[spoiler title=’Click to see the transcript’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’] hey welcome to coffee coffee coffee this is a special edition Halloween that wasn’t very scary but we are trying a new drink today just for Halloween and really it’s just an Irish Coffee with some marshmallows and melted chocolate on them yeah so it’s not really festive except for the decor it’s festive yeah we’ll show you here look at these little guys that’s spooky my glass is kind of hot and I’m wondering oh it’s fine I’m wondering if it’s going to shatter in my hands we didn’t know if you could put hot coffee into a regular glass turns out you can or maybe you can’t don’t sue me if you try it and it shatters in a million pieces and you lose your eyes so we’ll go over it kind of what we did quickly yes basically you make an Irish coffee which is Irish whiskey some brown sugar put together then coffee a light or medium rose what we used this time is caribou coffees daybreak light roast and so we will also be reviewing this coffee that’s the one that’s in here and then alright so the marshmallow the little guy is a marshmallow or three marshmallows that you put on a wooden skewer you coat it in melted white chocolate and then you decorate them with little M&Ms and some my black frosting that’s right and bonus you can use him to stir your Irish Coffee because that’s what you’re supposed to do you get all the cream yeah this is whipped cream down in there yeah okay so the whipped cream is heavy cream that we that we whipped and we’ll lick our fingers here in front of you cuz it’s delicious okay so are you ready to try this because we’ve never tried it yet yeah I kinda wish I had a plate to put my thing down on oh that’s delicious oh man Irish coffee the Irish knew what they were doing I tell ya I think I got mostly cream on that one I know oh this may be my new favorite drink it was a little hot down there like I got past the cream it was like cold cold hoooot oh really mine wasn’t hot that was tasty mm-hmm did you say Jamesons Irish whiskey is what we used and the marshmallows are Publix brand yes and we’ll link to the recipe it’ll be on our website and everything so that you can if you want to make it so this is what the full ghost looks like right or goblin whatever you want to call it ghoul yeah ghoul he’s ghoulish but I do just want to get it out of my drink so that I can drink the drink but anyway good stuff highly recommend it this is delicious and I’m going to enjoy it after we leave you he has a thing about stickiness to go to your go to the store and pick up the items to make this and make sure you check the show notes and the description down below mm-hmm to see what all you use and how we did it and let us know if you try it how it is yeah do you like it that’s right so I think that’s all I have for this time well thank you all for joining us and again don’t forget to subscribe and we’ll see you next time keep grindin hey thanks for watching our reviews please be sure to subscribe and check out our other reviews here[/spoiler]
While this recipe does take a little bit of effort, it is festive and fun, and more importantly, it tastes spooktacularly good! We adapted two different recipes found here and here to create this magical coffee.
Recipe (Enough for 2 cups of coffee)
For the ghouls:
Ingredients:
6 regular sized marshmallows (not mini sized, and not the jumbos)
4 oz Baker’s brand White Chocolate
2 Wooden Skewers, about 4 inches in length each
4 M&Ms (for the eyes. Our kids thought red was the spookiest color, but Kayla liked green the best)
Black writing icing (we used Betty Crocker brand)
Directions:
Start your white chocolate melting. You can either microwave it for about 30 seconds, or do what Kayla did which was throw them in her Little Dipper Crockpot. While the chocolate is melting, put 3 marshmallows on each skewer. Prepare a cookie sheet with a layer of wax paper on top. After your chocolate is nice and thoroughly melted, take a marshmallowed skewer and hold it over the chocolate. Spoon the chocolate over the marshmallows, turning and coating thoroughly. Kayla used the back of her spoon to smooth out the chocolate as she went. After you finish coating the ghoul, place on the wax papered cookie sheet. Immediately place 2 M&Ms for the ghoul’s eyes on the top marshmallow. Next, take your black writing icing and make a small O for the mouth. Repeat the process for each ghoul. After you’ve finished making the ghouls, place them in the refrigerator to harden (which will probably take about 45 minutes – hour.) Kayla’s not very patient so she threw them into the freezer until the chocolate hardened up. Once it’s hardened, it’s time to make the cream, and then the coffee.
For the whipped cream:
Ingredients:
1 Cup of Heavy Cream
Note: 1 Cup of cream whips up to be more than you will need for 2 cups of coffee. It’s really enough for 6 cups of coffee or more. But really, can you ever have too much whipped cream? No. You can’t.
Directions:
Just before you brew your coffee, take the heavy cream and put it into your mixing bowl. We used our amazing KitchenAid mixer, which we love. Be sure to use the whisk attachment for this task. Next, turn the mixer on low, until a few bubbles form. Slowly increase the speed so that it doesn’t splatter all over your kitchen. Keep increasing the speed until you get that baby all the way up to the max. Let it run until you’ve got a very soft whipped cream. How do you know you’re there? You want very soft peaks, but not actual whipped cream. You want the cream to sit on top of the coffee, but easily mix in when you stir. You can stop the mixer as much as you want and see if you’re there (watch the video above if you need a visual). Relax. The whipped cream police won’t show up at your door if you whip it too much or not enough. Set aside.
For Each Mug of Coffee:
1 Cup of light roast coffee (we used Caribou Daybreak Light Roast)
1 Tablespoon of Light Brown Sugar
3 Tablespoons of Jameson Irish Whiskey
Put it all together:
Note: If you’ve got a glass Irish coffee mug, now is the perfect time to use it! This is such a pretty drink; using glass really classes it up. We didn’t have any so we just used some glass tumblers, which luckily didn’t shatter into a million little pieces when we poured our coffee in.
In the bottom of your coffee mug, put in the 3 Tablespoons of whiskey and 1 Tablespoon of brown sugar and mix. Next, pour in your freshly brewed coffee and stir it up. Then, spoon in some of that luscious whipped cream. We used a good 3 heaping tablespoons per glass. Finally, place a ghoul in your mug. Your ghoul can then be used to mix the cream into the coffee. Enjoy! Happy Halloween!
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