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Date-Sweetened Gingerbread Shaken Iced Coffee

Strong chilled coffee shaken to a frothy foam, then topped with a creamy blended date, molasses and gingerbread spice skim milk for a caramel-like, gently spiced sip.

Date-Sweetened Gingerbread Shaken Iced Coffee

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 ml)220 gBrewed coffeebrewed double-strength and chilled
  • ⅔ cup (160 ml)160 gSkim milkcold
  • 2 dates48 gMedjool dates, pittedchopped
  • 1½ tsp10 gMolasses
  • 1⅛ tsp2 gGround ginger
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround cloves
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround nutmeg

Steps

  1. Have the chilled double-strength coffee ready in the fridge before you start.
  2. Make the gingerbread date milk first: put the skim milk, chopped dates, molasses, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg in a blender.
  3. Blend on high for about 1 minute until the dates are completely smooth and the milk is frothy.
  4. Pour the chilled coffee into a cocktail shaker or lidded jar, fill with ice, seal tightly and shake hard for about 20 seconds until foamy.
  5. Fill two glasses with ice and strain half of the shaken coffee into each glass.
  6. Pour half of the gingerbread date milk over each glass and serve right away, stirring before sipping.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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