9 Coffee Desserts for Your Sweet Caffeine Fix
After-dinner coffee? More like after-dinner coffee dessert
Ending dinner with a cup of coffee is great. Ending dinner with a dessert that's flavored with coffee is so much better. Whether you want an easy cookie (to dunk in even more coffee) or a towering layer cake for your next dinner party, here's how to get your caffeine fix at the end of the day.
Mix it into fudgy chocolate truffles
Chocolate Amaretti Truffles
Amaretto, coffee, and crushed almond cookies flavor rich dark chocolate truffles. Get the recipe for Chocolate Amaretti Truffles »
Because coffee and chocolate are a natural pair.
Make ice cream
Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream
Sweetened condensed milk and a touch of spice set this caffeinated treat apart from other coffee ice creams. Get the recipe for Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream »
This is how you make already-great Vietnamese coffee even better.
Caffeinate your brownies
Krystal’s Espresso Brownies
Instant espresso powder and chocolate-covered espresso beans gives SAVEUR staffer Krystal Stone’s iced brownies a concentrated flavor and a zingy, caffeinated boost. See the recipe for Krystal’s Espresso Brownies
Instant espresso powder and chocolate-covered espresso beans bring extra punch to classic brownies.
Fold it into a layer cake
Heaven and Hell Cake
This rich, multilayered dessert of angel food and devil’s food cake, peanut butter mousse, and milk chocolate ganache should be frozen before icing is added and refrigerated before it’s sliced. Get the recipe for Heaven and Hell Cake »
For a show-stopping dessert.
Stir it into crumbly Italian cookies
Chocolate Almond Cookies (Strazzate)
Featured in our book Best Cookies, these traditional crumbly cookies from the Basilicata region of Italy are flavored with Strega, an Italian herbal liqueur, but Galliano, which can be found in most liquor stores, is a fine substitute.
Just pour yourself a little glass of Amaro.
Make it chill out
Coffee Granita
This refreshing Italian dessert is made with nothing more than brewed espresso and sugar. Get the recipe for Coffee Granita »
When you want something refreshing, go granita.
Put the beans on bark
Nutty Chocolate Bark with Cardamom and Coffee
A flavorful combination of cardamom, dried mulberries, tart cherries, almonds, pistachios, and coffee beans tops dark chocolate in a crunchy, gorgeously layered bark. Get the recipe for Nutty Chocolate Bark with Cardamom and Coffee »
The nutty chocolate bark to eat year-round.
Stir instant espresso into ricotta
Ricotta and Coffee Mousse
Elegant and easy to prepare, a classic mousse flavored with espresso and topped with a dusting of chocolate is a great way to end a romantic meal.
For a dessert that feels really fancy (but is super easy).
Mix it with gelatin
Coffee Gelatin with Whipped Cream
This curious dessert hails from Boston. Get the recipe for Coffee Gelatin with Whipped Cream »
Jello jigglers for coffee people, with just four ingredients.
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