I’ll be comparing the Eggo Grab & Go Liege Buttery Maple and Strawberry Waffles in this article. I will discuss the ingredients and nutritional facts of both flavors. The size of these liege waffles is about the same size as other Eggo waffle flavors or the waffles made by a Dash mini Eggo style waffle iron.
I always found making frozen Eggo waffles in my toaster much easier than trying to make my own Eggo waffles from scratch at home. These Eggo waffles are twice as thick as Waffle House waffles and their diameter is about 3 inches shorter.
On Apr 12, 2022, for the first time in Kellogg’s history, they started selling frozen Eggo Liege-style waffles that look and taste like the Belgian liege waffles sold by Belgium street vendors.
Each Belgian liege waffle is made from brioche dough, which is enriched dough. Enriched dough is very similar to bread dough because both contain flour, water, yeast, and salt. However, unlike bread dough, the enriched dough also contains eggs, butter, sugar, milk, and cream, which means the finished product will taste rich and buttery.
It might be strange to some people that each Belgian liege waffle does not have the typical circular shape of the other varieties of Eggo waffles. It looks more like a small rectangle with rounded edges.
One difference between liege and American-style waffles is that Belgian liege waffles are made with a yeast-leavened dough while American-style waffles are made with a batter that is leavened with baking powder. The yeast-leavened dough is coated with pearl sugar, which is a very coarse sugar, that caramelizes on the waffle’s exterior to create a crunchy, sweet exterior.
Eggo Grab & Go Liege Waffles are also the first waffles that Eggo sells that you do not have to prepare with a toaster. Instead, you can eat each individually wrapped waffle at room temperature after you let each frozen waffle thaw in about an hour. You can always speed things up by popping them into a toaster, air fryer, or microwave oven.
These waffles are called ‘Grab & Go’ because they are really convenient and there is very little mess involved so busy parents and their children won’t have to skip breakfast anymore because, with these Grab & Go waffles, parents will no longer have to spend too much time preparing breakfast for themselves and their kids. These waffles would be ideal to eat while you are commuting to work or carpooling.
These waffles are convenient and mess-free because you do not have to spend any time using a toaster or any other appliance to prepare them and you don’t have to put any messy toppings on them since they already contain maple and other natural flavors.
Although these waffles do not contain any artificial colors or flavors, they are not very nutritious because they have a lot more calories and added sugar than any of their other flavors.
Another bad thing about these waffles is that they only come in two flavors: Buttery Maple and Strawberry.
Eggo Grab & Go Liege Waffles are available at grocery stores nationwide including Safeway and Kroger. They are available in a box of 4 individually wrapped waffles for a suggested retail price of $5.99 or a box of 12 for a suggested retail price of $12.99.
Table of Contents
- 1 What are Liege waffles?
- 2 Differences between Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry Liege Waffles
- 3 Ingredients for Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry Liege Waffles
- 4 Nutritional Information for Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple Flavored and Strawberry Liege Waffles
- 5 Calories
- 6 Fat
- 7 Sugar
- 8 Total Carbohydrates, Cholesterol, Sodium, Protein
- 9 Calcium and Iron
What are Liege waffles?
The two most popular types of waffles in Belgium are Brussels and Liege waffles. I ate several of these waffles and noticed many differences between these two types of Belgian waffles. I thought that each Liege waffle was much sweeter because it was filled with little clumps of pearl sugar embedded throughout the entire structure of the buttery waffle dough while each Brussels waffle was only sprinkled with icing sugar.
Brussels waffles have a rectangular shape with sharp edges while Liege waffles have a smaller rectangular shape with rounded edges. Liege waffles are denser than Brussels waffles because Liege waffles are made with brioche dough, which is similar to bread dough except for the addition of eggs, butter, sugar, milk, and cream, while Brussels waffles are made with a yeast-leavened batter, making them lighter, fluffier, and crispier. Since Brussels waffles are fluffier, they also have deeper pockets.
