Instant Pot Protein Pancake Bites

Instant Pot Protein Pancake Bites have only 3 ingredients! Whole wheat, healthy and tasty chocolate chip pancake bites made in your Instant Pot!

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Instant Pot Protein Pancake Bites

One thing I always have in my pantry is Kodiak Cakes pancake mix. It is a just add water pancake mix that tastes great, is healthy and convenient. I usually buy it at Costco. If you like pancakes but want to make them a bit healthier (whole wheat + protein) then try Kodiak Cakes! I think you’ll really like them.

I decided to try making Kodiak Cake batter and cooking it in my silicone egg bites molds in the Instant Pot. I have made homemade pancake bites before and thought that it would work well with the mix. I was right. They were super fast and easy and I popped three of them into my mouth immediately (oops!).

Related: 8 Ways To Use Your Silicone Egg Bites Mold

How to make Instant Pot Protein Pancake Bites:

1. In a bowl whisk together the pancake mix and the water until combined (do not overbeat).
2. Spray a silicone egg bite mold* with non-stick cooking spray. Even though silicone is non-stick I like using the spray for easy release of the pancake bites.
3. Spoon 2 Tbsp of batter into each mold. If you try to spoon more than this in the molds the chances are likely that they will come out undercooked.
4. Sprinkle 5 chocolate chips into each mold. Use a toothpick to “stir” the chocolate chips in. Chocolate chips are an optional step but they are really tasty! Ideally I would have used mini chocolate chips for more even distribution but I didn’t have any on hand.
5. Pour 1 ½ cups water into bottom of the Instant Pot. Place a paper towel on top of the egg bite mold. This will prevent some of the condensation from dripping down onto the pancake bites. Place the egg bite mold on a trivet/sling* and lower into the Instant Pot. 
6. Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 12 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5 minutes. Release any remaining pressure by moving valve to venting. Remove the lid. 
7. Carefully remove the sling, mold and paper towel. Place a plate on top of the mold and invert the bites onto the plate. 
8. Serve immediately with syrup. The pancake bites taste best right away. If you want to save them for later you can pop them into the microwave for 20-30 seconds.

Some ideas to add extra nutrition to the pancake bites:

• Stir a scoop of vanilla protein powder into the batter.
• Use milk instead of water in the batter.
• Stir a beaten egg into the batter for even more nutrition.

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