Chocolate Waffles with Chocolate Maple Syrup

Chocolate Waffles with Chocolate Maple Syrup

Ingredients:

1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional
Hot fudge sauce (recipe follows)
Chocolate maple syrup (recipe follows)

Directions:

1. Combine cocoa and butter in a bowl. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla and beat well. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture into cocoa mixture alternately with buttermilk, stirring well. Add nuts if desired.

2. Bake waffles in a waffle iron according to manufacturer's directions or make pancakes in a skillet. Serve waffles with hot fudge sauce and chocolate maple syrup.