Chocolate Zucchini Waffles
These homemade chocolate zucchini waffles with a healthy spin will leave your kids asking for more! No one will notice the sneaky zucchini that is added to the batter. Healthy and delicious - it's a win for everyone!
Servings: 16 square waffles or 4 Belgian waffles
Calories: 113kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour Sub: 1 cup whole wheat flour + 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder sub: cacao powder
- 1/4 cup brown sugar sub: coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted sub: avocado oil or melted butter
- 1 3/4 cups milk plain dairy-free milk will work fine
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup finely grated zucchini* sub: pumpkin puree
- Optional: 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- *Use the fine grate of a box grater for this task.
Instructions
- Dry Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cocoa powder.
- Wet Ingredients: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar and melted coconut oil. Whisk in beaten egg, milk, and zucchini.
- Combine: Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined (do not over mix). Stir in chocolate chips.
- Cook: Cook the waffles according to your waffle iron instructions (mine takes about 3 1/2 minutes for each batch). Here's how much batter to use: - 4 Square Waffle Iron: Pour about 1/4 cup mix per waffle. - Belgian Waffle Iron: Pour 1 cup batter per waffle.
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Notes
- Substitute White Whole Wheat Flour with 1 cup whole wheat flour + 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour.
- Substitute pumpkin puree for the zucchini.
- You could substitute avocado oil or melted butter for the coconut oil.
- Chocolate chips can be mini, dark chocolate, or milk chocolate.
Nutrition
Serving: 1square waffle | Calories: 113kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 171mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g