If you’re looking to enjoy delicious, satisfying, low-carb recipes without missing out on flavor, chaffles are the perfect solution! Chaffles—short for “cheese waffles”—are a versatile, low-carb, and gluten-free option that’s perfect for anyone following a keto or low-carb lifestyle.
Made with simple ingredients like eggs and cheese, chaffles are easy to whip up, customizable, and packed with flavor. Whether you’re craving a quick breakfast, a savory snack, or even a creative base for sandwiches, there’s a chaffle recipe for every taste. In this post, we’ll explore some exciting low-carb chaffle recipes that are budget-friendly and easy to make at home.
From classic cheddar chaffles to more adventurous flavors, these recipes will satisfy your cravings without the carbs, making it easy to stay on track with your goals. Let’s dive in and start creating your next favorite chaffle!
For those following a keto diet, reducing the amount of carbohydrates you eat in a day means passing on bread, waffles, pancakes and other high carb items. You can find specialty low carb replacements online but there were few options of making something easily yourself.
Enter the keto chaffle.
Cheese + Waffle = Chaffle
What is a Chaffle?
The basic recipe is simply a mixture of shredded cheese and beaten eggs cooked in a waffle maker. The shredded cheese gets crispy in the waffle maker and the egg puffs up to provide some body to the waffle. They are sturdy enough to use as bread and the first recipes were used to create breakfast sandwiches (bacon/sausage patty with eggs sandwiched between two chaffles). But they have evolved into much more than that!
These delicious keto chaffles can be made savory as well as sweet. Chaffles just aren’t for breakfast! Try some of these delicious chaffle recipes today.
Basic Chaffle Recipe:
Start with the basic chaffle recipe to create a super low carb (1.1 net carbs for 4 mini or 2 traditionally sized chaffles) and use it to build a delicious breakfast sandwich (top with bacon, eggs and cheese), a grilled cheese sandwich, a burger or more.
Bacon Cheddar Chaffles:
Start out with the basic chaffle recipe from above. Swap out the mozzarella cheese for sharp cheddar cheese. Add in 1 – 2 tablespoons of cooked, diced bacon.
Bacon Cheddar Jalapeno Chaffles:
Using the basic recipe swap out the mozzarella cheese for sharp cheddar cheese, 1 to 2 tablespoons of cooked, diced bacon and 1 tablespoon of diced jalapeno (I used jarred diced jalapeno).
Chaffle Pizza:
Use the basic chaffle recipe and swap out the mozzarella for cheddar if desired. Top with your favorite low carb pizza or marinara sauce. Sprinkle on some cheese and add your favorite pizza toppings. In this case pepperoni. Bake in the oven at 350F for 10 minutes. Slice and enjoy!
Chaffles can also be used to create sweet treats. These dessert chaffles can be eaten as they are or topped with your favorite sugar free syrup, whipped cream or even keto ice cream.
Blueberry Cinnamon Chaffles:
These chaffles can be eaten for breakfast or as dessert. Top them with a drizzle of sugar free maple syrup and a bit of Swerve confectioners sugar. You can also serve them with a scoop of keto vanilla ice cream too!
Lemon Chocolate Chip Chaffles:
Lemon extract and lemon zest blend deliciously together with semi sweet chocolate chips to create this luscious dessert. Top it with a drizzle of sugar free chocolate syrup and some whipped cream topping to make an incredible dessert that has 3.1 net carbs in it.
Lemon Poppyseed Chaffles:
Start with the Lemon Chocolate Chip Chaffle recipe shown above and, in place of the sugarfree chocolate chips, add in 1/2 teaspoon of poppyseeds.
Pumpkin Spice Chaffles:
You know fall has arrived when pumpkin spice everything appears. This includes chaffles! Try these delicious pumpkin spice chaffles as they are or top them with a bit of butter, sugar free syrup and chopped nuts.
Cinnamon Roll Chaffles:
Start with your basic chaffle recipe. Add in 2 teaspoons of sweetener (Swerve, Splenda, etc) and a 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix well.
Heat up your waffle maker.
If you are using a traditional sized waffle maker divide the mixture between two wells. If you are using a mini waffle maker use 1/4 of the mixture to make your mini chaffle.
Cook 6 to 8 minutes for traditional sized chaffles and 3 to 4 minutes for minis. You’ll know they are done with the chaffle will pull away easily from the waffle maker.
To serve top with Cinnamon Roll Glaze.
To make your cinnamon roll glaze you’ll need:
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon cream cheese
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp swerve confectioners sugar
Chocolate Chaffle:
Start with your basic chaffle recipe. Add in 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon of sweetener (Swerve, Splenda, etc), 1 tablespoon of heavy cream/almond milk/other low carb milk replacement and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix well so there are no cocoa clumps in the mixture.
Heat up your waffle maker.
If you are using a traditional sized waffle maker divide the mixture between two wells. If you are using a mini waffle maker use 1/4 of the mixture to make your mini chaffle.
Cook 6 to 8 minutes for traditional sized chaffles and 3 to 4 minutes for minis. You’ll know they are done with the chaffle will pull away easily from the waffle maker.
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