This easy mint mocha coffee is a great way to warm up this holiday season. This festive drink is a mixture of mint coffee and cocoa. Add some peppermint schnapps to make it a soul-warming cocktail.
Mint Mocha Coffee Recipe
Hey friends! I’m coming at you today with an awesome coffee drink that also happens to be incredibly easy to make a mint mocha coffee. It’s full of chocolate, mint, and caffeine complete with instructions on how to turn this into a cocktail.
I recently received a sampling of New England Coffee’s holiday coffees – Mint Mocha, Gingerbread Cookie, and Eggnog. New England Coffee is still celebrating their centennial year and what better way to celebrate then with fun, festive flavors?! These flavors are a MUST for your holiday parties this year!
For today’s recipe, I chose to use the mint mocha and let me tell you, it’s really good. I used to make a version of this drink back in my coffee shop days. Some nights I couldn’t decide between coffee and hot cocoa, so I started combining the two together.
It’s a drink that I still make all the time but with different flavor variations. Sometimes caramel, sometimes coconut, sometimes just mocha. Today, it’s mint – on of my favorite variations of the drink. (Really, they’re all so good it’s hard to actually pick a true favorite.) Pair these with my peppermint mocha donuts and you’ve got yourself a winning combo.
Now here’s the important part: you can make this two ways. For an alcohol-free version, I use a splash of peppermint extract to bump up that mint flavor. For an adult version, I like to add a shot of Peppermint Schnapps. This is a really great drink for those chilly days when you need a little something special.
To make these even MORE special, top your peppermint mocha coffee off with a dollop of white chocolate ganache whipped cream, a drizzle of my favorite hot fudge sauce, a sprinkle of chopped peppermint candies, and top it off with a candy cane. You guys, it’s like Christmas in a mug.
I like to make this mint mocha coffee recipe when we’re decorating our Christmas tree. We like to make a nice afternoon of it – special drinks, gingerbread house decorating, and decorating our house and tree. It’s one of those fun traditions that the kids will have fond memories of for the holiday season.
PS If you’re looking for a nice minty cookie to go with this mint mocha coffee, try my peppermint macarons with chocolate ganache!
It makes an outstanding afternoon snack!
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Easy Mint Mocha Coffee Recipe and Giveaway
Ingredients
- 1 C brewed coffee I used New England Coffee's Mint Mocha flavor
- 1 C prepared hot chocolate
- 1 oz peppermint schnapps or 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
- whipped cream for garnish
- hot fudge sauce for garnish
- crushed candy cane bits for garnish
- whole candy canes for garnish
Instructions
- Combine the brewed coffee and prepared hot chocolate in a large mug. Stir in the peppermint schnapps or peppermint extract.
- Garnish with whipped cream, a drizzle of hot fudge sauce, crushed candy cane pieces, and a whole candy cane if desired. Drink immediately.
Notes
Nutrition Information
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