Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffle Sundaes with Bourbon Chocolate Sauce
Published Aug 12, 2015•Updated Jan 31, 2025
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Crisp outside, gooey inside chocolate chip cookies come straight out of the waffle iron (no oven required) for these Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffle Sundaes with Bourbon Chocolate Sauce.
We joined a gym. The gym has childcare. This is great for the obvious reason that us parents get an hour of uninterrupted time to listen to podcasts (and lift a weight or two). But also great for Molly and Clara who now have a whole world all their own and look like Charlie in Willy Wonka’s Factory when they see the playroom every morning. So. many. toys.
Maybe the gym is an odd way to start a post on an ice cream sundae, but the thing is…kids shouldn’t have all the fun. Which is why we thought this kid-friendly, waffle dessert needed a shout-out to the grown-ups. In the form of chocolate sauce with all kinds of bourbon thrown in.
Or maybe just one special kind of bourbon. A bottle that even I (who sometimes fights the urge to pinch my nose before sipping grown-up drinks) had to admit was delicious. We picked it up in Breckenridge, Colorado a couple weeks ago. Frank’s expert opinion speaks highly of the bourbon from Breckenridge Distillery, and the dessert expert in our family (that would be me) can guarantee it makes an awesome addition to chocolate sauce.
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Pin It NowThe cookie/waffle part of this pretty little sundae is a result of a waffle iron mission Frank and I have been on lately. I think I might have read half of what the internet has to say about the many things you can make in a waffle iron, including this amazing site (and book) which makes me want to press everything I eat into a waffle shape.
But we started here, with chocolate chip cookies. They’re hardly a waffle at all, just a very basic cookie, made in one bowl and mixed by hand, with extra brown sugar to make sure they’re full of that golden caramel flavor that makes a good chocolate chip cookie what it is.
The batter takes less than 10 minutes to mix up. Then just heat up the waffle iron, and press them on medium-high heat until cooked through. The only tip we really found we needed was to let the cookies (waffles? waffle cookies? wookies???) sit at room temp for about 10 minutes before serving. They are tender and soft right out of the waffle iron (just like cookies out of the oven), but as they cool, they get that crisp exterior and soft interior that every great chocolate chip cookie and every great waffle have in common.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffles Recipe
Equipment
- waffle iron
- Mixing Bowl
- Cooling Rack
Ingredients
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter, softened
- 2/3 cup packed Light Brown Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 2/3 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 3/4 cup Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat a waffle iron to medium-high (it must be hot for the cookies to cook to crisp without sticking).
- In a large bowl whisk together the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla and stir to combine. Add the flour, baking soda and salt all at once and stir until evenly combined. Add chocolate chips and stir just until they are evenly mixed in.
- Spray the hot waffle iron with nonstick spray. Scoop a generous spoonful of cookie batter into the waffle iron and cook until the waffle iron opens easily without sticking (in our waffle iron, this takes 5 to 7 minutes). Carefully transfer the waffle to a cooling rack. (The waffles will be soft and tricky to handle straight out of the iron, but will crisp up as they cool.) Continue with the remaining batter.
- Serve with ice cream and chocolate sauce (we recommend Bourbon Chocolate Sauce – recipe below)!
Nutrition
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Bourbon Chocolate Sauce
Equipment
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup Whipping Cream
- 8 ounces High-Quality Semisweet Chocolate, roughly chopped (or Bittersweet)
- 3 Tablespoons Bourbon
Instructions
- Heat the whipping cream and half the chocolate in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently. When the chocolate melts and the cream begins to simmer, remove from heat and add remaining chocolate and bourbon. Whisk until chocolate is fully melted and mixture is smooth.
- Allow to cool slightly before serving.
- (Will keep in the fridge for 5 days. Reheat before serving.)
Nutrition
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My favorite short-haired sidekicks can finally wear bows. If only they would leave them in for more than 5 minutes….
I love waffle very much, I’ve saved and will surely try your recipe. Thank you so much for sharing this post.
Thank goodness for gym day-care! I used that a lot when my boys were young…your daughters are so adorable! And these waffle sundaes look just delicious! That chocolate bourbon sauce sounds addictingly good. 🙂
having huge cravings now in the form of chocolate and bourbon!! And totally agree with you grown ups need sundaes to!
I’m now seriously wondering why I haven’t waffled anything besides actual waffles before. These sound AMAZING, and with the chcocolate bourbon sauce? HECK YES!
You are genius and this is totally my jam! : ) Now I *really* need to buy a waffle iron! Seriously, this looks amazingly delicious. So happy to see your lovely family – the girls are adorable! Can’t wait to catch up on posts and see what you cook up.
Adding a waffle to a sundae sounds like the best idea EVER!! Love this!
It was great – definitely not the last time we’ll be serving that combo around here! 😉
Be still my heart…
This is pure brilliance. The chocolate chip cookie waffles look absolutely irresistible, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to have dreams about diving into a pool of that chocolate sauce when I go to sleep tonight!
Aww thanks! Every element was dangerously addictive.