A good Irish Cream is a great way to finish off a meal, especially at Christmas… actually, especially most of the year. As yummy as it is, it can cost as much as a bottle of Irish Whiskey. Is this as good as having a Bailey’s Irish Cream? Opinions vary but a few have said it is just as good.
I found a recipe online from somewhere, but I didn’t have the chocolate syrup it had. Adapting to what I had in the cupboard, Nesquik Chocolate Quik was the substitute needed without a trip to the store.
I hadn’t expected the instant coffee to be an ingredient but it works well. I had no idea how much Quik to add so it took a few attempts to get the quantities right, including adjusting the amount of coffee.
With the assistance of willing participants as taste testers, this is the recipe that has been used several times since. Bringing a bottle of Irish Cream to a Christmas gathering, and even as a gift, this recipe has been well received by many.
Irish Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp instant coffee heaped
- 8 tsp Nesquik Chocolate Quik
- 500 ml milk
- 100 ml cream
- 2 1/4 cups Irish Whiskey
Instructions
- Add the cans of sweetened condensed milk into a mixing bowl
- Add instant coffee to 250ml milk into a measuring jug and mix until the coffee is dissolved, then add to the mixing bowl
- Measure another 250ml milk and add to the mixing bowl
- Add Nesquik Chocolate Quik into the mixing bowl and slowly stir all of the ingredients together, ensuring the sweetened condensed milk is not stuck to the bottom of the bowl
- Add the whiskey and mix it through the mixture
- Pour the mixture into bottles
