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How to Create a Holiday Coffee Bar
& Sugar Cookie Caramel Latte Recipe
I love gathering with friends and family during the holidays and with the temperatures dropping, everyone loves to warm up with a warm cup of coffee. An easy way to help guests warm up and relax is by creating a Holiday Coffee Bar. A Holiday Coffee Bar allows your guests to help themselves and create their cup of coffee their way. I have some simple tips and a delicious latte recipe to help you create a fabulous Holiday Coffee Bar for your guests.
Before you can begin putting together your Holiday Coffee Bar, you need to decide where you will be setting it up. Select an area in your home that is convenient for your guests without blocking traffic flow in your home. A nook in the kitchen with ample access or a buffet/table top are two good locations. Once you have the location selected, plan simple holiday decorations to make it festive and match the rest of your holiday home decor. I don’t like washing linens and find vinyl reusable tablecloths are easy to clean up spills that are bound to happen. Make sure you leave enough room for the ingredients you will need for your coffee bar.
I found an adorable themed tablecloth at Target when I stopped by to pick up some holiday decorations and take advantage of the fabulous Cartwheel offer to save 5% on Folgers® Coffee and a variety of coffee creamers.
Provide your guests with a minimum of 2 holiday flavored coffee creamers and 1 regular flavored coffee creamer. My favorites are International Delight® Frosted Sugar Cookie, International Delight® White Chocolate Raspberry Creamer,Simply Pure® Caramel or Vanilla Creamer, and Silk® Almond Vanilla Creamer (for those that are lactose intolerant.)
To add your own special tough to your Holiday Coffee Bar, create a Signature Coffee Drink. This Sugar Cookie Caramel Latte is simple yet packs a delicious holiday flavor. Don’t worry about recreating these for each of your guests. Print out your Signature Coffee Drink recipe on cardstock and display them on your coffee bar. Encourage your guests to take a copy home so they can recreate your signature coffee drink at home. I have provided you with a printable copy of my recipe. Click on the recipe card to download and print it out.
Get additional inspiration with these simple holiday ways to make your coffee delicious.
Make sure that you have the extra ingredients for your signature drinks. This can include whipped cream, caramel and/or chocolate syrup, caramel and/or chocolate chips, and sweetener options.
Set up your coffee maker in the coffee bar area, along with your coffee mugs (one mug for each guest),coffee stirrers, creamer options, and extra ingredients. Brew your coffee right before the guests arrive and keep your Folgers® Red Can Classic Roast Coffee near the coffee bar so you can easily make more coffee as needed.
These simple tips will help you create a fabulous Holiday Coffee Bar and guests will love the Sugar Cookie Caramel Latte. Holiday gatherings don’t have to be stressful and gathering together to celebrate and enjoy delicious coffee drinks are a great way to stay warm and destress during the holiday season.
Sugar Cookie Caramel Latte Recipe
(Makes 2 Lattes)
Ingredients
- 2 cups of Folgers® Red Can Classic Roast Coffee,brewed
- 1/4 cup International Delight® Frosted Sugar Cookie Creamer
- 1/4 cup Simply Pure® Vanilla Creamer
- Caramel Syrup
- Caramel Chips
- Whipped Cream
Directions
- Pour Folgers® Coffee into 2 coffee mugs, 3/4 of the way up each.
- Combine both creamers in Foamer (if you don’t have a foamer just stir together) and create foam.
- Pour 1 tbsp caramel syrup into each coffee mug.
- Split foam evenly between each coffee mug and pour into coffee mugs.
- Drizzle with caramel syrup.
- Top with whipped cream and caramel chips.
Make sure you Save 5% on Folgers Coffee with this Target Cartwheel offer. You can also save 5% on Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee with this Target Cartwheel offer“
Plus, don’t forget that you can save on a variety of Coffee Creamers with this Target Cartwheel offer.
Sugar Cookie Caramel Latte
Indulge in a coffee treat from your own coffee maker for a fraction of the cost that coffee shops charge.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of Folgers® Red Can Classic Roast Coffee,brewed
- 1/4 cup International Delight® Frosted Sugar Cookie Creamer
- 1/4 cup Simply Pure® Vanilla Creamer
- Caramel Syrup
- Caramel Chips
- Whipped Cream
Instructions
- Pour Folgers® Coffee into 2 coffee mugs, 3/4 of the way up each.
