These actually crispy protein waffles only use 4 ingredients and pack over 40 grams of protein! Use your favorite protein powder, eggs, sour cream or Greek Yogurt, and baking powder to make these delicious and healthy waffles in less than 10 minutes.
I absolutely love waffles but they really do not offer much for protein. This protein waffles recipe is so easy to make! You could literally have waffles every morning with almost zero effort. They pack over 40 grams of protein and are low in calories so feel free to add some amazing toppings like butter, syrup, fresh berries, peanut butter or another type of nut butter!
There are so many healthy recipes out there, but not a lot of tasty recipes for breakfast that give a good serving of protein. I like a sweet breakfast so these protein waffles leave me satisfied and are so delicious! What I love most is that do not require a blender, any flours, oats, or banana!
I love using protein powder to make nutritious and delicious high protein breakfasts. Some other recipes I have are protein pancakes, chocolate chip protein muffins, and protein pudding. I think these protein waffles are my favorite of the bunch!
Ingredients needed for high protein waffles
This section explains how to choose the best ingredients for this protein waffle recipe, what each one does in the recipe, and substitution options. For a printable recipe, see the recipe card below.
½ cup protein powder - I like to use vanilla whey protein powder because that's what I always have on hand. There have been several people that have uses unflavored protein powder and they added a little sweetener and some vanilla extract and they loved the recipe. You can see their versions down in the comments. You could also use a vegan protein powder.
1 egg - you could also use 2 egg whites or ¼ cup of pasteurized egg whites for extra protein.
3 tablespoons sour cream - I like to use either light sour cream or plain fat free Greek Yogurt. This helps the protein waffles not be so dry.
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
How to make easy protein waffles
This section explains how to make this protein waffle recipe, step by step. For a full printable recipe, see the recipe card below.
Step 1 - Heat your waffle iron on medium and spray with cooking spray.
Step 2 - Mix the protein powder, egg, sour cream, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until fully combined.
Tips for the best protein powder waffles
- Use a protein powder that actually tastes good. You can also adjust the sweetness if you use an unflavored protein powder and then add sweetener and vanilla extract.
- Make a triple batch for meal prep and then keep them stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Toast them in a toaster oven for breakfast to make them nice and crispy again.
- This protein powder waffles recipe also makes a great pancake batter.
- Use your favorite toppings such as a drizzle of maple syrup, almond butter, or chocolate chips, sugar-free syrup.
More healthy breakfast recipes
- Low Carb Breakfast Casserole
- Homemade Turkey Sausage
- Protein Pudding
- Low carb Breakfast Burrito for one
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Protein Waffles - 41 grams of Protein!
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Protein powder (Click here to see my favorite on Amazon)
- 1 Egg
- 3 Tablespoons Plain fat free Greek Yogurt or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- pinch of salt
- butter and sugar free syrup for serving
Instructions
- Heat your waffle iron on medium and spray with cooking spray.
- Mix the protein powder, egg, Greek Yogurt, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized bowl until fully combined.
- Pour half of the batter in the waffle iron (for smaller waffle irons, pour less batter), and cook according to your waffle irons directions.
- Serve with butter and sugar free syrup.
Jennifer's tips
- You can try this with other protein powders but I cannot guarantee it will work. I have heard that Quest protein powder works well for protein recipes.
- I updated this recipe to using sour cream instead of water. I found the resulting waffles to be even tastier.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition is provided as a courtesy only. Please re-calculate on your own with the ingredients and amounts you used for the most accurate data.
Clarkie Penney says
These waffles did not work for me. They stuck to my waffle maker. They also left a sticky protein feel in my mouth. I will move on to trying some of your other recipes.
Mini says
Perfect protein waffle every time! I have doubled the recipe many times and even added some gras-fed collagen powder to the mix. The waffles always turned out wonderfully. Thank you so much for this recipe.
Mel says
My scoop is 1/2 C. My first batch was too thick, sweet(vanilla powder) & dry. Today, I made the following changes:2 eggs, 4 T. Sour cream, i sifter the powder into the 1/2 C. Scoop. 3 minutes & they were perfect.
Sandy Cote says
Made with cinnamon French toast whey protein powder. I might add a little mozzarella cheese only because they are a little dry tasting. Maybe that will help the dryness or maybe a little more sour cream.
Jen says
These were perfect! I used a mini waffle maker and added too much on the first one, but- so good with butter and sf syrup. I made before reading the comments, next time I’ll try with a hint a vanilla since my whey protein was unflavored. Thank you again! Yum!!
