Vanilla Syrup for Coffee

If you like vanilla latte this is the super easy recipe for the vanilla syrup that you put in coffee. Syrup can also be used for a vanilla sponge pudding or over fruit in a crumble, cobbler or eves pudding

2 Cups White Sugar
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar (I use a mix of demerara and soft brown at a ratio of 2:3)
21/2 Cups of Water
4 Tbsp Vanilla Extract

1.  Mix the first 3 ingredients together and bring to the boil for at least 10 mins.  Give a little stir the first few times so that the sugars are dissolved properly.
2. Add vanilla extract and stir.  Allow to cool
3. Pour into a jug and into sterilised bottles (Kilner bottles are good but you can also use Grolsch bottles or similar style)

 

Chocolate Vodka

Where are my manners?  I tempt you with such delicacies as chocolate vodka but dont deliver? - shame on me.  I used a bottle of vodka and two bars of chocolate one dark, one milk.  This is what I think would taste better but havent tried so cant confirm.  I reckon that the recipe was a little bitter and that using just milk chocolate would've been a better idea not just that but I think that the sweetness of a light rum would have rounded that note out perfectly - course if you're feeling fancy you could just make chocolate vodka using chilli infused vodka and dark chocolate.

Water makes chocolate seize and this is kinda true for this too.  Be patient it's worth it in the end.  Add a little vodka to cooled melted chocolate stir, add a bit more - stir, repeat until both are well mixed (I used a spatula at first then a whisk).  Make life easy on yourself and pour using a funnel or jug back into the Vodka bottle.  Put the lid back on and shake for all your worth.  Then chill in the fridge - it should be good for a few weeks.

Frozen Mudslide Cocktail

So tasty it should be illegal.

2 parts Vodka
1 part Kahlua
1 part baileys
3/4 Glass of Ice
Mars Bar / Baileys IceCream Sauce

Method

1. Drizzle a tall glass with Mars Bar/Baileys Sauce
2. Place Ice in a blender with alcohol and blend
3. Pour into Glass

Mars & Baileys Ice-Cream Sauce

Warm gooey sauce for grown ups who like ice-cream

A couple of mars bars
Baileys

Method

1. Chop up your mars bars nice and small  so that it melts really quick (patience isnt always a strong suit of mine)
2. Add Baileys a little at a time and mix well. I havent specified how much Baileys (after all who am I to judge) but you want a thick pouring consistency

Oreo Cocktail (Cookies and Cream Cocktail)

I have a few of the cutest babysham glasses from the 60's (a bit like a martini glass) and this gave me a chance to use them.  In terms of decorating for this cocktail you can dip the rim in water as you would for salting a rim but instead of dipping it in salt you can use oreo crumbs instead.  The other thing that you can do is to just stick a whole oreo in the cocktail for dipping purposes.

Oreos
Galliano/Baileys
Cream

Method

1. In a blender put a glassful of ice, a shot of cream a shot of alcohol
2. Blend baby blend
3. Add an Oreo
4. Blend baby Blend
5. Pour in prepared glass
6. If you want to make it a bit more swish consider adding some chocolate vodka

Milk and Cookies Cocktail Party

Milk and Cookies was the theme for my birthday this year.  But it was a little less innocent than the name suggests.  Normally I would use 1 part alcohol to 4 or 5 parts base but due to the amount of ice I upped the alcohol content to taste.

Drinks
Obviously there was milk but I popped some ice-cubes in the blender and started mixing

• Galliano - Vanilla Liqueur
• Kahlua - Coffe Liqueur (alt. Tia Maria)
• Baileys - Irish Cream Liqueur (alt. Any Irish Cream Liquer)
• Mickey Finns Butterscotch Liqueur
• Homemade Chocolate Vodka

This is what I knew going in:
Kahlua + Milk = Brown Cow
Gad's homemade speciality - Brown Goo = Vodka + Kahlua + Vanilla Ice Cream + Coke
Kahlua + Baileys 'head' = Baby Guinness

This is what I learned:
Galliano + Milk = Tastes like a vanilla milkshake only lighter
Kahlua + Galliano = Vanilla Frappuchino
Kahlua + Chocolate Vodka = Mocha Frappuchino
Oreo Cocktail

The rest can be mixed with Milk or Cream or each other, ad. nauseum 

Cookies
Homemade and Shop Bought just cause I have this weird fondness for oreos.
(I also like Bourbon Creams but I didnt have them)