This Gingerbread Latte Is Winter Coziness in a Cup
This holiday season, try swapping your morning coffee with a festive and delicious gingerbread latte.
One sip of this gingerbread latte will instantly boost your holiday spirit. As soon as December rolls around, we can’t get enough of holiday flavors in everything — like these white chocolate gingerbread truffles or this homemade pumpkin spice latte. This DIY gingerbread latte is no exception. Made with almond milk, coffee, ground ginger, and molasses, this drink is liquid coziness in a cup.
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What’s in a Gingerbread Latte?
This Christmas latte gets its name because it has a festive and slightly spicy kick, just like gingerbread. It owes much of its popularity to the Starbucks gingerbread latte — but we honestly think this version tastes better, and we like knowing exactly what goes into our coffee.
This gingerbread latte recipe uses a base of unsweetened vanilla almond milk, but coconut milk or cashew milk would also work. If you’re using cow’s milk, we’d recommend adding a splash of vanilla extract for extra warmth and flavor.
For the hit of caffeine in this latte, choose an organic, fair trade certified coffee (our favorites are here!) or snag a bottle of organic cold brew for your gingerbread coffee. If caffeine doesn’t sit well with you, you can also skip the coffee in this recipe to make something more like a steamer.
The gingerbread flavors in this latte come from warming spices like ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon, which are rich in trace nutrients and antioxidants. They also contain naturally warming and sweet flavors, which can even help curb a sweet tooth. Opt for organic spices at the grocery store or online, and make sure to replace them every year. Spices don’t have as long of a shelf life as we tend to think!
This gingerbread latte is sweetened with a pinch each of blackstrap molasses and maple syrup, two sweeteners that taste heavenly when combined. Blackstrap molasses is not as sweet as regular molasses, and it has the added benefit of being rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals including iron, B vitamins, magnesium, potassium, and calcium.
With so many flavors and spices, this gingerbread latte is exactly what you want to be drinking this holiday season. And it’s a perfect accompaniment for warm cookies — gingerbread cookies, of course!
Select organic spices at the grocery store or online and replace every year, as spices don’t have as long of a shelf life as we tend to think.
This gingerbread latte is sweetened with a pinch each of blackstrap molasses and maple syrup, two sweeteners that taste heavenly when mixed. Blackstrap molasses is rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals including iron, B vitamins, magnesium, potassium, and calcium, and is not as sweet as regular molasses.
The blend of blackstrap molasses with sweet maple syrup is a gingerbread latte game-changer.
With so many flavors and spices, this gingerbread latte is a delicious sip, and perfect for dipping warm cookies into. Gingerbread cookies, of course!
Gingerbread Latte Ingredients
Gingerbread Latte Recipe and Steps
- Heat almond milk and coffee in a small pot on the stove until warm.
- Carefully pour warmed milk and coffee into a high-speed blender and add in the remaining ingredients.
- Blend on high until the latte is frothy and combined, about one minute.
- Taste latte and add in an additional tablespoon of maple syrup if desired. Blend again until incorporated.
- Pour into a mug and garnish with cinnamon.
- Enjoy!
Interested in trying out more unique latte flavors this winter? Give these a go and let us know how they turn out.
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