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?
Bring some of that booze over here. I could sure use a splash right about now. It is Friday, after all. I love iced coffee. I cold brew my coffee as soon as the weather starts getting warm. It’s so good. I quit Starbucks about 2 weeks ago. Man, the money I save. New pair of shoes for this gal :)
Good for you! I quit it 5+ yrs ago and can’t even imagine how much money I’ve saved! I can buy a whole CONTAINER of coffee beans from TJs for 5.99. Which is what I’d spend on 1 trip to SBucks!
ohhhh iced coffee and booze. I’ll be right over!
I am SO making these over the weekend! I can’t get enough iced coffee! I’m like you, $4+ and the drink is gone before I hit the red light! :) Happy Memorial Day, Averie!
Gone before hitting the red light…you got that right for me too!
So funny- at work today I was updating our coffee drinks menu and added a frangelico and bailey’s coffee. This iced coffee looks to die- I could see myself slurping this up in 14 seconds! Creamier the better when it comes to coffee, although I rarely drink it! Hope you have a nice holiday weekend! I am headed down to sd tomoz night for bachelorette night out!
I am SO in love with iced coffee, and if it weren’t 8:30, I’d be drinking this now. LOVE the glass straw too, need to find those
Make it with decaf and consider it a night cap :)
And the straw is glassdharma.com I’ve had a half dozen or so for years…some of them are literally 6-7 yrs old and still look good as new! Can’t beat them!
yessss, the best part is adding the booze!!
All I can say is it’s simply beautiful!!
I’m like you Averie…I can drink any kind of coffee (hot or iced) in no time that I hate to spend money on them at the local coffee shop. I love making my own and this recipe sounds delicious! Can’t wait to try! :)
Honestly I could drink two storebought ice coffees (they’re mostly ice!) in like…10 minutes. And that would be close to $10 bucks! No thanks!
Not a huge fan of hot coffee, but I definitely enjoy iced coffee. And the Frangelico just sealed the deal!
Oh man – you’ve totally outdone yourself here. Now I’m not much of a drinker (as you can tell from BTP) but Jason would enjoy the crap out of this one!
And I honestly didn’t think you were that bad at BTP. I wouldn’t even have known! Seriously!
oh my gosh Averie. No you did not. You added booze to one of my favorite drinks ever! I just had iced coffee yesterday and yes… I bought it from a coffee shop. Kevin asked me to pick him up a chai tea latte, so I got an iced coffee too. It was $10 total. for 2 drinks. I know, insane. I guzzle all of my drinks so fast, so going out for iced coffee or any coffee drink all the time is just not worth it to me! Anyway, love this drink, love the photos, love that your on the top-ish of FG with it and I’m pinning it!
$10 total for 2 drinks…I.die. THAT is why I can’t go out for coffee, especially iced coffee, b/c they’re mostly ice and it’s gone in a second! And I saw your blondies in the 2nd row. It was good FG karma for us today :) Thanks for the pin!
Oh yeah, this is my kind of iced coffee! This will be perfect for a hot summer day!
This would be SO DANGEROUS around me! I’m like you, I slam iced coffee (or chai, or anything) super fast. Might not be such a good thing with the booze :) but this looks amazing! Going to try this out come summertime!! (Just one more week!)
We guzzling twins :)
I could use one of these right about now… love the Frangelico!
MMM this iced coffee sounds delicious for this sleepy morning!
I use Frangelico in a biscotti recipe that I make at Christmas time, but have never used it for anything else….I think I just might have to try this! My husband says that I like ‘coffee flavored cream’ so I thought your comment was pretty funny about having a little coffee with your cream! Yum!
MGM
I love your husband’s analogy and that’s so true for me :)