A throwback to one of my favorite restaurant desserts from childhood…Homemade Dessert Waffles!
When I was a young girl, my parents would always let us choose a restaurant to go to for our birthday dinner. We could choose anyplace we wanted to go, since it was our special day. Now mind you, I grew up in a tiny town of 1,000 people, so the restaurant choices there were zilch. The closest place to eat was about 15 minutes away, and then 30 minutes away there were even more options. But no… I didn’t choose a restaurant close. I always wanted to drive up to Kansas City for my birthday, which was 2 1/2 hours away, just so we could eat at Denny’s. Yes, Denny’s.
I loved Denny’s for two reasons. One, they had those red padded swivel stools at the bar my parents allowed us to sit at only on special occasions. Two, they had the tastiest waffle sundaes. Those two reasons alone were why I chose Denny’s for my very special, drive for 2 1/2 hours to eat, birthday dinner.
Dessert Waffles are a little bit different than breakfast waffles, and they are not the same as waffle cones either. They are crispier than breakfast waffles, but not quite as thin and crispy as a waffle cone. They have a similar flavor of a waffle cone, but they are a slightly sweeter, thicker version and are the perfect base for a sundae!
My birthday sundae at Denny’s always had a dessert waffle base, chocolate ice cream, hot fudge or caramel sauce, whipped cream, sprinkles and frosted animal cookies. Do any of you remember that sundae? I checked and they don’t serve it any more, which is a shame because it was always such a delicious treat!
What better day than Throwback Thursday to throwback to the days of my favorite dessert waffles sundae? Since Denny’s no longer serves these fun treats, I had to do the next best thing I could and make them at home.
If you want a fun and unique dessert recipe, give one of these Dessert Waffles Sundaes a try. (And if you want regular breakfast waffles, make sure to check out my brothers favorite waffle recipe here.) Enjoy!
Homemade Dessert Waffles
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 3 ⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 ⁄4 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch Kosher salt
- Ice Cream and Sundae Toppings
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the eggs until bright yellow. Gradually add the granulated sugar.
- Add the butter, vanilla, flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until well incorporated.
- Heat a Belgium Waffle maker and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Drop batter by 1/4 cup onto heated waffle iron. Close and cook for 2 minutes, or until dessert waffle is golden brown.
- To serve, cool then top with ice cream and sundae toppings.
What a fun tradition! My favorite was when I would get an ice cream cake from DQ since I have a late June birthday.
Oh there’s nothing quite better than a cake from DQ! I love the cookie layer!
These pictures are just beautiful…and now I NEED dessert waffles in my life!
Thank you so much, friend!
Omg, is it wrong to want this for breakfast!!?
Absolutely acceptable 🙂
I just love waffle sundaes and definitely a great birthday treat!
I think my hubby would love this! amazing recipe. Thanks a lot for sharing
my husband didn’t like the liege waffles I made (I loved them!)
your recipe sounds like one he would love as breakfast waffles!
will have to try it this weekend
Ooh, I’m saving this recipe! I always visit our local waffle house and end up spending a fortune, so this can save me the money and the walk 🙂
I made them, taste is great but they were waaaaayy to dry. Now I am assuming that is intended to be eating with ice ream ,which will make up for the lack of moist but, is any way that I could improve your recipe to make it less dry? I am trying to serve dessert waffles on a stick with only a drizzle of chocolate so it will be too dry. Any help will be highly appreciated
Hi Gaby – Thanks for your feedback. They actually are intended to be eaten with ice cream. I don’t have time to experiment right now, but my absolute favorite breakfast waffle recipe involves separating the egg whites (using the yolks), then beating the egg whites until they are fluffy and folding them into the batter. Then you’d cook as normal. That might be something you could try to make them a little less dry and more airy.
These ones are more crispy (yet still soft) because if you put ice cream on them you’ll want them to stand up to that. Anyway, a slight chocolate drizzle could stand up to airy waffles…I’d give the egg white trick a try. Thank you!
I live in a super small town. Not a lot of eating out choices. But who needs to go out when you can make this amazing stuff at home!! Looks amazing.
Hi! we made this and it was great! we didn’t have vanilla extract so we substituted with rum extract. It still turned out really good. The sugar amount was exact! It is however very filling, and we made double amount so we were left with many wdffles. It was impssible to eat more than 2! haha.