Coconut Lime Waffles with a Gooey Coconut Syrup

I love the fresh taste of limes and I had some limes on hand that I wanted to use up. So, when I ran across a recipe for coconut lime waffles from Coconut and Lime blog, I had to try them out. They were so enjoyable and fresh tasting. When I ran across the waffle recipe, I thought that they would be even more enjoyable with a coconut syrup drizzled over the top. I searched online for a recipe but I couldn't find one that I liked. So, I decided to concoct my own instead. The syrup was so gooey and tasty. Doesn't the picture below with the syrup oozing off the waffles just make you want to lick your computer screen? Ha ha.

Here is the finished product...and now on to the recipes so you can try them out for your next fancy breakfast.

Coconut and Lime Waffles
From Coconut and Lime
About 3 servings

1 cup flour
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons sweetened coconut
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon lime zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 t. salt
1 egg

Whisk together the flour, sugar, coconut, baking powder, salt and zest in a medium sized bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, oil, vanilla and milk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir to combine. Use the directions that came with your waffle iron to finish making your waffles.

Gooey Coconut Syrup
Created by Me

1/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
2 T. sweetened cream of coconut (not coconut milk)
2 T. butter
pinch salt
1 t. vanilla extrct

Place water and sugar in a pan on medium heat to create a syrup. Stir occasionally.
Once it's reduced by roughly half and is a syrupy consistency, stir in cream of coconut, butter, and salt. Stir until butter is melted and reduce to medium low heat. Heat for 1-2 minutes longer and remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour immediately over pancakes, waffles or any other foods you like to pour syrup over. (Syrup may start to harden—if it does, you can just reheat it in the microwave for about 30 minutes.)