They’re cheesy! They’re waffle-y! They’re CHAFFLES!
Have you tried the latest 2-ingredient craze yet? If not, it’s time to get these cheese and egg waffles on your brunch table ASAP. Rebecca made these delicious, savory, low carb chaffles this summer and fell in love. They’re packed with protein and actually make a wonderful post-workout breakfast with all of your favorite toppings.
This easy chaffle recipe is a fun way to serve up protein-packed eggs for kiddos, too, and they’ll love being able to customize them with you.
Speaking of toppings, we dreamed up tons of different flavor combinations for you to try, so be sure to let us know in the comments which ones were your fav! Don’t forget to check out this video of amazing chaffles in action (hello, drizzle of honey) and follow us on Instagram to see more of our fun Reels and quick tutorials.
What are “chaffles?”
Chaffles are simply cheese and eggs cooked in a waffle maker to literally create a cheese and egg waffle! They’re naturally packed with protein, gluten free, grain free, low carb and keto-friendly. Plus, you can easily customize them with your fav cheeses, fillings, toppings and more!
The 2 ingredients you’ll need to make chaffles
These cheese and egg waffles are truly made with just 2 ingredients, plus a little something extra for flavor. I bet you can guess what they are:
- Cheese: we like to use shredded cheddar cheese, but mozzarella or even shredded pepper jack would be delicious!
- Eggs: you’ll need 3 eggs to help hold the chaffle together. Protein party!
- Optional: we love to add chopped scallions for a little extra savory flavor. This is up to you!
Which cheese is best for cheese and egg waffles?
Be sure to use a cheese that melts easily like cheddar, pepper jack, Monterey jack, mozzarella, etc. Harder cheeses like parmesan don’t melt as easily, but you can combine them with a melty cheese! I also suggest using more finely shredded cheese so that the cheese and egg waffle cooks evenly.
Easy, low carb chaffles in 3 simple steps
- Prep your waffle iron. Feel free to use a regular or mini waffle iron and heat it to medium high heat.
- Combine the chaffle mixture. Whisk together the eggs and cheese, plus any add-ins you’d like (such as scallions in this recipe).
- Cook your chaffles. Pour the mixture into your waffle iron and cook for about 5 minutes until the egg is fully cooked. Repeat until you’ve used up all the “batter,” then top and serve!
Spice them up with fun flavors
Because chaffles are literally just made with cheese and eggs, you can easily customize them with fun flavors! Here are some of our favs to try:
- Garlic parmesan: use 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese and 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese, then add about a teaspoon of garlic powder. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.
- Taco flavored: add a teaspoon of taco seasoning and use a shredded Mexican blend of cheese. Serve with homemade salsa, avocado and fresh chopped cilantro on top.
- Everything bagel: add a tablespoon of everything bagel seasoning and serve with cream cheese on top!
- Pizza chaffles: add a teaspoon of Italian seasoning, a dash of garlic powder and chopped up pepperoni. Top with your fav pizza sauce and more pepperoni.
- Broccoli cheddar: add some finely chopped, cooked broccoli and use shredded cheddar cheese.
- Jalapeño popper: add in seeded, diced jalapeño, 1-2 tablespoons of cream cheese and cooked chopped bacon.
Looking for a sweet option?
Yes, you can make sweet chaffles! I suggest using a neutral cheese like mozzarella, then add about a tablespoon of sweetener like sugar or maple syrup. Then feel free to add things like mini chocolate chips, a sprinkle of cinnamon, or a swirl of jam and top with fruit, maple syrup, whipped cream and more!
More ways to serve chaffles
These easy cheese and egg waffles are the perfect base for your fav toppings, and can even be used as sandwich bread (OMG YES):
- Add a pat of butter, drizzle with honey (or better yet, hot honey) and sprinkle with red pepper flakes.
- Make a chaffle breakfast sandwich with scrambled or fried eggs, bacon, arugula, tomato & avocado.
- Sausage, egg & cheese, anyone? Add a sausage patty and fried egg!
- Try it with lox, a spread of cream cheese, capers and red onion.
Leave a comment below and tell us how you enjoyed your chaffles!
