There are three main types of breakfast waffles:

Belgian: Also known as a Brussels waffle, it’s light and crispy but with deep ridges and leavened with yeast.

American: A waffle that’s been leavened with baking powder instead of yeast.

Liege: Also invented in Belgium (but predating the Belgian waffle), the Liege is made with a yeast-based dough and is softer, denser, and due to a carmelized sugar coating, sweeter.