Thirsty Thursdays Kickoff Cocktail!
We decided it was due time we started making a few fun keto cocktail recipes! We’re starting a new blog and video series called Thirsty Thursday’s, and this Irish Coffee is the first installment. It’s a simple yet delightful keto cocktail filled with a little bit of fat and a whole lot of flavor. We’ve also got a video to show you just how easy this Irish Coffee is to make:
Irish Coffee Ketofied
The basics of an Irish Coffee are as follows:
- 1 Cup Coffee
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 jigger Irish Whiskey
- Slightly whipped heavy cream
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Turning this Irish Coffee keto is going to be easy! The only non-keto ingredient is the brown sugar, and we’re simply going to omit that. That’s not all though, we’re going to make a few other modifications to up the flavor and replace a bit of the sweetness we’re leaving out.
Step Your Whip Cream Game Up!
Instead of just regular old lightly whipped cream, we’re going to use a fully whipped cream with cinnamon. This stuff is the bomb! The cinnamon combines with the natural sweetness of the cream to bring a perfect subtle sweetness to this cocktail. You won’t even realize there’s no brown sugar in here!
Possible Modifications
If you’re an Irish coffee purist you could opt for a bit of Truvia brown sugar. Another route you could go to get some additional sweetness in here is to add some stevia drops or erythritol to the whipped cream. I think you’ll find the drink to be sweet enough with just the cinnamon whipped cream, especially if you’ve been on a keto diet for a while and have kicked your sweet tooth. This is our first keto cocktail. If you enjoy this one please comment below with some other cocktails you’d like to see ketofied and we’ll do our best to make it happen! 
Irish Coffee | Keto Friendly Cocktail | 4 Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 12 oz Coffee
- 1 shot Whiskey
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
Instructions:
- Brew 1 cup of coffee.
- In a mixing bowl add heavy cream and beat with a hand mixer until whipped cream is formed.
- Add 1 tsp of cinnamon to whipped cream and continue mixing until combined.
- Pour 1 shot of whiskey or scotch into the coffee and mix.
- Top with a large spoonful of cinnamon whipped cream. Enjoy!
Notes
Written by
Matt Gaedke
Matt is a former college basketball player turned computer engineer who discovered his passion for health and nutrition after cutting sugar from his diet in 2016. That year he founded KetoConnect with Megha in order to share their ketogenic lifestyle through recipes, videos, and educational content. Matt is always seeking to grow and try new things, a passion he shares with his wife and two amazing sons.
Is this keto Irish coffee hot or cold???
Love most of your recipes but this one is just bland to me. Good try though.
The recipe sounds lovely but please identify where those 30 carbs come from and what are they netted against to get net 3 carbs. Decimal placement dilemma possibly?
What is filtered water? What is grass fed beef gelatin? Where do I get it? Thanks, Love the old fashion bourbon drink, and the Keto breakfast coffee. Thanks again. Susan
Filtered water is just water that’s been through a filtration process – you can use any type of gelatin that you find at your store. Sometimes it’s with the baking items!
Are you sure about those nutrition facts, 30g carbs is awfully high for a keto drink!
Hi! Matt and Megha track net carbs, not total 🙂
You asked for other suggestions. Since no one else offered any, I have a couple. 🙂
Pina Colada?
Tequila Sunrise? Or is that Sunset?
I love your website, even if it is dot net 😉 Your recipes are great, your ideas are fantastic! Is Matt tipping on over into carnivore?? Your baby is just precious! And the cutest pets, even! Haha
**Why is this 30 GMs of carbs?** do you mean 3?
P.s. love you guys. Thx for all the great recipes
This recipe is great. I use to prepare ir with heavy cream sweatened with Eritrol, canela and a few drops of vanila extract…
Brown sugar can be homemade by mixing in molasses with white sugar. Why not just use erythritol instead of sugar? the amount of molasses in a T would be small.
I love your YT channel! I’m new to keto and Thanksgiving is coming soon (in Canada) so I was looking for a low carb bevy to celebrate and thought Irish Coffee would be a perfect treat. 🙂
I miss Caesars! Help please
trying to understand the deal with alcohol. how do you determine what’s OK? My favorite is Chillable Red by Franzia but I’ve given it up. 11 grams per 4 oz. but I don’t know if any of that is subtractable.
what is sugar alcohol and how should you approach it on keto? I do have the makings for this drink above, butjust trying to understand how you end up with 2 net carbs. where do you see the sugar alcohol content?
The sugar alcohol we use is called erythritol. It’s not like regular alcohol that you drink. It’s a sweetener, like sugar, except it doesn’t effect blood sugar levels. It’s great for keto baking recipes. When it comes to drinking alcohol, you can do some online research. Your best options are hard alcohols like whiskey and vodka mixed with a diet soda or sparkling water. Dry wines and champagne are also pretty low-carb and there are some low-carb beers on the market, like Michelob Ultra.
Loving your recipes…just wondering where all the carbs come from in this recipe….is it the whiskey?
Sounds good.but not a fan of Irish whiskey..how about a Millionaire coffee or white Russian
I posted my recipe for White Russian below, so you can use that infusion for the kahlua, and I also make keto baileys if you want to make a millionaire.
Keto Baileys
2 cups cream
1/2 tea instant starbucks or other expresso powder
1 T cocoa powder
1 tea Almond Extract
1/2 tea vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups Irish Whiskey
OPTIONAL (I don’t use it) low carb sweetener to taste
Dissolve cocoa and coffee powder in a little warm cream. Add everything else and put in jar. Good for 2 wks or so.
For the millionaire, use keto kahlua, keto baileys, and add some hazelnut extract or hazelnut vodka for the Frangelico. Yummy!
How many servings does this make? It sounds fabulous (very much like my pre-Keto recipe). TYIA!!
This recipe makes 1 serving 🙂
How could we whip the cream if we don’t have a mixer? Would a blender work?
A blender would work ok. You have to be careful not to overmix it though. You can also use a hand whisk. That might be a better option and only takes 2-3 minutes.
Love the hat! Gonna try this one!
Thanks, and let us know how it turns out for ya!
How’s about a White Russian…? I miss those badly!
Me too, probably my all time favorite cocktail. Definitely going to give it a try!
My keto version of a white russian is Skinny Syrup Mocha, half and half and vodka on icce!
ALso, side note HOW is 1 serving of this Irish coffee 30g carbs?! (and that’s considered keto??)
Keto White Russian fat bomb! I soak about a cup of coffee beans in a 1/5 of vodka for a week or so and drain. Mix half infused beans with half heavy whipping cream. One cube of ice. I love them. Strong and Sweet. The beans are technically cold brewed in the alcohol so it has about a 1/3 the caffeine and the PH goes to almost neutral! Healthy too!
Yum. Now I need to buy some whiskey! ?
Hi Wendy! We always have some in the house for times when we need an irish coffee ?
Can you please explain how you get 2 grams net carbs? I’m not challenging you, I’m seriously unaware how this all works! Thanks for all your great recipes and tip!
Melani,
The carbs come from the little bit of cinnamon and the heavy cream. There’s lots of carbs in alcohol but they are subtracted when counting the “net carbs”. Alcohol doesn’t get stored as glycogen so the carbs don’t really count. The calories from alcohol are prioritized and burned first.
@Matt. Thanks for the explanation. I was trying to understand the same thing.