Fluffy and full of chocolate flavor, these healthy Chocolate Banana Waffles are perfect indulgent yet guilt-free breakfast! They are made with WHOLESOME ingredients, filled with SUPERFOOD cacao powder, and made without ADDED SUGARS. Super simple and taste amazing.
A waffle maker is definitely the best thing I invested my money in lately. Since I bought it, it’s been constantly in use, which is a complete opposite of what I expected to happen. When I bought it, I thought we would use it a few times and then get bored. And waffle maker would be pushed in some dark corner in my pantry and gone in oblivion.
But that didn’t happen at all. My boys love Oatmeal Waffles since the first day I made them. And I’ve been making these beauties over and over again for quite some time now.
To change things up a bit (and to use some ripen bananas I had in my fridge), I decided to make a chocolate version. Deep dark, full of chocolate flavor, smelling so divine and looking so indulgent, Chocolate Banana Waffles turned up to be a complete success. We all loved it.
But how not to love them. These dark beauties are made with WHOLESOME ingredients. They are fluffy and full of beautiful bitter-sweet dark chocolate flavor. They are also super easy to make – you’ll only need a few pantry ingredients.
Chocolate Banana Waffles are beyond simple sweet treat – they are rich and nutritious – full of fibers good for our digestion and proteins. They are also packed with antioxidants from cacao powder. If you’re looking for a quick and HEALTHY breakfast, this recipe is it! Delicious and satisfying, 100% guilt-free, made without added sugars.
Chocolate Banana Waffles ingredients
All ingredients in this recipe contribute to our health in some way, so this treat is far from sweet empty calories. To make these chocolate beauties, you’ll need:
OATS: Hearty, healthy, and filling, oats are stapled food in my pantry. It’s one of my favorite grain. They are a great choice for breakfast since they are an excellent source of fiber, especially beta-glucan that is known for its power to lower cholesterol and therefore keep your heart healthy (1). Also, oats are high in vitamins, minerals, and some powerful antioxidants. + Proteins. YES, proteins!! They are nutritious and so versatile.
MILK: I used oat milk in this recipe because oat milk is naturally creamy and sweet, plus it has so many benefits too. Oat milk is a popular dairy-free milk substitute. Naturally, oat milk isn’t as nutritious as whole oats, that’s why it’s often enriched with nutrients — including calcium, potassium, iron, and vitamins A and D. But oat milk is unique because it’s free of many of the allergens found in other types of milk. Plus, same as whole oats, it contains beta-glucans — a soluble fiber that may offer heart health benefits (2).
COCONUT OIL: Coconut oil is called a superfood. For a reason. The unique combination of fatty acids in coconut oil is showed to have positive effects on our health, including fat loss, improving heart health, and boosting up our brain functions. While most fats are categorized as long-chain triglycerides (LCTs), coconut oil contains medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which are shorter fatty acid chains (3). When you eat MCTs, they go straight to the liver where the body uses them as a quick source of energy. Also, coconut oil contains natural saturated fats that increase HDL (good) cholesterol in the body turning turn LDL (bad) cholesterol into a less harmful form thus keeping our heart healthy.
BANANA: Banana is a great fruit. Sweet and packed with nutrients. Bananas are high in fiber and many essential micronutrients, including potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and magnesium. (4) They are also packed with antioxidants. (5) I used a ripe banana here in this recipe. It gave waffles sweetness, so there’s no need to add extra sugars. Meaning you’ll eat less unnecessary sugars and calories. But if you feel like waffles are not sweet enough for your taste, you can add some pure maple syrup or honey.
The STAR of these waffles is definitely superfood CACAO POWDER. I used raw cacao powder that is unprocessed, bitter, deep-flavored and incredibly healthy. Cacao is one of the richest sources of polyphenols – an antioxidant that has been linked to many health benefits, including reduced inflammation, better blood flow, lower blood pressure, and improved cholesterol and blood sugar levels. (6) Cacao gave a gorgeous chocolaty flavor and made these waffles absolutely irresistible.
To enhance the flavor and add some more SUPERFOOD powers, I also added CEYLON CINNAMON. Ceylon cinnamon is loaded with powerful antioxidants with anti-inflammatory properties. (7, 8) Plus, it pairs so nice with deep dark, bitter chocolate flavor.
Other pantry ingredients you’ll need:
- Eggs – I used free-range, pasture-raised.
- Salt – I like to use Himalayan salt.
- Baking powder.
How to make Chocolate Banana Waffles
Making this gorgeous chocolate waffles is quite easy. No brainer, really. 20 minutes + pantry ingredients + good blender and waffle maker, you’ll have it ready.
- Start with preparing and measuring all ingredients using measuring cups.
