The Best Easy Coffee Jelly
If you love to drink your coffee, you’ll love to eat it too!
Love to drink iced coffee in the summer? How about eating it? This is the perfect summertime treat when you want to keep your kitchen cool. No bake, no cook, and totally caffeinated, this is an easy sweet treat that only takes 15 minutes of active prep time!
What Is Coffee Jelly?
This is a popular, modern day Japanese treat that I heard from an anime, although I don’t remember the exact one anymore. I heard that it’s Saiki’s favorite dessert though, haha!
I Don’t Drink Coffee, Can I Use Tea?
Yes! I prefer tea over coffee and tried it with this recipe as well. You can definitely replace strongly brewed coffee with strongly brewed tea instead.
What Is Coffee Jelly Made Of?
It’s basically coffee jell-o! Make a strongly brewed coffee with your favorite coffee beans and mix with gelatin powder and that’s it :) The sweet cream is the perfect contrasting balance to the bitter coffee jelly. You’ll have to wait for the coffee jelly to set but I promise you, it’s worth the wait 🙂I could eat all of this myself!
Ingredients:
For the coffee jelly:
80 grams (⅓ cup) water
7 grams (1 envelope or 2 ½ teaspoons) unflavored gelatin (I use knox)
450 grams (2 cups) strongly brewed coffee
For the sweet cream:
30 grams Condensed milk
70 grams Heavy cream
70 grams Milk or water
Coffee Jelly directions
Sprinkle 7 grams (1 envelope or 2 ½ teaspoons) unflavored gelatin over 80 grams (⅓ cup) water and leave it for 5 minutes while you prepare your strong brew of coffee or tea (all the gelatin should be hydrated)
Measure out 450 grams (2 cups) strongly brewed coffee
Mix the hydrated gelatin powder with the brewed coffee until the gelatin dissolves.
If your mixture is not warm enough to dissolve the gelatin, microwave in 30 second increments on low until it dissolves. Let it cool at room temperature.
Pour the cooled coffee mixture into your container for slicing or directly into the cups you plan to serve them in. Place into the fridge to chill for at least 2-3 hours until it’s set and slice-able or overnight.
Sweet Cream directions:
Make the cream mixture while waiting for the coffee jelly to chill.
Mix together 30 grams Condensed milk, 70 grams Heavy cream, 70 grams Milk or water.
The sweet cream is ready to use to pour over the coffee jelly when set.
Assemble the coffee jelly:
If slicing your coffee jelly: slice the chilled coffee jelly into the shape you like. I like to make small cubes and put them into glass cups so it’s nice and spoon-able.
Then pour the sweet cream mixture over the sliced coffee jelly and enjoy!