Menorah waffles! A quick & easy, fun Chanukah breakfast

This special Chanukah breakfast comes together from ready-made items in under a minute! Decorated with fruit and sprinkles, your kids will love it!

When I saw these Christmas Tree Waffles from Diana at Little Sunny Kitchen, I realised that I needed to up my Chanukah breakfast game considerably! My daughter Kipper loves a special breakfast, and she loves Chanukah, so I was guaranteed a warm reception if I could pull this off.

However, being not really (read ‘not at all’) a morning person, I needed to come up with something really easy. 

Easy breakfasts

Breakfast in our house is usually toast, porridge, or some other extremely simple foodstuff. I’m not great first thing in the morning so anything more complicated is something of a non-starter – except for Sunday mornings, when I usually have a bit of a lie-in, and once I’ve had a reviving cup of tea I can manage to make homemade waffles.

You could use homemade waffles to make this special Chanukah breakfast, but I took the easier route and used shop bought ones. A few sprinkles, some fresh fruit,  and I had created The Menorah Waffle!

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Chanukah breakfast – Quick and easy!

This is probably one of the easiest to make and best received breakfasts I have ever made! And it took me about half a minute. Kipper was over-the-moon with it. She was quite annoyed that I insisted on taking photos before she was allowed to eat!

Waffles, fruit and imagination

We used Kingsmill waffles, as Kingsmill products are kosher certified by the SKA. Unfortunately though, they no longer seem to make the waffles. However, various other brands of kosher toaster waffles are available, so you should be able to pick something up without too much trouble.

Alternatively you can make your own waffles! Decorations for our Chanukah waffles were raspberries, tangerine segments, and chocolate and rainbow sprinkles. If you have the energy, you could go wild with caramel or chocolate syrup, whipped cream, chopped nuts… You can use just about anything that takes your fancy. 

Fabulous festive Chanukah breakfast

So there you have it – a fabulous Chanukah breakfast, with very little effort! My Chanukah gift to fellow non-morning-people everywhere.

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Menorah Waffles – a cute & easy Chanukah breakfast!

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A special Chanukah breakfast made in under a minute! Decorated with fruit and sprinkles, your kids will love this menorah waffle!

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Total Time 2 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Jewish

Servings 1

Calories 247 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 small rectangular waffles or 1 big one
• 1 tangerine
• Few raspberries
• Chocolate sprinkles
• Rainbow sprinkles
• Any other fruit, syrup, nuts, whipped cream etc that you fancy

Instructions

 

• Cut a strip off the short end of each waffle. Arrange the waffles and the cut strips to make the shape of a menorah.
• Use the tangerine segments for ‘flames’.
• Decorate with the raspberries and sprinkles, or any other garnishes you want.
• Eat and enjoy!

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Menorah Waffles – a cute & easy Chanukah breakfast!

Amount per Serving

Calories

247

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

8

g

12

%

Saturated Fat

 

2

g

13

%

Trans Fat

 

1

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

3

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

2

g

Cholesterol

 

18

mg

6

%

Sodium

 

412

mg

18

%

Potassium

 

224

mg

6

%

Carbohydrates

 

41

g

14

%

Fiber

 

3

g

13

%

Sugar

 

12

g

13

%

Protein

 

5

g

10

%

Vitamin A

 

1668

IU

33

%

Vitamin C

 

27

mg

33

%

Calcium

 

198

mg

20

%

Iron

 

5

mg

28

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword fruit, waffles

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More delicious Chanukah recipes

If you’re after more Chanukah recipes, check out my spicy Gingerbread Chanukah gelt, these yummy sweet potato latkes in the waffle maker, these delicious oven-fried latkes, this fabulous crispy Chanukah chocolate bark, or these gorgeous spiced olive oil cupcakes.

And if that’s not enough, check out my Chanukah Pinterest board for all sorts of festive inspiration – recipes, crafts, games, decorations and more!

You can find all my Chanukah recipes here.

I’m linking this fabulous Chanukah breakfast up with Festive Food Fridays, organised by TamingTwins and KerryCooks.

Chanukah waffles FAQ

1. What are the main ingredients in Chanukah waffles? 
   This delicious breakfast is made using ready-prepared waffles, fruit, and sprinkles. However you can add any waffle toppings you prefer, such as syrup, chocolate sauce, whipped cream etc.
   
2. Is this breakfast suitable for special diets?
   It depends! This Chanukah breakfast is suitable for vegetarians. If you are able to buy or make vegan or gluten-free waffles, then you can certainly make this for someone who is vegan or gluten-intolerant. However most shop-bought waffles will contain eggs, milk and flour, and therefor will not be suitable for vegans or celiacs.
   
3. Can this Chanukah breakfast be made ahead?
   Although you can prepare the various elements in advance, for instance cutting up fruit etc, I would not advise assembling these waffles much before the time you intend to eat them. The waffles are best when warm from the toaster, and the toppings will also make the waffles soggy if left for too long.
   If you have all the elements ready, it takes only a very few moments to assemble these menorah waffles when you need them.
   
4. How many people does this recipe serve?
   As written, the recipe makes just enough for one serving – I made it for my daughter Kipper and no-one else! However it’s easy to scale the recipe up for more than one diner, by using the buttons above the ingredients on the recipe card above (1x, 2x, 3x). To scale up by more than three times, use the ‘print recipe’ button and on the page that opens you can use the slider to multiply the recipe by larger numbers.