Cherry Chocolate Waffles with Cherry Compote {Paleo, GF}
True story: I have eaten cherries every single day this summer since my local grocery store started selling them. Also true story: I have been super into making healthy / paleo / gluten-free / grain-free waffles. So it was only a matter of time before both of those worlds collided and these Cherry Chocolate Waffles with Cherry Compote came to be.
Seriously, I have been recipe testing paleo recipes and blogging about it for over three years before I even attempted making waffles. And in a matter of four months, I have added four waffle recipes to the blog. All of which I love love love.
I recently added diced cherries to this Perfect Crispy-On-The-Outside Paleo Berry Waffles recipe for Father’s Day because my Dad loves cherries.
It tasted so good that I knew I needed to work on a cherry waffle recipe. Since the combo of chocolate and cherry work so well, I headed down that direction to make this recipe.
I started by making a cherry compote to top the waffles in….because warm cooked cherries are an absolute delight. If you haven’t tried it, you are in for a treat!
So I pitted and halved 3 cups of cherries, and added lemon juice and honey… and cooked them for 10 minutes.
Then, I pitted and diced more cherries to put into the waffle batter.
What really makes the batter great with my recent waffle recipes is beating the wet ingredients really well until the mixture gets nice and frothy.
So, I mixed diced cherries, eggs, olive oil, unsweetened almond milk, maple syrup and vanilla together and mixed it with a handheld electric mixer for a minute.
Look how frothy?!
Then I mixed together the dry ingredients: almond flour, tapioca flour, arrowroot flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and cocoa powder.
I combined both the bowl of dry ingredients and the bowl of wet ingredients and folded in some chocolate chips.
Then I made my waffles in my waffle maker! ( This Villaware waffle maker is still my favorite… worth the price for sure).
Once all the waffles were cooked, it was time to decorate my waffle!
I like adding almond butter, the cherry compote, and a tiny bit of maple syrup to mine, but feel free to add any topping of your choice.
If chocolate and cherry are a combination you love then you will LOVE these waffles because there’s cocoa powder used to add a base of chocolate to the waffle batter and then chocolate chips that melt when the waffles are made, which really reinforce the chocolate flavor.
As for the cherry flavor, there’s diced cherries inside the waffle batter and then cherry compote on top of the waffles…. So you’ve got both cooked and raw cherries and so there is no lack of fresh summer cherry flavor here.
Now hurry and make these Cherry Chocolate Waffles with Cherry Compote while cherries are still in season!
Cherry Chocolate Waffles with Cherry Compote {Paleo, GF}
Ingredients
Cherry Chocolate Waffles ingredients:
- 1 cup diced pitted cherries
- 5 eggs
- 1 1/2 Tbs olive oil
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 Tbs maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup tapioca flour
- 9 Tbs arrowroot flour
- 2 Tbs coconut flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 1/2 Tbs cocoa powder
- ¼ cup enjoy life chocolate chips
Cherry Compote ingredients:
- 3 cups pitted and sliced cherries
- 2 tsp honey
- 2 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
Make the cherry compote.
- Put 3 cups of sliced and pitted cherries, 2 tsp honey, and 2 tsp lemon juice into a pan and heat over medium to medium-high heat and let boil for about 10 mins. Set aside.
Next, make the waffle batter.
- In a large bowl, put the 1 cup of diced cherries, eggs, olive oil, unsweetened almond milk, maple syrup and vanilla into a bowl and mix with handheld electric mixer until well mixed and bubbly in texture— about 1.5 minutes on the highest speed setting.
- In another large bowl, mix the almond flour, tapioca flour, arrowroot flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and cocoa powder together with a fork.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients and mix with a fork. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Then, spray oil onto your waffle maker and preheat it until it is ready to be used. ( I set my waffle maker setting to 5 out of 7 heat)
- Pour the waffle batter into your waffle maker (I used a Villaware Belgian Waffler). Cook until the waffle is golden brown in color and crisp on the outside. Repeat with the remaining batter.
- This recipe yields 9 waffle squares that are 5 inches long per side. This would be good for about 5-7 people.
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34 Comments on “Cherry Chocolate Waffles with Cherry Compote {Paleo, GF}”
Hi Dominique, Love these waffles. I am a fan of the cherry chocolate combo. In my teens I would dream of a good black forest cake. The cherries on top of that crispy edged waffle is so enticing and love the topping extras of butter and maple syrup. Wonderful job on these!
Happy Friday!
Loreto @SugarLoveSpices
There’s nothing like a good black forest cake…chocolate, cherries and whipped cream. That’s the BEST combination. 🙂
This looks outrageously delicious!!
Thanks!!
You just combined three of my favorite things: waffles, cherries and chocolate! I love that you added the chocolate into the waffle batter itself, so you get a little hint of chocolate flavor in every bite. It helps the cherry topping to really stand out on its own.
Yessssss you totally get it! Chocolate and cherry in every bite is key.❤
Oh droooooools! I need this in my life right now. I’ve been really getting into waffles lately – so I’ll have to save this recipe, despite my ‘diet’.
These taste like normal waffles, just made with alternative ingredients. 🙂
This looks like a delightful weekend morning treat.
They are!!!
OOo this looks so yummy! My boyfriend LOVES cherries. I am definitely making this for a Saturday morning, hehe! 🙂
xo, Chloe
Let me know how they turn out!
These waffles look so delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe:)
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Welcome 🙂
Wow! Now this is a paleo recipe and I can get behind. That looks SO delicious. 😀
Wohooo!
These look amazing! My family and I are gluten free and I’m always looking for a good waffle recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Awesomeeeeee these are a great GF option!
Thanks for giving me tonight dinner recipe…the kids adore breakfast for dinner and of course chocolate, wafflew and cherry are among their fave flavours.
What a good idea! Breakfast and dessert for dinner… perrrrrfect
These look really delicious. I don’t have a waffle maker so it would make it a wee bit difficult to make. But I’ll probably pick one up eventually especially for the winter months. I love pancakes/waffles in the winter more than any other season 🙂
Yes you need one!! I love waffles in the winter too. 🙂
Oh yum, these look amazing, and I love that they are so healthy and free of a lot of things too! 🙂
Thank you for sharing 🙂
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yum! making this for bfast tomorrow!
Yuuuummmmmmmmm
If only I could have this every single morning!!! 😛 Thanks for the recipe!
Haha I wish!
These look fantastic. AND they’re paleo?!? Sign me up. They’re perfect for Sunday brunch! I pinned this recipe for future reference, thank you!
Awesommme!! Let me know if you try them!
Perfect for cherry season. I love that they are inside and outside the waffles!
Me too!
That sounds delicious ! I love cherries! Unfortunately my waffle maker broke recently so I can’t try it on right away! But I am saving it for later! I am sure ill invest in new one as my husband is such a waffle lover ! Great recipe !
Thanks! Ahh yesss you need a new waffle maker… waffles make so many things better 🙂