coffolate

English

Etymology

Blend of coffee +‎ chocolate.

Noun

coffolate (countable and uncountable, plural coffolates)

1. A hot drink made from coffee and chocolate or cocoa; mocha.
   • 1920 August, Mrs. Simon Kander [i.e., Lizzie Black Kander], compiler, The Settlement Cook Book, 10th edition, Milwaukee, Wis.: The Settlement Cook Book Co., Inc., page 28:

     ICED COFFOLATE […] Makes 1 quart coffolate.

   • 1928 October 19, “Brides Learn Coffee Secret”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume CXXIX, number 111, San Francisco, Calif., page 22:

     Glazed carrots were prepared and used as a garnish for the planked fish dinner, and an iced coffolate was made for the dessert.

   • 1937 January 21, Mary Meade, “Hot Beverages de Rigeur^[sic] on Winter Nights: These Drinks Warm Cockles of the Heart”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XCVI, number 18, page 16:

     But sometimes we’d rather take more time and make a more elaborate hot drink, one such as coffolate, which “hits the spot” as almost every man, woman or child who drinks it will at once remark. Coffolate usually is made with coffee and chocolate, as the name suggests, but this particular recipe uses coffee and cocoa.

   • 1968 January 12, Ruth Ellen Church, “Warmer-Uppers to Combat Bitter Weather”, in Chicago Tribune, 121st year, number 12, section 2, page 2:

     If you can’t be warmed from the outside in by a semi-tropical sun, it is pretty great to be warmed from the inside out by something as delicious as hot spiced wine with brandy, or hot coffolate with brandy, is it not?