Chocolate Chip Waffles

Source: Tasty Kitchen
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients:
4 cups all purpose flour (I used half whole wheat)
1 teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 cup chocolate chips
4 cups buttermilk (I never have buttermilk, so I just use the ol' lemon juice/vinegar trick: pour 1 TB lemon juice into a measuring cup then fill to 1 cup line with milk - increase volumes proportionately as needed)
4 whole eggs
1 stick butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Whisk together flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda. Toss in chocolate chips and coat well with flour mixture.  Mix together buttermilk, eggs, butter, and vanilla. Pour into dry mixture and stir together just until combined. Pour batter into a waffle iron and cook to your iron’s instructions.  Serve immediately with your favorite syrup.

Notes:
I had seen this recipe earlier in the week during my food-blog-stalking routine and I bookmarked it for future testing.  Well, that testing came last week when I had some milk I needed to use up before it went bad and a chocolate-chip craving to fulfill.  I whipped up a (half) batch for dessert one night.  We topped our warm waffles with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of chocolate (for me) and caramel (for Gregg) syrup.  Yummy!  The leftovers were great the next morning for breakfast, after being warmed in the toaster, or even just cold.  Good stuff.  This one's a keeper.

Also, as a side note, I learned the messy way what my waffle iron's batter capacity is:

:)