This collection of homemade liqueurs will add something different to your drinks repertoire. All these DIY liqueur recipes are easy to make, using simple ingredients. Perfect for serving to guests or for gift giving.
Why I love homemade liqueurs
- Variety: It can be a bit same old, same old in the supermarket, but making liqueurs at home can broaden the options considerably.
- Fun: Lots of these homemade liqueurs are based on popular chocolate bar or dessert flavours - what's not to love!
- Small batch: Most of these liqueur recipes make enough for 4 - 6 servings, so you won't get bored before you get through an entire bottle.
- Easy to scale up: It's easy to double or triple the recipes if you have a particular favourite or are serving a crowd.
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Introduction over, let's get straight to the homemade liqueur recipes, which are split into 3 broad categories:
- Chocolate cream liqueurs
- Other cream liqueurs
- Non-cream liqueurs
Chocolate Cream Liqueurs
Black Forest Chocolate Liqueur
Inspired by the classic gateau, Black Forest chocolate liqueur blends rich chocolate with sweet cherry notes. This drink has been a huge hit with my readers since I published the recipe in 2018.
Chocolate Orange Liqueur
Chocolate orange liqueur feels particularly festive and yes, it is based on the popular Terry's Chocolate Orange. Whilst it does not include this namesake confection in the ingredeints, a segment of this classic chocolate makes an excellent garnish for this homemade liqueur.
Hazelnut Chocolate Liqueur
Hazelnut chocolate Liqueur is, of course, based around the flavours of Ferrero Rocher chocolate (which do make a fun garnish). This DIY liqueur blends chocolate and Italian hazelnut liqueur to get those headline flavours.
Chocolate Mint Liqueur
This chocolate peppermint liqueur recipe includes After Eight mints directly in the mix. The peppermint flavour is pronounced and it can certainly be called After Eight liqueur too. Hint: It would be rude not to gift a bottle with a box of After Eights alongside.
Mars Bar Liqueur
Mars bars mean milk chocolate, caramel and nougat. Expect all of these flavours in this luscious homemade Mars bar liqueur.
Snickers Peanut Butter Liqueur
Closely related to Mars bars are Snickers. Again, expect chocolate, caramel and nougat to feature in this DIY Snickers liqueur along with hints of peanuts (provided by the inclusion of peanut butter). This is one for anybody with a particularly sweet tooth.
White Chocolate Liqueur
You can make this white chocolate liqueur with any white chocolate that melts well (not all do). I've even made it with Milky bars (hence the alternative name of Milky Bar liqueur. Tip: the Milky bar figurines make a fun garnish.
Caramelised White Chocolate Liqueur
If you want to go the extra mile, caramelised white chocolate liqueur is the way to go. Although easy to make, it does take several hours and considerable patience to create the caramelised white chocolate that is required for this homemade liqueur. The taste, however, is well worth your endeavours.
Non-Chocolate Cream Liqueurs
Caramel Cream Liqueur
This caramel cream liqueur uses bourbon as the spirit to create a mellow, smooth and deeply comforting tipple. You can easily convert it to a creamy salted caramel liqueur too.
Gingerbread cream liqueur
This gingerbread cream liqueur kickstarted my interest in DIY creamy liqueurs. This recipe is hugely popular in winter and receives rave reviews. You need a week to infuse the rum (which can then be enjoyed as a liqueur in it's own right) and then it takes mere minutes to turn it into a cream liqueur.
Coffee Cream Liqueur
Coffee cream liqueur is, without a doubt, the least sweet of all my homemade liqueur recipes. Made with fresh espresso, the coffee flavour is gorgeous. Arguably, you can make it sweeter if desired.
Fruit Liqueurs
Damson Gin Liqueur
My one and only (to date) non-cream based liqueur is this stunning damson gin liqueur. It takes a while for the fresh damsons to infuse but the result is a deep red liqueur with plenty of fruit flavour. Try it neat, over ice or in cocktails in the place of sloe gin.
Have you tried any of these homemade liqueur recipes? Let me know how you got along with it. Of course, if you have a suggestion for me to work on next, drop me a line.
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