Differences between Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry Liege Waffles
The only difference between Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry Liege Waffles is the natural flavors that were used to give each variety of Liege waffle their distinct flavor.
Each variety of Eggo Liege waffle has the same amount of calories, sugar, carbohydrates, sodium, and saturated fat.
Ingredients for Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry Liege Waffles
| Ingredients | Eggo Grab & Go Liege Buttery Maple Waffles | Eggo Grab & Go Liege Strawberry Waffles |
|---|---|---|
| wheat flour | Yes | Yes |
| real butter (cream, salt), pearl sugar, sugar, water, eggs, invert sugar, nonfat milk | Yes | Yes |
| contains 2% or less of modified corn starch | Yes | Yes |
| dried strawberries, dried cranberries | No | Yes |
| salt, yeast, glycerin, soy lecithin, natural flavors | Yes | Yes |
The biggest differences between the Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry liege waffles are that only the Strawberry liege waffles are made with dried strawberries and cranberries. Both Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry liege waffles are made with wheat flour, butter (cream, salt), pearl sugar, water, eggs, invert sugar, sugar, nonfat milk, contains 2% or less of modified corn starch, natural flavors, salt, yeast, glycerin, and soy lecithin. There are also differences in the amount of each ingredient that is used.
Eggo Grab & Go liege waffles are one of the few Eggo products that use yeast instead of baking soda to leaven the batter. The yeast gives the batter more lift, making the waffle ‘a thick Belgian’ instead of a much thinner American-style waffle.
Nutritional Information for Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple Flavored and Strawberry Liege Waffles
| Nutritional Information | Eggo Grab & Go Liege Buttery Maple Waffles | Eggo Grab & Go Liege Strawberry Waffles |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 230 calories | 230 calories |
| Total Fat | 10 grams | 10 grams |
| Saturated Fat | 6 grams | 6 grams |
| Trans Fat | 0 grams | 0 grams |
| Cholesterol | 60 milligrams | 60 milligrams |
| Sodium | 200 milligrams | 200 milligrams |
| Total Carbohydrate | 30 grams | 30 grams |
| Dietary Fiber | < 1 gram | < 1 gram |
| Total Sugars | 13 grams | 13 grams |
| Added Sugars | 11 grams | 11 grams |
| Protein | 5 grams | 5 grams |
| Vitamin D | 0.2 micrograms | 0.2 micrograms |
| Calcium | 20 milligrams | 20 milligrams |
| Iron | 0.4 milligrams | 0.4 milligrams |
| Potassium | 70 milligrams | 70 milligrams |
Calories
Each Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry Belgian liege waffle weighs 55 grams and contains 230 calories. These waffles contain more calories than any other type of Eggo waffle. The calories mainly come from butter, pearl sugar, invert sugar, and nonfat milk. The number of calories in each waffle should not surprise anyone considering that butter and pearl sugar are the second and third most prevalent ingredients used to make these waffles.
Fat
Each Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry liege waffle contains the same amount of total, saturated, and trans fat – 10 grams of total fat which is 13% of the daily recommended value, 6 grams of saturated fat which is 30% of the daily recommended value, and 0 grams of trans fat.
Sugar
Each Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry Belgian liege waffle contains the same amount of total and added sugars – 13 grams of total sugars and 11 grams of added sugars which makes up 26% of the daily recommended value of added sugar.
Total Carbohydrates, Cholesterol, Sodium, Protein
Each Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry waffle contains the same amount of total carbohydrates, cholesterol, sodium, and protein – 30 grams of total carbohydrates which makes up 11% of the daily recommended value, 60 milligrams of total cholesterol which makes up 20% of the daily recommended value, 200 milligrams of sodium which makes up 9% of the daily recommended value, and 5 grams of protein.
Calcium and Iron
Each Eggo Grab & Go Buttery Maple and Strawberry waffle contains the same amount of calcium and iron – 20 milligrams of calcium and 0.4 milligrams of iron which are both only 2% of the daily recommended value.
