Waffles with Mocha Syrup

Pin It Now! There are some things in life that are just worth jumping up and down about, doing a happy dance in your chair for, and/or yelling Hallelujah from the roof tops over.

This is worth all three. Are you ready for this?:

Mocha. Syrup.

I know. Absolutely incredible. It tastes even better than it sounds.

And it sounds pretty stinkin' fabulous.

How did this recipe come about?

I had a stressful day at work and all I wanted to eat for dinner was a cupcake. Or twelve.  I would happily eat a cupcake (or twelve) for dinner, but I don't think my super hungry hunk of a husband would appreciate eating a cupcake for dinner (he is disciplined, he wouldn't eat twelve).

So, I settled for waffles. But I didn't just want any kind of waffle. I wanted something with just a little extra oomph.

This was the oomphiest thing I have ever made.

I think these made me taller. And made my hair grow a little, too. And that blemish I had in my hairline? Disappeared upon my consumption of the mocha syrup.

It's so true that I can hardly stand it.


Waffles with Mocha Syrup
Yields: 8 Waffles and approximately 2 cups of syrup

Ingredients for Waffles:
2 cups cake flour
pinch of salt
2 TBS granulated sugar
2 TBS brown sugar
1/4 cup of milk
1 cup of vanilla yogurt
2 large eggs

Ingredients for Syrup:
1/4 cup of granulated sugar
1/4 cup of coffee
1 cup of brown sugar
1 TBS cocoa powder
6 TBS butter
1/2 cup whole milk

Directions for Waffles:
1. Preheat your waffle iron and spray with oil.
2. In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients. Slowly add to the dry. Make sure not to over mix.
4. Cook each waffle according to your iron's instructions!

Directions for Syrup:
1. In a small saucepan, combine the granulated sugar and coffee. Mixing until the sugar is melted. Set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter in the milk. Once that has melted, whisk in the sugar and cocoa powder. Once it is beginning to combine, add the coffee/sugar mixture.
3. Allow it to simmer, stirring constantly, until it has thickened into a nice syrup.