The Hummer Cocktail

“We made this Hummer cocktail all last summer, it’s amazing.” ~Tavo

The Hummer Cocktail is a mid-century ice cream cocktail made with coffee ice cream, rum, and Kahlua…you’ll either love me or hate me for this irresistible concoction, it’s a seriously delicious adult treat!

what’s a hummer?

The original Hummer is an ice cream cocktail thought to be born in Detroit at the Bayview Yacht Club in the 1960s. It’s responsible for starting a cocktail milkshake craze that peaked in the 60s but is still going strong, at least in our house.

The original recipe calls for vanilla ice cream, light rum, and Kahlua. I’ve made a few choice tweaks that absolutely make it better.

what you’ll need for a hummer cocktail

• coffee ice cream ~ go for the good stuff. I use coffee ice cream because it’s my favorite. It deepens the flavor of this classic ice cream cocktail. You can use chocolate, too, or butter pecan!
• rum ~ I use amber rum, another little tweak for more depth of flavor.
• Kahlua coffee liqueur
• ice ~ just a little to thicken the drink and keep the temperature nice and frosty. I use crushed ice.
• a blender to make the magic happen.

the hummer cocktail is a summer favorite

This is the perfect way to end a summer day, and I guarantee if you make a pitcher up for your friends they will never let you forget it. It’s going to be your signature cocktail, for sure.

Interestingly the hummer cocktail faded from view after its brief burst of fame in the last century. It’s largely been blogs like mine that have kept it alive. I first posted about it in 2012 and I’ve been singing its praises ever since. You have got to try this one!!

more adult skewing desserts

• Brown Sugar Bourbon Icebox Pie
• Whiskey Glazed Brownies
• Grand Marnier Truffles
• Manhattan Cocktail Ice Cream
• No Churn Bailey’s Ice Cream

The Hummer Cocktail

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The Hummer Cocktail is an adult milkshake of epic proportions…you'll either love me or hate me for this irresistible concoction of ice cream, rum, and Kahlua.

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Prep Time:5 minutes minutes

Total Time:5 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 servings

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Equipment

• blender

Ingredients

 

• 4 large scoops of coffee ice cream
• 1 oz (2 tablespoons) amber rum
• 1 oz (2 tablespoons) Kahlua coffee liqueur
• 2 ice cubes or 1/2 cup crushed ice

Instructions

• Blend everything in a blender just until smooth. Serve with a straw (or two)

Notes

For a little more alcoholic oomph you can use 1 1/2 ounces (or 3 tablespoons) each of the rum and coffee liqueur.

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Course: cocktail

Cuisine: American

Author: Sue Moran

Keyword: alcohol, cocktail, dessert, ice cream, milkshake

Nutrition

Calories: 355 kcal · Carbohydrates: 38 g · Protein: 5 g · Fat: 15 g · Saturated Fat: 9 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 4 g · Cholesterol: 58 mg · Sodium: 107 mg · Potassium: 263 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 35 g · Vitamin A: 556 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 169 mg · Iron: 0.1 mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators.  Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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