Noche Buena Dessert Ideas: Coffee Based Desserts

Who doesn’t love coffee? Perhaps, for most people coffee is part of adulting. It is very aromatic and refreshing especially when brewed. Some people like it cold, a lot like it hot. As the times go by, coffee became part of the menu. It’s no longer considered as just a drink but also used as main dessert ingredients. If you love coffee like I do, sharing with you some Noche Buena Dessert Ideas: Coffee Based Desserts that I have been thinking to add on our Noche Buena menu this December 24.

Noche Buena Dessert Ideas: Coffee Based Desserts

Tiramisu

Its taste is chocolatey with a hint of coffee. So this is perfect for the kids and adults. It originates from Italy, where coffee is trendy. You need the following ingredients to make this dessert:

Ladyfingers
Coffee
Cocoa powder
Eggs
Sugar
Mascarpone or cream cheese

Coffee Jelly

If you want it creamy, coffee jelly is what you need. It is saucy and creamy with tidbits of jellies. You can make your jelly or buy the ready-made coffee-flavored gelatin. If you are going to make your jelly, just follow the instruction on your Gulaman powder mix and then flavored it with coffee. These are the ingredients you need:

Coffee-favored Jelly
All-purpose cream
Condensed milk
Evaporated milk

Cappucino Ice Cream

You can buy ready-made ice cream but to make it is quite fun and memorable for the kids. You need an electric mixer or an electric whisker. If you do it manually, it will take much time, and you might not get the cream you desired. All you need are:

All-purpose cream
Condensed milk
Instant coffee powder
Chocolate chips

Coffee Cheesecake

Cheesecakes are very popular, but it can also include on your coffee-based Noche Buena desserts. Gather these ingredients, and you are good to go:

Ready-made Grahams pie crust or you can make your own (crushed Grahams, butter, brown sugar, a pinch of salt)
Cream cheese
All-purpose cream
Coffee
Crushed Grahams
Chocolate chips

No Bake Mocha Cake

If you want something cakey, try this one. It is effortless to make; you need to make layers of crushed cake bars and milk mixture then top it with gelatin. All you need to make this are:

Chocolate or mocha-flavored cupcakes or cake bars (crushed)
Mixture of all-purpose cream and condensed milk
Gelatin mixture for the top

Coffee Ice Cream Pie

If you love pie, you will be going to like this one. It is like a refrigerated cake, Mix all the ingredients or have it your way then put everything on the crust. Check these:

Ready-made crust
Vanilla Ice cream
Coffee
Nuts
Cream Cheese
Chocolate chips
Chocolate syrup

Coffee Truffles

You can quickly make this one, crushed mocha cupcakes and mix all purpose cream an then form it into balls. After this, use a toothpick or a hard straw and dip the chocolate ball into the melted chocolate. You just need these three ingredients:

Mocha cupcake
All-purpose cream
Chocolate, melted (you can also try white chocolate)

These coffee-based Noche Buena Desserts are very easy to make. You can make these desserts even if you have insufficient time. Even the kids can make these desserts without a sweat. Your family members will undoubtedly love each dessert even if they are not caffeine lovers. Make your Holiday season more meaningful by helping each other and make fun while preparing for Noche Buena.

Noche Buena Salad Desserts That Are EASY To Prepare

A salad is one of the must-have desserts that every Filipino family has on their table for Noche Buena. Preparing food during the celebration is kinda tiring and time-consuming. Although everyone in the family is busy helping each other. Still, moms are the ones busy in the kitchen. Sometimes, desserts are out of the scene because of limited time. However, there are easy to make Noche Buena Salad Desserts that you can make ahead of time.

Easy To Make Noche Buena Salad Desserts

Canned Fruit Salad

This perhaps is one of the most traditional salad desserts in every Pinoy Noche Buena table. You just need to gather two basic ingredients: all-purpose cream and condensed milk. Then, choose other ingredients, these canned and bottle ingredients are mostly found in a fruit salad:

Fruit cocktail
Pineapple chunks
Peach Halves
Pears
Lychee
Nata de Coco
Kaong
Cherry
Macapuno
Corn Kernels
Cheese
Gelatin
Cheese

It is very easy to make this salad, you just have to drain the syrup from the canned and bottled fruits and then mix together. Usually, the ratio of all-purpose cream and condensed milk is 2:1, depending on your preference.

