8 Easy Ways to Keep Waffles Warm

If you just created some wonderfully crispy, golden-brown waffles but need to keep them warm while you make other foods or keep them fresh for your visitors, you’re probably wondering what alternatives you have.

There are various approaches for keeping waffles and other meals warm for long periods of time, and some of them will be covered in this article.

Continue reading to find out how to keep waffles fresh and toasty. At the conclusion of this post, you’ll discover recipes for fluffy handmade Belgian waffles and simple blackberry syrup.

Methods for Keeping Waffles Warm

When it comes to keeping waffles and other food warm, there are a few options. Look at the examples below.

1 – Preheated Cooler

Most people are so concerned with the fact that coolers are primarily used to keep food cold that they forget the fact that they may also be used to keep food warm for an extended period of time. This is due to the fact that coolers are insulated.

Simply toss your waffles into a cooler after covering them in aluminum foil, or preheat your cooler to keep them warm for six or more hours.

To prepare a cooler, place hot bricks or bottles of hot water on the bottom over a towel before placing the waffles on top with another towel between them. You may heat the bricks by heating them in an oven covered with aluminum foil for about 15 minutes at 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

2 – Thermal Bags

If you have one or more thermal bags large enough to hold your waffles, you can simply use them to preserve the meal warm and fresh. You may also wrap them in aluminum foil before putting them in the bag(s).

Thermal bags are very excellent at keeping food hot or cold, making them perfect for keeping heated waffles warm.

3 – Chafing Dishes

Chafing dishes employ heat from a fuel-burning flame to keep a variety of foods warm, and they may be used to keep your waffles warm and fresh. These are perfect for keeping food warm since they do not cause it to overcook.

4 – Oven

Using your oven or toaster oven, you can quickly warm up or keep hot waffles. If your oven has a warm setting, use that, otherwise adjust the temperature to between 200 and 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

This will keep your waffles warm and edible for an hour or two, but bear in mind that after an hour or so, your meal may turn chewy and less appetizing. You may also warm up your waffles in the microwave, but this will result in mushy and soft waffles rather than the crispy waffles everyone knows and loves.

5 – Aluminum Foil

If you want to keep your waffles warm for a half hour or less, you should be able to accomplish it using aluminum foil. The material works by trapping heat and reflecting rays back toward the waffles.

All you have to do is cover the meal snugly in foil and it will keep warm for up to 30 minutes. Wrap the foiled waffles in a towel to offer an extra layer of insulation.

6 – Warmed Plates

Warming up porcelain dinner plates and then setting the waffles on them is a highly efficient way for keeping waffles and other meals warm. Simply stack as many plates as you need in your oven and set the temperature to 150 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.

It should take around 15 minutes for the plates to become heated enough. You can also do the same thing using a toaster oven or microwave, which is great news for folks who don’t have an oven.

If you do use a microwave to heat the plates, stack them in there for two to three minutes on high before putting the waffles on them.

7 – Electric Plate Warmer

Using an electric plate warmer, you can achieve the same effect as using your oven or microwave to heat up plates and use them to keep your waffles warm.

The advantage of this approach is that the plates remain heated for as long as they are on the electric warmer, while the previous method causes the plate to cool as soon as it is removed from the oven or microwave.

This is clearly not an option for everyone since not everyone has an electric plate warmer, but if you host visitors often, it could be worth investing in.

8 – Toaster

You may also reheat your waffles in the toaster just before serving them to your family or visitors. A tip is to slightly undercook them the first time to prevent scorching them while re-toasting your waffles.

Other Tips

In addition to one of the strategies listed above, there are a few more things you may do to keep your waffles warm.

One thing you may do is make numerous waffles and have them near each other as they warm up. This will help to prevent heat from escaping as quickly.

Another thing you may do is heat your waffles up in the microwave for a few seconds before putting them aside. This will make them take longer to cool down.

Homemade Belgian Waffles

Belgian waffles are airy and delicious, and they taste much better when cooked from scratch. Use one of the strategies listed above to keep these handmade Belgian waffles warm for as long as you need. Then drizzle with some freshly prepared blackberry syrup, which you may make following the recipe directions that follow this one.

Here are the ingredients this recipe requires:

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups milk or milk alternative
• cup vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• teaspoon salt

The first step is to warm your waffle iron and coat it with nonstick spray or butter to prevent the waffles from sticking. Next, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, sugar, and salt in a mixing dish.

Separate the yolks from the whites of the two eggs, then in a separate dish, whip the egg whites with a mixer until firm peaks form. Then, in a separate dish, whisk together the milk, vegetable oil, egg yolks, and vanilla essence.

After that, incorporate all of the ingredients by pouring the wet liquid into the flour mixture. After that, carefully fold the egg whites into the mixture and pour the proper quantity of batter into your waffle iron.

While your Belgian waffles are still warm from the iron, drizzle them with some delicious, fresh blackberry syrup.

Quick and Easy Blackberry Syrup

Many people are unaware of how simple it is to produce their own fruit-based syrups. You may never want to use maple syrup again after trying this blackberry syrup on your homemade waffles.

This recipe only calls for five ingredients, however you may omit the lemon juice and vanilla essence if you don’t have them on hand. Everything you’ll need is listed below:

• 1 cup blackberries
• cup sugar
• cup water
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a medium saucepan, mix the water, sugar, and blackberries. Bring the mixture to a simmer, mashing the berries as it cooks.

Allow the mixture to boil for 10 to 20 minutes, while crushing the blackberries to release the juices. Remove the mixture from the heat and drain as much of the pulp as you like from the hot syrup.

Finally, add the vanilla essence and lemon juice and either chill it before storing it or pour the fresh blackberry syrup over your warm, handcrafted Belgian waffles.

Final Thoughts

As you can see, there is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to keep your waffles warm for an extended period of time. Even if you are camping without power and have baked homemade waffles over an open fire, you may keep them warm by using a cooler, for example, or aluminum foil.

So, heat up that waffle maker or toaster, and start creating hundreds of waffles to serve the whole neighborhood, if you so choose, since you should be able to keep them fresh and warm for as long as you need.