Easy 3-Ingredient Banana Mochi Waffles Recipe (Gluten-Free & Vegan) - All Purpose Veggies (2024)

In my world, mochi and breakfast are obviously made for each other. This 3-ingredient banana mochi waffles (moffles) are chewy and sweet, and so easy to make, too! Gluten-free, vegan, and even sugar free, these banana mochi waffles can be made in probably under 10 minutes. Be sure to use ripe bananas on this one since it's what replaces the sugar in this recipe. You can also add some chocolate chips, raisins or some nuts and seeds to make these waffles interesting.

Here's why I love this recipe

• no-bake
• easy to prepare
• only 3 ingredients
• high-fiber
• sugar free

Ingredients Used to Make Banana Mochi Waffles / Moffles

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• Glutinous Rice Flour - this goes by many names. You'll see Glutinous Rice Flour and Mochiko Flour (my favorite brand) in Asian grocery stores, and Sweet White Rice Flour in most other stores. ***Please note that regular white rice flour or brown rice flour is NOT the same thing as glutinous rice flour!!!

Bananas - best if ripe. It's what makes this recipe sugar-free, since the bananas add the natural sweetness to the waffles.

Baking Powder - this helps the mochi waffles to puff up! If you prefer a denser mochi texture, you can also leave this ingredient out.

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How to Make

Recipe Variations and Optional Add Ins:

• Add a scoop of peanut butter, almond butter or other nut or seed butter.
• The mashed bananas in this recipe can be substituted with other fruit purees like strawberry puree, blueberry puree as well as mashed sweet potatoes.
• You can add different flavorings to the mochi dough before cooking, like vanilla extract, chocolate chips or lemon zest.
• *NEW* banana mochi pancakes recipe, link below!

Note on Substitutions

Can I use regular rice flour instead of glutinous rice flour?

The short answer is no. Glutinous white rice flour is different from regular white rice flour in that it has a sticky, supple, chewy texture when cooked. When steamed and pounded, it becomes the “mochi” we know and love. Regular rice flour, on the other hand, is more like wheat flour that is best suited for baking.

How to Store Banana Mochi Waffles / Moffles

• The mochi waffles can be kept covered at room temperature for up to 24 hours. For longer storage, I would freeze the waffles in a plastic freezer bag or an airtight container, then microwave 30-40 seconds when ready to eat.
• I do not recommend storing these waffles in the fridge since mochi usually tend to develop a weird waxy, hard texture when stored in the fridge. So eat within a day or freeze for best results.

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