Macaroni Salad

This is a little bit sweet, creamy, and tangy. The basic ingredients of macaroni salad are cooked macaroni, mayonnaise, and condensed milk. the following are optional, you can add one, two, or all of these additional ingredients:

Ham
Chicken
Carrots
Raisins
All-purpose cream
Celery
Onion
Boiled egg

Buko Pandan salad

This salad dessert has been so popular due to its creaminess and easy procedure. You just need to gather the following ingredients:

All-purpose cream
Condensed milk
Strips Coconut, choose either young or not so matured fruit
Cooked Gulaman
Cooked sago (optional)

For Buko Pandan Salad recipe, check out The Peack Kitchen Buco Pandan Recipe.

Yogurt salad

This salad dessert is for people who are conscious of their weights and sugar intake, here are the basic ingredients:

Greek yogurt or any low-fat yogurt of your choice
Low-fat all-purpose cream
Berries
Chia seeds
Oatmeal (optional)

Fresh fruit salad

If you don’t want a creamy canned fruit salad, here are the ingredients you need to gather to make it fresher and healthier:

Strawberry
Apple
Grapes
Banana
Kiwi
Medium-ripe banana
Corn Syrup or any other sweetener

Ice cream salad

Kids will surely love ice cream and you can make it healthier by adding some fruits and nuts. Here are the basic ingredients for your ice-cream based salad:

Vanilla ice cream
Nuts (you can choose from almond, walnut, pistachio, peanut, etc.)
Apple
Grapes
Peach
Pineapple
Corn Kernels
Strips coconut
Nata de Coco
Kaong

These Noche Buena salad dessert ideas are very easy to make, even your kids will love making one. You can teach them the fun way. Kids love colorful desserts, they will surely be enthusiastic in making their own salad recipe for Noche Buena. Your load as a mom will be lessened and your kids will learn a new skill too. Have fun preparing your Noche Buena with your family.

Noche Buena Food Ideas + Noche Buena Tips!

It’s Christmas already and you can easily feel it. There are Christmas lights all around, children singing Christmas carols, heavy traffic, the windy and cool breeze of air, and of course, lots of hams in the grocery! This is the season where everyone is busy with Christmas parties and gifts buying. After all the business in schools, social groups, and offices’ parties, here comes Noche Buena. The 24th day of December is perhaps the busiest for the family, especially for moms. It is a special day where most families are busy preparing foods for Noche Buena that usually celebrated during 12 midnight. It may be hard to think of dishes that will please your family but, you can make it easier with these Noche Buena Food Ideas

3 Helpful Tips for Picking Food Dishes For Your Noche Buena

Tip#1: Keep the Traditional Noche Buena Starter Pack

Of course, there should be Noche Buena must-have like:aa

Ham
Queso de Bola
Fruit Salad
Fruitcake

Tip#2: Make sure the dishes will compliment each other

The most common mistake is mixing up the wrong dishes that makes your Noche Buena a nightmare. You have to avoid that. First, you need to write what are the things you want for the celebration. This Noche Buena Food Ideas list might be helpful:

Soup
Pasta
Beef dish
Seafood dish or fish dish
Chicken dish
Vegetable salad or vegetable dish
Drinks

No need for a pork dish since you already have a ham. For the dessert, you can stick with the traditional fruit salad or fruitcake. Here are some food-mix suggestions that you might want to consider for your Noche Buena:

Noche Buena Food Ideas Choice A:

Asparagus Soup
Carbonara
Roast Beef
Buttered Shrimp
Chicken Wings in Mango Sauce
Garlic Parmesan Potatoes
Lemon Juice

Noche Buena Food Ideas Choice B:

Mushroom Soup
Lasagna
Beef teriyaki
Roasted Salmon
Chicken Lollipop
Buttered Vegetables: corn, carrots, and peas
Starwberry Iced tea

Noche Buena Food Ideas Choice C:

Egg dopped soup
Baked Macaroni
Beef Steak
Crabs in Oyster Sauce
Chicken BBQ
Mashed potatoes
Four Seasons Juice

In choosing your food, make sure there is something salty, saucey, sweet, and a little tangy. You can also create a theme for your Noche Buena such as Japanese, Italian, or simply Pinoy dishes.

Tip#3: Have a very light dinner prior to Noche Buena

Make sure your family will have a light dinner, a vegetable salad or light pasta will do. In doing this, you will not ruined their appetite in time of Noche Buena. For some families, they do it earlier and served as their dinner too. But mostly, families will wait until 12 in the midnight to eat and give thanks for the celebration. It is also a great time of opening gifts and checking kids’ Christmas socks if Santa fill up with goodies.

For sure, everyone is excited what is gonna be in the table for Noche Buena. The food doesn’t have to be extra special, what matters is your family will appreciate what is on the table. And of course, the spirit of Christmas matters when families are strongly tied up to each other.