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Kahlua Frost

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Submitted by shelia5155

Kahlua frost is a blender cocktail with coffee liqueur, cream of coconut, vanilla ice cream, and ice. Think mudslide meets piña colada: creamy, boozy, and built for warm nights.

YIELD

2 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

0 min

READY

10 min

The Kahlua Frost is what happens when a mudslide and a piña colada meet in the blender. Four ingredients, one pour, and dessert and cocktail arrive on the same glass: coffee liqueur, cream of coconut, vanilla ice cream, and ice whirled to a thick, slushy frost.

The coffee liqueur does the flavor heavy work, the coconut cream adds tropical body, and the ice cream smooths everything into something decadent rather than icy. It’s lush without being cloying, and the coffee note keeps it feeling grown-up.

Pour into a chilled coupe or hurricane glass, and if you’re feeling fancy, dust the top with cocoa powder or a shaving of dark chocolate. It’s poolside energy in a glass.

Pro Tips

  • Chill the glasses in the freezer for 10 minutes before serving, warm glass melts the blend in seconds.
  • Use just one scoop of ice to start. Too much ice mutes the coffee flavor and makes it watery as it melts.
  • Real cream of coconut (like Coco Lopez), not coconut milk. The sugar content is different and it’s critical to the texture.
  • Blend in short pulses rather than one long whir. Overblending dilutes the drink.

Variations

  • Float an extra splash of dark rum on top for a Kahlua Colada-style build.
  • Swap vanilla ice cream for chocolate or coffee ice cream for a richer, more dessert-forward drink.
  • Rim the glass with cocoa powder and sugar for a mocha-tini presentation.

Ingredients

1 ½ 43.3
OUNCES ML/G LIQUEUR
coffee flavor, such as kahlua
1 ½ 43.3
OUNCES ML/G COCONUT CREAM
1 ½ 43.3
OUNCES ML/G VANILLA ICE CREAM
1 1
SCOOP SCOOP ICE CUBE *

Directions

Place all everything in a blender and blend until creamy.

* not incl. in nutrient facts Arrow up button

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 56g (2.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 135 60% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 9g 14%
Saturated Fat 7g 34%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 15mg 5%
Sodium 39mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 3g 3%
Dietary Fiber 1g 3%
Sugars g
Protein 3g
Vitamin A 3% Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 1% Iron 1%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Low Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free, Low Carb, Low Sodium
 

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