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Yummy Coffee Slush Recipe

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Many of our favorite family recipes have a story behind them.  This slushy drink was served at a baby shower for one of my daughters when she was expecting her first baby.  Most of my girls like coffee and at the party we fell in love with a delicious coffee drink that was served as “punch.” Forget the nuts and mints–we wanted a second cup of this stuff! It didn’t take long for us to ask for the yummy frozen coffee slush recipe.

 

One of the hostesses graciously wrote the recipe on a napkin and we brought it home and photocopied it for our files—uh, well—for the gallon-size plastic bag where we store loose recipes. This is the original copy:

 

 

Here’s the recipe in more legible form:

 

Coffee Slush Recipe

 

6 cups strong coffee (Eight O’Clock brand decaf is one of my favorites)
3 cups sugar (we use less, but if you don’t use enough it’s somewhat tasteless)
3 tsp. vanilla
2 pints heavy whipping cream
Add enough milk to make a gallon

 

Mix ingredients together until sugar is dissolved.  Freeze, thaw slightly before serving.  If you freeze it in quart-size bags you can thaw smaller amounts at a time by running warm water over the bag and squeezing it to break up chunks and make it form a slushy consistency. Allow the mixture to thaw a bit longer to make it drinkable.

 

We don’t make this very often because, well, sugar and heavy whipping cream. But every once in a great while, it’s a special dessert-ish frozen treat just for us girls. I could see adding some chocolate or cinnamon for a different flavor, but it’s hard to improve on perfection. This coffee slush recipe would be perfect for a shower, wedding reception, birthday party….or an ordinary day. I’m pretty sure you should test it out in the name of research. 🙂

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About Charlotte

I'm a grateful wife & mom of 12 amazing persons. I love to inspire & teach busy women to find beauty in everyday life by caring for themselves, creating comfortable homes with their families and living out ordinary days with grace and gratitude. I'd love to encourage YOU!

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  1. Leigh says

    October 20, 2018 at 7:08 am

    This sounds delicious, but when you say you use less sugar, how much less? How little can I get away with for it not to be tasteless? 🙂

    Reply
    • Charlotte says

      October 25, 2018 at 12:10 am

      Start with 2 cups of sugar and go from there. Keep adding to taste. I haven’t tried it with coconut sugar or stevia. This is why we don’t have it very often! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Amy says

    February 22, 2019 at 11:24 pm

    “Granita” sounds so much nicer than “slush.”

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