German Chocolate Pancakes

So it's been forever since I posted.  Although, I have had amazing food since then.  Mike and I went on our honeymoon and had fantastic dishes, but will post about those later.  Today is Mike's birthday and usually every year I make a German Chocolate Cake-but it makes so much and it's just the two of us.  So this year I decided on German Chocolate Pancakes and boy were they good.  I originally got the recipe from southern living magazine but altered it a bit.  The pancakes look like footballs because that's what Mike wanted... 

Pancake Ingredients:
2 C of Flour
1/2 C of Sugar
1/2 C of Unsweetened Cocoa
1-1/2 TBS of Baking Soda
1 TSP of Salt
2 C of Milk
2 Large Eggs
1/2 of 4oz German Chocolate Bar- Finely Chopped
3 TBS of Butter
1/2 TSP of Vanilla

Topping Ingredients:
2/3 C of Chopped Pecans
2/3 C of Sweetened Coconut
1 (5oz) Can of Evaporated Milk 
1/2 C of Light Brown Sugar - packed
1/4 C of Butter
2 Egg Yolks
1/2 TSP of Vanilla

So deciding which to do when is tricky and we have a small kitchen- so I had to have my hubby help.  
I started the topping first then the pancakes and then well back and forth.  

Directions: 
Put the chopped pecans and coconut in a pan and put in the oven 350 for 5 minutes. Pull out and set aside.  Next Put the first 5 ingredients of the pancake recipe in a large bowl. (Flour, Sugar, Cocoa, Soda  and Salt).  Stir well.  In another bowl Mix the milk, eggs, butter, vanilla and chopped chocolate.  Gradually stir wet mixture into the dry.  (just until moistened- the batter is supposed to be lumpy).  
On a heated skillet pour the batter- mike wanted footballs so I created a little bigger size of pancake. 

 Let sit 3 ish minutes then flip.  To keep warm I put the done pancakes on a pan and in the oven at 200 degrees. 

While making the pancakes I then started the topping. Mix together the evaporated milk, brown sugar, butter and egg yolks in a saucepan over medium heat.  Stir consistently (which is why I needed a helper) for about 10 minutes- the mixture should start to get thick.

  Remove from heat add vanilla and toasted pecans and coconut and serve immediately over warmed pancakes.   

Mikey and I both loved them! I was also supposed to serve with sausage but i totally forgot.  Hope you enjoy them!!