Carlie's Chocolate Oatmeal Waffles

Wasn’t crazy about the nutritional breakdown on this recipe, so I did use a sugar substitute for the sugar to get the carbs, calories, and fat down a bit. Also put the oatmeal in the food processor to pulverize. Could barely taste any chocolate in the waffles, and as many reviewers mentioned, they’re not quite as light as others. Overall, I thought the flavor was weak, and if I were to make again (doubtful), I’d at least add some vanilla. I think the key to this is to really NOT OVERCOOK the waffles. As soon as the steam started coming out of my mini waffle maker, I took them out and placed them on a cooling rack. I ended up with 11 mini waffles, ate one for lunch, and the rest went into the freezer.

I really liked these. My daughter didn't.

First I blended the oats and flour together. Then all the dry ingredients while I melted the butter in the milk in microwave. I pulsed the eggs into the dry ingredients then finally blended in the milk when butter was almost melted. Kids and wife very happy with it!

Carlie's Chocolate Oatmeal Waffles Haiku: "First thing I must note: Yay! No egg separating! Not too sweet, just right." Ahh a waffle recipe that doesn't call for separating eggs, and beating the whites! My family loved these waffles (if you could believe it, they liked them better 2 days later toasted, and w/ just butter), but I wasn't quite as wild about them; a little dense, but that's just a matter of taste. I knew making them w/ the oat, and skipping the separating of the eggies, that the end result wouldn't be a fluffy light waffle, but hey, 2 out of 3 people in my house devored them, and they were easy to make, so Success!