Have a great weekend Christin!
Thanks Ashley! Red velvet anything is hard to resist isn’t it? BTW- your Oreo Cookie Truffles are the cutest thing ever! My kind of football food for sure 🙂