Minimal Monday: Chocolate Sprinkle Waffle Cups

Minimal Monday: Chocolate Sprinkle Waffle Cups are fun and easy to make, and I guarantee you’ll find endless uses for these be-sprinkled waffle bowls!

I found waffle cups in the supermarket the other day… maybe you’ve already seen them, they’re like waffle ice cream cones, only in little cup form.

I like the idea, especially for serving ice cream or berries as an easy dessert, but it seems to me they lack a little something something, you know?  They’re  ok on their own, but I think they’d be way cuter with a little chocolate and a few sprinkles.  What wouldn’t?

This way you can serve plain old vanilla ice cream and still be a dessert hero.  You can trick kids into thinking berries are a decadent treat.

You can use white chocolate, too, if you want, and customize your sprinkles to your occasion.  Spoon or brush more chocolate inside the cup, if you’re a chocoholic.  Use finely chopped nuts instead of sprinkles, or coconut.  For Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, use white chocolate and then sprinkle with red white and blue.

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Chocolate Sprinkle Waffle Cups

Ingredients

• one package of 10 waffle ice cream cups
• 8 oz semi sweet chocolate or chocolate chips
• 1 Tbsp coconut oil or crisco
• assorted sprinkles

Instructions

• Chop the chocolate into small pieces and put in a microwave safe bowl along with the coconut oil or Crisco. Choose a bowl that is on the narrow side, so the melted chocolate will be deep enough to dip your cups into. I used a quart sized measuring cup. Microwave for 1 minute, then stir the chocolate. If it's not completely melted, microwave again in short 15 to 30 second bursts until you can stir away all the lumps.
• Dip each cup into the melted chocolate and then let the excess drip off. I scraped the excess from the bottom of each cup against the lip of the measuring cup.
• Liberally cover the chocolate with sprinkles and set on waxed paper, bottom up, to dry.
• You may need to give the cups a second coat of sprinkles if some of them 'melt' into the chocolate. Letting the chocolate air dry for a minute or two before you add the sprinkles helps prevent this.

Notes:

• Need some amazing ice cream to put in your pretty bowls?  How about some No Churn Vanilla Bean Ice Cream?  You don’t even need a machine for this one.

Just a neat little trick to have up your sleeve for the season.

Happy Monday!