Dessert is often delicious on its own. However, when dessert is paired with coffee, it can often create an experience that is truly special. The right dessert can turn the experience of drinking coffee into something completely different. We have assembled some of the best desserts from around the world so that you can find some that will match perfectly with your afternoon coffee.
1. Tiramisu: The Italian Delight
Gently layered coffee, and mascarpone cream create a beautiful contrast in texture and flavor. The experience grows richer with the addition of some liqueur, such as rum or marsala. Alone, or with the company of a few friends, drinking coffee with some tiramisú will elevate the experience. What really builds the coffee experience is the subtle bitterness of the liqueur soaked ladyfingers. Each of the layers is separated with a gentle touch of bitterness from the dry coffee and sweet cream and finished off with a dusting of cocoa.
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2. Crunchy Almond Biscotti
A crunchy almond biscotti always makes a nice compliment to a hot cup of coffee. These Italian style cookies are made extra crunchy by baking them twice. They also bring a soft texture to coffee, as well as a lovely almond flavor. Their crunch is also good for dunking, which biscotti are made for. Orange zest is a fun twist when baking biscotti.
3. Flaky Chocolate Croissants
A pain au chocolat is a delicious compliment to coffee. These pastries are flaky with buttery layers. The croissant also gives a nice contrast to the coffee. The chocolate center is melted and flows out when you take a bite. It is easy to pair a coffee with a croissant. Try serving it warm to melt the chocolate and make the pastry even better!
4. Zesty Lemon Bars
The buttery shortbread crust which acts as a base, balances with the sauce, silky lemon curd with the tart flavor. The rough texture of the lemon zest and the glaze will leave you with a crunchy flavor, all the while adding on to your experience. Using a lesser known idea, a little bit of powdered sugar can act as a great contrast and balance the sauce if you want to play the game with the coffee. Zesty lemon bars are a perfect companion to your afternoon coffee. The crunchy and zesty flavor of your lemon bars will help you to break the monotony of your heavy, robust, and complex coffee. Short bread cookies can be used to break the monotony of your coffee. The sleek and buttery quartz lemon will give you a vibrant and energetic flavor. The citric and tangy flavors will burst and complement your rich and complex coffee. The pastry chefs will help you to have this experience.
5. Classic Cinnamon Rolls
The soft pastry rolls are topped with a cream cheese sauce to meet the demands of the rich and soft coffee. These pastry chef’s creations will melt your coffee. Your rolls will come from the oven and will have a slight warmth to help bring out the flavors and the cinnamon will mix with your coffee’s heaviness. Every single mouthful will meet the demands of your rich and delicate coffee. This combination will give you the warmth that you are seeking from your cinnamon rolls. It can be an exceptional job to have freshly baked rolls from the over to the table.
6. Blueberry Muffins Bursting with Flavor
The best place to enjoy a delicious blueberry muffin is most definitely at home in the comfort of your own kitchen. While sipping on a delicious cup of coffee, the muffin will be a great addition. The muffin has a slight sweetness to the taste of the blueberries. It works nicely with the earthy tone of the coffee. The taste of the muffin contrasts with the taste of the blueberries. This creates a really great mix of flavors and will drive people to blueberry muffins. If you want to make the muffins taste even better add some lemon zest to the muffin mix. This will help the freshness of the muffin and add a bright zesty taste to the muffin overall. Eating blueberry muffins will make your coffee taste even better
7. Decadent Chocolate Lava Cake
Rich molten chocolate cake is the perfect dessert to eat while drinking a nice cup of coffee. The outside of the cake has a soft delicate shell and is easy to cut into with a fork. When the shell is cut a chocolate river comes pouring out. When you take a sip of coffee and eat the molten chocolate cake at the same time it is a perfect mix of flavors. The outer shell of the cake has a nice crunch to it while the inner part is soft and gooey. This mix of textures is really nice to have and will turn your cup of coffee into a luxuriously tasty part of your day. The coffee and chocolate will taste really nice together. To help the chocolate taste even better you can add a sprinkle of sea salt over the chocolate cake.
