Salted Caramel Milkshake with Vegan Irish Creme – a sweet and salty dream of a milkshake, with homemade vegan Irish Creme – perfect for a snow day, or ANY day!
A few years ago, Portland had a huge winter storm. Snowpocalypse, or something like that, according to the news. Inches and feet and piles of snow.
Back then we were at the old house, the one on a couple acres. This is two rare acres in the middle of Southwest Portland, and we were the last house on this semi private road. We were actually unincorporated, end of county service. Which meant the snowplow would come right up to the bridge right before our house, and stop. Leaving a huge pile of snow, as if we weren’t there.
We couldn’t drive anyway, the road was a sheet of ice. We were stuck indoors for more than two weeks. This two week period is when I created my vegan Baileys Irish cream recipe. We enjoyed Bailey’s and coffee each morning, while sitting in front of the fire and watching even more snow fall…
Salted Caramel Milkshake with Vegan Irish Creme
dairy, egg, soy and gluten free, vegan
yield: two milkshakes
INGREDIENTS:
4 scoops dairy free vanilla ice cream
1/3 cup dairy free caramel sauce
3 teaspoons sea salt
3-4 ounces Baileys Irish cream
3/4 cup milk (almond + coconut)
3-4 ice cubes
dairy free whipped topping
INSTRUCTIONS:
In blender, combine ice cream, caramel, salt, Baileys, milk and ice – blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and top with whip cream, cinnamon, salt. Enjoy by the fire while the snow falls…
Hoping for lots of snow this season!
printable recipe:
- 4 scoops dairy free vanilla ice cream
- ⅓ cup dairy free caramel sauce
- 3 teaspoons sea salt
- 3-4 ounces Baileys Irish cream
- ¾ cup milk (almond + coconut)
- 3-4 ice cubes
- dairy free whipped topping
- In blender, combine ice cream, caramel, salt, Baileys, milk and ice - blend until smooth.
- Pour into glasses and top with whip cream, cinnamon, salt.
- Enjoy by the fire while the snow falls...
marcella says
Hi! This looks delish! Before I make it, may I verify that it is actually 3 teaspoons of salt? That seems like so much. Thanks!
spabettie says
hi Marcella, yes, that is the correct measure. try a little less if you’d like – I use large sea salts, so the measure is most likely different than a table salt? I did want the salty flavor to come through to balance the sweet (and I like salty!). start with less and add from there to taste. enjoy!
Tanya @ Playful and Hungry says
Oh my, that looks divine!
Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says
This is amazing! I’ve been experimenting with making a dairy-free caramel sauce myself and I finally got it right. And now that I have that down, I can make these–woo hoo!
spabettie says
isn’t it amazing when you finally get there with a dairy free caramel? it took me a while as well (same with toffee!), but now I can make it with my eyes closed! 😉 and yes, please make these. YUM.
Anthony says
Just a point. If you’re going for vegan you should know that bailey’s is made with real dairy cream. To substitute you use whiskey and honey. Don’t worry about the cream aspect since the almond milk will make up the diff.
spabettie says
thanks for that, Anthony. you must not have noticed I linked to a recipe for vegan Irish cream. this recipe is vegan.
Anthony says
Thx for pointing that out. I’ll give that recipe a try.
spabettie says
you are very welcome, Anthony – enjoy!
Krista says
Fabulous!!!! The idea of being trapped in a house by a fire while the snow falls…yeah, I’d pay for that experience.
spabettie says
I know, I am hoping for more of that cozy snow this year! (maybe not that much…)
Allie says
I may not be a fan of snow/cold–but the idea of sitting by a fire with a good book and some Bailey’s? Yeah, I could go for that.
spabettie says
yes, see? there’s a positive to every experience! 🙂
kelly says
This looks so yummy!! What kind of dairy-free ice cream and caramel sauce do you use?
spabettie says
hi Kelly! the ice cream is Coconut Bliss by Luna + Larry, and the caramel sauce is homemade (the recipe is linked in the post).
Paula - bell'alimento says
Oh. My. GOODness!
spabettie says
I know. 😉
Geanna says
Ah, yes, I remember that storm well. We called it Arctic Blast ’08 and it’s actually where I met my wonderful boyfriend. I, too, spent a TON of time in the kitchen during that time because I half worked from home already, so I didn’t have anywhere to go (we were up in St Johns, and apparently snow plows were doing the same thing to our house!). But I didn’t come up with any cool drinks like yours. 🙂
spabettie says
oh, very cool that’s when you two met! that was a fun time – we actually really enjoyed it (well, Basil didn’t so much – the snow was much taller than him!) 🙂
Erin says
Wow!! Love this recipe. Love Baileys. 🙂 Can’t wait to try to make this.
spabettie says
This Baileys gets me every time – tastes so good! 🙂