Last weekend I made Hello Kitty waffles– because waffles taste better when they are shaped like Hello Kitty! =)

I've loved Hello Kitty for as long as I can remember.  Ever since getting my first set of Hello Kitty trinkets: a hairbrush, coin purse, and mini notebooks.  I don't remember who gave me the gift, but I still have them to this day.  My obsession with Hello Kitty was recently renewed when I attended the 35th Anniversary of Hello Kitty exhibit at Three Apples.

After discovering that there is a Hello Kitty waffle maker that makes perfectly shaped Hello Kitty waffles, I had to get one!  The waffle maker makes four small waffles at a time: two Hello Kitty ones, and her friend My Melody and Tenorikuma (I think that's the bear character). I purchased my waffle maker from ebay. This is what the waffle iron looks like:

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On one side is the face, and the other side is the traditional gridmarks of waffles. I originally wanted to make an original waffle batter to test out my machine, but didn't have enough time to whip any up.  So I used a Belgium waffle mix.

The waffle iron works great.  Each set of waffles came out perfectly (except for the first batch, shown above, when I was still trying to figure out the waffle maker).  The only thing was that they were hard to remove, so the faces sometimes got squished when I was prying them off the waffle maker.  I sprayed the grids with oil, but they were still hard to get off.

Now there are so many possibilities.  Perhaps I'll make some Hello Kitty moffles next?