- Combine both creamers in Foamer (if you don't have a foamer just stir together) and create foam.
- Pour 1 tbsp caramel syrup into each coffee mug.
- Split foam evenly between each coffee mug and pour into coffee mugs.
- Drizzle with caramel syrup.
- Top with whipped cream and caramel chips.
Notes
If Frosted Sugar Cookie Creamer is not available substitute with Sweet Cream.
What is your favorite Holiday Signature Drink? Share your tips and tricks for creating a delicious signature drink and holiday coffee bar below!
A coffee bar is great idea! I’ll have one on our Christmas party!
What a great idea! I’m going to do this over the weekend when I have guests over. I generally just have a huge pot, and some cream. stepping it up now 🙂
This is super cute and the drink sounds delicious! I actually just got a Ninja Coffee Bar and I was trying to think of drinks to make! I just got the same coffee you bought and I have that Sugar Cookie creamer! I’ve pinned your recipe so that I can use it in the future. Thanks!
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That’s a fun idea!! Also, did you say caramel chips?? How come I’m just now learning about this?
I think I’m gonna surprise my wife and set up a coffee bar for her one day. She drinks a LOT of coffee.
What a fun holiday set up! I love the whipped cream and coffee pairing. I’m obsessed with peppermint coffee this time of year.
Love this idea.. I am a big coffee drinker and always want to host a holiday coffee bar
That sugar cookie caramel latte is making me drool! 🙂 Both the hubs and I are coffee addicts. We need to create a bar like this on Thanksgiving!
I think I need a coffee bar now. This looks insanely good! I want some caramel drizzled into my coffee.
Yummy. I love coffee and this looks soooo good. I’ll have to give this a try this thanksgiving with the family. Thanks for sharing.
I love Folgers coffee! This is such a cute set up. I never knew there was such a thing as caramel chips! I want some!
Omg just love this!!!! My hubby has a non drinking type of family so this would be perfect for them!!!!
I have a perfect spot to set this up in my kitchen. I think it is a great idea for the Holidays.
What a delicious looking coffee treat! My husband and I love kicking back on Christmas morning with our coffees and enjoying the kids as they play with their toys! This would make an extra special treat for an extra special day! Pinning it now! Thanks!
Wow this would be a cute idea to do for my house this holiday season. I love the way that recipe looks too, I have to try this out!
This is a great idea. I love it! I should do this for Thanksgiving this year. I know many that drink coffee.
I love this idea. We typically don’t have coffee after our Thanksgiving meal. I might take some creamer that I have in the fridge. I love ice coffee.
The Sugar Cookie Caramel latte looks so delicious! Everyone in my family loves coffee, so a coffee bar is a must during gatherings. These are great tips.
For the love of all this coffee! This looks so dang delicious! Better than any coffee house drink I’ve ever seen!
Honestly, I’m looking for an inspiration on how to create a Holiday coffee bar and this one is cool.
I love your Holiday coffee bar! As a coffee lover, I would love to appreciate this kind of idea.
The holiday coffee bar is a great idea to set up for our family get together. We all love our coffee in my family. Sugar Cookie Caramel Latte sounds delicious. The International Delight’s White Chocolate Raspberry Creamer and the Frosted Sugar Cookie one are two creamers I have to try for sure. They will definitely be on my holiday coffee bar. Thanks for sharing the idea and recipe.
I just love the idea of a holiday coffee bar. My family and I will sit and talk for long periods of time over coffee post Thanksgiving and Christmas…we will have to come up with a creative option like this for Thursday!
Love the idea of a holiday coffee bar. It would be perfect for Bible study. Any excuse to enjoy a Caramel Latte…
I think it’s awesome to go that extra step and put on an entire coffee bar when you’re hosting. Instead of just putting out coffee.
Your Sugar Cookie Caramel Latte sounds so amazing and festive!! I love that you have created a holiday coffee bar for your guest and I bet that they love it too!!
A coffee bar sounds like a great idea. Coffee is the classic end to a big meal, and a coffee bar seems like a great way to do it up.
This is great! My family loves to have coffee after the big meal, and this is a great way to accentuate that.
I love the idea of Holiday Coffee Bar. I host Christmas Day every year and always want a nice coffee display but end up just putting it all on the counter. I’d love to add some fun touches to it to make it more inviting. Nice idea for supplying guests with a latte recipe. Very fun! #client