In January, TikTok user @shantellxoxo went viral for sharing a Waffle house menu hack that combines two popular menu items into a large waffle sandwich.
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Those eager to try the waffle sandwich had one of two options. They could follow Shantelle’s instructions on how to order it. Or they could learn how to make the recipe from TikTok user @yungclevero who claims to know the original WH sandwich.
“Everybody wanna talk about this damn waffle sandwich,” he says. “Waffle sandwich this, waffle sandwich that…I’m tired of hearing [it]…Imma show you how to make it.”
What is the Waffle House waffle sandwich recipe?
In the now-deleted video, the creator began by laying seven strips of bacon onto the grill as his meat of choice.
“I think the one I seen was sausage…I wanna do bacon,” he says. After the bacon was cooked, he cut the strips into smaller pieces.
He explains that employees typically just put meat on the sandwich. However, he says he’s going to add bacon to the waffle mix.
“Set your time for 3 minutes so you don’t burn those motherf*ckers up,” he says as he puts the waffle batter in.
Next, he scrambles eggs as he believes that you have to have eggs to make it a sandwich. Once everything was cooked, he assembled the sandwich.
“Put your waffle down, get your cheese eggs, spread it out, get your bacon, lay it on,” he says. “Boom, waffle sandwich.”
“That looks bomb,” the woman filming the creator says.
Some users in the comments section claimed that this isn’t the viral hack while others shared their thoughts on substitutions.
“Cleanest and quietest Waffle House I’ve ever seen,” one user said.
“Waffle House cooks are the backbone of this nation. Now I’m hungry,” another commented.
“Substitute the eggs for hash browns and we really got something,” a third user said.
According to the Waffle House site, this particular waffle sandwich is not on the menu. All of the sandwiches listed use toast rather than waffles as the bun.
“Now Imma tell y’all this sh*t ain’t on the menu even tho y’all swear it is!” the caption said.
In a second video, @yungclevero made another sandwich that was requested in the comments section of his original video.
“So look man, y’all on my case talkin’ about how that ain’t the Waffle House sandwich…talkin’ about that ain’t how it’s supposed to be did,” he says. “Well here you go.”
In this rendition of the sandwich, the creator used cheesesteak and onions, hash browns, and waffles.
Users in the comments section are satisfied while others shared suggestions.
“If it was me, I’d be putting chili and gravy but that’s me,” one user said.
“You forgot the bacon this time sir but that’ll do,” another commented.
“Missing the egg though,” a third user pointed out.
Waffle House bans the TikTok sandwich hack
It didn’t take long before Waffle House employees got tired of making the viral sandwich hack.
A sign that reads “Order from the menu! We’re not making nothing you’ve seen on TikTok (no waffle sandwiches!)” was posted inside the window of a Waffle House location.
The Daily Dot reached out to Waffle House via email and @yungclevero via TikTok comment.
