1. Festive Hot Coffee Masala
Yield: Makes 2 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water.
- 2 cumin seeds, or to taste.
- 1 whole star anise pod.
- 1/2 cinnamon stick.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee granules.
- 2 teaspoons nonfat dry milk powder.
- 2 teaspoons white sugar.
To Make:
In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil, and stir in the cumin seeds, star anise pod, and cinnamon stick; reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in the instant coffee, and allow the drink to simmer gently for 2 more minutes.
Pour the drink into mugs, straining out the spices, and stir 1 teaspoon of nonfat dry milk powder and 1 teaspoon of white sugar into each mug.
2. Aromatic Coffee Flavored Kisses Drink
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces hot black coffee.
- 1 ounce Chambord raspberry liquor.
- 1 ounce bailey’s irish cream.
- sugar.
- whipped cream.
To Make:
Brew the coffee.
Mix the Chambord raspberry liqueur and Bailey’s irish cream into the coffee.
Sweeten with sugar to taste, and top with whipped cream.
3. Delectable Calypso Coffee
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 1 fluid ounce rum.
- 1 fluid ounce crème de cacao liqueur.
- 8 fluid ounces hot brewed coffee.
To Make:
Pour rum and liquor into a mug.
Fill mug to the top with coffee.
4. Fragrant Hot Mocha Drink Mix
Yield: Makes 66 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup white sugar.
- 1 cup dry milk powder.
- 1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer.
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa.
- 1/4 cup instant coffee granules.
To Make:
In a large bowl, combine sugar, milk powder, creamer, cocoa and instant coffee.
Mix together until well blended.
Store in a sealed container.
To serve, Heat a cup of water per serving (or milk, for a creamier taste.)
Stir in 2 to 3 heaping teaspoons of cocoa mixture.
5. Luscious Pumpkin Pie Hot Chocolate Coffee Drink
Yield: Makes 1-2 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cocoa powder.
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons sugar.
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pumpkin spice.
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- 1⁄8 teaspoon almond extract.
- 4 1⁄2 cups milk (I use soy milk because I’m lactose-intolerant so either will work).
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee powder.
To Make:
For Microwave:
Stir ingredients together as well as you can in a large microwavable cup.
Microwave cup with ingredients in this order (stirring in between): 25 sec., 35 sec., 15 sec.
For Stovetop:
Heat up milk in 2 quart sauce pan on medium-low.
When milk is warm, add liquids.
Stir.
Add all the dry ingredients, but start with the cocoa powder and whisk constantly to get all the clumps out.
When desired temperature is reached, pour into mug and drink!
6. Incredible Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Coffee
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh brewed decaffeinated coffee.
- 1 (3/4 ounce) single-serving envelope hot chocolate powder.
- 1 tablespoon marshmallow whip (or marshmallow crème).
- 1 dash cinnamon (optional).
To Make:
Stir together the coffee and hot chocolate; mix until blended.
Top with the marshmallow whip. Add a dash of cinnamon if desired.
Serve hot.
7. Devil May Care Bailey’s Sundae Coffee Drink
Yield: Makes 6 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 12 cups brewed coffee.
- 1 pint French vanilla ice cream.
- 12 fluid ounces Irish cream liqueur.
To Make:
Brew 12 cups of coffee.
While the coffee is brewing, fill each cup with a scoop of ice cream.
Be sure to use large cups (the oversized types you get at coffee houses are best).
Top each scoop of ice cream with just enough Irish cream so that the ice cream looks lightly coated.
When the coffee is brewed, pour it so that each cup is filled up about halfway. It is then up to each individual to add more Irish cream, half-and-half, or sugar to suit his/her taste.
8. Chirpy Hot Cinnamon Coffee
Yield: Makes 2 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons instant coffee powder (I use Nescafe Classic).
- 3⁄4 cup skim milk.
- 1⁄2 cup water.
- 1⁄8-1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon.
To Make:
Mix the milk and water together in a pot and heat on a low flame.
As the mixture just starts to boil, add the coffee powder and stir.
Bring to a boil and switch off burner.
Add cinnamon, stir, and pour into two small cups to serve.
9. Dynamic Kids’ “Coffee”
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 3⁄4 cup boiling water.
- 1 tablespoon molasses.
- 1⁄4 cup milk or 1⁄4 cup half-and-half or 1⁄4 cup soymilk.
To Make:
Boil the water and pour into a mug.
Add the molasses and stir until dissolved.
Add milk or half-and-half.
You may use more or less milk as desired.
10. Snappy Gingerbread Coffee
Yield: Makes 6 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup molasses.
- 1/4 cup brown sugar.
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger.
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
- 6 cups hot brewed coffee.
- 1 cup half-and-half cream.
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves.
- 1 1/2 cups sweetened whipped cream.
To Make:
In a small bowl, mix together the molasses, brown sugar, baking soda, ginger and cinnamon until well blended.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.
Add about a 1/4 cup of coffee to each cup, then stir in about a tablespoon of the spice mixture until dissolved.
Fill cup to within an inch of the top with coffee.
Stir in half and half to taste, then garnish with whipped cream and a light dusting of cloves.
11. Stimulating Hot Tiramisu Drink
Yield: Makes 4 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 1⁄4 cup mascarpone cheese.
- 2 tablespoons cream, heavy.
