Best Keto Whipped Coffee (Dalgona Coffee)
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Introduction
A pale caramel-colored foam, thick enough to hold a peak, spooned over a tall glass of iced milk and left to sit there until you stir it in. That is whipped coffee, and it is made from three things you already have: instant coffee, sweetener and boiling water, whipped together in equal parts.
It had a moment on the internet, and the name came with it — dalgona is a Korean honeycomb toffee, and the foam looks like it. Whipping instant coffee this way is older than the hashtag, though.
Two things change to make it keto, and neither is the method.
What Changes to Make It Keto
The sugar becomes monk fruit, spoon for spoon. Two tablespoons of it, two of instant coffee, two of boiling water — equal parts of all three is the whole formula, and it makes enough foam for two glasses. Lakanto’s classic blend is what we use, granulated rather than powdered, since it is dissolving into boiling water anyway.
And the glass underneath is unsweetened almond milk with two tablespoons of heavy cream stirred through it, rather than dairy milk. Milk carries more sugar than people expect; this way you get the richness from the cream without it.
You Need Something to Whip It With
The foam is the recipe. Without something to whip the coffee, you have a cup of very strong instant coffee.
An electric milk frother is the easy answer. Five or six minutes of it and the coffee goes from dark liquid to a pale caramel foam that holds a soft peak when you lift the wand out. A hand mixer does it too.
Leave an inch or two of room at the top of each glass, or there is nowhere for the coffee to go.
Best Keto Whipped Coffee (Dalgona Coffee)
3 net carbsIngredients
For The Whipped Coffee
- 2 tbsp coffee, dry instant
- 2 tbsp lakanto classic monkfruit sweetener
- 2 tbsp water, boiling
For The Glasses
- 2 cups almond milk, unsweetened
- 4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- ice (optional)
- 2 tbsp Walden Farms sugar-free caramel syrup (optional)
Nutrition Facts
2 servings per recipe| Per Serving 140 | Per Recipe 270 | |||
| 2 tbsp of coffee, dry instant | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2 cups of almond milk, unsweetened | 30 | 60 | ||
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 100 | 200 | ||
| 13g | 16% | 25g | 32% | |
| 2 cups of almond milk, unsweetened | 2.5 g | 5 g | ||
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 10 g | 20 g | ||
| 7g | 35% | 14g | 70% | |
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 7 g | 14 g | ||
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 40mg | 13% | 80mg | 27% | |
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 40 mg | 80 mg | ||
| 200mg | 9% | 410mg | 18% | |
| 2 tbsp of water | 0.59 mg | 1.19 mg | ||
| 2 cups of almond milk, unsweetened | 170 mg | 340 mg | ||
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 10 mg | 20 mg | ||
| 2 tbsp of Walden Farms sugar-free caramel syrup | 22.5 mg | 45 mg | ||
| 15g | 5% | 30g | 11% | |
| 2 tbsp of coffee, dry instant | 1.2 g | 2.4 g | ||
| 2 tbsp of lakanto classic monkfruit sweetener | 12 g | 24 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond milk, unsweetened | 1 g | 2 g | ||
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 0.8 g | 1.6 g | ||
| Dietary Fiber | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 12g | 24g | |||
| 2 tbsp of lakanto classic monkfruit sweetener | 12 g | 24 g | ||
| Allulose | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 3g | 6g | |||
| 2 tbsp of coffee, dry instant | 1.2 g | 2.4 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond milk, unsweetened | 1 g | 2 g | ||
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 0.8 g | 1.6 g | ||
| 2g | 4% | 4g | 8% | |
| 2 tbsp of coffee, dry instant | 0.3 g | 0.6 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond milk, unsweetened | 1 g | 2 g | ||
| 4 tbsp of heavy whipping cream | 0.8 g | 1.6 g | ||
About these numbers: We are home cooks, not certified nutritionists. Nutrition is shared as a courtesy. We pick a representative product for each ingredient, and our recipe system works out the totals from the amounts in this recipe, so please treat them as a helpful estimate rather than a guarantee. The brands you buy, any swaps you make, and how generously you portion the recipe will all move these numbers.
Directions
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Place the instant coffee, granulated sugar substitute and boiling water in a mixing bowl. Blend on high until fluffy and smooth, with soft peaks.
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Add ice and one cup of almond milk to each of two glasses.
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Place 2 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream into each of the two glasses, and stir to combine with the almond milk. Add additional keto friendly sweetener to the milk at this time if desired. Leave an inch or two of space at the top of the glass for the whipped coffee.
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Place half of the whipped coffee mixture into the top of each glass.
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Top each glass with a tablespoon of the caramel sauce if desired and serve.
Mixed or Layered
Some people stir the whole thing together. Some drink it with the foam sitting on top and the milk underneath.
Layered looks better — pale foam sitting on white milk is most of the reason this drink went around the internet in the first place — and it means the first mouthful is almost all coffee. Stirred, it is a cold latte. Both are fine.
Things to Add
- Sugar-free caramel syrup — an optional tablespoon on top
- Torani sugar-free syrups
- Sugar-free mocha
- Cinnamon
If you want something else in this direction, there are Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches to go with it.
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Enjoy!
Updated — September 10, 2026: We corrected what goes in the glass and where the drink's name comes from, dropped health claims we can't back up, and put the serving ideas right below the recipe.
Correction — September 10, 2026: This recipe uses unsweetened almond milk with heavy cream stirred in, not heavy cream in place of milk. We also took out an explanation of the name that we couldn't confirm.
