This Healthy Chocolate Chip Waffle is reminiscent of a Waffle House favorite. This waffle doesn’t sacrifice on flavor, but it’s much cleaner than its inspiration. Make a bunch to freeze for a quick breakfast!
When I first posted this recipe on September 7th of 2014, I’d just hurt my ankle. This single girls was bopping around Atlanta, trying to walk it out while marveling at the giant knit pinwheels along the Beltline.
How fast things change! Hell froze over and I got married and moved to California in 2015. In 2016, I learned that my ankle “sprain” was actually a torn ligament and I finally fixed it with PRP Therapy. Now, in 2017 I am trying to heal from ACL surgery… before having surgery on the other ACL. My poor body. But at least I have Vegas!
One thing that hasn’t changed is my love for Waffle House (sadly, there isn’t one in California). Also in tact is my #strangebutgood penchant for putting eggs on basically anything.
Waffle House has long been my “trashy” food guilty pleasure. It’s the greatest. They will make anything you want, any way you want it. You can actually get a healthy meal there – egg whites, chicken… whatever. They’ll make it clean and hold the oil/butter/salt if you so desire.
My typical order is not so clean. After every show and if I’ve had a few to many to draaaank I order the same thing: a chocolate chip waffle with an egg over easy on top. The #yolkporn becomes the syrup, filling the crevices of the waffle with deliciousness.
I re-made this recipe last weekend to scratch that WaHo itch. In my version, I keep it clean(er). I don’t sacrifice on the flavor though!
The waffle itself is like a fluffy chocolate chip cookie. Adding the egg is a silky, slightly-salty compliment to it. Perfect for this month’s Recipe Redux theme: savory breakfasts. (Click through to the link up at the bottom.)
If you don’t do the egg thing, you can eat these with just syrup.*
*But trust me. That egg topping is the jam.
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Healthy Chocolate Chip Waffle
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Keywords: waffle breakfast brunch low-carb low-sodium low-sugar nut-free soy-free sugar-free vegetarian coconut flour chocolate chips egg
Ingredients (1 serving)
- 1 T coconut flour
- 1 T whole wheat flour
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 2 egg whites (6T)
- 2 T unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 5-6 drops vanilla liquid stevia
- Chocolate chips (I use these stevia sweetened chips)
- Toppings: whole egg, syrup (I use this sugar-free syrup)
Instructions
Pre-heat waffle iron.
In a small bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. Add wet ingredients and stir to combine.
Allow batter to sit for 2-3 mins to thicken before pouring into waffle maker. While cooking, prep your egg to desired level of done-ness.
Plate waffle, top with egg and other toppings as desired.
Note: this can easily be made gluten free by replacing the WW flour with more coconut flour. You’ll need to add more milk to account for the high absorbency of coconut flour.
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I don’t know how I lived so long without a waffle maker.
How do you top your waffles?
What’s your favorite “trashy” food pleasure?
OMG this looks epic- the yolk as a topping is a no-brainer…def going to be happen! My trashy food pleasure is definitely Betty Crocker brownies/cake….I sure had my fair share of both over this weekend! I’m done with Betty for a while now!!
Thanks! Let me know what you think. I love yolk syrup. 😉
Gosh. I really need a waffle iron. Or maybe new shoes? Lol. A waffle iron.
I would LOVE to just jet over for a weekend and going for walks and to the farmers market with you! I am so jealous of your still summer. It’s getting chilly over here.
No more shoes Lucie!!! 😛
You should come here when you’re in the US!!! I’ll take you everywhere!
I’ve never had an egg on a waffle but this might be something I could get behind. Runny egg yolks do make everything taste better!
I LOOOOVE ME EGGS and LOOOOVE ME MY PROTEIN WAFFLES.
You are genius.
xo
Word to yer eggs. 😉
Another reason why I need to get myself a waffle machine!
I like the egg on top. Your waffles are quickly outdoing mine 😉
No! There’s room for ALL the waffles. 🙂
I saw you bought local farmer’s eggs on instagram! I wish I had a farmer near me so I could do that, but how different does it taste? More egg-y?
