Double Chocolate Waffles

Adapted from Vegetarian Times

Ingredients

Chocolate Sauce

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/4 cup maple syrup-grade B

2 Tbs unsweetened almond milk

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Waffles

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp sea salt

2/3 cup unsweetened almond milk

1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar

5 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder

1 oz Ghiradelli semisweet chocolate-chopped

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup safflower oil

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Powdered sugar for dusting

1. Whisk together almond milk and apple cider vinegar and let sit for 10 minutes

2. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt

3. Preheat waffle iron

4. Boil 1/4 cup water and mix with cocoa powder and chocolate until smooth

5. Whisk almond milk mixture with chocolate, then add in brown sugar, oil, & vanilla

6. Finally mix in flour mixture

7. Brush waffle iron with oil, and spoon batter into iron-cook until waffle is crisp

8. Meanwhile, mix chocolate sauce ingredients together and simmer on low heat until melted together and smooth

9. Drizzle chocolate sauce over the waffle and sprinkle with powdered sugar

I was reading my Vegetarian Times magazine when I was hungry (which is a bad idea) and I saw these waffles and I thought they would be a great dessert. Although the magazine said that it could be a meal, I thought it would be too sweet for an actual meal. Then Eric saw the picture and said that they looked amazing, so I had to make them then:) He was nice enough to lend his high school restaurant skills when plating the waffles.