An Oreo waffle — cookies and cream waffles, if that’s what you call them — is a plain waffle batter with a pack of chopped Oreos folded through at the end, cooked until crisp, then topped. Ours gets a quick whipped Oreo cream cheese and fresh strawberries. Creamy and crunchy at the same time, and it takes barely any effort.

No waffle iron? The same batter makes very good pancakes — see step 2.

What you’ll need

Makes about 4 waffles.

For the waffles

  • 200ml milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 115g flour
  • 15g baking powder
  • 2g salt
  • 75g raw or brown sugar
  • 50g butter, melted
  • 170g Oreo cookies (1 pack), chopped

For the Oreo cream

  • 120g cream cheese
  • 60ml heavy cream
  • 10ml vanilla essence
  • 3 Oreo cookies, chopped

To serve

  • More Oreo cookies and fresh strawberries

Method

  1. Whisk the milk, egg, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and melted butter together until smooth, then fold in the Oreo chunks.
  2. Grease the waffle griddle and cook until crisp and golden. No griddle? Cook the batter as pancakes over medium heat instead.
  3. For the cream, beat the cream cheese, heavy cream and vanilla until soft and thick, then fold in the chopped Oreo.
  4. Top the waffles with the Oreo cream, fresh strawberries and a few extra cookies.

Tips for crisp Oreo waffles

  • Chop the Oreos, don’t crush them. A 170g pack cut into rough chunks and folded in last keeps proper pieces in the waffle; crumbs turn the whole batter grey. Any Oreo flavour works the same way.
  • The cream is cream cheese, not whipped cream. Beating 120g cream cheese with 60ml heavy cream and vanilla gives a topping thick enough to sit on a warm waffle; fold the three chopped Oreos in at the end so they stay crunchy.
  • Works as pancakes too. Same batter, same fold-in-last chunks, over medium heat — see the FAQ below.
  • Cook until crisp and golden. Grease the iron first and leave the waffle alone until the steam from the sides slows down; opening the lid early is how they tear.
  • Serve straight away — waffles are at their best crisp and warm, with the cold cream on top.

Prefer to let someone else do the washing up? Oreo waffles aren’t on our menu, but the Chicken & Waffles Stack is, and we serve brunch daily in Budapest, Bucharest and Belgrade — walk-ins only. #webelieveinhandmade