Dessert Cocktails

20 recipes, including White Russian, Coffee & Dulce de Leche (Dom Cabra), Pé de Moleque Sour.

20 sweet cocktails for after dinner.

  • White Russian — Split-vodka technique with a deliberately half-mixed look.
  • Coffee & Dulce de Leche (Dom Cabra) — A creamy drink of coffee liqueur and dulce de leche liqueur.
  • Pé de Moleque Sour — A whiskey sour with pé de moleque (Brazilian peanut brittle) syrup and salt, aerated in two stages for foam without egg white.
  • Vodka Banoffe Bliss — A creamy take on banoffee pie, with caramel vodka, banana liqueur, and vanilla.
  • Caramel Espresso Martini — A modern Espresso Martini riff that balances bitter coffee with sweet caramel.
  • Cabra Moca — Equal parts coffee liqueur and chocolate liqueur, shaken to bring their densities together.
  • Espresso Martini — Dick Bradsell's classic: vodka, coffee liqueur, and espresso shaken until crowned with foam.
  • Porn Star Martini — Homemade take with caramel vodka, passion fruit pulp, and egg white, served with a shot of sparkling wine on the side.
  • Cherry Caramel — Highball of caramel vodka, cherry syrup, and vanilla, lengthened with soda water.
  • Caramel Coffee — Short shaken drink of caramel vodka, caramel coffee liqueur, and vanilla syrup, served over ice.
  • Pingo Salgado — Vodka sour with coffee liqueur and salted caramel syrup, served up in a chilled coupe.
  • 90's Brasileiro — A stirred drink of cachaça, sweet red vermouth, Cynar, and brigadeiro syrup in equal parts, in a rocks glass.
  • Amaretto Sour — Modern sour of almond liqueur and bourbon, dry shaken with egg white for foam.
  • Irish Coffee — Hot classic of Irish whiskey, brewed coffee, and cream floating on top.
  • Toblerone — Creamy cocktail of coffee, hazelnut, and Irish cream — a liquid dessert inspired by the Swiss chocolate.
  • Grasshopper — IBA dessert classic: white crème de cacao, green crème de menthe, and cream, shaken and served up.
  • Better Than Sex — Shaken dessert of amaretto, cacao, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur, lengthened with milk in a rocks glass.
  • Amaretto Limoncello Sour — Bourbon sour with amaretto and limoncello, egg white for foam and bitters on top.
  • Coffee with Whisky — White Russian shaken with bourbon in place of vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream.
  • Black Forest Old Fashioned — Black Forest Old Fashioned: bourbon, brandy, cacao liqueur, cherry, and chocolate bitters.

More in this list

  • a barbecue
  • the beach
  • a party
  • a hot day
  • an aperitif
  • easy prep
  • a classic
  • a Brazilian table