Creamy Boozy Iced Coffee – This is the fastest and easiest method way to make iced coffee that I’ve tried, and I’ve tried plenty. As long as you keep a stash of chilled coffee in your fridge, you can make a smooth, creamy, rich, and fancy-tasting drink in just one minute.
I love iced coffee so much that I can’t even order it from a coffee shop unless I wanted to go broke.
I can slam a $4 drink in 14 seconds.
It’s better for my wallet that I make my own iced coffee at home.
Plus, at home I can add booze.
I’ve never understood the mystique behind iced coffee and why people are so impressed, yet intimated by it.
Like Chocolate Chip Cookies, there are so many different recipes and ways to make it. Yet in the end, they all taste fairly similar. The difference is that some of them seem ridiculously complicated and labor-intensive.
My method is extremely fast and easy. Brew a pot coffee. Drink whatever hot coffee you want. Take the leftover and pour it into a jar or pitcher and refrigerate it. You can also pour some into ice cube trays for coffee ice cubes.
I always keep a stash of chilled coffee in my fridge and when I’m ready for an iced coffee, I simply pour it over ice and stir in cream and sweetener.
I also added Frangelico. It’s a liqueur made with toasted hazelnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, cocoa and vanilla extract. The flavor profile is right up my alley. You’d be hard pressed to find a dessert recipe of mine that doesn’t use at least one, or three or four, or those elements.
It’s so well-suited for adding a splash of it to coffee. You can add it to warm coffee of course, but at this time of year, iced coffee is especially tasty. Then again, I drink steaming hot coffee in July and iced coffee in January. Coffee knows no seasons.
There’s a recipe for Iced Coffee on Frangelico’s site, but it’s made with espresso, but not everyone has an espresso maker.
Instead I used Dark Sumatra coffee, courtesy of the Trader.
The drink is creamy, sweet enough, and the flavor of the hazelnuts in the Frangelico shines.
There are hints of cocoa in Frangelico, and I played that up and added dark chocolate shavings to the drink. Feel free to add a squirt of chocolate syrup. Take any excuse to work in more chocolate into your life.
I don’t normally add whipped cream to coffee but this was a special occasion so I went for it. The creamier the better. I’m that person who likes a little coffee with my cream.
It’s smooth, tastes luxurious and fancy, but it’s so fast and easy. It’s truly the 1 minute iced coffee.
It goes down so fast and easy, too. It’s almost Friday of a holiday weekend. Cheers!
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Creamy Boozy Iced Coffee
Ingredients
- 6 ounces strong brewed coffee, well-chilled
- large handful of ice cubes. tip: freeze leftover coffee in ice cube trays for coffee ice cubes
- 1 ounce Frangelico
- 1 ounce half-and-half, or to taste (or cream, milk, flavored coffee creamer, non-dairy milk to keep vegan)
- sweetener to taste - sugar, stevia, vanilla stevia, or your favorite sweetener
- whipped topping, or whipped coconut cream to keep vegan, optional for garnishing
- pinch dark chocolate shavings, optional for garnishing
- squirt of chocolate syrup, optional
Instructions
- Brew coffee. Allow it to cool, and pour cooled coffee into a pitcher or large jar. Refrigerate until chilled; overnight is best. I always keep a stash of chilled coffee in the refrigerator.
- Add ice cubes to a large glass. Pour coffee over ice.
- Add Frangelico, half-and-half, sweetener, and stir to combine.
- Optionally, garnish with whipped topping, chocolate shavings, chocolate syrup. Serve immediately.
- Take care all ingredients used are suitable for your dietary needs. Drink is intended for those whom alcohol consumption is appropriate. Always drink responsibly.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Have you ever tried Frangelico? Coffee or iced coffee fan?
Looks delicious, love the chocolate shavings on top! – “I can slam a $4 drink in 14 seconds”- So right, me too, I always thought I was crazy but glad I’m not the only one! That’s the trouble with iced drinks!
They go down SO fast, yes!
Iced coffee is a staple for me in the summer, and I love this idea of boozing it up!
I love coffee in every form imaginable, hot, iced, frozen, in a shake, in a bowl, coffee yogurt. It’s probably one of my most favorite flavors next to gingersnap and chocolate.
I’ve been trying recently to replicate Starbuck’s coffee frappuccinos at home and haven’t had a lot of success. But I must forge on!
Gingersnap and chocolate…mmmm, two of mine, too! I love ginger/molasses, and those rich, robust flavors. I have tons of cookie recipes with those flavors, that I don’t bake only in the winter/pre-Xmas. I love them year round!
And SB’s Frapps. I dont really order their Frapps but I know there are tons of copycat recipes online for things like that.
