IHOP Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes are IHOP’s triple-chocolate stack: chocolate pancakes studded with chocolate chips, drizzled with chocolate syrup, and finished with more chips. They cost $13.69 with 790 calories.

“We think chocolate is perfect any time of day” — IHOP’s menu copy is a mission statement, and this stack is the proof. This guide breaks down the three chocolate layers, compares the chocolate and buttermilk bases, and helps you decide whether this is breakfast or dessert (spoiler: it is both).

The Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes are also IHOP’s answer to a simple question: what if a pancake stack stopped pretending to be breakfast? No fruit, no restraint — just chocolate, three ways, at 8 AM.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes: Price, Calories & Essentials

IHOP’s official description: “We think chocolate is perfect any time of day. Four fluffy chocolate pancakes filled with chocolate chips, topped with a drizzle of chocolate syrup & more chocolate chips. Also available in buttermilk.” See the IHOP pancakes menu for every flavor.

Note the confidence in that opening line: “We think chocolate is perfect any time of day” is not describing the pancakes — it is stating a philosophy. IHOP is telling you, upfront, that this stack rejects breakfast norms. Believe them.

Triple Chocolate: The Three Layers

The name says “chocolate” twice, but there are actually THREE chocolate presentations. Here is how they work together:

Chocolate Pancakes

The base itself is chocolate — cocoa in the batter gives every pancake a deep brown color and chocolate flavor throughout the crumb. This is the foundation: even without toppings, these are chocolate pancakes.

Cocoa in batter behaves differently from chips: it gives a deep, slightly bitter chocolate backbone that keeps the stack from tasting one-dimensionally sweet. Without it, the chips and syrup alone would be sugar on sugar — the cocoa crumb is what makes the whole thing taste like chocolate rather than just sweetness.

Chocolate Chips Inside

Chips folded into the batter melt partially on the griddle, creating pockets of molten chocolate inside the pancakes. These are the surprise bursts — you never know exactly where the next one is, which makes every bite a small discovery.

The partial melt is key: fully melted chips would just disappear into the crumb, and fully solid chips would be waxy. The griddle hits the sweet spot — softened, gooey centers with enough structure to register as distinct chocolate hits.

Chocolate Syrup + More Chips On Top

The drizzle adds glossy, liquid chocolate sweetness, while the extra chips on top stay solid for textural contrast — snap against the soft crumb, solid against the molten interior. Three textures of chocolate in one stack.

That textural range is the stack’s secret weapon: without it, triple chocolate would be one-note. The molten interior, the soft crumb, the snappy topping chips, and the liquid drizzle give your mouth four different things to do — which is why the Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes never eat as monotonous as “chocolate three ways” sounds.

Chocolate vs Buttermilk Base: Which to Pick

IHOP offers this stack on two bases — chocolate pancakes (790 Cal) or buttermilk pancakes (770 Cal) with the same chips and syrup. The 20-calorie difference is negligible; the flavor difference is not:

The chocolate base is the signature — it is what makes this stack famous, and the cocoa crumb plus molten chips is the full experience. The buttermilk base is the sleeper pick: the plain pancake makes each chocolate chip stand out more, and the overall stack tastes less overwhelmingly sweet. If you love chocolate but find triple-chocolate too much, the buttermilk base is your answer.

Think of it as intensity control: the chocolate base is for the committed, the buttermilk base is for the curious. Both are the same $13.69 — the choice costs nothing, so pick by mood.

790 Calories: Dessert Math

At 790 calories, this is one of the heavier flavored stacks — above Strawberry Banana (700) and Tres Leches (710), below Cinn-A-Stack (890). The chocolate chips and syrup are calorie-dense, and there is no fruit to offset them.

Let us be honest about what this is: dessert for breakfast. And there is nothing wrong with that — IHOP’s own copy says chocolate is perfect any time of day, and the stack commits fully to the bit. Order it with dessert expectations and you will not be disappointed; order it expecting a light breakfast and you will be overwhelmed.

The 790-calorie figure also deserves context: it is 160 more than the Double Blueberry and 90 more than Strawberry Banana, but 100 less than the Cinn-A-Stack. Among the indulgent stacks, the Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes sit in the middle — heavy, but not the heaviest.

To lighten: choose the buttermilk base (saves 20 Cal), ask for light syrup drizzle, or share the stack — split between two, it is a 395-calorie dessert course. The nutrition guide has the full breakdown.

The sharing strategy is genuinely the best way to enjoy this stack: chocolate richness has diminishing returns past the halfway point, and splitting keeps every bite in the delicious zone. Order one stack and one savory item, share both — the ideal sweet-savory split.

Customization: Your Chocolate, Your Rules

• Whipped topping: add it — cool cream against warm molten chocolate is essential.
• Add banana: banana slices + chocolate is a timeless combination that cuts the richness.
• Extra chips: ask for double chips if the standard load is not enough chocolate for you.
• Peanut butter: ask if available — chocolate + peanut butter is the ultimate upgrade (varies by location).
• Short stack it: 3 chocolate pancakes lands around 590 calories — still indulgent, less commitment.
• Ice cream: a scoop of vanilla on top turns this into a full pancake sundae (ask your server).

The sundae move deserves emphasis: warm chocolate pancakes plus cold vanilla ice cream is one of the great temperature contrasts in casual dining. If your IHOP offers it, this is the single best customization on the pancake menu.

Verdict: Breakfast’s Dessert

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes are the most indulgent non-cheesecake stack on the menu — triple chocolate, molten chips, zero restraint. They are for chocolate lovers, kids, and anyone who believes breakfast rules are suggestions.

Order them when: chocolate is non-negotiable, you are celebrating something, or you want the most decadent standard stack. Order the buttermilk base when: you want chip flavor with balance. Order Double Blueberry when: you want flavor at 160 fewer calories.

And if you are choosing between the Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes and the OREO Cheesecake Pancakes: pick this stack for pure chocolate intensity, the OREO for cheesecake decadence. Both are dessert; the question is which kind.

Chocolate any time of day — including breakfast. The menu copy is right.

Some stacks are breakfast. This one is joy.

And joy, it turns out, is available all day at participating locations.

Eat dessert first — life is short, and the griddle is hot.

The Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes are waiting. Answer the call.

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