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Home » Homemade Irish Cream

Homemade Irish Cream

Lucky You!


There are two reasons March is my absolute favorite month. One, my birthday is March 12. Two, St. Patrick’s Day is March 17 and that means I have an excuse to indulge in delicious drinks like Guinness and more importantly, Irish Cream. Irish Cream is one of my favorite liquors ever. It’s great in coffee, great in white russians, great on ice and until now March was the only time I drank it. But this birthday I made a little present for myself, homemade Irish Cream! And it’s better than any store bought brand I’ve ever had! In fact, it was so good, I couldn’t keep it to myself. I packaged it up into some small glass bottles and ordered some Evermine waterproof beer labels. They turned out to be the perfect gift, tasted delicious and looked great!

Ingredients:
• 2 cups Irish Whiskey (Any Irish Whiskey will do, I used Jameson’s)
• 1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
• 2 1/2 tablespoons Chocolate syrup ( Hershey’s, Torani, etc…)
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of almond extract

Step 1: Combine all ingredients into blender and mix on high for 30 seconds.

Step 2: Bottle.

It’s just that simple! It’ll last for about two weeks refrigerated. Just shake it up and serve in your favorite cocktail. I even included a recipe on the back label for a unique St. Paddy’s Day treat!

Irish Flag Cocktail

• 1/2 oz Creme de Menthe
• 1/2 oz Homemade Irish Cream
• 1/2oz Grand Marnier

Layer liquors in cordial glass or shot glass in order above.

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  • Bottle Labels • I chose the style “San Remy” in deep green.
James (14 Posts)

James Luster is a recent transplant from Brooklyn, New York. He's an actor, writer, professional donut maker, and lover of the finer things in life. Currently he's educating himself on the arts of brewing and mixology, and working on his new show set to premier next summer.


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Comments

  1. Shannon says

    February 15, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    Thank you for such a great idea! I was wondering with your recipe how many bottles doesit make? Thank you again for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Stephanie says

    February 16, 2012 at 1:42 am

    Ohhh my hubby would LOVE this! I am definitely going to make this for a fun St. Patrick’s Day surprise!! Thanks for sharing!!! (i’m pinning it!)

    Reply
  3. James Luster says

    February 17, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    Thank’s so much! Shannon, the recipe makes about 38oz, so it depends on the bottle size. A regular wine bottle holds about 25 ounces, in those terms you will have about a bottle and a half.

    Reply
  4. Angela Watts says

    February 24, 2012 at 2:08 am

    Oh yum. Just saw irish cream from the coffee creamer people the other day, but I bet this would taste so much better in coffee 🙂

    Reply
  5. Rachel (teacher-chef) says

    March 17, 2012 at 1:55 am

    I just made Irish Cream this year too (there is none left for St. Patrick’s Day since we have drank/shared it all this week) but I wish that I had some left because I love your layered drink you have created!!!!

    Reply
  6. Launie says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    Wowza! That’s genius!

    Reply
  7. Austin says

    December 4, 2013 at 5:24 pm

    What size bottles do you show in your pictures?

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      December 5, 2013 at 10:37 am

      Hi Austin,

      I believe we used 8.5 oz bottles from Specialty Bottle http://www.specialtybottle.com/dessertclearglassbottle85oz250mlwswingtop.aspx

      Reply
  8. Austin says

    December 11, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    Thank you so much, also i was wondering what the alcohol content of this would be?

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      December 12, 2013 at 12:23 pm

      Hi Austin,

      I know that Bailey’s Irish Cream has a alcohol content of 17% alcohol by volume. I’m not exactly sure how different the homemade version is…

      Reply

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