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Double Chocolate Brownie-Style Belgian Waffles

Makes 4 waffles in the Smart Waffle maker
Servings 4 waffles

Ingredients

For the waffle batter:

  • 200 g granulated sugar
  • 80 g plain flour
  • 80 g cocoa powder (unsweetened)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 60 ml water
  • 90 g unsalted butter , melted
  • 120 g mini dark chocolate chips
  • vegetable oil , to spray

For the topping:

  • 100 ml double cream
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1-2 bananas
  • 1 small pack blueberries

Instructions

  • Preheat your waffle maker. Ours has a Belgian waffle setting, which we selected for this recipe, with the darkness level set to 2 up from Lightest.
  • In a large bowl mix sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
  • In a small bowl beat the eggs, vanilla extract and water, before adding to the dry ingredients and mixing together.
  • Add in the melted butter and beat vigorously to mix well and create a thick, gloopy batter.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips.
  • Oil the waffle maker with vegetable oil using a spray or wipe on with kitchen towel.
  • Spoon a quarter of the batter into each half of the waffle machine, close and cook until the machine beeps (about 3 minutes), or until fully shaped but soft to the touch.
  • Open the machine and leave to cool for 30 seconds. As these waffles are super soft and very fragile when hot, we found it easiest to place a small baking tray over the cooked waffles and flip the entire machine upside down; this is a two person job but the easiest way to get them out without breaking. After a few seconds of cooling outside the waffle machine, the surfaces start to crisp up beautifully. The inside stays soft, like a brownie or chocolate cake.
    If flipping the waffle machine over is not a good option for you, cook the waffles on the Lightest setting, open the waffle maker when it beeps done and leave in the machine to cool down for at least 5 minutes before carefully removing the waffles with a pair flexible spatulas.
  • Repeat cooking steps for second half of the mixture.
  • We served with lightly-sweetened whipped double cream, sliced bananas and blueberries.

Notes

If you cannot find mini dark chocolate chips, finely chop a bar of dark chocolate instead. The small size allows little bits of chocolate to distribute evenly within the batter.