Treat your family to a special breakfast with this colorful Red Velvet Waffle recipe! Perfect for Valentine’s Day, Christmas, or anyone who loves Red Velvet Cake.
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Sometimes, plain old waffles just aren’t good enough and you need a special breakfast idea. These Red Velvet Waffles are it.
Red Velvet Waffle Ingredients
This Red Velvet Waffles recipe is made with many of the same ingredients that are found in a traditional Red Velvet cake:
- Flour
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Cocoa Powder
- Buttermilk
- Butter
- Vinegar
- Red Food Coloring
- Optional Toppings: Maple Syrup, Whipped Cream or Cream Cheese Frosting.
For the exact ingredients and measurements, see the full recipe at the end of this post.
Cooking Equipment Needed for Red Velvet Waffles:
How To Make Red Velvet Waffles
The homemade waffle recipe is easy to make too. First, mix up the dry ingredients in one bowl and then mix up the wet ingredients in another bowl.
A bit of advice when it comes to the red food color: we recommend using a good quality red gel food color. You’ll also want to add the red food coloring to the waffle batter until it is slightly darker than the shade you want. After your Red Velvet Waffles cook on your waffle iron, the red color will lighten a little.
You can make these in any waffle iron that you might own. When it comes to actually cooking your waffles, just follow your manufacturer’s instructions.
Red Velvet Waffle Topping
While you can totally top these waffles with syrup, we recommend topping with whipped cream or even better — use a cream cheese drizzle.
To make a cream cheese drizzle for your Red Velvet Waffles, just beat together 1/2 cup of room temperature cream cheese (1/2 block), 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Then, add a few tablespoons of milk, adding them a tablespoon at a time until you get a drizzle-like consistency that you prefer.
Red Velvet Waffles Recipe
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Red Velvet Waffles Recipe
Description
Make a special breakfast with this homemade Red Velvet Waffle recipe! Perfect for Valentine’s Day, Christmas Day, or for anyone who loves Red Velvet Cake.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup butter, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon vinegar
Red food coloring (we recommend gel food color)
Instructions
Grease waffle iron and begin preheating according to manufacturer instructions.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, buttermilk, butter, vanilla, and vinegar with a whisk until thoroughly combined. Add red food coloring until it is slightly darker than the shade you want since it will lighten a little while it cooks.
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and fold to combine thoroughly. Cook waffles according to your waffle iron instructions and size. In most cases, they should be done when they stop steaming. Serve with whipped cream or a cream cheese frosting.
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Stacey says
The 2x and 3x buttons don’t work on the recipe. I had issues because I didn’t realize this at first. However, so very tasty! My kids loved it!
Harsha says
Thank you for this recipe! Would love to try it
Miz Helen says
We sure have enjoyed featuring your delicious recipe this week and I just pinned it! Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Rebecca Smith says
Wowzers! those are some impressive waffles you have there! My two kiddies would love these, defo perfect for a Valentine’s Treat too.
Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook says
I always tell myself that I don’t need a waffle maker. But when I see recipes like yours, I suddenly want to run to the store to buy a waffle maker. Hmmm, decisions, decisions! These look really good and perfect for Valentine’s Day. Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday party!
Sheri says
Love this for Valentines! Thanks for sharing at To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and More Link Party. I pinned this! Hope to have you join again next week. Have a great day!
Tamara says
I love this idea! Not sure I want to get up early enough to make home made waffles before school but I’m going to save it for the weekend.