Make these Maple Bacon Waffles to enjoy a weekend morning breakfast for you to enjoy with your family!

stack of maple bacon waffles with big slice taken out

Ever since I was very little, Sunday mornings have been reserved for doing something very special for breakfast. All week long we eat cereal, English muffins, bagels, Greek yogurt and the occasional egg.  So by the time Sunday rolls around, it’s time for something that feels extravagant, like maple bacon waffles!

ingredients displayed for making maple bacon waffles

Ingredients Needed:

  • all purpose flour
  • baking powder and salt
  • milk
  • maple syrup
  • butter
  • eggs
  • bacon
four photos showing how to make maple bacon waffles

How to make Maple Bacon Waffles:

The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, syrup, butter and eggs. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until moistened.
  2. Preheat your waffle iron. Coat your waffle iron with nonstick spray. Spoon the batter onto the waffle iron and sprinkle with a little bit of bacon. Cook 4 to 5 minutes or until done. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve topped with additional crumbles of bacon and warm maple syrup.
maple bacon waffle in a waffle iron

Recipe Tip

How to cook bacon in the oven:

This recipe calls for cooked bacon. I always make my bacon in the oven because it’s so easy to do, and there is very little clean-up or mess involved. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Lay the strips of bacon on the foil. Bake until the bacon is browned and crispy, 15 to 20 minutes. Time in the oven will depend on how thick your bacon is. Let the bacon cool and drain on a paper towel lined plate, and then chop it into smaller pieces.

looking down onto maple bacon waffles

About Maple Syrup:

I ate the reduced-calorie syrup for a zillion years before I realized that it has hardly any actual maple in it at all.  So now it’s 100% pure maple syrup all the way in our house. You only need a little bit- it has so much more flavor than the fake stuff.  Get into it!

pouring syrup onto stack of maple bacon waffles

What I Love About This Recipe:

  1. These maple bacon waffles have bacon inside and out.  
  2. They turn out perfectly crispy, like a good waffle should.
  3. I freeze leftovers to be heated up for breakfast during the week.
fork full of maple bacon waffle

Here are a few More waffle recipes you might enjoy:

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, syrup, butter and eggs. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until moistened.

  • Preheat your waffle iron. Coat your waffle iron with nonstick spray. Spoon the batter onto the waffle iron and sprinkle with a little bit of bacon. Cook 4 to 5 minutes or until done. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve topped with additional crumbles of bacon and warm maple syrup.

Serving: 1waffle, Calories: 292kcal, Carbohydrates: 32g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 93mg, Sodium: 361mg, Potassium: 332mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 275IU, Calcium: 137mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.