Enjoy one of these fat-free after-dinner coffee recipes as is, or substitute low-fat or full-fat ingredients, depending on your dietary requirements.

Café Café

4 servings.

Ingredients

• 3 cups hot, strong coffee
• ½ cup fat-free creamer or half and half
• 2 ½ Tbsp white sugar
• 1 cup coffee liqueur
• fat-free whipped topping

Instructions

Combine coffee, creamer, sugar, and liqueur and divide evenly among 4 heated cups or glasses, topped with whipped topping.

Café Mocha

6 servings.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup coffee liqueur
• 1/4 cup chocolate liqueur
• 3 cups hot, strong coffee
• fat-free whipped topping
• cocoa powder

Instructions

Combine coffee and chocolate liqueurs and divide among 6 heated mugs or wine glasses. Pour in coffee, top with whipped topping, and sprinkle sparsely with powdered cocoa.

Café Orange

4 servings.

Ingredients

• 4 tsp fresh lemon zest
• 1 cup hot, strong coffee
• 3/4 cup orange liqueur

Instructions

Place lemon zest in the bottom of each coffee cup, fill about 2/3 full with coffee, then stir in liqueur.

Café Royale

4 servings.

Ingredients

• ½ cup hot, strong coffee
• 4 sugar cubes
• 1/2 Tbsp brandy

Instructions

Fill 4 demitasses each about half full with hot coffee. Stir into each cup 1 cube of sugar until dissolved, then float brandy over coffee by slowing pouring over the back of a spoon. Ignite brandy and serve flaming. (Quench brandy with spooned coffee before attempting to drink.)

Café a la Russe

4 servings.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1 oz semisweet chocolate
• 1 ½ Tbsp white sugar
• 1 3/4 hot, strong coffee
• ½ cup evaporated skim milk
• ½ cup fat-free milk
• 1/4 cup cognac
• 1/4 cup chocolate liqueur
• ground cinnamon, to garnish
• ground nutmeg, to garnish

Ingredients

Combine water, chocolate, and sugar in a double boiler (or heat-safe bowl over a pot of hot water) and simmer, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and sugar completely dissolved. Meanwhile, scorch milk in a separate pot, rinsed immediately prior with cold water, or in a glass measuring cup in the microwave. Remove from heat and stir together with melted chocolate mixture, along with cognac and liqueur. Pour into 4 heated mugs and sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Café Méditerranéen

6 servings.

Ingredients

• 4 cups hot, strong coffee
• 2 ½ Tbsp white sugar
• 2 Tbsp fat-free chocolate syrup
• 2 whole cinnamon sticks
• 3/4 tsp whole cloves
• 1/4 tsp aniseed
• curls of orange & lemon peels
• fat-free whipped topping

Instructions

Tie aniseed in cheesecloth. In large saucepan, combine coffee, sugar, chocolate syrup, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and aniseed (in cheesecloth) over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer a few minutes, until ready to serve. Strain into 6 warm coffee cups, top with whipped topping and garnish with curls of peel.