Experiment and failure

So, lately I have been making cornmeal pancakes every so often. They're quick, easy, and as long as I have cornmeal, I almost always have all the ingredients on hand. A little while back, I decided to try making chocolate cornmeal pancakes, just for funsies.

The batter never looks terribly appetizing (It usually looks like yellow barf.), but it looked even worse when brown.

Even from the batter stage, things looked ominous.

Frying did not improve things.

It made them look like flattened dog-poo.

The final result was pretty disappointing from both a flavor and aesthetic standpoint. The pancakes didn't taste terribly chocolate-y, and they looked very, VERY unappetizing. If there is a next time (which I don't think there will be) I will try adding a lot more cocoa powder, but this experiment has dampened my enthusiasm for further un-researched forays into the culinary unknown.