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It’s about time for summer break!
I know, not every parent loves the months and months of sibling rivalry, whining about boredom, and non-stop sticky popsicle puddles all over the place, but as a homeschooler? I love summer break! It means that I don’t have to argue about workbooks or waste my time reading aloud to children that aren’t listening.
I thought it would be fun to celebrate the end of the school year (we don’t actually finish school until July around here – we have a weird schedule, but we’ll celebrate the end of year for you!) with a special breakfast!
Can you imagine surprising your kids on their first day of summer break with these rich chocolate waffles drowned in melted peanut butter? Breakfast nirvana.
Of course, you could stop there, but I livened things up with this totes adorable yee-haw cake topper! It just cracks me up for some reason! Love it!
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Chocolate Waffles with Peanut Butter Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream or milk
Instructions
- Preheat waffle iron according to instructions.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Whisk to combine.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, vanilla, and buttermilk until combined.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until just combined.
- Cook the waffles according to the directions on your waffle maker.
- While the waffles are cooking, prepare the peanut butter sauce. In a small sauce pan over low heat, stir together the peanut butter and cream until well combined and melted.
- Drizzle the peanut butter sauce over the cooked waffles.
John Doe says
I loved this recipe so much!
Jennifer says
I only used the peanut butter “sauce” recipe but I ended up with darker spreadable peanut butter. The directions “In a small sauce pan over low heat, stir together the peanut butter and cream until well combined and melted” are straight forward and don’t leave much to interpretation so I’m not exactly sure what’s missing. I would’ve been better off just melting some straight PB in the microwave. ?
Karly says
Hi Jennifer! Sorry you had issues with this one. Not sure what could have gone wrong with melting peanut butter and cream together. You basically did just melt peanut butter…the milk/cream is just there to keep it thinner as it cools.
Omega says
I had the exact same issue. And you’re right in the middle of spoiling 1/2 cup of peanut butter, I thought to myself “Why didnt I just do this in the microwave. I know for sure that works minus the cream that is. Milk/cream will not “keep it thinner as it cools” Plain old water will though
Julie says
These waffles were a hit with my household! Â I will say that I followed this recipe to a T and they were a bit runny. No worries, I added an extra cup of flour and they were perfect! Turned out nice and crispy but soft in my waffle iron! I didn’t go by the drizzle sauce recipe though, I made my own with PB2 Powder, some extra creamy peanut butter, powdered sugar and milk. Definitely a good recipe!Â
Thank you!!  🙂
Sonya Jackson says
This recipe was a complete fail! My kids and I spent a lot of extra time tryinf to “fix” the batter and sauce. Thiss is not a waffle batter at all. Not sweet and def too runny. Not enough baking powder (they didn’t rise enough) I have a top of the line waffle maker that is very foegiving, and it disnt work. I agree with the other poster as well about the “sauce” 1 tbls of cream or milk to 1/2 a cup was def not adequate. I don’t know how I missed those comments before. I would have tried something different. Doesn’t matter how low and slow you melt pb 1 tbls isn’t enough. I was very disappointed and we ended up just throwing it out and making my waffles and added cocoa and a little sugar. I did manage to salvage the pb sauce. But it was completely diff than your recipe. Cute pic though
Karly says
I’m sorry to hear this one didn’t work out for you. Waffles generally aren’t all that sweet – it’s the topping of maple syrup or fruit that gives you the sweetness. As for how runny the batter is, they’ve always cooked up fine for me. Sorry that wasn’t the case for you.
The peanut butter sauce is supposed to be thick as you can see in the pictures. The peanut butter melts and is easy to drizzle, but it thickens up as it cools.
M.H. says
1/2 c. of peanut butter and 1 T. of cream or milk does not make a creamy sauce.
Karly says
Sure it does, if you melt it as directed.
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
YUM!
Ember says
First off let me say everything on your website looks amazing. I love your photography and the pictures of these waffles are just adorable. < 3
I tried these one morning for myself and my boyfriend, in which I can say I was slightly disappointed in the waffles themselves. Although they look really chocolate-y, they definitely did not pack a chocolate punch for me. To make them taste more of how I wanted I poured peanut butter, chocolate, and caramel sauce all over them (you know, you only live once). However I do want to try and make these again sometime! I'm thinking an addition of chocolate chips might help add more of the flavor I was hoping for.
Karly says
Hi Ember!
Thanks for the sweet comment. 🙂
I’m sorry you weren’t thrilled with the waffles! Chocolate chips would be a great addition! 🙂