Not really “eggy”… just a lot more fresh and the yolks are a gorgeous orangey-yellow.
my trashy pleasure includes chocolate chips too — I usually eat a handful right out of the freezer when I wake up (have to keep my seratonin levels in check, right?) but this morning have sprinkled on top my Greek yogurt cause I’m so damn heealthy
Hey, serotonin is not to be messed with! 😉
WAFFLES!! I love me some waffles… topped with peanut butter and pure maple syrup thank you!
Having had a stress fracture this year and being out for 8 weeks-I don’t think you’d rather have that. You will heal quickly if you stay off it. Your waffles look great! Feel free to add them to our Meatless Monday linkup today
Ouch! I meant just a good, old fashioned clean break. And not the jaw. That sucked.
i need a waffle maker. i suppose i would normally top them with some type of nut butter and loads of syrup 🙂 🙂
You have been on a waffle kick lately…AND I LOVE IT!!! 🙂
egg yolk is one of my favourite toppings for everything – waffles or pancakes, as salad dressing, on oatmeal…it just works. As for trashy food pleasure….probably poutine. but you saw that coming, didn’t you? I still need to make your smores poutine sometime.
You do!!! I made it again tonight over a chocolate yogurt bowl. OMG.
I’m still surprised it took so long to get that waffle maker! I’ve never tried topping mine with an egg. My mom has chickens and when we get her eggs, you can always tell such a big difference. My trashy food to enjoy is nachos. So bad for you I know.
Your mom has chickens?! I am ridiculously jealous. Well, of the eggs. Not the actual chickens. LOL!
I AM TRYING THAT THIS WEEKEND!!
Let me know if you do!!! I’d love to see what you do with it!
Ugh I really need a waffle iron… I should have asked for that for my birthday! Then I’ll hire a chef to make these for me. 🙂
oh my, oh my… if i sprain my ankle, can i come over and we can cry into our waffles together? By that, I mean you make the waffles and I eat them all.
Haha – that sounds reasonable. Just bring more eggs, would ya?
why can’t spelt be GF? damn it. Either way, it looks gooooooood
I think you could sub a GF flour! Let me know if you try anything!
agree with you on better quality eggs…#yolkporn for life! i hope you have a speedy recovery.
Trashy – cookies of course! 🙂
I am loving waffles these days with our cheap waffle maker! 🙂
Your cookies aren’t trashy! They’re WF so it’s a health food, right? 😉
Daggum! I want your sprain to heal so bad. I know you’ve got trainers to give you tips and whatnot, but can’t they wrap it to give you some relief? I was such an a-hole in high school after my sprain. I demanded that my trainer (poor sweet Donald) wrap my ankle so I could do whatever I wanted. It still hurt, but I refused to be sidelined. Ice bath that sh*t! The faster you can reduce the swelling and inflammation, the better. I don’t go to Waffle House anymore, but in high school, my carpool dragged me there. I was a sophomore. My carpool was a few juniors and seniors. On Fridays, we went to Waffle House before school. One of them, Laura, had ADD. She took adderol. She thought it was a great idea to smash it into a powder and snort it on the table at our local Waffle House. I guess it still worked? We were in Pre-Cal together later in the day. She was confident. But she never shared her grades. They all smoaked too. What was I thinking? I just ordered a straight up waffle and crossed my fingers that I’d make it to school in one piece. At least now, I can look back and see that my carpool is all okay. They are either married or established in a comfortable place. And I’m still the sideliner who thinks: “WTF is going on here…?”
You’re the best. I’m still moving around… just not ready to run marathons yet. Well, never a marathon but you get the idea. 😉
The days of adderol… I remember them well. Kids passed that shit around like it was crack. I guess it sort of is…
I feel your pain on that resting. Resting sucks. I cannot remember the last time I ate a waffle. Trade a waffle for some muffins?
Woah. This looks outstanding. And that egg on top! Why haven’t I ever done that to a waffle? That needs to change.
