Pumpkin Cheesecake Waffles

📖 Recipe Card

🛒 Waffle Batter

• 1 cup spice cake mix
• ½ cup pumpkin purée — not pie filling
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter or oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• Pinch of salt

❤️ Cheesecake Topping

• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2–3 tablespoons milk, as needed

🍳 Directions

1. Whisk cake mix, pumpkin, egg, milk, melted butter, vanilla, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt together.
2. Stir until combined. The batter will be thick.
3. Preheat and lightly grease your waffle maker.
4. Cook batter according to your waffle maker's instructions until golden and crisp.
5. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk to make a smooth cheesecake topping.
6. Top warm waffles with cheesecake topping.
7. Add caramel or maple syrup and crushed graham crackers or vanilla wafers if desired.