Irish cream is a decadent adult beverage that I often enjoy in my coffee or use to make milk shakes with a kick.  But store bought Irish cream is expensive whereas this homemade version is very affordable. I use homemade chocolate syrup to make it even more frugal. I don't like much alcohol, but Irish cream is one of the few exceptions.  Unfortunately, it's also pretty expensive so I rarely had it around.  A few years ago I ran across a recipe for homemade Irish cream and it turns out to be super easy to make. I looked at a lot of recipes and they are all virtually the same. Most call for whiskey, but I opted for vodka because that's what I have on hand. You can make your own sweetened condensed milk, if you don't have any in your pantry.  I've also made this before use a can of evaporated milk.  I just dissolved 1/2 cup sugar in the evaporated milk and called it good. I only used 1 cup of vodka because I don't really like the taste of alcohol in general, but you can use ... [read more]