Spike and Spiced Iced Coffee Beverage with Godiva Chocolate Truffle Coffee

It is amazing how timing is everything sometimes.  I was selected by Food Buzz’s Tastemaker’s Program to indulge myself in some delicious Godiva Coffee.  Luckily (or unluckily) these past two months of my life have been so hectic with working on preparing for a trial that copious amounts of coffee have been needed.  Needless to say, I have had a chance to experiment with two different flavors of Godiva Coffee – Hazelnut Crème and Chocolate Truffle. 

I loved the deep rich flavors of both these flavored coffees, but in the end the Chocolate Truffle was my favorite.  As it is equally delicious when consumed hot or cold, summers in Louisiana tend to make iced coffee necessity.  I enjoy a bit of “spice” in my coffee and thought adding a bit of chili powder, cinnamon and star anise to the Chocolate Truffle Godiva Coffee would give it a nice a kick.  The addition of these spices would work great with an unflavored brewed coffee as well.  The spiked part of this drink is optional, but I happened to have some Dark Chocolate Godiva Liqueur on hand.

One final detail about a cold coffee drink that I never understood was why they put regular ice in the drink…essentially all these ice cubes are doing is watering down the flavor of my drink.  In an effort to keep the flavor as potent as possible, I suggest brewing the coffee, allow it to cool, and then pour the coffee into ice cube trays and freeze. 

Spiked and Spiced Iced Coffee

Ingredients:

Godiva Chocolate Truffle Coffee

4 star anise

4 large cinnamon sticks

Tiny pinch of chili powder (optional)

1 ½ oz. of Chocolate Liqueur (optional – I used Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur)

Coffee ice cubes

Milk and sugar to taste

Directions:

      Brew the Godiva Chocolate Truffle Coffee according to the directions.  Pour the coffee into a pitcher and add the star anise, cinnamon sticks, and chili powder, allow to chill overnight in the refrigerator.  Strain the spices out of the coffee.  Pour spiced iced coffee over coffee ice cubes and then stir in chocolate liquor.  Add milk and sugar if you prefer.