Copycat Choco Taco
Homemade pizzelle shells shaped like tacos, in the style of the classic Choco Taco. YIELDS: 5 - PREP: 10 mins - TOTAL TIME: 15 mins.
⏱️ Prep: 10 min🍳 Cook: 5 min🍽️ Makes 5
Ingredients
| 3 | eggs | |
| ¾ cup | 180 ml | granulated sugar |
| ½ cup | 120 ml | butter, melted |
| 2 teaspoons | 10 ml | lemon or orange zest |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml | vanilla |
| 1 ⅓ cup | 320 ml | flour |
| ¼ cup | 60 ml | whole wheat pastry flour |
| 2 teaspoons | 10 ml | baking powder |
| ¼ teaspoon | 1.3 ml | salt |
Instructions
- Heat your pizzelle iron. Mine took almost 10 minutes, so get this started while you are making the batter.
- Mix flours, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- Zest your lemons.
- Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla, and continue to beat. Next is the melted butter. Last up is the flour mixture. flour this in carefully to not over mix.
- Let the batter sit for an hour to hydrate the ingredients.
- If the iron is heated, drop by the tablespoon onto the griddle. Close and let cook. Check it occasionally to see if it is cooked to the desired color.
- It will take about 20 seconds to 1 minute, depending on your iron.
- You can eat these just like they are, or dusted with flour. They are also good with lemon curd, berries, ice cream, whip cream, etc.