Irish Coffee Pudding

Here’s a little something for St. Patrick’s Day that takes very little effort to put together. It’s inspired by Irish Coffee, a drink that consists of brown sugar, cream, Irish whiskey and strongly brewed coffee. It seemed like the perfect kind of thing to turn into my favorite comfort food – pudding.

The whipped-cream-to-pudding ratio is about 50/50 here. The pudding is filled with potent coffee flavor, and the whiskey imparts barley and oak flavors. It’s not overly sweet, so the sweetened whipped cream gives the entire dessert a nice balance.

I found some chocolate coins at the grocery store and decided they’d make cute St. Paddy’s embellishments. A few coins were made into picks using bamboo skewers.  It’s easy to do, and there’s an instructional picture below the recipe if you’d like to try it for yourself.

I think they’re pretty cute, and hellooo – chocolate!

This dessert was so well loved, it was gone in a snap! And since it’s so easy to whip up, I’ll be making a second batch for our St. Paddy’s Day dessert this Sunday.  Hope you enjoy it too!

Irish Coffee Pudding

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Source: SprinkleBakes original recipe

Prep: 15 minutes plus 2 hours chilling time

Yield: 4 servings

This is an easy recipe, but if you want to shortcut it further, use prepared whipped topping from the grocery store. I use heavy cream in the pudding recipe, but whole milk can be substituted. If you want to make this dessert non-alcoholic, omit the whiskey and add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.

Pudding

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed

Pinch of salt

2 cups heavy cream 

1 tablespoon instant espresso powder or 1 1/2 tablespoons instant coffee

3 tablespoons Irish whiskey



Whipped topping

1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar


Pudding directions

  1. Whisk the cornstarch, sugar and salt together in a medium saucepan.  Stir in the heavy cream. Bring the mixture to a bubble over medium-high heat whisking constantly until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in espresso powder and whiskey. 
  2. Divide the pudding evenly between four 6 oz. dessert glasses. Chill for 2 hours.

Whipped cream directions

  1. In a medium bowl, whip heavy cream on medium high speed with an electric mixer.  Gradually pour in extra fine sugar, 1 tbsp at a time.  Increase speed to high and whip until thick and fluffy.  Dollop or pipe whipped cream on top of puddings. 
  2. Sprinkle a pinch of instant espresso powder over the whipped cream if desired. Embellish with chocolate gold coins if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.
To make the picks: gently skewer coin at an angle. Do not press skewer point all the way through the coin. Stand skewered coin upright and shake slightly to make sure it’s secure.  Place skewer upright into puddings.
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Tabitha
Tabitha
11 years ago

Love all your recipes!
Where did you get those fabulous glittery spoons?

Rosa's Yummy Yums
Rosa's Yummy Yums
11 years ago

What a delightfully boozy pudding! Wonderful.

Cheers,

Rosa

Melanie
Melanie
11 years ago

I've never been a big fan of mixing alcohol with cream but oooo this sounds deliciously perfect!!! I love the stirrers!!

Ergo-Blog

Eat. Sleep. Make.
Eat. Sleep. Make.
11 years ago

What a fun adult dessert for St. Party's. thanks for another great recipe! -Jen

Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
11 years ago

YES please! This sounds awesome!

Nadine
Nadine
11 years ago

Hi Heather,

mmh that looks delicious, especially with St. Patricks Day on the doorstep… I really admire your skills!

I featured you toady on my post: 8 blogs that rock my Kingdom, and thought I cant write about you without letting you know. Your blog is a real treat!

Love,
Nadine

Tieghan
Tieghan
11 years ago

Frist off, wow those are so pretty! I love you food styling! Second, man do sound so good! And all the cream on top, yum!

Bellenza Bistro
Bellenza Bistro
11 years ago

Haven't had pudding in ages! Your yum-sounding recipe just reminded me I should make some soon! (Ingenious coin skewers, too.)

Brigette Olmos-Arreola
Brigette Olmos-Arreola
11 years ago

Genius! And beautiful, beautiful photos the gold touches are great. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Cookbook Queen
Cookbook Queen
11 years ago

Hooooow do you make everything SO cute??

I think you're secretly magic.

Rachel @ Baked by Rachel
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel
11 years ago

LOVE how much whipped cream you added. That's my kind of dessert 😉 And those spoons are so darn cute.

Annie @ Annie's City Kitchen
Annie @ Annie's City Kitchen
11 years ago

I really had no clue pudding could be so simple. I can already think of a million adaptations to this recipe. Yum yum!!

Lora
Lora
11 years ago

Pudding + Booze – it's a good thing.

Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
11 years ago

Where did you get those spoons?!?!? I'll give you all my money for them.

Heather Baird
Heather Baird
11 years ago

Hey friends and spoon lovers – I found them at LEIF – here's the address.

http://www.leifshop.com/

I also picked up a couple of tart servers. I want one of each color. Gimme!

Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

This sounds soo good and I love that their is a ton of whipped cream. And those spoons!!!!!

YinMom YangMom Allie
YinMom YangMom Allie
11 years ago

Sounds like the most perfectly comforting treat! Love all the toasty colors in the pics… & to echo all the other comments: those spoons!

Peabody
Peabody
11 years ago

You had me at Whiskey. 🙂

Chitty
Chitty
11 years ago

Ooohhh that is a very tasty recipe! Love it xxx

Gwen
Gwen
11 years ago

I absolutely love this!

baker in disguise
baker in disguise
11 years ago

oh heaven.. this looks really good.. am making it for dinner tonight!!

Tracy {pale yellow}
Tracy {pale yellow}
11 years ago

Homemade pudding is heavenly, I can't wait to give this a try!

Gypsy Heart
Gypsy Heart
11 years ago

LOVE Irish Coffee! This dessert is beautiful and will be a must to try. Your presentation is just perfection!

I'm a new follower and look forward to reading through your blog. I'll prolly gain 20 lbs ~ 🙂

Pat

Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

I love the glittery golden spoons in the picture. And despite the fact I'm under 21, I really want to try this pudding. It looks delicious! 🙂

Lynna
Lynna
11 years ago

I love the chocolate on the skewers!

_Julie_
_Julie_
10 years ago

The only thing my husband likes more then Irish beer is Irish whiskey. This is so delicious and so easy to make! Can't wait to have it for desert tonight <3
Julie

Anonymous
Anonymous
10 years ago

Mmmm yum, your pudding sounds blissfully good!

Anonymous
Anonymous
10 years ago

Do you have to use heavy cream for the pudding or will it still set with 2% milk?

Heather Baird
Heather Baird
10 years ago

You should be fine using 2%. It will still set.

xo
H

Russ Turner
Russ Turner
10 years ago

It has taken some time but this is the first pudding recipe in months that has the"Must, must Try" mark.

Mrs T has promised this over Easter, I have volunteered to measure out the whiskey!!!

Thanks so much

Anonymous
Anonymous
10 years ago

This looks delicious! Can't wait to make it!

Oh Happy Dane
Oh Happy Dane
9 years ago

Uhm.. I love irish coffee and I love pudding – I'm all in!