Irish Cream Recipe Bailey’s for Less

This Irish Cream recipe is a Christmas favorite at our home. We make this irish cream throughout December and enjoy baileys coffee drinks as a special treat in December. As we use quite a bit of it, we make a double batch and put it in a large bottle. Its just as good as the purchased Irish Cream, especially if you use more expensive whiskey, like Crown Royal or Jameson. Yum!

This copycat version of Baileys is a really quick to mix together. Cream, whiskey vanilla, chocolate, condensed milk and eggs are mixed together as a much less expensive alternative to boughten irish cream.

You can enjoy this Irish cream as is on ice, add to your coffee, use it in baking, or drizzle over ice cream for a quick dessert. Lots of ways to use it and later on in the post I share some simple drink recipes.

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Homemade Irish Cream for Gift Giving

This Baileys irish cream recipe is great homemade Christmas gift. Share a smaller pretty bottle of the irish cream, a copy of the recipe, and a reminder to keep it refrigerated. It costs much less to give then purchased Bailey’s and is much more personal. Win/win for a Christmas gift idea in my opinion.

Let me show you how simple this recipe is to make.

A bottle of homemade Irish Cream and cup of Irish Cream and Coffee

How to Make Homemade Irish Cream

This recipe makes one 26 oz bottle of Irish Cream, and takes just a couple of minutes.

Ingredients

2 cups whiskey

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 cup half and half cream

1 vanilla bean (or tsp of vanilla extract)

2 large eggs

1 heaping tsp instant coffee (or instant espresso)

1 tsp hot chocolate mix (optional)

You will also need a bottle, an empty 26 oz liquor bottle, or a similar sized dollar store bottle with a lid. A dollar store funnel is also very helpful for filling the bottles.

Irish Cream Instructions

So easy, just place all the ingredients in a blender and mix on blend until smooth. If you don’t have a blender, beat the eggs very well, then place everything in a large bowl and whisk until smooth. Use a ladel to transfer the irish cream to the funnel/bottle.

If using a vanilla bean slice down the center of vanilla bean and then scrape out the paste in the middle. The cheapest place I have found vanilla beans is at Costco. You can substitute a teaspoon of real vanilla extract instead of a vanilla bean.

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Pour the blended Irish Cream into a bottle(s).

Storing Homemade Irish Cream

Irish Cream will keep in the fridge for up to two months. I like to put labels on my homemade liquers. Here is the label for the Irish Cream. I use double sided tape to attach it to the bottle.