Heather says
This recipe is great! Nice and crispy. I used 1/2 cup unflavored Now brand whey protein powder, a teaspoon of sweetener and a squirt of vanilla extract for flavor. Excellent with Walden Farms pancake syrup and butter.
Karen Nichols says
Can you use egg substitute or even egg whites?
jenniferbanz says
I have not tested that but I don't see why not
Jay says
I used 3 tablespoons of egg whites and they were perfect
Stephanie W says
These came out perfect. Nice and crispy and satisfied my waffle craving. Easy to make as well. The link to the protein was for vanilla so I used the same. However, the vanilla made it a little too sweet for my liking. Next time I plan to use non-flavored powder.
Trish says
Made these today with whole milk greek yogurt, a splash of vanilla, and Isopure unflavored protein powder. Turned out great!
Crecia says
What sugar free syrup did you use? Love this recipe no peanut butter either!!!
Jeff Luftig says
I make my own. 1C Water, 1 C Sugar Substitute, 1 TBS Maple Extract, 1/2 Tsp Xanthum Gum. Zero Carbs
Donna says
Absolutely the best! Made pancakes this time.
Maureen Tan says
Tried this today, used yogurt and added tiny bit of mozzarella cheese, turned out very crispy waffles. Ate with sugar free maple syrup, Super yummy. Thank you for sharing!
Janice Langlinais says
Could you use unsweetened plain Greek yogurt instead of the sour cream? That’s what you use in your almond flour muffins and it really works well so wondering if I would work well here too.
jenniferbanz says
Yep!
Jamie says
These. Are. Amazing.
JB says
Great base recipe for add ins. We added psyllium husk and ground flax for texture and unsweetened whey isolate and it worked great. Next time we will add butter or coconut oil to the batter because they were a little on the dry side for us but that's not surprising because of our tweaks. Thanks for posting this!
Priscilla M Blanchard says
Recipe says 1 egg. Video shows 2 eggs. With one egg, the batter is stiff, pastry-like. With 2 eggs it was actual batter. Made 2 regular size waffles. SO GOOD!!
Roberta M Romano says
Simply Awesome
Neil says
Tried these and substituted the cream with SKYR and they were amazing - fantastic recipe and only 10g of carbs.
Thanks for my new favourite breakfast waffle recipe!
Sandi says
I made this from the description at the top...1 scoop of my protein powder is nowhere near 1/2 cup so they were very airy and crsipy, but still really good!. I also added a splash of vanilla and some cinnamon for some flavor. Will try measuring next time for a little more dense waffle. Thanks Jen!
Megan says
I never comment on recipes, but I had to let you know how great these are. I’ve been making them constantly. I do add like three tablespoons of MCT oil to make them mire dense. Thank u!
KAREN WOLF says
I have a mini waffle maker, but I think you are talking about a regular size waffle maker? If so, I could probably make double the amount of waffles with your recipe they wil just be smaller. I cannot wait to try these!
Susan J says
Can't wait to try. I love your recipes, Jennifer!
Janine says
I followed recipe but swapped sour cream for plain Greek yogurt and added a splash of vanilla extract. These came out great!
April says
Does the sour cream add some moisture? I just tried a different recipe that’s just protein powder, egg, and water and it’s like chewing a mouthful of crispy protein powder! ? Your recipe sounds better!
Sarah says
Seriously so delicious. I've been keto for 8 years on and off and never tasted any treat as good as this. I feel like this was exactly what I needed for a sweet tooth. I used keto ratio yogurt because I didn't have sour cream on hand. That worked great. Then I used gold star protein powder and that worked out really well. I then made my own syrup using erythritol cooked it in frozen blueberries and then added xanthan gum to thicken it. So hopefully that inspires more creativity for others. This was SO GOOD. I never comment on pinterest but this was worthy of high complements to the chef!
Samantha Wilson says
Very rarely, do protein recipes I find online work out. These came out PERFECT! I used chocolate peanut butter whey protein, because that’s what I had at the house. These are delicious and so crispy. Thanks a lot!
Julie Kuyper says
I made these with Sparta Loopy Fruits Protein Powder - delicious!
Stephanie NUNEZ says
Trying with Performing Fruity Cereal powder now 🙂
Very fluffy and light, would like a little more chew but great flavor!
Debbie Breslow says
Could I use yogurt in place of sourcream? Recipe sounds great and I just bought some of the Premier protein powder and a mini waffle iron, so freakin' cute 🙂
jenniferbanz says
Yes, love that idea!
