Coffee Drink
Eggnog Latte Recipe: Hot, Iced & Milk Ratio
An eggnog latte combines espresso with prepared eggnog, often lightened with milk. This home version gently warms pasteurized, nonalcoholic eggnog for a hot drink, with a cold-over-ice variation below. The eggnog already supplies sweetness and spice.
Drink Snapshot
- Caffeine
- About 75 mg (reference)36 g espresso × USDA 212 mg per 100 g76.32 mg before rounding; a generic composition reference, not a measurement of this extraction.
- Calories
- About 220 kcalDefined recipe; eggnog and milk included219.84 kcal before rounding. No whipped cream, syrup or alcohol is included.
Serving, sugar and sources
- Serving
- 36 g espresso + 120 ml Hood Golden Eggnog + 60 g whole milk
- Made with
- Espresso + prepared eggnog + whole milk
- Sugar
- About 24 g total. About 21 g from the named eggnog and 3 g from milk. Total sugar includes milk sugar.
- Preparation
- About 5 minutes; equipment ready
Hood Golden Eggnog label and USDA milk and espresso records, checked 26 September 2026. Product, coffee and portion changes need new estimates. See the full calculation or label comparison.
Key Takeaways
- 1Use 120 ml prepared eggnog, 60 g whole milk and 36 g espresso. The milk is part of the recipe and nutrition estimate.
- 2The named hot serving is about 220 kcal, 24 g total sugar and 75 mg reference caffeine; other eggnog labels change the estimate.
- 3Warm the eggnog and milk gently, then whisk. Choose pasteurized, nonalcoholic ready-to-drink eggnog and avoid boiling.
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Eggnog Latte Recipe
Makes one hot eggnog latte in about 5 minutes with the espresso equipment ready. Use a 300 ml cup for pouring room; cup capacity is not a measured finished yield. This is our measured home formula, rather than a reproduction of a café's seasonal recipe.
Ingredients
- 18 g coffee, ground for espresso
- 120 ml pasteurized, nonalcoholic ready-to-drink eggnog; Hood Golden is the nutrition reference
- 60 g cold whole milk
Choose a refrigerated commercial eggnog labelled pasteurized and ready to drink, and follow its storage instructions. The recipe starts with a prepared product, so its gentle warming step is not a method for cooking raw eggs. Check the bottle: alcoholic eggnog and plant-based nog are different ingredients.
Equipment and Preparation
Have espresso equipment, a scale, a marked ml measure, a small saucepan, whisk, thermometer and cup ready. The espresso brewing guide explains extraction: here 18 g is dry coffee in and 36 g is prepared espresso out. Eggnog is measured by volume; the additional milk is weighed.
Method
- Combine 120 ml prepared eggnog and 60 g whole milk in a small saucepan.
- Warm gently over low heat, stirring, to 60–65°C. Do not boil. Remove from heat and whisk lightly.
- Brew 18 g ground coffee to 36 g espresso into a warmed 300 ml cup.
- Pour all the warm eggnog mixture into the espresso and serve promptly.
A saucepan makes a small portion easy to control. If using a steam wand instead, first check that your equipment permits sweetened eggnog mixtures and follow its cleaning instructions. Do not expect eggnog to behave exactly like plain milk: Hood's own latte method emphasizes gentle heating for successful frothing. Its published recipe uses a different eggnog and coffee serving.
How to Make an Iced Eggnog Latte
Keep the same coffee, eggnog and milk amounts; add 100 g ice in a 400 ml glass. Brew the espresso and let it cool briefly while you combine the cold eggnog and milk. Put the ice in the glass, add the cold dairy mixture, pour in the espresso and stir.
There is no heating or frothing step for this version. Its ingredient-based calories and total sugar are the same as the hot recipe. Ice changes dilution as it melts; it does not remove the sugar or caffeine already in the glass. For a less rich everyday iced drink, compare the iced latte.
How Much Milk Should You Add to Eggnog?
Start with 120 ml eggnog and 60 g whole milk for this small latte. The extra milk softens a concentrated, sweet eggnog base without adding another sweetener. Because milk is weighed and eggnog is measured by volume, these quantities are not presented as an exact volume ratio.
If the first cup feels too rich, try 90 ml eggnog with 90 g milk, keeping the espresso at 36 g. That adjustment gives the eggnog a smaller role and lowers the label-based estimate to about 195 kcal and 20.3 g total sugar. It is an alternative home serving, not a claim that every eggnog needs dilution.
Our useful label finding is that the eggnog supplies most of the sugar in this recipe. Adding vanilla syrup before tasting is therefore an easy way to oversweeten it. Change the eggnog portion first, then decide whether the flavor needs anything else.
Taste, Texture and Substitutions
An eggnog latte brings a sweet, custard-like dairy base and the spices in the chosen eggnog to the espresso. The coffee should still be identifiable, but a thick or strongly flavored product can dominate a small serving.
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| Change | What to do | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| Different commercial eggnog | Keep the first portion measured and check its label | Sweetness, thickness, allergens and nutrition |
| Plant-based nog | Choose a ready-to-drink product and use a compatible plant milk | Ingredients, heating behavior and the entire dairy estimate |
| Decaf espresso | Keep the measured prepared-coffee portion | Caffeine falls but is not necessarily zero |
| No espresso machine | Use concentrated coffee made with a moka pot | Coffee strength and caffeine; it is not the espresso reference |
This drink differs from Vietnamese egg coffee, which uses a separately prepared egg-based topping. Do not add a raw yolk to this latte to make it more “eggnog-like.” Its egg ingredient is already contained in the prepared commercial drink.
Fix a Thick, Scorched or Overly Sweet Latte
| What you notice | A useful correction |
|---|---|
| Mixture sticks to the saucepan | Use low heat and stir continuously; stop before it boils |
| Burnt flavor | Start again with a clean pan; extra syrup will not remove scorching |
| Drink feels too thick or sweet | Try the 90 ml eggnog and 90 g milk variation next time |
| Little foam | Aim for a smooth drink with light aeration rather than a tall foam cap; avoid repeated heating |
| Espresso disappears | Check that the coffee was concentrated and that the dairy portions were measured |
Eggnog Latte Calories, Sugar and Caffeine
The defined serving has about 220 kcal, 24 g total sugar and 75 mg reference caffeine. It contains milk and egg when made with Hood Golden Eggnog and whole milk. No extra sugar is added by this recipe, but the purchased eggnog already contains added sugar.
Serving calculation and source assumptions
Hood Golden Eggnog lists 180 kcal and 21 g total sugar per 120 ml, including 16 g added sugar. USDA whole milk supplies 61 kcal and 5.05 g sugar per 100 g, so 60 g contributes 36.6 kcal and 3.03 g sugar. The generic prepared-espresso record gives 9 kcal and 212 mg caffeine per 100 g: 36 g contributes 3.24 kcal and 76.32 mg caffeine. The total is 219.84 kcal and 24.03 g sugar before rounding.
For the 90 ml eggnog and 90 g milk alternative, the same records give 135 + 54.9 + 3.24 = 193.14 kcal, and 15.75 + 4.545 = 20.295 g total sugar. The displayed estimate rounds to about 195 kcal and 20.3 g. No gram-to-ml conversion is needed: each ingredient uses the unit in its reference.
These are calculations from public food records and a named label, not laboratory measurements or a tasting trial. The espresso caffeine reference cannot establish the actual caffeine extracted from an 18 g coffee dose. Check the physical eggnog label if its formulation differs.
Common Questions
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Sources and Further Reading
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