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Chai hot chocolate with spiced waffle dippers

By: Jess Meyer
Former deputy food editor, delicious.

Published: 11 Apr 22
Updated: 10 Oct 24

Chai hot chocolate with spiced waffle dippers

For a fun and easy dessert with a difference, serve cups of rich and aromatic chai hot chocolate with golden spiced waffles on the side. Ready, set, dunk…

How about serving this hot choc and waffle combo as an extra-special Easter breakfast? For more Easter recipe ideas, including plenty of chocolate, click here.

Easy
April 2022

Test kitchen approved

Serves 6
Hands-on time 15 min. Oven time 15 min.

For a fun and easy dessert with a difference, serve cups of rich and aromatic chai hot chocolate with golden spiced waffles on the side. Ready, set, dunk…

How about serving this hot choc and waffle combo as an extra-special Easter breakfast? For more Easter recipe ideas, including plenty of chocolate, click here.

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Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 525kcals
Fat: 31g (14.7g saturated)
Protein: 8g
Carbohydrates: 52.6g (41g sugars)
Fibre: 1.8g
Salt: 0.5g

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Ingredients

6 large Belgian-style waffles, cut into long fingers or wedges
30g salted butter, melted
3 tbsp golden caster sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon, ground cardamom or mixed spice

For the hot chocolate

300ml single cream
200ml whole milk
3 cardamom pods, bashed
2-3 whole cloves
1 vanilla pod, split lengthways
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise (optional)
2 tsp cornflour
120g good quality dark chocolate, finely chopped
1-2 tbsp caster sugar

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Method

Heat the oven to 200°C fan/gas 7. For the hot chocolate, put the cream, milk and whole spices in a pan and warm over a medium heat until just steaming. Remove from the heat and set aside to infuse for 10-15 minutes.
Brush the waffles with the melted butter, then spread over a lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until crisp. Mix the 3 tbsp sugar and ground spice in a large bowl. Once the waffles are crisp, remove from the oven and toss in the spiced sugar to coat.
While the waffles bake, strain the infused cream mixture into a clean pan, discarding the whole spices. Mix the cornflour with a dash of the mixture, then whisk it back into the mixture along with the chocolate. Continue to whisk over a medium heat until the chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth and slightly thickened (about 4 minutes). Remove from the heat, then stir in the sugar to taste.