Karen Dunbar says
Hi Jennifer, Made these today but I'm a bit confused about recipe. In the narrative it says add 1 scoop protein powder but in the version to print it says 1/2 cup of protein powder. Curious as to what is right. I always read the print version so I used 1/2 cup which made my batter extremely thick so I watered it down to be pourable. Anyway, it was good (all I had was chocolate plant based protein...smelled like a chocolate cake!) Thanks for clarifying and Happy New Year!
Sher says
I used Quest cinnamon crunch protein powder, minus 2 tablespoons which I added 2 T of ground flax meal for added fiber (4 gm) to equal the half cup. I added 1 T melted butter to the mix and half a tsp of vanilla. These were very good and tasted great on their own or with sugar free syrup. The consistency is the closest to a wheat flour waffle that I've tried in low carb cooking. The recipe made three mini dash waffles. Thanks for the great recipe!
Michaela says
Literally just evaporated into nothing leaving a huge mess and no waffles
Ellen Adkins says
I do not have sour cream on
Hand right now,can I still use water
Instead??
Michelle says
Made these tonight in my mini dash. I got 4 waffles and they were yummy! I put some butter on there and sugar free jam. Yum! Thanks! I love your recipes!!
Megan Bain says
So good! Added tablespoon of melted coconut oil and splash of lemon Extract
Cindy Flores says
So how many net carbs per serving? Is it 6?
Amanda says
Quest protein worked great! Do you think the sour cream could be subbed for Greek yogurt?
jenniferbanz says
Yes, sour cream or greek yogurt will work
Sally says
Loved them! Hate the taste/texture of almond flour, so these are perfect. Yum!
Chris says
Yummy! I’ll have to try the sour cream as well! I add a tbsp of melted Kerrygold (or any other butter) to the batter as well. Makes it moist and keeps it from sticking to the waffle iron!
Kitty says
Came out beautiful, but tasted like garbage! Had to pour lots of syrup on them to make them go down. Bleh!
Erika says
I don’t have sour cream right now. Would cottage cheese work as a substitute?
jenniferbanz says
I think It would!
ess kaye says
making them now. thanks for the recipe up front. it AGGRAVATES me to go to a site for a purpose and have to skroll 3 pages of nonsense to get to the point of the matter.
Mer says
I followed your recipe exactly but what I turned out with looked like pie dough not waffle mix. Not sure what went wrong...
Vicky Lanning says
I really enjoyed this recipe. As I began I wasn't sure about the consistency but as I continue to mix it I saw it become aThe batter. I also chose to use 3TB of greek yogurt. I put some pumpkin spice in for flavor. The waffle was definitely crunchy and a good consistency for a waffle. Thanks for this!
Rline says
The Orgain organic protein powder (vanilla bean) works just as great!
jenniferbanz says
Thats good to know! Thank you!
Alisha says
I made these Waffles and they came out perfect and taste amazing. So happy I came across this recipe and now can actually eat keto friendly Waffles that actually tastes good!
Theresa says
I tried these with 310 nutrition protein powder and they came out AMAZING thanks for sharing this recipe
Kiki says
Thanks for sharing these were so much better than any “keto” waffles I’ve tried and they were crispy !
Julia Slaman says
do you have a nutrition label for this reviepe?
jenniferbanz says
No as it depends on the protein powder that is used
Rod Farrace says
I made the protein waffles but turned out dry. I used Gold Standard Whey Protein. Instead of sour cream I used 3 tbls of low fat vanilla yogart and little more than half a cup of the protein powder, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, a pinch of salt and little vanilla extract.
They cooked in about 3 min. not the recommended 5 min..
So where did I go wrong?
Rod
Summer says
It’s probably the little bit of extra protein powder that dried it up. Instead of yougurt which may not keep things as moist as sour cream, just try to sub for a low fat sour cream and try again
Darlene Bukowski says
My go-to recipe! Made these today and they were excellent. The batter was little thick so instead of more sour cream, I added a tablespoon of applesauce. The taste w the vanilla protein powder was perfect, and the recipe made 4 Chaffles!
ben amend says
what is the recommended measurement when using water instead of sour crème?
jenniferbanz says
3 Tablespoons
Janell says
I used JYM cookie crunch protein powder and Fage 0% Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Great flavor but very dry. Next time I’ll add more yogurt or almond milk. Thanks for sharing the recipe:)
Megan says
I made mine savory by putting bacon bits and cheddar cheese in the batter, then put an over-medium egg and some salsa on top. De-lish!
I also tried making pancakes with the batter in a small, nonstick skillet, and they turned out thin but very tasty. I think if you omit the baking powder, this could be a great crepe recipe.
