Coffee Goes Cold: 11 Summer-Ready Chilled Drinks and Desserts

This Italian coffee-and-gelato concoction works as an after-dinner drink and a dessert.

Recipe: Piccolo Affogato al Caffe

For the kids, make some of the tartufo with vanilla ice cream, and stuff each scoop with a malted milk ball.

Recipe: Mocha Tartufo

With layers of texture and full-bodied flavor, this indulgent iced coffee is a rejuvenating treat for a balmy-weather wedding. Once blended, the frappe separates, leaving a frothy cap over the chilled java. It's topped with cotton candy to sweeten each sip.

Recipe: Iced Coffee Frappe with Cotton Candy

This simple recipe is based on the Italian dessert called affogato al caffe, which means drowned in coffee.

Recipe: Hot-Coffee Ice Cream

Chicory was used in New Orleans during the Civil War to stretch limited coffee supplies. Over the years, blending the slightly bitter root with coffee beans became a local tradition.

Recipe: Creole Coffee Punch

Keep a container of chilled brewed coffee in the refrigerator all summer long for a cool pick-me-up. Add milk and the sweetener of your choice, as desired.

Recipe: Basic Iced Coffee

If you can't find Marcona almonds, use roasted, salted almonds instead. After stirring the nuts into the softened ice cream, refreeze the mixture so it can firm back up before serving.

Recipe: Coffee Ice Cream with Marcona Almonds

Homemade coffee ice cream is the perfect ending to a summer meal.

Recipe: Coffee Ice Cream

The Italian tradition of dousing desserts with hot espresso becomes especially cooling in this swank cookies-and-cream concoction, with silky espresso ice cream and frozen vanilla whipped cream bolstering crunchy biscotti and chocolate-coated coffee beans.

Recipe: Frozen Affogato

Crunchy layers of meringue are the perfect compliment to smooth coffee ice cream in this adult ice cream cake. A few additions of salted, toasted almonds and ground coffee beans add complexity to its sophisticated flavor.

Recipe: Coffee Meringue-Ice Cream Cake

We garnished these sophisticated desserts, which are very easy to prepare, with chocolate shavings. To make your own garnish, use a knife or vegetable peeler to scrape a 4-ounce bar of semisweet or bittersweet chocolate into thin strips.

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