Peaches N Cream

They say you have a whole other stomach just for dessert… well I must have a Peaches n Cream stomach because I could have way too many of these cocktails for dessert no matter how full I am. Think of the best peach whiskey sour of your life (made with brown butter fat-washed bourbon because duh), then freeze it and blend it and top it with cinnamon maple whipped cream. Come on!!! Life is too short for us not to be making this Peaches n Cream cocktail on the regular. Who’s with me?

Watch Me Make Peaches n Cream

How to Make Peaches n Cream

1. First, make the whipped cream. Add the heavy cream, maple syrup, and cinnamon to a bowl. Whip until soft, pillowy peaks form. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
2. Blend the cocktail. Add the frozen peaches, bourbon, lemon juice, maple syrup, and ice to a blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.
3. Serve. Divide between two glasses, or three mini glasses.
4. Top generously with the maple cinnamon whipped cream. For a little extra, finish with a light dusting of cinnamon.

Where Did Peaches n Cream Come From?

Peaches n cream used to literally just be a dessert of fresh peaches with cream (or creme fraiche, if you prefer). Then, it moved on to another type of cream: ice cream! Since then, peaches n cream has become a flavor inspiration for baked desserts, soda, candy, and cocktails! My Peaches n Cream cocktail combines a frozen whiskey sour with maple cinnamon whipped cream for the cream component. It basically a dessert and cocktail in one.

Peaches n Cream Ingredients

Peaches

I love making this recipe in the late summer when it’s still hot enough out for a frozen cocktail but I’m kind of ready for fall already. However, it doesn’t have to be peach season for you to make this recipe since we’re using frozen peaches. If you freeze your own fresh peaches, any variety will work.

Bourbon

Bourbon is an American whiskey made with at least 51% corn, giving it a sweet, brown sugary, vanilla flavor. I used my insanely delicious Brown Butter Fat-Washed Bourbon for this recipe and it is sooo worth it! Check out my list of favorite bourbon. You could use any kind of whiskey for this recipe.

Maple Syrup

Maple syrup gets added to both the cocktail and the whipped cream for a cozy sweetness. You could use honey or a brown sugar or demerara sugar simple syrup instead.

Heavy Cream

Making your own maple cinnamon whipped cream is super easy and makes a huge different for the final cocktail, so don’t be tempted to buy the spray stuff (but, okay, you can if it means you’ll be more likely to make this cocktail).

Lemon Juice

If it’s not fresh squeezed, we don’t want it!

Tips for Making the Best Peaches n Cream

• Make your own whipped cream! It’s so easy and so worth it!
• Fat washing might sound intimidating, but it’s really just an infusion, which is really just letting a few things sit in a bottle together for a few hours. So that’s my way of saying you should really try making the Brown Butter Fat-Washed Bourbon for this recipe.
• If you love a frozen cocktail as much as I do, you won’t regret getting yourself a good blender.

Why You’ll Love a Peaches n Cream Cocktail

• If you love peaches, they really shine in this creamy combo with bourbon and maple syrup.
• If you love bourbon and a good whiskey sour, you’ll obviously love this recipe, but even if you’re not so sure about whiskey, this Peaches n Cream recipe is a great, easy intro to it because of all the other flavors going on.
• This cocktail is perfect as a late summer cocktail or early fall cocktail because the flavors bridge both seaosns perfectly.
• Any pool party, warm weather dinner party, Labor Day gathering, or 4th of July party will be better off with this cocktail.