8. Traditional Scones with Jam and Cream
A true British classic is the scone served with jam and clotted cream and goes very well with a nice cup of coffee. These paired with a comforting earthy coffee gives a little luxury, the rich cream, and refreshing touch with the jam, cream, and scone pairing. The great thing about this classic pairing is that you can try countless jars of jam and they’ll all provide a different taste sensation. Enjoying this treat while sipping coffee is a moment you will always appreciate.
9. Caramel Flan Elegance
Flan is a wonderful dessert option cold served with coffee. The smooth silky texture will contrast the hot coffee making it feel a little more robust. The flan will melt in your mouth and combine with the caramel that is sweet making it a great pairing with a bitter coffee. All the different textures and tastes will elevate a nice blue collar coffee break. You could also try mixing the flan with vanilla or add a hint of zest to spice it up and elevate the coffee more.
10. Nutty Pecan Pie Slices
Nothing beats the rich taste of a great coffee paired with a dessert made to perfectly match with it. Pecan pie is a great match. It’s filling is a great match with coffee, made of brown sugar, butter, and a hint of vanilla. It has a nice crunch of pecans that gives it a great texture. To add some extra layers to this match, toss in some bourbon into the pie filling. It matches nicely with the coffee and gives a nice touch to the experience.
11. Delicate French Macarons
Pairing a coffee with some french macarons is a delicacy. Macarons are packed with tons of flavor, and the subtle sweetness is a great match with an espresso. It’s outer shell is made to be a little crisper, while the inside is made to be creamy. This contrast makes the experience fully immersive and interesting. If you are pairing your macarons with an espresso, make sure to serve it a little warm. This will enhance and bring out the flavors in the inside. No matter the flavor from vanilla, to salted caramel, it’ll give a great addition to the coffee experience.
12. Warm Apple Strudel
An apple strudel is not just any dessert, and it is not just an apple strudel. It is a dessert that you can enjoy with a scent of a freshly brewed cup of coffee, and it is a dessert that is going to bring you comfort with tradition. A strudel has many layers of flaky and buttery pastry, and each sweet and spiced apple filling has a medley of flavor, but that’s just the start. The filling is surrounded by a lukewarm puree of spiced apples that is going to remind you of that good feeling from your childhood. The filling goes great with crunchy exterior shell that is going to satisfy the need to bite into something in your coffee or just to create a different texture to your drink. The strudel is a great solution for an elevated dessert to have. For the best experience, serve this dessert warm (even about 30 minutes warm) so that the apple sauce and strudel pastry warm puree can come out to play. There is not a lot that is more comforting, and to come to enjoy a well brewed coffee.
13. Vanilla Custard Danish
A Danish custard with vanilla goes really well with a rich cup of coffee. The soft and sweet vanilla custard filling contrasts with the rich and bold flavor of the coffee. With this dessert, you get a nice buttery flaky pastry that crumbles at the top and has a nice soft center that melts in your mouth and makes the combination of this with the coffee feels decadent. The light dusting of sliced almonds in the middle and at the top has a nice texture and gives a lovely sweetness which forms a nice compliment to the crunch and to the sweet vanilla custard filling. Rich moments in life’s quieter moments is formed when you take this treat with you as you go enjoy a cup of your coffee.
14. Honey Madeleines
Coffee and honey madeleines are perfect together. Madeleines provide simplicity and elegance that goes well together with your coffee. Their very buttery texture makes you feel like you are in heaven while the honey brings sweetness that is very floral and soft. To add to your enjoyment, you can try dipping the madeleine in your coffee to make the flavors come together more. With the flavored twist, you get to enjoy it all greatly even more from what it is without. Each bite of your honey madeleine will surely bring you joy and is a perfect way to enhance the coffee break.
15. Pumpkin Spice Cake Squares
Enjoy our scrumptious pumpkin spice cake squares! They go perfectly with your afternoon coffee. Moist cake made with cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove will warm you up in the chilly months. Each square will make your earthy coffee notes even better, and the pumpkin in the cake will add some sweetness. To make this treat even better you could add a cream cheese glaze or some chopped walnuts for even more flavor. Our pumpkin spice cake squares will make your coffee moments even better!
