As most of you know already, a few months ago, we found out my youngest boy is allergic to eggs. A boy who loves his pancakes and waffles life felt like it was going turning upside down with the thought of seeing his older brother eat them and he can’t. Luckily, I did find some yummy egg free and gluten free waffles in the freezer section called Vans. But I am also the type of momma who loves making my own fresh homemade breakfast items as well and only resort to frozen when I’m feeling lazy. So I tested out a few different recipes using flax seed as the egg replacement and came up with the tastiest, fluffiest, softest waffle sticks.
Now, my youngest can still enjoy his fresh homemade waffles but without the eggs. I will say, it is still difficult when we go out to eat and finding items without eggs in it. But these bad boys are so tasty, easy, and vegan and gluten free. Bonus, it’s packed with shredded zucchini. Yes, I am that sneaky mom who add veggies in EVERYTHING. What makes these so fun is making them into waffle sticks. I have this pan that I purchased a few month ago and LOVE it.
I made these on Superbowl Sunday because I was meal prepping for the week for the kiddos and let’s just say that as these were cooling, I had grown adult men eating them and loving them. They also had no clue they were vegan and gluten free. TOUCHDOWN!
Vegan Zucchini Chocolate Chip Waffle Sticks
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cup of blanched almond flour
- 1/2 cup arrowroot flour
- 2 tbsp ground flax seeds
- 6 tbsp hot (not boilinwater
- 1/3 cup finely shredded zucchini Make sure you squeeze out excess water using a paper towel
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup of almond milk
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 3 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350 or heat up waffle iron
- In a small bowl, mix together the hot water and flax seeds and set aside for 10 min until it thickens up.
- In a large bowl, add and mix all the remaining ingredients.
- Once the flax seed mixture thickens, add to the large bowl of muffin mixture and mix well with whisk.
- Spray waffle pan or iron with coconut spray or any non-stick spray.
- Using a measuring cup, add batter into waffle stick pan or iron.
- If using the pan, bake in the oven for about 25 min. Be sure to stick a tooth pick in the batter to ensure it’s ready before pulling out.
- If using an iron, cook for a few min as directed on your waffle iron instructions.
- Enjoy!
- I like to serve my kids the waffle sticks with a little almond butter and hemp seeds on top with some fruit.