The Ultimate Puerto Rican Coquito Recipe

Tis’ the season for family, joy, food, and Coquito! If you are asking yourself, ‘What’s coquito?’ well, let me reintroduce you to the ever so popular eggnog, Puerto Rican style. Eggnog is a very popular drink this time of year. Just look around, and you’ll find recipes for eggnog latte, eggnog pancakes, eggnog pretty much anything and everything. I like to stick to my family’s traditional way of making eggnog, so I’m excited to share The Ultimate Puerto Rican Coquito Recipe with you.

For those who don’t know, Coquito is the traditional holiday drink for Puerto Ricans. It’s a coconut-flavored, rum-infused, super yummy drink.  And the recipe is as diverse as our people. Every family has their way of making Coquito, and they all swear their recipe is the best in the land.  Of course, they don’t know my recipe is the best. 😉 So without further do I gift to you,

The Ultimate Puerto Rican Coquito Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 bottle of white rum, preferably Bacardí  (Amazon, Walmart, Target)
• 12 oz can of Evaporated milk (Amazon, Walmart, Target )
• 14 oz can Sweet Condensed milk (Amazon, Walmart, Target)
• 15 oz can Cream of Coconut (Amazon, Walmart, Target)
• 13.5 oz can Coconut Milk (Amazon, Walmart, Target)
• 3 Small or 2 Large Cinnamon sticks (Amazon, Walmart, Target)
• 8 whole cloves (Amazon, Walmart, Target)
• 1 egg yolk (Amazon, Walmart, Target)

Preparation

• Pour 1- 1/2 cup of water into a pot and boil the cinnamon sticks along with the cloves. Boil for about 5-10 minutes until the water changes color. Strain the cinnamon and cloves from water and set to the side to cool off.
• In a Blender, pour egg yolk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream of coconut, and coconut milk. Make sure you blend together after every new ingredient.
• Last but not least, pour the entire bottle of rum and the cinnamon/cloves-infused water you set aside earlier into the blender.
• Refrigerate for about 2 hours or more.
• Serve cold in a shot glass or small tumbler and garnish with ground cinnamon.

Cheers!

Coquito is super easy to make, and I guarantee your guests will love it. Drew tasted it for the first time last year, and he loved it. He said he will never go back to regular eggnog again, lol. It’s also a great hostess gift for all the holiday parties you’re attending this season. Drew is taking these little festive mason jars to his co-workers this year. Get cute glass storage containers here!

 I hope you guys enjoy this recipe. Please let me know your thoughts in the comments if you try it. Also, let me know what your favorite holiday drink is.

If you’re interested in the vegan version of this recipe check out this post Dairy-Free Coquito tastes just as good or better.