Kahlúa is used to make cocktails and as a topping or ingredient in several desserts, including ice cream, cakes, and cheesecakes.
Kahlúa is a key ingredient in several notable cocktails:
B-52
Baby Guinness
Black Russian
Mudslide
White Russian
Spanish Coffee[4]
It is frequently mixed with milk, cream, coffee, cocoa, and combinations of these. A licensed line of chocolates, with Kahlúa-flavored centers, is sold in Mexico, as well as small chocolate shot glass-style "cups" for serving the liqueur.
Because Kahlúa is made from coffee beans, it contains caffeine. According to the company, this is "approximately 10 mg per 100 mL (4.85 mg in each 1.5 oz) drink" or about 25% the amount found in the same volume of coffee.[5]