What Is Creme de cocoa and How Can I Use It?
Wondering what to do with creme de cocoa? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it — with 16 recipes to put it to work.
| In Chinese: | 奶酪和可可 | |
| British (UK) term: | Creme de cocoa | |
| en français: | crème de cacao | |
| en español: | crema de cacao |
Recipes using creme de cocoa
There are 16 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva is a blended dessert cocktail with creme de cacao, Kahlua, vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries, and half-and-half. Boozy milkshake-style drink topped with whipped cream.
Banshee
Banshee cocktail with creme de banana, creme de cacao, and sweet cream shaken over crushed ice. A creamy, dessert-style drink ready in two minutes.
Borden's & Gordon's
Borden's and Gordon's punch: French vanilla ice cream blended with vodka, cold coffee, and creme de cacao. A retro punch-bowl White Russian for a crowd, served slushy by the ladle.
Chocolate Irish Cream
Homemade chocolate Irish cream with whiskey, rum, creme de cacao, sweetened condensed milk, and a touch of chocolate syrup. A blender-based copycat of Bailey's that costs less and tastes richer. Serve over crushed ice.
Chocolate Liqueur Shells
Handmade chocolate shells filled with white chocolate mousse flavored three ways: creme de menthe, creme de cacao, and Cointreau. An elegant no-bake chocolate dessert.
Rum Truffle
Rum truffle dessert cocktail: dark rum, crème de cacao, and hazelnut liqueur blended with chocolate ice cream and crowned with whipped cream. Served in a brandy snifter for a sip-it-slow sweet finish.
Creme De Cocoa Cake
Microwave bundt cake spiked with creme de cocoa and orange juice, swirled with chocolate syrup. Rich, boozy, and ready in 25 minutes flat.
Black Bottom Pie II
Microwave black bottom pie II with chocolate cookie crumb crust, vanilla pudding spiked with creme de cacao, and a fold of whipped cream. Easy chilled dessert that skips the oven entirely.
Sweet Risotto with Exotic Bananas
Baked sweet risotto with arborio rice, ripe bananas, brown sugar, cinnamon, and creme de cacao. A creamy, hands-off rice pudding dessert that bakes covered for one hour.
Cheesecake with Hazelnuts
Hazelnut cheesecake with a toasted hazelnut and vanilla wafer crust, creme de cocoa in the filling, and a broiled sour cream topping. Rich and nutty.
Black Russian Cake
Black Russian bundt cake spiked with vodka and creme de cacao, doctored from a yellow cake mix with chocolate pudding, instant coffee, and cinnamon. Boozy old-school cocktail-inspired dessert.
Chocolate Dream Crepes
Cocoa-laced crepes filled with chocolate ice cream, drizzled with warm creme de cacao chocolate sauce, and scattered with chopped pecans. A French-inspired dessert that's pure indulgence.
Brandy Alexanders
Brandy Alexander punch made with vanilla ice cream, half-and-half, brandy, and creme de cacao. A creamy, boozy batch cocktail for parties and holiday gatherings.
Creme De Menthe Pie
Creme de menthe pie with a chocolate cookie crust and a fluffy marshmallow-mint filling. A no-bake frozen dessert with chocolate curls on top.
Today's French Silk Pie
TODAY'S FRENCH SILK PIE - Through the years, one major change has been made to this famous recipe: the pie now has a COOKED filling to guard against possible food poisoning associated with raw eggs. Yet, the silky richness of the original recipe still remains.