- Place milk, banana and coconut oil in a blender. Blend on high for few seconds until ingredients fully combine. Add in eggs and pulse for few seconds. Don’t overmix.
- Add in oat flour, baking powder, salt, cacao powder and cinnamon. Blend everything until you get a smooth mixture.
- Heath up your waffle maker until it’s completely HOT (the green light must be on). If needed, grease the waffle maker with coconut oil cooking spray or using the brush.
- Pour the batter onto the hot waffle maker, close the lid and allow it to cook before removing and repeating the process for the rest of the batter. Depending on how strong your waffle maker is, it will take 8-10 minutes for waffle to be done. DON’T open waffle maker before waffles are completely cooked.
- Remove cooked waffles from the waffle maker and place it on a cooling rack. Let them cook to room temperature. Freshly cooked waffles will be soft when you take them out of the waffle maker but they will harden as they cool on the rack.
- ADD TOPPINGS: melted dark chocolate, bananas, and fresh blueberries. You can choose toppings you like.
- Makes 4 waffles that serves 2 people.
Substitutions
- TO MAKE OAT FLOUR: You can use quick oats or rolled oats. Put the oats in a food processor or high speed blender. Blend until the oats become a fine powder. This will only take a few seconds in a high speed blender, and a little bit longer in a food processor.
- You can swap oat milk for almond milk or organic soy milk. Cow’s milk works fine here too. Coconut milk won’t work well here.
- In order to get all the health benefits from coconut oil, make sure to choose organic, virgin coconut oil rather than refined versions. You can substitute coconut oil with avocado oil.
- For added sweetener use maple syrup, raw honey or you can add few soaked dates, or date syrup.
- MAKE IT VEGAN: Swap eggs with flax or chia egg. Use non-dairy milk.
- MAKE IT GLUTEN-FREE: Use certified gluten-free oats.
Tips for serving
- Top chocolate waffles with FRESH FRUITS: banana slices, blueberries, strawberries, or any other high antioxidant berry fruit, melted dark chocolate or sugar-free chocolate syrup.
- Sprinkle with: sliced almonds or any other nut, cacao nibs or dark chocolate bits. You can be creative here and choose toppings you like.
Tips for storing
- Keep covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- HOW TO FREEZE: Take your cooked and cooled waffles and place each waffle individually in wax paper bags. Store wrapped waffles in a large freezer zip-lock bag. Keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw on room temperature.
- Waffles can be warmed in the microwave. Be careful not to overheat them.
These chocolate waffles are real beauty. Mildly sweet, fluffy, full of dark chocolate flavor. So easy to make and so guilt-free, altho they don’t look like that at all. So next time when you got unused bananas, give these chocolate beauties a try. Pull out that waffle maker out of the counter and start baking.
Enjoy!
Chocolate Banana Waffles recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup oat flour
- 1 cup milk I used oat milk
- 1 banana ripen
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil melted and cooled
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- 2 teaspoon Ceylon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Prepare and measure all ingredients using measuring cups.
- Place 1 cup of milk, 1 ripen banana and 4 tablespoons of coconut oil in a blender. Blend on high for few seconds until ingredients fully combine. Add in 2 eggs and pulse for few seconds. Don't overmix.
- Add in 1+1/3 cup oat flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons of cacao powder and 2 teaspoons of Ceylon cinnamon. Blend everything until you get a smooth mixture.
- Heath up your waffle maker until it’s completely HOT (the green light must be on). If needed, grease the waffle maker with coconut oil cooking spray or using the brush.
- Pour 1/3 cup of batter onto the hot waffle maker, close the lid and allow it to cook for before removing and repeating the process for the rest of the batter. Depending on how strong your waffle maker is, it will take 8-10 minutes for waffle to be done. DON'T open waffle maker before waffles are completely cooked.
- Remove cooked waffles from the waffle maker and place it on a cooling rack. Let them cook to room temperature. Freshly cooked waffles will be soft when you take them out of the waffle maker but they will harden as they cool on the rack.
- Serve and add toppings.
Notes
You can swap oat milk for almond milk or organic soy milk. Cow’s milk works fine here too.
For added sweetener use maple syrup, raw honey or you can add few soaked dates, or date syrup.
MAKE IT VEGAN: Swap eggs with flax or chia egg. Use non-dairy milk.
MAKE IT GLUTEN-FREE: Use certified gluten-free oats. Keep covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Nutrition
More healthy chocolate recipes
- Chocolate Banana Pancakes
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Roll-Ups
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars
- Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
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oh boy…these are the creme de la creme of waffles! I’ve got to get my husband to make these for me soon (he’s the breakfast chef in this house) maybe for Mother’s Day?