Irish Cream Coffee

While prepping my kitchen to make, well, a huge mess (chocolate sacks). I opted to fix up one of my favorite Christmas drinks to kick off the festivities. Irish cream coffee takes me back to every Christmas I remember growing up when my parents would always be drinking Bailey's Irish Cream. I have taken to their tradition, adding in a spot of coffee and whipped cream. All you need to make this simple dessert of a drink is:

Baileys Irish Cream

Godiva chocolate liquor

Coffee (I use a light cappuccino roast but use whatever you favor)

Whipping cream

Sugar

Cinnamon

Vanilla extract

Chocolate sprinkles

Hazelnut Pirouettes

To prepare your whipped cream:

1. Pour a small amount of whipping cream into a mixing bowl
2. Add in a teaspoon of sugar
3. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon
4. Add a couple of drops of vanilla extract
5. Mix on high speed with a hand mixer, working the cream into stiff peaks

Pour into your Irish coffee mug:

1/3 part Bailey's Irish Cream
1/3 part coffee
1/3 part whipped cream

Drizzle with Godiva chocolate liquor and sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles. Add a hazelnut Pirouette if you are so bold.  Enjoy!