Black Forest Coffee

Submitted by Baby Kato

"Think... Black Forest Cake... this is my version in Coffee. I hope you will enjoy this special treat, its good both with cherry juice and with the cherry liquer...please feel free to use your favourite cherry liquer in this drink."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 cup hot strong fresh brewed coffee (French Roast)
• 3 tablespoons thick dark bittersweet chocolate syrup
• 1⁄4 cup full fat chocolate milk
• 2 1⁄2 2 1/2 tablespoons wild cherry flavored liqueur or 2 1/2 tablespoons sour cherry juice
• 3 ounces heavy cream
• 1⁄4 1/4 ounce wild cherry flavored liqueur or 1/4 ounce sour cherry juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar, white (garnish)
• 1⁄2 ounce dark bittersweet chocolate, shaved (garnish)
• 3 large dark sweet red cherries, bing, stems (garnish)

directions

1. Make fresh, hot, strong coffee and keep warm until ready to mix.
2. Place a medium size pot on low and add the chocolate syrup and chocolate milk, stir and keep warm, until needed.
3. With a hand blender mix the heavy cream, cherry liquer and white sugar until it is smooth, thick and creamy.
4. Add the coffee and cherry liquer to the chocolate milk and stir gently.
5. Pour coffee into a large mug and garnish with the cherry flavored whipped cream, bittersweet chocolate shaving and top with the cherry cluster.

Reviews

[WhatamIgonnaeatnext]

This is a very rich and chocolaty coffee. I used the sour cherry juice instead of the liqueur. I am sure it was intended for the liqueur. I couldn't taste too much cherry.

 

[Mia in Germany]

O this was so good!!! Made it with a mix of rice milk and almond butter instead of cream and topped with rice whip, using sour cherry juice. Wonderful treat!! Thanks for sharing! Will definitely make it again!

 

[Sheynath]

Yum! I experimented a little to keep the sugar down. I used sour cherry juice where it is an option and used artificial sweetener instead of the sugar. It was still very rich and decadent. Cherries are my favorite fruit and I really loved the cherry-chocolate combination. Glad to have found this treat!

 

[Annacia]

*Swoon* Pure heaven in a mug. I made the non alcoholic version and loved every last drop. No fresh cherries for the garnish so I just used a maraschino. Rich coffee, bittersweet chocolate and cherry. It just doesn't get any better than this! Made for Photo Tag with complete joy.

 

[Lavender Lynn]

Nummers... this is good stuff! We had to improvise just a bit on the cherry portions; no fresh cherries in season so we used Maraschino for garnish and substituted a concoction of grenadine, vodka, and cherry extract in the whipped topping, and just a splash of the cherry extract in the coffee itself. Might be even better with the original stuff, but pretty good like this! We noted that ground candy canes or a sprinkling of coconut would be a nice variation, and joked that this shamelessly non-dietetic beverage contained all four of the basic food groups: sugar, fat, alcohol, and caffeine. Very nice! Made for Photo Tag, Nov. 2008.