I’ve got all these ingredients minus the spelt, which I could just leave out and BOOM SHAKALAKA! My mouth will be having a little PAR TAY!
you and your mouth parties… Bwhahaha!
Woah that sounds outstanding. Mmm chocolate waffles, my guilty trashy food is anything chocolate, so you got me covered here!
I sprained my ankles constantly growing up, I feel your pain 🙁 but it sounds like you are on the mend. Huzzah!
I wouldn’t say alllll chocolate is trashy… that stuff I had in Switzerland was like art. LOL!
I LOVE breakfast/brunch food and it’s something I could eat erry-dang daY!! Well made and executed home fries is so satisfying it keeps me happy all day. Those waffles look bomb – I need a waffle maker, waffle trumps pancakes ALWAYS! Hope your ankle heals soon and take it easy!! Have a great one Laura -Iva
love me some yolk syrup! looks delicious!
Yep. totally making waffles this weekend!
I love waffles, I mean LOVE LOVE LOVE waffles, I can’t wait to try this recipe. I just ate breakfast and your pictures still made my mouth water.
Thanks Mary! Let me know if you do try it!
Wow… that is like a cookie for breakfast – my type of heaven.
I cannot wait to try this! What a great idea!
Thanks Cheryl! Let me know how it goes!
You had me at 5 min prep and 5 min cook. I’m easy to please 🙂 I make waffles all.the.time b/c it’s something everyone will eat. I never thought of throwing an egg on top! Genius!!
I know ya’ll are all about easy! The egg doesn’t take any longer – I just throw it in the pan once I mix the waffle batter.
Well this looks amazing… I don’t eat enough waffles but now you’ve got me craving one! I like topping mine with fresh strawberries and a little syrup 🙂
Have a great start to your week!
Thank you! You can’t ever go wrong with fresh berries.
I love waffles but I try to avoid them. when I was obese I had a serious problem with eating waffles instead of toast at IHOP, turning an 800 calorie meal into a 1500 calorie meal was my sweet spot back in the day lol. I love the Waffle House too! There is nothing like it on the West Coast. This recipe looks easy, can’t wait to try it. I hope your recovery is going well Laura.
Ohhhhhh girl. You sound JUST like me at WaHo. I’d order this, plus a side of hash browns (well done with jalapeños and cheese). It was so terrible, yet soooooo good.
Wow that looks good. I love anything with a runny egg. I normally go the traditional butter and syrup route. But my go to trashy food is always pizza.
You can’t really go wrong with pizza. Especially if you put an egg on it. 😉
I haven’t made waffles in a while now, I was on a roll with my waffle maker for a while. and I need to restock my coconut flour. you just reminded me!
I go through phases with the waffle maker too. The hotter it gets, the more I use it!
So somehow I remember your love for Waffle House! Probably because I strongly do NOT like Waffle House haha the only times I’ve gone there are during road trips when I’m in the middle of nowhere… plus I grew up in NJ, which has amazing hole in the wall 24/7 diners everywhere you look that are 100% better than Waffle House. My go-to in college used to be chocolate chip pancakes at 2 AM! 🙂
HAHA! The one thing you cannot get there is vegan food. We had a lot of diners too, but I still like it better. I’m sure its the same childhood nostalgia that dictates my love of hot dogs and fried pies from The Varsity in ATL.
FAK! I made a chocolate chip waffle recipe a LONGGGGGG time ago and now I want to revisit it. Or maybe I just wanna whip out the waffle maker and create some magic. Salmon in the waffle maker. YEPPPPP! WITH an egg on top but of course!
Whip it. Whip it real good.
The next time we’re together, you need to teach me how to put a video in the post.
I want everything on your plate.
I can do that via text! I taught myself the gif thing in like 5 mins while writing this post..
I’ve never seen an egg on top of a waffle like this! Awesome idea!
Thank you! It’s a great “syrup”!
Love sweet and savory combos! And what a great way to satisfy ALL the cravings in the morning!
Exactly! I can’t ever decide between the two.