For me, on either Saturday or Sunday, depending on what me and the hubby have planed, I make what I call brunch.
During the week I stick with my standard Red Berries Special K cereal and glass of cranberry juice, but I like to have a real old fashion breakfast once in a while.
Since a big breakfast is usually too much, to have lunch latter and because I tend to go all out, we don’t eat till about 10 or 10:30. So, this one meal counts for breakfast and lunch, thus brunch.
![Brunch](https://i2.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_008.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
Okay so, for brunch I try to have protein and some sweetish goodness. For the protein, I usually go with eggs. This can be anything from scrambled like my hubby likes, or over easy as I prefer. Sometimes I change it up and we have omelets or even some sort egg bake concoction.
The eggs, though a meat, I usually pair with another meat, like turkey bacon or turkey ham (I keep it kosher/hala).
As for the sweet part of the meal it really depends on what I’m in the mood for. This past week I got an email form myrecipes.com in my inbox that had a tempting photo of Chocolate Chip Waffles, and I knew then I would be making waffles for brunch that weekend.
![Waffle mix](https://i0.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_002.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
![Mixing in the oil](https://i0.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_003.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
The recipe was pretty straightforward and was actually sent in from Oklahoma, what are the odds?
The thing I found most unusual about the recipe was that it didn’t have any eggs, just oil, milk and flour, for the most part. It actually had really little sugar as well.
![Wilton Cupcake scoop](https://i1.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_004.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
Like I do with all my recipes I used Splenda ® for the sugar and for the chocolate chips I used Hershey’s ® Sugar Free Chocolate Chips.
![Chocolate Chip Waffels](https://i2.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_006.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
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- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons Splenda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups rice milk or whole milk
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1/2 cup Hershey's Sugar Free chocolate chips
- Preheat waffle iron (to medium, if it has temperature settings).
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk milk, oil and 1/4 cup water.
- Pour milk mixture into flour mixture and whisk until smooth.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Mist waffle iron with cooking spray.
- Pour as much batter onto waffle iron as manufacturer recommends (usually about 1/2 cup). Close iron and cook until waffle is golden and puffed, 2 to 3 minutes. Place on plate in oven.
- Repeat with remaining batter.
- Between making individual waffles, wipe iron periodically with a paper towel to remove bits of chocolate and mist iron with cooking spray.
- Serve hot.
- Top with ice cream and strawberry preserves for a sweeter treat.
The waffles themselves came out so pretty from the maker. Though the recipe says it makes about 6-7 waffles, my belgian waffle maker by Oster is actually pretty big, so I only got 4 waffles and a 1/4 from the batter.
![Plain waffle hot on the grill](https://i0.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_005.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
We didn’t have much syrup and no cool whip, therefore we decided to top or heavenly waffles with ice cream and strawberry preserves. I know what your thinking ice cream for breakfast, but technically this is brunch so it should be okay.
![Plain Waffle](https://i2.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_001.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
Though the waffles were good, they weren’t very sweet. Since we topped it with ice cream, that didn’t really matter. However, I would say they are very rich and thick, so you’ll get filled up fast.
This is the first time I’ve ever made chocolate chip waffles, and I think even the first time I had chocolate chip waffles.
![Chocolate Chip Waffles](https://i0.wp.com/akramsideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-waffels_007.jpg?resize=732%2C488)
While like I said they were good, I don’t know if I’ll make chocolate chip waffles again. The chocolate melted in the waffle maker and was a real pain to clean up. Still they were good.
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