Freeze your chaffles for later
Yes, these cheese and egg waffles are freezer-friendly! Simply let them cool completely and store them in an airtight, reusable bag in the freezer for up to 3 months. To reheat, I recommend doing so in the toaster so they get nice and crispy!
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I hope you love this chaffle recipe! If you make it be sure to leave a comment and a rating, plus how you served them. Enjoy, xo!
Ambitious Kitchen
Cookbook
125 Ridiculously Good For You, Sometimes Indulgent, and Absolutely Never Boring Recipes for Every Meal of the Day
Chaffles (Cheese & Egg Waffles)
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese (or mozzarella)
- 2 scallions, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat a nonstick waffle iron to medium-high heat.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, shredded cheese and scallions.
- Pour mixture into waffle iron and cook for about 5 minutes, or until the egg is fully cooked. Repeat until you've used all of the "batter."
- Serve plain, with hot sauce, maple syrup, honey butter, red pepper flakes, or any of your favorite toppings! We love this with a drizzle of honey and red pepper flakes on top.
Recipe Notes
- Garlic parmesan: use 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese and 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese, then add about a teaspoon of garlic powder. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.
- Taco flavored: add a teaspoon of taco seasoning and use a shredded Mexican blend of cheese. Serve with homemade salsa, avocado and fresh chopped cilantro on top.
- Everything bagel: add a tablespoon of everything bagel seasoning and serve with cream cheese on top!
Nutrition
Recipe by: Monique Volz // Ambitious Kitchen | Photography by: Eat Love Eats
Made this for a late breakfast and we loved it! The crispy cheese was the best part. Loved how easy and fast it was too. Will make this over and over again.
So happy to hear that!! Thanks for the review, Kelsey!
This is a super quick and easy breakfast! I just made one of these bad boys and added some spinach… and wow. Amazing. I love the idea of freezing them for meal prep and reheating in the toaster! Thank you, Monique!!
Ooh great idea to add spinach! And YES to freezing. Glad that you loved them!
Make this recipe! Never have I ever made a recipe before where the finished product actually looks like the photos online. I also love how Monique has suggestions on how to spice up the chaffle by adding a few extra ingredients. I can’t wait to try the taco chaffle next.
Oh YAY I’m so happy they came out perfectly and that you loved them! Can’t wait for you to try more variations soon 🙂
So so tasty!! Great idea and recipe.
Yay!! So happy you loved it!
Made these waffles today, they were so so good and easy to make. Loved them, will maje again and again for sure.
Awesome!! So glad they turned out well and that you loved them, Lynn 🙂
good blog
Thanks so much, I’m glad you’re here!
Delicious! It’s great on its own or you can add whatever you want to it to fancy it up. My daughter who is picky when it comes to eggs scarfed this down. Definitely making this a staple in our house.
Yay!! I’m so glad that these will be a staple for you guys!
Love these, and have been making a lower calorie version almost every day. Like ideas for add in’s too. Thanks. A favorite
Amazing!! So happy you’re loving them, Frances 🙂
This wasn’t my favorite, but they were a little too cooled off for me by the time I ate them (not a fan of cold eggs). Also important to remember egg expands when it heats up, so go easy on how much you put in the waffle iron … I made a mess!
Sorry to hear that! I definitely recommend eating them right away. And yes good tip on not overfilling the waffle iron!
Can these be made into pancakes?
I haven’t tried it but probably!
I made this for dinner tonight. I followed the recipe as is and added a good dose of red pepper flakes. Served with turkey bacon. It was incredibly easy and so tasty 😋. Doubled recipe, which made 3 Chaffles! Yummmm! Can’t wait to make it for my granddaughter! Thanks Monique 😊
Sounds like an incredible breakfast for dinner situation!! Happy you loved them and thank you for leaving a review 🙂
What are your thoughts about adding almond flour for a more bread-y consistency?
I haven’t tried it but I’ve heard others have! Let me know if you do 🙂
Not vegetarian when you use eggs!!!!
Eggs are vegetarian! They’re not vegan, I’m assuming that’s what you mean.
Love these Chaffles as an easy weekday breakfast. Adding Turkey or ham adds a little more flavor and protein which I like too.
