Chocolate Chip Pancakes

My wife and I were in Trader Joe's the other day and they had samples of their chocolate chip pancakes. This inspired my wife to make us a batch at home this morning. We usually make our pancakes with the Bisquick Shake and Pour mix, or in today's case the Krusteaz Buttermilk Pancake Mix, but I am working on coming up with our own recipe from scratch. Between the two of us with our cooking backgrounds, I am sure we can come up with something. Until then, here it is. Pretty basic, but the pancakes taste great.

We followed the recipe on the box for today's pancakes, and then added our chocolate chips. You can read the box for bigger serving sizes, but here is the recipe for 7-8 pancakes (4 inches round), or 5 pancakes a that are a little bigger.

• 1 cup pancake mix
• 3/4 cup water.
• 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Decide beforehand which surface you will cook on. We used a pan on a stove burner. The directions call for an electric griddle. Choose the method for you, grease appropriately, and you should be good to go.

Blend mix, chocolate chips, and cold water together with a wire whip. A fork works fine too. Batter should be slightly lumpy. (Do not overmix).

Pour desired amount of batter onto lightly greased pan or griddle. If you are using an electric griddle, be sure to preheat it to 375 degrees F.

Cook pancakes 1to 1-1/4 minutes per side, or until golden brown, turning only once.

That's all there is to it. A trick of the trade is to watch for the bubbles on the dough. When the pancake is ready to be flipped the first time there should be a lot of bubbles. This only works for the first flip obviously, so you have to use your judgment for the other side.

See above picture for how it should come out. This was my plate this morning before I quickly ate it up and grabbed another. These are that good. Enjoy.