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🗝️ Key takeaways
- This coffee punch recipe is a creamy, decadent sweet treat that’s always a big hit with party guests.
- Coffee punch is a must-have at any Southern special occasion, whether it’s a wedding shower, baby shower, church luncheon, or holiday party!
- Tip: allow the sugar/coffee mixture to cool before pouring it over the ice cream so it doesn’t make your coffee punch warm and soupy.
Chocolate milkshake meets iced coffee mocha in this delicious Southern cold coffee punch.
Ignore the calorie count and indulge in a rich, sweet glass or two—y’all deserve it!
🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
📖 Variations
- Make your own cold brew coffee concentrate with a pound of strong coffee grounds brewed in three to four quarts of cold water.
- Feel free to use instant coffee or espresso instead of cold brew.
- Replace the scoops of vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream with caramel or coffee ice cream for extra flavor!
- Although freshly whipped heavy cream is best, you can swap it with canned whipped cream or Cool Whip in a pinch.
- Add one cup of your favorite liqueur to make spiked coffee punch. Kalúha and Irish Cream amp up the coffee flavor beautifully!
- Sprinkle ground cinnamon or nutmeg on top of the whipped cream for a little spice.
🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Mix coffee concentrate with brown sugar in a saucepan on low heat until the sugar dissolves.
- Pour coffee mixture over the ice cream in a large bowl.
- Blend until the ice cream melts.
- Garnish with whipped cream and grated chocolate.
🥫 How to store leftovers
Store leftover coffee punch in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week. I like to put it in a glass pitcher with a tight-fitting top for easy pouring.
Otherwise, freeze coffee punch and enjoy it up to three months later! You can also freeze it in an ice cube tray to make frozen coffee cubes—great for iced coffee and boozy cocktails!
💭 Things to know
Expert Tip: Always, always, always wait until the sugar coffee mixture has completely cooled before you pour it over the ice cream. Hot coffee—or even slightly warm coffee—will make your punch soupy and melt the whipped cream topping.
- To make fresh whipped cream, whip it up with an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until you have soft peaks. Add the sugar, then continue whipping until it reaches firm peaks.
- Make sure the sugar dissolves into the coffee concentrate so you don’t get a gritty texture in your coffee punch.
- Cut out the brown sugar if you prefer a less sweet punch.
- Don’t forget to garnish with chocolate shavings! It really enhances the flavor of coffee punch and adds a fun, decorative touch.
- Chill a large punch bowl in the freezer/fridge. Then, set the punch bowl into a larger bowl filled with ice when serving so it stays cold longer.
- Serve this sweet treat in chilled punch glasses or cute Mason jars.
👩🍳 FAQs
Any type! Garnish coffee punch with your favorite chocolate—use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or white chocolate. You can even use chocolate shavings or mini chocolate chips.
You sure can! This coffee punch recipe can be refrigerated for as long as one month. Once you serve it to a crowd, however, don’t be surprised if there’s none left!
Yep. Dissolve two tablespoons of instant espresso granules or powdered instant coffee in a cup of boiling water. Use more water for a subtle coffee flavor, or add another tablespoon of coffee if you like it strong.
Absolutely, there are plenty of other ice cream flavors that work great in creamy punch, like coffee ice cream and caramel ice cream.
Stay away from fruit-flavored ice creams since they don’t pair well with coffee flavor at all. Ice creams with chunks of nuts are not a good idea either, since coffee punch is supposed to be smooth 'n creamy.
📚 Related recipes
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- Pour steaming milk over a couple of Irish Cream Hot Chocolate Bombs for the best and most exciting hot cocoa ever.
- Salted Caramel Lattes are an easy copycat recipe that’s ready in just minutes and tastes as good as the pricy Starbucks drink!
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📞 The last word
Just about every southern woman has a coffee punch recipe that's been handed down from her mama and her mama's mama and even her... well, you get the idea.
Go to almost any bridal shower, baby shower, or party in the South and next to the sausage cheese balls, old fashioned fudge, and butter mints you're sure to find a punch bowl filled to the brim with a frothy, creamy, chocolatey punch - it might even be spiked.
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.
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📖 Recipe
Southern Coffee Punch
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- 1 pint cold brew coffee concentrate
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- 1 quart chocolate ice cream
- 1 quart vanilla ice cream
- 1 pint heavy cream, whipped and sweetened to taste
- 1 ounce chocolate bar, for garnish
- 1 cup Irish Cream Liqueur, optional
Instructions
- Heat 1 cup of the cold brew concentrate up with the brown sugar, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool.
- Place scoops of the softened chocolate and vanilla ice cream in a large punch bowl.
- Pour the brown sugar coffee mixture and the cold brew concentrate over the top. Add the Irish Cream liqueur if using.
- Gently stir until the ice cream melts and the punch is blended.
- Top with the lightly sweetened whipped cream.
- Grate some chocolate over the top for garnish.
Notes
- Chill a large punch bowl in the freezer/fridge. Then, set the punch bowl into a larger bowl filled with ice when serving so it stays cold longer.
- Don’t forget to garnish with chocolate shavings!
- Try caramel or coffee ice cream in place of vanilla or chocolate.
- Cut out the brown sugar if you prefer a less sweet punch.
- Make sure the sugar dissolves into the coffee concentrate so you don’t get a gritty texture in your coffee punch.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
First published on October 18, 2018. Last updated November 15, 2023, for better images and more helpful tips and information.
Cindy Rinaman Marsch
Marye, I remember you from the PHS forum on AOL! 🙂 I was just browsing recipes for coffee punch and thought yours looked like a good choice for my second daughter's wedding this summer. 🙂
Marye
Wow! Hi Cindy! It's been a long time! This punch is really delicious. I think I shared it in the group one time. Congrats!
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Suzanne Smith
Classic and Southern. My two favourite words put together!
Hesper Fry
I have never had a coffee punch but this sounds really good!
Amy Greenwood
That coffee punch looks amazing, I really want to try it!
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Cathy
Coffee Punch, sausage balls and butter mints - yep that about sums it up. The punch sounds divine - haven't had it in years!
Marye Audet
It's still as good as you remember!
Lynda Hardy
That looks so tasty!