Everything tastes better in waffle form, right? These carrot cake waffle bites are dipped in cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with toasted coconut.
It’s March! That means spring, right? Not for me 🙁
It’s minus 10 degrees celsius, and the windchill is so much colder. I don’t see any signs of spring yet. So I guess I’m allowed to tell you a winter joke?
What did one snowman say to the other?
Does it smell like carrots?
Ba-doom-boom-cha!
I know, I know. That was bad. But here I am trying to find a clever way to tell you about these carrot cake waffle bites, it’s currently Monday night, and my brain is fried. And then I saw that joke. I had to!
So bad jokes aside, waffles!
Not actually regular waffles, but carrot cake waffles dipped in cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with toasted coconut. Is your Tuesday looking a little more interesting now?
I actually started with a blondie base recipe for these waffle bites, but needed to increase the flour and add an egg yolk to get the right consistency.
These guys are quite delicate in the waffle maker, and to get them out, you will need to tilt the machine on its side and gently pry loose with a fork. Once they are out of the waffle maker, these waffle bites firm right up, and are perfect for dunking in cream cheese frosting!
Together with the cream cheese frosting, they taste just like carrot cake! Sweet and tangy from the cream cheese frosting, with spicy carrot cake flavors: cinnamon and nutmeg. Actually, they may taste even better than carrot cake, since all things waffled taste better, right?
I’ll let you be the judge of that!
Carrot Cake Waffle Bites
Bite-sized carrot cakes are cooked on the waffle iron, dipped in cream cheese frosting, and sprinkled with toasted coconut.
Ingredients
Carrot Cake Waffle Bites
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour (155g)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup carrots, finely shredded
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 block cream cheese (8 oz), softened
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6-8 tablespoons of milk
Additional
- 1 cup toasted coconut
Instructions
Carrot Cake Waffle Bites
- Melt butter and combine with the sugar in a large bowl. Mix until no lumps remain.
- Allow to cool for several minutes, then add the egg and yolk, and mix until completely combined.
- Stir in the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Stir the carrots in with the dry ingredients and mix until carrots are uniformly distributed.
- Stir the dried ingredients/carrots into the wet ingredients until smooth. The batter will be quite thick.
- Heat waffle iron according to product manual.
- Add 1.5 tablespoons batter to the iron. Cook for 1.5-2 minutes*, until bottom is golden brown. Tilt the waffle iron onto its side and gently loosen the waffle bite.
- Allow the waffle bite to cool on a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- While waffles are cooling, combine the cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl. Beat slowly at first, then increase the speed to medium/high and beat for 1-2 minutes, until sugar is completely incorporated and no lumps remain in the cream cheese.
- Add the vanilla and milk, 1-2 tablespoons at a time, until desired consistency is achieved.
Frosting
- To frost, dip a cooled waffle in the cream cheese batter. Gently shake excess frosting from the waffle.
- Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
- Best enjoyed immediately.
Recipe Notes
Do not use spray oil, this will add too much moisture to the waffle bites and they will not hold up.
Waffles will be very delicate while on the waffle maker but will set up as they cool.
Waffle bites can be stored in a sealed container for up to 3 days, but don't frost until just prior to serving.
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It’s definitely not showing any signs of spring in WI either, so I feel for ‘ya girl! You know what would make my Tuesday a whole lot brighter though? If someone were to surprise me with my own personal plateful of these waffle bites. HOLY moly, how fab do they look?! Carrot cake and cream cheese frosting forever, but in WAFFLE form?! I am obsessed. 🙂
Well I’m glad I”m not alone…today was SO cold. And it snowed…it’s depressing. Thanks, Sarah!
These are so cute! What a clever idea. And it took me a few seconds, but I totally enjoyed the snowman joke. 🙂
Ha ha, the snowman joke was a groaner…but I was having major writer’s block 🙂 Thanks, Andrea!
I adore carrot cake and I adore waffles so this is right up my alley! I love that you made these into little bite sized waffles. Everything is better in mini form!
I’m totally with you on that, Annie! I love bite-sized foods…of course then I always have to go and eat more because they are small.
Carrot cake is one of my very favorite thing, and making waffles out of it is a brilliant idea! The cream cheese glaze with coconut is the perfect touch, too! 🙂
Thanks Marcie! I haven’t had carrot cake in ages, it is so yummy!!
These are the cutest ever! They sound delicious and I need to make these asap! Pinned!!
Thanks, Cyndi! I stand by my theory that waffled food tastes better…of course cream cheese frosting helps 😉
Well these just sound delicious! Waffles + carrot cake? Yes please! Love that you added toasted coconut flakes too. Yum!
Thanks, Natalie! The coconut was an afterthought…but a good one 😉
These are really fun and creative, Denise. Love anything carrot cake so looking forward to trying this. Stay positive – spring is coming!
Thanks, Geraldine! Spring is coming…I like it! I keep hearing Game of Thrones ‘winter is coming’. But I am VERRRY excited for spring!
Oh my gosh, how awesome are these little bites! So creative! I love that they’re sprinkled with coconut. I’ve got to try these!
Thanks, Leah!
One of these days I’m going to get a waffle maker. This recipe is calling my name.
I was lucky to get a free waffle maker from my grandparents when they down-sized…we don’t eat waffles that often, but maybe we should more…they are fun!
These waffle bites are so adorable and creative! I love anything carrot cake and the cream cheese frosting and toasted coconut flakes sound perfect!
Thanks, Kelly! The toasted coconut was an afterthought, but it works really well with the carrot cake/frosting 🙂
I’m so in love with these waffles, Denise! I love carrot cake and that cream cheese frosting sounds amazing on these too. I’ll take the whole batch for breakfast!
Thanks, Danielle! Technically they are waffles…so totally breakfast appropriate 😉
Denise, oh my gawd! I love these!!! mini carrot cake waffle bites!!! this is brilliant!! and I’m in Wisconsin so no signs of spring for me either . . it’s ok. . I’ll just keep stuffing my face with food like this! love these!
So I’m the lucky girl who gets to live in California, and I won’t even tell you about our weather here lately. I hope you get some warmer temperatures soon! These waffles are so fun, and I love that you dipped them in cream cheese frosting!
It’s definitely not spring weather by me either, but we can pretend with these gorgeous waffle bites! This is so creative, Denise! I love these! I don’t think these cuties would last long in my house at all!
Totally awesome award goes to Denise! Carrot cake waffle bites? These are literally all my favorite flavors and textures rolled up into one dessert…or breakfast.
Oh my gosh, it is wayyyyy too cold there! I’d freeze!! These waffles look soooo good. Carrot cake anything is the best, especially when it comes with cream cheese frosting!!
I adore carrot cake, this looks awesome.
Denise! You are a genius! These are too cute, too creative and just too delicious (I imagine). A waffle iron is on my wish list!
Posts and recipes like this one make me want to go out and buy a waffle maker. I have no room for a waffle maker though, but I wanna make these! Also, I live alone and I worry that if I buy a waffle maker, it’ll be a slippery slope to me always being too busy to go out because… waffles!
I love anything carrot cake! 🙂 Can’t wait to try these. Pinned!
Thanks, Tina!