I’m an iced coffee addict! Haha. I almost always make mine at home but it’s typically fairly mundane. Love the idea of adding a little somethin’ somethin’!
I’ve only tried one of those cold starbuck’s from a bottle things once – my sister had one and I took a sip. I wasn’t sold on it. So I’m not really sure how I feel about iced coffee. I might give it another try if you can email me this though ;-)
I don’t drink coffee, but this drink looks so good! I mean there is whipped cream involved! I think I need to start!
No! Don’t even start. It’s a bad little habit..but gosh, it tastes so good :)
Cheaper, easier, and boozy-sign me up! Starbucks seriously loves me because I’m a frequent buyer and consume entirely too many of their delicious drinks. I sometimes try to make it at home, but there is something about that little green straw that makes it taste better. Now that I have this boozy recipe, I think I can finally save some pennies and make my own! Awesome recipe!
Girl just think of all the MONEY you’ll save. Even if you only go there a few times a week, that’s like $15 bucks a week you’ll save. That’s $60 a month. That’s a cute new shirt or new dishes or whatever!
I love iced coffee. I drink it nearly every afternoon. I do the same with my leftover pot of coffee (if there is any leftover). Otherwise I use my Keurig to brew an extra cup just for iced coffee. And Frangelico? One of my favorite liquors!
I need to use my single serve coffee maker more…it’s just that it makes it HOT (as expected) which is fine if I want hot coffee…but that’s why my leftover refrigerated coffee always wins :)
Okay- I know this is going to sound lame/gross but have you had MickieD’s iced hazelnut coffee?? A friend of mine introduced me to it during a roadtrip I was trying not to fall asleep on (and for Mcdonalds its pretty yum)- but ANYWAYS this looks like a 10x better version!! I love hazelnut with my coffee and in the summertime iced? Yum yum yum! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve never had the McD hazelnut coffee but I do love love flavored Coffee-Mate, yes, I do. French Vanilla and Hazelnut are always on rotation! Good to know if I’m ever on a road trip and in a jam that the McD’s version is good!
There is nothing more wonderful than iced coffee on a hot summer day! Can’t wait to try this!
Yummm! The hubs and I love our coffee. We roast our own green beans and all that jazz. This looks like such a delicious, creative way to change up the norm a bit! Frangelico is the perfect flavor here! Well done. :)
You roast your own beans? Wow…I am impressed!!! Love that! I can’t say I ever have!
It’s fun! And the smell of coffee beans roasting in your own kitchen is amazing!! :)
I can only imagine how amazing it is!
I love how you spruced up your coffee with some booze! Definitely makes for a more interesting start to the day!
I love iced coffee, especially in the warmer months. I always have some in the fridge year around (hubby likes some in his choc protein drink), and I am the one at work who pours the leftover coffee over ice. Frangelico and Baileys are 2 of my favorite liqueurs…and I really wish there was a Frangelico flavored coffee creamer out there for my workday fixes (though I can get pretty close when I start with hazelnut creamer and add flavorings from my extensive Sweetleaf and LorAnn collection)!
The only way I enjoy choc protein drinks (haven’t had any in years!) but is not mixing with water, but mixing with leftover cold coffee!
Hazelnut creamer and Sweetleaf stevia and LorAnn….wow, did you just raid my pantry or what?! :) I have all of the above and do exactly what you just said. I assume you have the English Toffee Sweetleaf? They also have a chocolate one. NuNaturals is my fave for vanilla but they dont make any other flavored versions. Darn.
Love the English toffee sweetleaf (and choc, cinnamon, and hazelnut)! I have tried all of them except the lemon–and Nu Naturals vanilla is superb, though since I have homemade vanilla extract I haven’t bought any in a while.
And TJs now sells liquid stevia! It’s only 6.99 for the same size dropper bottle as S.L or NuNaturals and it’s not flavored, but it’s clean, smooth, not chemically (there are some brands that are horrid) and I’ve been using that lately!
I am a professional coffee addict. I need to start my day with a cup or it won’t be a perfect day. I love to experiment with coffee as well :) another recipe to try out.
I like both, but I’m pretty specific about which type I like when. Hot coffee in the morning. Always. Iced coffee is like a treat to me, so I only order that in the summer, in the afternoon. I associate it with being on vacation, somehow. Oh, and I never sweeten regular hot coffee, but iced coffee has to have a bit of sweetener in it.
I look at iced coffee as a treat too – and I use stevia and sugarfree creamer in it b/c I can down like 10 oz in a minute :)
Omigosh! I actually always make a giant pot of coffee and then put it in the fridge. Or make cold-brew. But now, now I must get some frangelico!
Makes it extra good! Glad you already have a giant pot waiting in the fridge and always do! Great minds think alike :)