Definitely recommend.
Just make them this morning. Amazing! Easy and fast ti make to avoid carbs first thing in the morning. I’ll try other variations of ingredients. Thanks for the recipe!
Yay!! I’m so glad you tried them and that they came out great 🙂
I love the idea of this recipe but I couldn’t get it to be crispy like the way yours looks. Did you add oil to the waffle maker?
Hmm nope I didn’t! What level heat was your waffle maker on? Wondering if it wasn’t hot enough.
Just made these for breakfast — a huge hit! So easy to make and so, so delicious!! We did a combo of cheddar and mozzarella, and the texture was perfect.
Just made these for our Sunday brunch — absolutely delicious and so, so easy to make! We did a combo of cheddar and mozzarella, and they turned out fabulously… Such a perfect cheesy texture. Our only mistake was not making more. When it’s healthy and delicious, it’s a success in our book!
YAY!! Thanks so much for the review, Kenzie 🙂 So glad you loved these!
Lovely idea, but I would not recommend making in a waffling iron. This “batter” never solidified and was stuck to my waffle maker — it was such a pain to clean. I made the rest of the batter in a frying pan, like the size of potato pancakes and they came out delicious. I used parsley in my version. Thanks for the idea, tho’ as this is great for someone avoid flour product.
Did you make sure to spray the waffle maker with non stick spray? Some are different than others and cheese tends to stick to them. Glad they tasted delicious for you though.
These were great; I used a three cheddar blend which included some sharp cheddar, and that was super yummy. My kids liked them as well. Served with chicken, hot honey, and fruit for dinner.
AMAZING! Happy to hear these are a hit for everyone!
Love this idea and the taste was amazing! Could you give some more instructions on how much “batter” to use per chaffle? I tried first with a mini waffle maker and used 1/4 cup and it all spilled out! I then switched to a regular waffle maker but couldn’t quite get the full waffle. Any tips would be great! Definitely will try these again!
Hi! Try making 2 chaffles – split the batter in half and there should be enough batter for 2!
The amount of scrolling I had to do to get to the actual instructions did not make this worth it
Hi! Feel free to use the “Jump to Recipe” button to get straight to the recipe. The blog post is meant to help answer any questions that come up while making the recipe.
Love your recipes and variety of options. Easy to navigate and understand and your creativness is great.
Your recipes look delicious. I’m gonna give it a go!!
I hope you love them!
I made these with a cheddar/parmesan mixture, added green onions and some bacon bits (I would have done well to add some sour cream on top to cut the saltiness a little bit). I like the variety of options Ambitious Kitchen provides and look forward to trying some of the different ones, especially the everything bagel!
Love that! Such a great breakfast 🙂
Delicious! Made them this morning, they turned out perfect, and they were well received! We’ll make these again for sure
So happy to hear that!
This recipe looks splendid! Would you be willing to change the format so that the great ideas for variations are included in the printable recipe?
I’d be happy to add a few to the notes section! I just want to make sure the recipe at the end doesn’t get too long 🙂
We really enjoyed these! Followed basic recipe then added onion powder, garlic powder, and cooked sage breakfast sausage crumbles.
My waffle iron is the square kind that makes four square Belgian waffles. I wasn’t sure how large the finished product would be so poured the entire mixture into the center and crossed my fingers. The final result was round-ish with nice crispy knobs on the perimeter, about 75% of the full size, which was better than overflowing. I will experiment with increasing ingredients to determine the optimal amount for more than 2 people.
Perfect! Those additions sound delicious 🙂
By far my favorite chaffle recipe! I use it mostly for sandwiches. And I love them with berries and cream for a wonderful keto breakfast!
Love that! Glad you found this one!
These were great! I used eggs, a colby jack & cheddar combo, and added some cooked onion, bell peppers and bacon (chopped). It came out really delicious! I will definitely make these again.
Sounds delicious! Glad you enjoyed!
How do you get 30g of protein in one chaffle?!
The eggs and cheese provide lots of protein!
how many cups of cheese do we use???
Any risk to adding cottage cheese for a boost of protein?
I’m afraid the mixture might have too much moisture to cook in your waffle iron!