Saturday, December 6, 2025

The Genius Files: Will It Waffle?

Today's genius teen programming idea comes from Rebecca Van Dan at Eager Free Public Library... 

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Will It Waffle?! 

Based on the eponymous book, Will It Waffle by Daniel Shumski, Rebecca asked her Teen Advisory Board for ideas on what they wanted to try to waffle. 

Here's what Rebecca had to say... "The teens suggested some weirder things that didn't turn out, but it was still fun to experiment. We had 2 waffle irons going: one for savory, one for sweet. The book had some good recommendations to make some of the gooey stuff work like adding panko bread crumbs to the mac and cheese before waffling.  

The teens did suggest some things that would have been super messy—for 2 things that would have been super gooey, I responded they were welcome to try it, but then they'd be in charge of cleaning the waffle maker afterwards. (That made them brainstorm ideas how they could alter the recipe to be not so messy.)  They absolutely LOVED this program!"

If you have any additional questions on this fun program, feel free to email Rebecca!

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