You bought some for Christmas Day, and now you don’t know what to do with it. Try these delicious recipes featuring the world’s favourite liqueur.
Some may equate cream liqueur with the god-awful flavoured shots of the '80s – the Slippery Nipple, Russian Quaalude or Screaming Orgasm (what were our parents thinking?). Thimble-fulls of layered liqueurs that are either so sweet or so sour they make your face pucker and your insides twist. Baileys, one of the world’s most famous cream liqueurs, you may have encountered as the always half-full bottle stored in the back of your grandparents’ pantry, briefly re-emerging for Christmas and Easter dinners. But we are firmly here for the Baileys renaissance! Firstly, it’s ridiculously delicious. Secondly, it’s versatile. And thirdly, the Baileys team are running a super environmentally progressive business. Three things we can certainly get behind.
We’re here to set the record straight, with a little insight on the liqueur itself and all the delish things you can make with it (strictly no nipples – slippery or otherwise).
You can drink Baileys neat over some ice like your grandparents did back in the day, or you can have a bit of fun with it and mix it up in these cocktails. There are a tonne of creamy cocktails you can pick from, but here are a few of our faves, starting with the could-be-subbed-for-dessert cocktails. A seriously decadent blend of coffee, hazelnut, Bailey’s Liqueur, ice cream and chocolate sauce served in a hurricane glass, the Toblerone is a sweet tooth’s dream. You can drink it in place of dessert or, if you’re that way inclined, served alongside. Almost identical is the Mudslide cocktail, which subs the ice cream for double cream and omits the hazelnut liqueur. If you’re after a bit more chocolate and a little less cream– then the Chocolate Temptation is perfect. Lastly in the drinkable dessert category, we have Miss Trixie’s (AKA Alice Bennett) Black Forest Caketail – a delightful cherry-flavoured drink that mixes chocolate Baileys, cherry wine and cream.
If you’re looking for a more refined Baileys cocktail, adding the liqueur to a classic might be more your speed. For example a variation on a White Russian, where you can sub out the cream for Baileys. Another great variation is the Irish Alexander, which is a delicious twist on a Brandy Alexander recipe cocktail. Just sub out the creme de cacao for Baileys. Lastly, pro tip: add 15 mLs of Baileys to your Espresso Martini recipe to give it a richer, creamier consistency. Hedonists unite!
