These Christmas coffee recipes bring gingerbread, eggnog, peppermint, sugar cookie, and caramel flavors to your cup. Each pick comes from a recipe creator, with a direct link to their full recipe and notes to help you choose.
Some start with brewed coffee. Others give you the choice of coffee or espresso. There are recipes for two mugs, a chocolate pick with crushed candy canes, and one that calls for a cookie-flavored syrup (a detail worth checking before your grocery run).
The plan can stay small: pick a drink, find your Christmas mug, and put on a movie while it cools. If you're making an afternoon of it, our guide to Christmas traditions to start with friends has more ideas for time together.
Choose a Christmas coffee by the flavor you love
For ginger and molasses, start with the gingerbread latte. For an eggnog base, choose the eggnog latte. Peppermint mocha brings chocolate and mint, while sugar cookie leans toward vanilla, almond, and a buttery cookie flavor. Caramel brûlée finishes with whipped cream and toffee bits.
Your coffee setup can help narrow the choice too. Kalejunkie's gingerbread and eggnog recipes use brewed coffee and each make two servings. Gemma Stafford's peppermint mocha also uses brewed coffee. Fresh Bean Bakery's sugar cookie latte accepts strong coffee or espresso, and Coffee Copycat's caramel brûlée gives both options.
The five picks below include different kinds of prep. Check the creator's equipment list along with the ingredients, especially for the two blended lattes. Their full pages have the amounts and steps.
1. Cozy gingerbread latte from Kalejunkie
Nicole Modic's gingerbread latte combines coffee and almond milk with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, molasses, and maple syrup. It's the pick for that gingerbread-cookie mix of spice and dark sweetness.
The recipe makes two mugs and lists a total time of 10 minutes. It uses a blender and a saucepan, so it suits a morning when you have a little counter space and someone to share the second cup with.
Whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon finish the drink. Nicole's photos also show a small gingerbread cookie tucked into the topping. A cookie is a cute extra if you're already baking; the coffee gets its gingerbread flavor from the drink itself.
If you want a bake to go beside it, browse our holiday Pop-Tart recipe roundup. Pick the pastry you want to make before planning the rest of breakfast.
Get the full gingerbread latte recipe from Nicole Modic at Kalejunkie.
2. Cozy eggnog latte from Kalejunkie
Nicole Modic's eggnog latte starts with eggnog, almond milk, and brewed coffee. Vanilla and cinnamon join the mix, with whipped cream on top. If eggnog is the part of the holiday drink aisle you look forward to, this is your section.
Like the gingerbread recipe, it makes two servings and lists 10 minutes from start to finish. The method uses both a blender and the stove. That makes these two Kalejunkie picks useful to compare if you're choosing one shared coffee for the morning.
The recipe allows store-bought eggnog or Nicole's linked vegan eggnog. Choose the version you want, then check that exact recipe and product. The name alone doesn't tell you which milk or topping is in the finished cup.
For the garnish, Nicole calls for whipped cream or coconut whipped cream and extra cinnamon. The cream-and-spice finish keeps the eggnog flavor at the center.
Get the full eggnog latte recipe from Nicole Modic at Kalejunkie.
3. Peppermint mocha from Bigger Bolder Baking
Gemma Stafford's peppermint mocha pairs brewed coffee with milk, bittersweet chocolate, and peppermint extract. It's the chocolate choice in this roundup, with whipped cream and crushed candy canes as the finish.
Gemma lists one mug and a total time of 10 minutes. The drink uses a saucepan, so you don't need an espresso machine for this version. That makes it a fitting pick if brewed coffee is what you already make at home.
Check the current recipe card for the peppermint amount. Gemma notes an update to that ingredient on the page; use her saved amount when you make it.
This is also the clearest choice if the topping is part of the fun for you. The white cream and red candy pieces give the cup a holiday finish before you add anything to the table.
Get the full peppermint mocha recipe from Gemma Stafford at Bigger Bolder Baking.
4. Sugar cookie latte from Fresh Bean Bakery
Erin at Fresh Bean Bakery builds this latte around a homemade sugar cookie syrup. Vanilla, almond extract, and butter vanilla bakery emulsion give the syrup its cookie flavor. This is the pick to check first if you want a holiday coffee without ginger or peppermint.
The bakery emulsion is the shopping detail to notice. Erin calls it a key part of the flavor, so read that section before you decide you have everything in the cupboard. Her page includes notes about the ingredient.
The latte uses strong brewed coffee or espresso with milk. Erin lists one latte and a total time of 10 minutes; the syrup recipe makes more than the amount used in that single drink.
For the finish, her page suggests whipped cream, sprinkles, or a sugar cookie. You can choose the topping you like from those options. The little cookie perched on the rim is a particularly cute one.
Get the full sugar cookie latte recipe from Erin at Fresh Bean Bakery.
5. Caramel brûlée latte from Coffee Copycat
Megan Byrd's caramel brûlée latte combines coffee or espresso with caramel-flavored milk. Whipped cream and toffee bits finish the cup. Choose this one if caramel is your usual coffee order and you'd like a holiday version.
Megan lists one drink and a total time of six minutes. The recipe offers espresso or hot brewed coffee, which gives you a choice based on your kitchen setup.
The topping helps set this pick apart from a plain caramel latte. Small toffee pieces sit on the whipped cream, adding a different finish from the cinnamon, candy canes, and sprinkles elsewhere in the roundup.
The name doesn't mean you need to torch a sugar crust for this recipe. Read Megan's recipe card for her method and ingredient choices, then keep the toffee finish for serving.
Get the full caramel brûlée latte recipe from Megan Byrd at Coffee Copycat.
Make a holiday coffee plan for one or two
For two people, the gingerbread and eggnog recipes already make two servings. For a single cup, start with peppermint mocha, sugar cookie, or caramel brûlée. Use the creator's serving controls and notes if you want a different amount.
A coffee morning can be the whole plan. If you're baking too, choose your bake and drink together so you can check both pages before shopping. Our cranberry recipe roundup includes cookies, muffins, bread, and other picks from recipe creators.
For the coffee, choose the flavor first: gingerbread spice, eggnog, chocolate and mint, sugar cookie, or caramel with toffee. Then follow that creator's full recipe. The Christmas mug is up to you.
