It’s Friday and I’m still a little under the weather.

But hey, on the bright side… the other day I got to sip on some spiked coconut eggnog at 11 in the morning. That was fun.

Sometimes I can’t believe I get to do this full-time, in my jammies. Anywho, this was my first go at from-scratch nog. The whole raw egg thing can be a little scurrrry, but I trust my farm eggs so I got over it. Plus the rum completely kills any bacteria right?

I decided to put a twist on your old-style eggnog. First these aren’t warm… I think that if you wanted to make a custard base and go through that you could serve these warm. I’m in no way a nog-spert {ha! I simply made that up} so don’t quote me. But I was thinking a chilled glass of coconutty-rum-y nog would be a splendid. Don’t ya think? For all my dairy free folks, I can’t see why you couldn’t sub coconut milk for the heavy cream.:9

Now let’s drink up.

Start by emptying a can of unsweetened coconut milk into a 2 cup liquid measuring cup. In the can the coconut “solids” tend to float to the top while the liquids settle to the bottom. So I always have to give it a good stirring beforehand. I then would stick the coconut in the fridge for one hour to chill it. Who wants a leuk-warm cocktail? nobody!

In your blender, carefully crack in two eggs, look out for any shells. Ps. this blender was given to me for a baby shower gift 12 years ago so I could make kitchen-made baby food. It’s on its last leg… and I’m hoping for a Blendtec for Christmas. I need an upgrade!

Next, secure the lid to the blender and let it rip until the eggs are frothy.

Then add in three tablespoons of sugar…

Then 1/4 teaspoon of real vanilla extract…

And then 1/8 teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg…

And add in 2 to 3 fluid ounces of rum. Mmmmm Mmmm!

With the blender on, slowly pour in 2/3 cup of heavy cream. We’re talking lusciousness here!!

And then pour in 2/3 cup of the stirred coconut milk.

Action shot!

Bubbles are a good sign that it’s mixed properly.

Pour into fancy or non-fancy glasses.

Sprinkle with a little bit more freshly grated nutmeg and if you want… toasted coconut. Here’s a post where I show you how to toast your coconut.

This spiked coconut eggnog is genuinely good… and not egg-y at all. I was genuinely tempted to drink all 4… but I only drank three. Okaaay two.