This week we tried taco chaffles and a pumpkin chaffle cake...
TACO
It tasted fine, but it wasn't a taco. It was a meat and cheese batter and it tasted like one.
PUMPKIN
My conclusions after only a few recipe attempts...
I think I'm going to much prefer a regular old cheeseburger, hold the bun, to a chaffle version.
I'm going to much prefer a taco salad over a taco chaffle for maximum taco flavor and feel.
If I need the crunch of a taco shell, I'll have to earn a visit to Taco Casa somehow.
I'd rather have a pizza with a cauliflower crust than a pizza flavored chaffle.
But!
Where I think this chaffle idea can come in handy for me is for sweet things. I've always had a sweet tooth. These days I lean more toward baked goods than candy as long as you don't wave black licorice in front of me. Or gummy bears. Or Peanut M&M's. Or-- Well, you get the idea.
The pumpkin chaffles could be good with a little more experimenting. Also, I forgot to put the pumpkin pie seasoning in the batter, so it ended up in the frosting instead.
I think eating them one at a time while warm with the frosting melting into the waffle squares would be better than waiting until all layers have cooled. They don't taste quite as good cold.
I definitely need to make sure I have powdered sugar substitute for the frosting. My batch came out a bit gritty. Tasty, but gritty. I tried to powderize the granulated sweetener, it didn't work as well as I'd hoped, so gritty frosting.
I'm also going to try a little less batter and cooking a bit longer so they don't feel quite as gummy maybe?
Next batch is going to be chicken bacon ranch and/or buffalo chicken.
This years goals will be up Wednesday.
Hope you had a great weekend. We had snowfall but no accumulation at least not at our house. Other areas of the Metroplex had accumulation. I was jealous.
Catch you Wednesday.
