S’mores Waffles

What better way to end a meal (or start the day!) than with a campfire favorite turned into a heavenly waffle treat dripping with melted chocolate!

2 flour, cups sifted self-rising

1/3 cup sugar

2 1/2 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

Pinch of salt 3 eggs, separated 1 1/2 cups milk 1/4 cup butter, melted

About 40 large marshmallows

1 1/3 cups bittersweet chocolate chunks, about 7 oz.

Additional melted chocolate, optional

l Waffles: Preheat oven to 200°F. In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa, salt, egg yolks, milk and butter until smooth. In separate bowl, whisk egg whites until stiff; gently fold into batter, one-third at a time.

l Preheat waffle iron and grease with a little butter. For each waffle, ladle small amount of batter onto waffle iron; cook 2-3 minutes until crisp. Transfer to baking sheet; keep warm in oven while cooking remaining batter in same way. l Meanwhile, cut 10 marshmallows in half; place on top of cooked waffle. Using blowtorch or broiler, toast tops of marshmallows until golden and soft. Place a quarter of chocolate chunks on top of marshmallows, then top with a second hot waffle. If desired. serve drizzled with extra chocolate.

Servings: 4. Cals.: 999. Protein: 22 g. Fat: 42 g. (24 g. saturated). Trans fat: 1 g. Chol.: 179 g. Carbs.: 153 g. Sodium: 1,017 mg. Fiber: 9 g. Sugar: 78 g. Kitchen time: 45 minutes. Total time: 45 minutes.