Lauren Pett is a chocolatier and the owner of Rich Chocolates & Candies in Chicago. (Her chocolates and candies are also available online.)
She was a Waffleizer backer from the start, although she did have two concerns:
1. She didn't own a waffle iron, and thus could not test any recipe she came up with, which led to concern No. 2 ...
2. The high probability of "comic meltiness" for her chosen recipe: s'moreffles.
"You come up with a recipe, I'll bring the waffle iron," I told her. "And don't worry about the comic meltiness."
A few weeks later I was at her doorstep with a waffle iron in a broken shopping bag. The bag had torn on the bus, and the waffle iron had fallen out. You don't really want to be that guy carrying a waffle iron on the bus, a point obvious enough from the start and then driven home as you watch it tumble out of the bag and onto the floor while you juggle your gloves, your transit pass and your dignity.
When I arrived at her kitchen, Lauren had already made the graham cracker dough. She rolled it and punched out a few squares.
She had already made the marshmallows, too.
Now, take a good look at these next photos. Because everything looks great — the graham cracker sandwiching the marshmallows and the chocolate, the dough settling between the ridges of the hot iron.
Three minutes later, it wasn't looking so great.
We spent the next 10 minutes scraping comic meltiness off the waffle iron and regrouping for the next attempt.
For the next try, we waffled the graham crackers separately.
Lauren lifted the waffles back onto the iron and carefully perched marshmallows and chocolate on the bottom layer.
This time, it worked.
She was kind enough to share the recipe.
That's the next post.
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My thanks to Serious Eats, (with special love for the waffleburger), Unclutterer.com, Glamour.com, BuzzFeed, Gapers Block and many other blogs and Twitterers for taking note of Waffleizer.
I appreciate it.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs. I hope you never run out of things to waffle.
Posted by: Kirstin | 13 January 2010 at 10:32
What an incredibly fun concept! Sad ot say we don't own a waffle iron in out house, I'm more of a pancake kinda girl, though now that I know it's a multi tasker... 100% support for getting the most out of your kitchen appliences!
I wonder if it would be possible to do banana boats somehow, or at least the essence of banana boats, another fun fireside treat... Hollowed out banana, chocolate chips, peanutbutter chips, and marshmellows. Yum!
Posted by: Kristy | 13 January 2010 at 12:25
Since loosing my job last year, I've been struggling with the age old question, "What is the meaning of life?" Since I found Waffleizer.com (on Unclutterer.com) that is no longer my concern. Now, the question constantly on my mind is "Will it Waffle?" Yep. I now have a reason to live.
I look forward to your future posts and plan to try waffling the hotdish I made last night for dinner. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Posted by: Teresa | 14 January 2010 at 11:30
Love the blog!
It's surprising how something so seemingly specific as Waffleizer can be so interesting and varied.
Not to break the purity of your ideas (and the name, of course), but would you think a Foreman grill would largely work for the ideas here, or is there something specific to the waffle iron, besides the obvious gridmarks?
Posted by: Scott | 16 January 2010 at 18:11
I honestly don't know. Isn't there one with some sort of waffling attachment? Someone was telling me about that the other day.
I spend a surprising amount of time now listening to and counseling people about their waffle irons. Well, it's surprising to me at any rate. Because I was me before this blog, and I spent no time doing that, or so little as to be negligible. And now I am still me, only I have a waffle blog, and I spend a lot of time doing that, because people talk to me about their appliances. Or lack thereof.
I'm sorry. What was the question?
Posted by: Daniel | 17 January 2010 at 11:20
This looks delicious! Way to persevere in the face of a crusted waffle iron!
Posted by: Anny | 20 January 2010 at 11:27
god, i really like this blog. if the waffleizing adventures weren't amazing on their own, the comments and waffle related conversations alone are worth their weight in gold.
Posted by: liz | 20 January 2010 at 20:50
xD Too bad the marshmallow bit wouldn't go inside, but nicely done.
Posted by: makeshift | 25 January 2010 at 20:01
This is great! A smore made of waffles is awesome! I believe I'll be pulling out mine and making those this evening!
Posted by: Super Mommie | 29 January 2010 at 16:15