These Festive Waffles turn classic waffles into playful holiday treats — perfect for Christmas breakfasts, brunches or festive gatherings. Crispy, golden waffles are cut into quarters and transformed into waffle pops on sticks, then dipped in rich milk chocolate, white chocolate, or gooey caramel and scattered with dried cranberries, candy stars, and crunchy pretzels. Fun to make and even more fun to eat!
Festive waffles
Ingredients
WAFFLES
- 315g cake flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 3 extra-large eggs, lightly whisked
- 500ml (2 cups) buttermilk
- 100g salted butter, melted
- sunflower oil, to grease
- 32 wooden lolly sticks
TOPPINGS
- 100g milk chocolate, roughly chopped
- 100g white chocolate, roughly chopped
- 1 x 360g tin Nestlé Caramel Treat
- 1 x 100g packet dried cranberries
- candy stars in the colours of your choice
- 1 x 200g pack salted pretzels, roughly crushed
Instructions
For the waffles, sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the sugar and lightly beaten eggs. Using a whisk, beat the mixture until the sugar and eggs are well incorporated. Stir in the buttermilk and melted butter. Mix until well combined. Set aside.
Grease a 15,5cm round waffle iron with the sunflower oil and place over medium-high heat. Using a ladle, pour some of the batter into the hot waffle iron. Close the waffle iron and cook until the waffle is golden brown, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and place the waffle on a plate and set aside. Repeat with the remaining batter until you have made 8 waffles.
For the topping, place the roughly chopped milk and white chocolate in two separate plastic (not glass) bowls and microwave on the defrost setting in 10-second bursts until the chocolates have melted. Set aside.
Using a sharp knife, cut the waffles into quarters. Working with one at a time, carefully insert a wooden lolly stick into the base of each quarter.
Coat a ⅓ of the quarters with the melted milk chocolate, a ⅓ with the melted white chocolate and a ⅓ with the Caramel Treat. Top the quarters with the remaining topping ingredients, playing around with different flavour combinations. Refrigerate until the milk and white chocolate have set, about 5 minutes.