- 3⁄4 cup milk.
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for garnish.
- 1⁄4 cup coffee, black.
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup, plus more for garnish.
- whipping cream, for garnish.
- instant coffee, for garnish.
- 1 tablespoon chocolate chips, for garnish.
To Make:
In a medium saucepan, whisk together the mascarpone cheese and the heavy cream.
Add the milk and heat on low to medium heat, stirring frequently until heated through and completely smooth.
Add the unsweetened cocoa powder to the mixture and stir again for 5 minutes, or until the cocoa completely dissolves.
Pour hot coffee into each serving cup – the coffee should fill only the bottom quarter of the cup.
Pour the chocolate/cheese mixture over the top of the coffee.
Add the maple syrup and stir until completely mixed.
Garnish with whipping cream, a splash of maple syrup, a sprinkle of coffee, a dusting of cocoa powder and a few chocolate chips.
Serve immediately, for authenticity, serve with a lady finger on the side.
12. Tasty Amaretto Coffee
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces hot coffee.
- 1 1⁄2 ounces Amaretto.
- whipped cream (optional).
To Make:
Pour amaretto into mug.
Add coffee.
Top with whipped cream if desired.
13. Tempting Viennexican Coffee
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup hot brewed coffee.
- 3 tablespoons whole milk.
- 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar.
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder.
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract.
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves.
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg.
To Make:
Stir coffee, milk, cream, brown sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, orange extract, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg together in a large mug until smooth.
14. Wholesome Single Serve Hot Coffee Chocolate, Fast!
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 3⁄4 cup water.
- 1⁄4 cup nonfat dry milk powder.
- 2 tablespoons non-dairy coffee creamer.
- 2 tablespoons nesquik instant chocolate drink mix.
To Make:
Put all ingredients into a mug and stir (If you have any lumps in your powders, it’s much easier to break them up when they’re dry).
Microwave up to 2 minutes, or until hot.
Stir vigorously to completely mix dry ingredients into water.
(Optional) Top with your favorite hot chocolate extras like whipped cream, peppermint sticks, marshmallows, whatever! Enjoy!
15. Relishing Canadian Coffee
Yield: Makes 4 Servings.
Ingredients:
Topping:
- 3⁄4 cup whipping cream.
- 4 teaspoons pure maple syrup.
Coffee:
- 1⁄4 cup pure maple syrup.
- 1⁄2 cup whiskey.
- 3 cups hot black coffee (double-strength).
To Make:
For topping Whip cream with maple syrup just up until soft mounds; set aside.
For coffee Divide maple syrup and whiskey among 4 warmed heat proof glass mugs or goblets.
Pour in coffee to 1 inch of top; spoon topping over coffee. Serve!
16. Rich Creole Coffee
Yield: Makes 1 Serving.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup hot brewed coffee with chicory.
- 1 tablespoon molasses.
- 1 tablespoon half and half, or more to taste.
To Make:
Pour coffee into a large mug; stir in the molasses and half-and-half cream until smooth.
17. Ambrosial Sugar Free Orange Mocha Coffee (Mock Starbucks Mocha Valencia) Mix
Yield: Makes 20 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 1 (13 7/8 ounce) can swiss miss no-sugar-added hot chocolate mix.
- 1 (1/4 ounce) container of crystal light sunrise classic sugar-free orange drink mix milk, to taste.
- 5 -8 ounces coffee.
To Make:
Mix the dry ingredients well.
Add 1-2 heaping tablespoons to hot coffee.
Mix.
Add a splash of milk or cream if desired.
18. Exquisite Vanilla Coffee
Yield: Makes 12 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 1 1⁄2 cups powdered coffee creamer.
- 1 cup dry hot chocolate powder.
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg.
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar.
- 1⁄2 cup instant coffee crystals.
- 1 tablespoon vanilla powder.
To Make:
Mix all ingredients together and place in cellophane bags.
When ready to use, put 2-4 T. in a mug of boiling water and enjoy.
19. Savory Rated G Mexican Coffee
Yield: Makes 6 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 6 cups water.
- 1/4 cup brown sugar.
- 1 (3 inch) cinnamon stick.
- 1 whole clove.
- 1/2 cup ground coffee beans.
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
- 1/4 cup chocolate syrup.
- 1 cup whipped cream.
To Make:
Bring the water, sugar, cinnamon, and clove to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat.
Stir until the sugar has dissolved, then remove from the heat, stir in the coffee grounds, cover, and steep for 5 minutes.
Stir in the vanilla and chocolate syrup, then strain through several layers of cheesecloth to remove the coffee grounds and spices.
Serve with a dollop of whipped cream.
20. Mouthwatering Crock Pot Mocha Coffee Hot Spot
Yield: Makes 8 Servings.
Ingredients:
- 8 cups brewed coffee.
- 1⁄2 cup sweetened instant chocolate drink mix.
- 1⁄4 cup powdered coffee creamer.
- 1⁄2 cup Kahlua or 1⁄2 cup Tia Maria.
- whipped cream (optional).
- grated chocolate.
To Make:
In a crock pot, combine the coffee, chocolate drink powder, coffee whitener and liqueur; stir well.
Cover and cook on Low for at least 3 hours, until hot.
Pour into mugs and garnish with whipped cream and chocolate, if desired.