Thank you for sharing! You've helped start my day off well! 🙂
Chase says
any idea on if these would freeze well? Id love to make a huge batch and just pop them in the toaster to crisp them up! thoughts!?
jenniferbanz says
I am not sure. If you try it please let me know how they turn out!
Shawn W Jurgens says
Yes, I make a big batch that lasts me a week or 2 in the freezer
Quincy Vickers says
I followed this recipe but used the purely inspired organic protein powder in the chocolate flavor. I ended up having to use about 2 tablespoons more water than recommended to get to the right consistency. These turned out great though! Next time I may add a tiny bit of cocoa powder to amplify the chocolate taste. Great recipe for keto!
Mena Attwa says
These were delicious but a bit dry, do you have a recommendation to make them less dry?
jenniferbanz says
I actually just tested this and I think adding a little less water and 3 tablespoons of sour cream or greek yogurt to the mix makes them less dry.
Brandy Powell says
Made these today. FANTASTIC!!
Alexander says
Could have been my protein mix which I drink daily but these tastes straight bad. It was hard to gut one down this morning. Dry, flavorless with that dry protein aftertaste
Eliza says
Do you think a plant based protein powder would work? I am not one for whey protein and I use plant based, but really want to try these waffles!
jenniferbanz says
Yes, but make sure it is a protein powder you like the taste of!
Julie says
I used a plant based protein, but I used more water
Maria says
I don’t have a waffle iron. Could I make a pancake instead? Thanks.
jenniferbanz says
yep! That works too!
Kathi says
I just made this with Gnarly vanilla protein powder and they are great. I just got a Dash mini waffle maker and I was able to get 6 mini waffles from this recipe. Thanks so much!
Carlette Winfrey says
The GNC total lean shake protein powder shake is excellent-French vanilla. My son came downstairs said who are you making a cake for? I made 3 thick waffles in my mini Dash waffle maker. I’m going to cut them in half and make a breakfast sandwich.
Brenda says
I made these this morning g for breakfast and they are FABULOUS! The batter was very thick at first but I just kept adding water 1 tbsp at a time until I got a waffle consistency. I got two perfect waffles out if the batch. Added some chopped pecans before closing the waffle maker, buttered them and used Walden Farms SF maple syrup. Best Keto breakfast I’ve had in a long time! Thanks. This is a keeper.
Ang says
1/2 cup was way too much! We don’t have a scoop and this was like play doh.
jenniferbanz says
Did you use the recommended protein powder?
Andrea Les says
Can you modify the recipe using the premier protein shake instead of powder? Just curious how that may work?
jenniferbanz says
I don't think that would work
Shanah says
Have you substituted egg whites for the whole egg? Looking to cut the fat.
jenniferbanz says
You could definitely do that
Auguste says
I am willing to blame my protein powder but these tasted like sweet vanilla cardboard... very dry and hard, couldn’t even be saved by the chocolate syrup.
I used Muscle Feast Whey protein Isolate. Next time maybe will try Pea protein powder
Rose says
I tried this recipe today and I’m in LOVE!! I use an unsweetened Organic plant based Protein. It is the best one I have ever had. I did tweak the measurements a little with the protein by adding 2 Scoops instead of one and no salt. The consistency was perfect. I have a small waffle iorn and it made three perfect waffles! I was good for 5 hrs! It’s a grate way to change it up from shake form! Can’t wait to try some fresh diced fruit next time! The possibility are endless.
Linda Travis says
I just tried this with Body Fortress chocolate protein powder, and that was very tasty too! A little dry, but that might be fixed by cutting down the cooking time just a little (I cooked it 1 minute less than usual, but I suspect I could have decreased it more), and maybe topping it with butter, which I don't generally use on my waffles. I also tried adding raisins, which added quite a nice flavor and a little "chew," but the batter is so thin that it would probably be better to sprinkle raisins, nuts, whatever on top of the batter in the griddle once you've got it poured. Mixed into the bowl, the raisins all sank to the bottom of the batter and came out pretty much all at the same time. So my husband got almost all the raisins!
Susan Shepherd says
What do you consider a scoop? I saw in another comment someone said it was a half scoop, but my scoop is more like a quarter cup.
Contessa Shaw says
sorry I am looking to buy my protein powder in bulk.. how much is a scoop?
jenniferbanz says
1/2 cup
Susan Shepherd says
My scoop looks more like a 1/4 cup
jenniferbanz says
I use 1/2 cup
Lily says
Thank you for this idea using protein for waffles and your pudding was delicious
jenniferbanz says
Thank you, Lily!
Jillian says
I loved how simple these waffles were to whip up. Definitely will be making them again!
Justine Howell says
OMG so good and perfect when I am out of mix!!