These are the cutest waffles that you will ever make! Green Christmas tree waffles make a fun Christmas breakfast that your kids are gonna love. So quick and easy to make, and the kids can decorate their own waffle Christmas trees.
Christmas Tree Waffles
A couple of years ago we started making these Christmas tree waffles in our house, so the kids enjoy them in the morning before or after opening their presents.
I usually put different treats in little bowls to decorate the waffles and let the kids decorate their own waffles with sprinkles, chocolate, candy, and fresh fruit.
How to Make the Waffles Green?
There are three options to make these waffles green, you can simply add green food coloring, or use matcha, or even kale powder!
My Waffle Maker Makes Square-Shaped Waffles, What Do I Do?
I also have a waffle maker like that which I’ve used before to make these cute Christmas tree waffles. Just cut each waffle square diagonally to create triangles, and stack them to shape a Christmas tree as I did in this recipe.
Christmas Breakfast Ideas
I love making breakfast ahead of time just became Christmas morning is so busy for us! These waffles work perfectly great, but I also like making spiced gingerbread granola, festive frozen yogurt bark, and this creamy Instant Pot rice pudding.
How to Make These Green Waffles?
You basically just make waffles, but you’ll just have to add green coloring.
Step 1. Make the batter: To a mixing bowl, add milk, egg and beat until well combined. Add sugar, and melted butter and mix. Add the rest of the ingredients, and whisk until just combined. Add green food coloring.
Step 2. The amount of food coloring that you need to add depends on what brand you’re using. Start with a couple of drops, whisk, and decide if you need to add more.
Step 3. To a preheated waffle maker, add the batter (I add around 1/2 cup but it depends on the size of the waffle maker that you have). Cover with the lid.
Step 4. Watch the waffle carefully as you don’t want them to crisp up a lot and change color to golden. But you should also be careful not to open the waffle iron too early.
Once the waffles are done, put them on a plate, and get the toppings ready.
Ideas to Make the Christmas Tree Star
You can use any fruit that you have, and using a small cookie cutter to cut out stars. I used mango (see picture below), but strawberries and starfruit are also great.
Topping Ideas:
- Sprinkles
- M&Ms
- Candies
- Chocolates
- Fresh fruit cut into small pieces, for example, banana slices or sliced strawberry.
- Dried fruits
- A drizzle of melted white chocolate
- A drizzle of maple syrup
- Tiny cookies
- Desiccated coconut
We have also made these in the past where we served just green waffles in a plate without arranging into a Christmas tree and topped with our favorite toppings. So you can definitely do that if you like!
Another fun recipe is these chocolate peppermint cookies, they’re great to make with kids and the result is always amazing!
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Christmas Tree Waffles
Equipment
- Waffle iron
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- green food coloring or matcha green tea powder
Instructions
- Preheat waffle iron.
- In a mixing bowl beat eggs, stir in milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Then add flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar. Mix until combined.
- Add food coloring to the mixture (just enough to reach the desired tone of color) and mix.
- Cook waffles until slightly crispy, arrange triangles to make Christmas trees, decorate and serve.
Notes:
- Sprinkles
- M&Ms
- Candies
- Chocolates
- Fresh fruit cut into small pieces, for example, banana slices or sliced strawberry.
- Dried fruits
- A drizzle of melted white chocolate
- A drizzle of maple syrup
- Tiny cookies
- Desiccated coconut
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
© Little Sunny Kitchen
This recipe first appeared on Little Sunny Kitchen on November 18th, 2015. It was then updated with new images and more information.
Natalie says
This is such a sweet Christmas morning breakfast idea. I can’t wait to try them when the kids have vacation next week. Thanks so much for sharing!
Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says
This made me smile when I saw it on Instagram. Such a lovely and fun idea!
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says
My kiddoes would love this on Christmas morning. fab idea.
Kathrina says
These are the cutest waffles and perfect for Christmas morning. We usually do cinnamon rolls for breakfast that day, but I just might have to forego them in favor of these!