Short and Sweet: Homemade Irish Cream
I’ve always wanted to make my own Irish cream – and now I have, thanks to the dregs of the whisky bottle left over from a pre-Christmas party. It took about five minutes, as I made dinner – you just dump everything into a blender and hit blend. A good thing to have in the fridge over the holidays to add to your coffee, or save to sip over ice on New Year’s Eve. May as well get that chocolate and cream into your system while you still can.
(Note: to be truly an Irish cream, this would be made with whiskey – the preferred Irish spelling – but here in Canada it’s spelled whisky. Same diff.)
Blend. Chill. And chill. (And while the blender is all Irish cream-y, you could add a scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream too…)
Homemade Irish Cream
AuthorJulieBlend everything in a blender, then transfer into a glass jar, pitcher or bottle. Refrigerate for 2 hours; shake before serving.
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Blend everything in a blender, then transfer into a glass jar, pitcher or bottle. Refrigerate for 2 hours; shake before serving.
How long will this last in the fridge?
Err, I don’t normally comment here, although I do enjoy your recipes, but I have to say there’s a very real difference in whiskies! Whiskey with the ‘e’ is Irish and whisky without the ‘e’ is Scottish.
Is it? I’ve always spelt it as whiskey.
For whisky connoisseurs there is a huge difference between whisky and whiskey
Katy! Laurie! I agree but was trying to figure out a way to say so 🙂 As an avid Scottish and Irish whiskey drinker, (did I just say avid?) I can tell you there is definitely a difference between whisky and whiskey. xoxo
p.s. we make Irish Cream every Christmas but with a different recipe than yours. Must try Julie’s version!
Can anyone tell me how long this keeps?
It will last quite awhile due to the sugar and alcohol… if you plan to keep it more than a few weeks, stash it in the freezer for good measure!
Same question as anonymous, pls & thx.
Made this yesterday and it turned out great. I have a vitamix so when it says blend, don’t do it on high speed for more than 30 seconds. My whipped cream responded accordingly and curdled a bit . For the second batch I used the lowest setting, and basically “stirred” it in my blender.
Best to use an Irish blend for the best flavour.
Thanks for the tips!
We make this every year using Bushmills Irish and give small bottles to each of our neighbours. The recipe is slightly different but close! I think my parents will miss this more than us this year since we aren’t able to visit! 🙂