Chocolate Nutella Pancakes

Chocolate and Nutella, kinda redundant right?  Wrong!! Oh no, if we are doing chocolate for breakfast, we are doing it big.  So, what better way, than a chocolate pancake, with a big puddle of oozey goodness in the center.  Of course, there is that temptation to just eat the center of a bazillion pancakes.  Which I did momentarily think about, but refrained.
You know, pancakes are really just an excuse to eat cake for breakfast.  But who needs an excuse?  Not me.
As usual, I could not crank these out fast enough.  We topped with our usual: triple fresh berries, warm maple syrup and whipped cream.  Yes, we eat like this every Saturday.  Don't be a hater.

CHOCOLATE NUTELLA PANCAKES


INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• scant 2 cups milk
• 2 eggs
• 3 1/2 TBSP melted butter or coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/3 cup sugar
• nutella

DIRECTIONS:

Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder in a small bowl.  Whisk together sugar, melted butter, eggs, vanilla and milk.  Add dry to wet and whisk until combined.  Preheat griddle, and ladle pancake onto hot griddle.  Take a spoonful of nutella and place it in the center.  Cover it with a little more batter.  When pancake bubbles, flip and cook until cooked on the other side is done.  Serve with powdered sugar sprinkle and warm syrup.