1. They literally have built in compartments for syrup.

They’re like the Container Store of breakfast foods—an organized girl’s dream.

2. You can make them into actually identifiable shapes.

You know that pancake masterpiece that you saw on Pinterest where they cooked the batter for different times to make that cute Disney character? Just face it, you wouldn’t be able to do that if you went to art and culinary school simultaneously for ten years. Side note: I actually own this waffle maker and it makes bomb ass circus animals.

3. You don’t have to go through all that flipping nonsense.

Waffle makers cook both sides of the batter at the same time, making them easier for your sleep deprived self to make in the morning.

5. They also beep or flash lights when done cooking...

which is more than I can say for a pancake griddle (who wants an uncooked center or a blackened edge? Not this breakfast connoisseur).

6. They’re fluffier and they just taste better.

7. Plus they’re much prettier to look at.

Pancakes just look like the clouds you tried to draw when you were in elementary school.

8. You can use waffle makers to make so many waffle shaped foods!

There’s pizza waffles, hash brown waffles, quesadilla waffles, cinnamon roll waffles, leftover mashed potato waffles, cake batter waffles, brownie waffles, etc.

There are limitless possibilities for waffle uses.

There’s waffle tacos, waffle sandwiches, and best of all number nine on this list…

9. The dish is chicken and waffles, not chicken and pancakes.

10. And most importantly, because Leslie Knope says so.