Koekie
The Dutch caramel liqueur created in a Nijmegen café, and deemed good enough only after twenty-five recipes. Everything about its alcohol content, flavor, and the glass to serve it in.
Twenty-five recipes before they got it right
Koekie is a Dutch liqueur with a caramel flavor, created at Café de Fuik in Nijmegen. It began as an experiment behind the bar, and it took twenty-five recipes before the result was deemed good enough to bring to market. Since then, the bottle has appeared in more and more Dutch cafés, usually chilled, alongside the other shots.
At 14.7%, Koekie is one of the lowest-ABV bottles on the shelf: lower than jonge jenever, lower than most shots, and even lower than a cream liqueur like Baileys. That makes it easy to drink, but dangerously sweet too; it goes down like a dessert. The liqueur is made by FLS Company International in Capelle aan den IJssel.
At a glance
Koekie and similar sweet liqueurs
There’s only one bottle of Koekie. These liqueurs are in the same vein: sweet, low in alcohol, and meant to be served ice-cold.
Koekie
The caramel liqueur itself: sweet, creamy, with a slightly salty edge. The lowest ABV in this selection.
Licor 43 Speculoos
Spanish liqueur with speculaas spices. Of all the bottles here, this one is closest to a real cookie.
Baileys Salted Caramel
Cream liqueur with salted caramel. Richer and thicker than Koekie because it contains real cream.
Licor 43
The Spanish classic with vanilla and citrus, and more than twice the alcohol content. Spicier and less sweet on the palate.
Choose Koekie when you want to pour something light and sweet; Licor 43 when you want to mix it.
Sweet caramel with a salty edge
Caramel & butter
Unmistakably caramel, with a buttery, almost toffee-like note underneath. You can barely smell the alcohol.
Sweet and smooth
Full-bodied and very sweet, with caramel and a hint of salt that keeps it from being too much. At 14.7%, there's no burn.
Short and sticky
A short, sweet finish that lingers. Serving it ice-cold helps: the cold noticeably tones down the sweetness.
Koekie's flavor profile. Licor 43 scores higher for spice and strength; Baileys Salted Caramel is creamier and a little less sweet.
Three ways to drink Koekie
Sweet liqueurs need to be chilled. Put the bottle in the fridge or freezer, and never serve it at room temperature.
Ice-cold as a shot
3 cl straight from the freezer in a small shot glass. This is what the bottle was made for: the cold takes the edge off the sweetness and keeps it thick and creamy in your mouth.
Glass: shot glass →With prosecco or champagne
1.5 cl in a flute, topped up with ice-cold prosecco. The bubbles cut through the sweetness, leaving you with a light, caramel-like aperitif.
Champagne cocktail →Over ice cream or in coffee
A splash over vanilla ice cream or in black coffee instead of sugar. The caramel dissolves beautifully, and you won't need dessert.
Coffee cocktails →Cocktails with Koekie
A liqueur this sweet should be used sparingly: as a small part of a cocktail, not as the base.
Make shots
The complete collection of shot recipes, from layered to ice-cold from the freezer.
Apple Pie Shot
The best-known Dutch shot. Koekie makes it even more like dessert.
Espresso Martini
Vodka, espresso and coffee liqueur. A splash of Koekie makes it sweeter and creamier.
Mudslide
Vodka, coffee liqueur and cream liqueur. Koekie fits right in.The right glass for Koekie
A small shot glass from the freezer, or a liqueur glass if you're serving it at the table. These are the glasses we recommend ourselves.
Everything else you wanted to know about Koekie
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Buy Koekie
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