During my freshman year of college, I lived in the dorms on campus, so I ate most of my dinners at the dining hall (or DC, as we called it, short for “Dining Commons”). Although I typically went at a normal hour, I occasionally had classes or extracurricular activities that ended after the DC finished serving dinner at 8 pm…
So on those evenings, my friends and I headed to “Late Night” when the DC reopened for limited service at 8:30 pm. Instead of the seven (or more!) different hot meal options at regular meals, the DC only staffed two stations for Late Night: the pizza station and one other that varied depending on the evening.
However, they still restocked the salad and sandwich bars, as well as the cereal and soft serve ice cream stations. They also brought out massive trays of freshly baked, soft and chewy, perfectly warm and gooey cookies—chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, snickerdoodles, and even chocolate fudge cookies!
Between the pizza and cookies, we sometimes even intentionally skipped dinner and just waited for Late Night instead…
Especially when we learned that one particular DC also set out individual bottles of batter right next to the waffle irons! Those quickly became our favorite Late Night treat, and we sped straight towards that station as soon as we swiped our meal cards to get in.
The DC banned students from getting creative and adding other ingredients (like fruit or sprinkles!) to the waffle batter, claiming that it stuck to the waffle irons and took a long time to clean out, but that didn’t stop us from taking a trip to the soft serve ice cream station with our steaming, freshly cooked waffles. We showered them with juicy berries, crunchy granola, and a generous drizzle of maple syrup… and maybe even a dollop of whipped cream…
But my favorite topping was always the mini chocolate chips. They immediately started to melt as soon as they hit the hot waffle, which created the most rich and decadent waffle imaginable!
And now, far too many years later, I finally experimented with adding chocolate to the batter of my waffles (not just chocolate chips sprinkled on top!). The result?
These incredible, best ever Ultimate Healthy Chocolate Waffles! They’re unbelievably rich and chocolaty, still crispy on the outside and fluffy (with a hint of brownie fudginess!) on the inside… The perfect chocolate waffle texture!
And unlike the ones we made at the DC (which probably came from a boxed mix!), these healthy chocolate waffles contain no refined flour or sugar… And just 78 calories!
Continue reading & see the rest! ›› The Ultimate Healthy Chocolate Waffles
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