Double Chocolate Waffles with Berry Sauce

I found a link to this recipe on my friend's blog. My boys love waffles (when you ask my 4 year old what he wants for dinner, he always says "waffles"), so I thought it would be fun to mix things up a little and try these. (note: I edited the recipe some, so if you want to see the original one, click here.)

Picture courtesy of Our Best Bites

Double Chocolate Waffles with Berry Sauce
from Our Best Bites

Waffles
2/3 C flour
1/3 C corn starch
1/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 t baking powder
3/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1/8 t cinnamon
6 T granulated sugar
1 C milk
1/3 C vegetable oil
1 egg
1 1/2 t vanilla
1/2 C mini chocolate chips

Berry Sauce and Topping
3 C berries*
1/4 C raspberry jam (you could use strawberry if you prefer)
2 T hot tap water
optional: powdered sugar to taste

whipped cream
cocoa powder for dusting

*You'll need about 3 cups of berries and you can use any combo you like.

Start by making the berry sauce since it can sit while you make the waffle batter. Combine jam and warm water and whisk until combined. Add in the berries and gently stir until combined. Depending on the sweetness of the berries, you can add a little powdered sugar if you'd like.

Set berry sauce aside and make waffle batter.

Waffles:
Preheat a waffle iron.

Combine flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Use a whisk to combine.

In a separate bowl whisk together sugar, milk, oil, egg, and vanilla. Whisk for a minute so it gets a little frothy.

Slowly add the wet ingredients into the dry a little at a time, whisking to combine. Just stir until they're combined and don't overmix. Stir in the chocolate chips. This is a pretty thin batter, so don't be expecting something that looks like a pancake batter. It's supposed to be thin.

You shouldn't need to grease your waffle iron. Place batter in and cook according to your iron. Be careful to not overfill. This batter has plenty of levening so it will expand.

****I doubled the batch and got about 10 waffles (in a round Belgian waffle iron). For the berry sauce I used frozen blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries and added some fresh strawberries. It turned out really yummy. I only did one batch of the berry sauce and it was enough for nearly all of the doubled batch of waffles. I ended up making way more waffles than I needed, so I froze the extras. They froze well and thawed great. My family loves these waffles, so I'm sure I will be making them a lot more in the future.