Win A Year of Groceries in "Use Up The Box" Contest

Creative cooks everywhere still have time to enter the Hungry Jack Use Up the Box Recipe Contest through October 23, 2012 at www.useupthebox.com. You can  submit original recipes in the Breakfast for Dinner, Appetizers and Sweet Treats categories that use pantry staples such as Hungry Jack pancake mix, syrup, and/or potatoes as ingredients. The grand prize is a  year’s worth of groceries (ARV: $8,000).

To give you an idea of what they’re looking for,  Hungry Jack has developed some recipes such as this one for  Chocolate Waffles with Bacon Caramel Syrup. 

CHOCOLATE WAFFLES

3/4 cup water

1/4 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil

1  large egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 (7 oz.) packet Hungry Jack® Easy Pack™ Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix

or 1 (7 oz.) packet Hungry Jack® Easy Pack™ Pillsbury® Funfetti® Buttermilk Pancake Mix

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

3 tbsps. sugar

Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray

CARAMEL SYRUP

1/4 cup Hungry Jack® Original Syrup

3/4 cup Smucker’s® Sundae Syrup™ Caramel Flavored Syrup

Whipped cream

Ground cinnamon

1/4 cup diced cooked bacon

               

For Waffles: HEAT waffle iron according to manufacturer’s directions.    

WHISK water, oil, egg and vanilla in large bowl. Stir in pancake mix, cocoa and sugar until evenly moistened. Allow to stand 1 minute.

COAT waffle iron with no-stick cooking spray. Pour 1/4 cup batter for each waffle into waffle iron. Bake 4 to 5 minutes or until done. Repeat to make a total of 10 4-inch waffles.

For Caramel Syrup: WHISK together original syrup and caramel syrup in small bowl. Drizzle 1 tablespoon on serving plates. Cut 2 waffles in half diagonally to make 4 triangles. Arrange on top of syrup. Top with additional caramel syrup, whipped cream, a sprinkle of cinnamon and bacon pieces. Repeat to make additional servings.

CARAMEL DE LECHE CHOCOLATE WAFFLES

TOP waffles with a scoop of caramel de leche ice cream. Omit bacon.