Updated Jul 30, 2025

I am obsessed with this Bailey’s milkshake recipe! Made with delicious Irish cream, coffee-flavored ice cream, and milk it’s just too delicious not to share. It only takes a handful of ingredients and one easy step to make these creamy alcoholic ice cream shakes—a perfect boozy dessert for any celebration or cozy night in.

Bailey's Irish cream milkshakes with striped straws.

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Easy Bailey’s Milkshake Recipe

You only need 3 simple ingredients to whip up this boozy ice cream shake, and let me tell you—it comes together fast. Almost too fast, if you ask me. It’s dangerously easy to blend one up whenever the craving hits, which for me…is often!

I like to use Bailey’s or make this homemade Irish cream. It’s a combination of whiskey, cream, sweetened condensed milk, coffee, and a couple of other ingredients that add the deep coffee/chocolate flavor to the milkshake. Since I’m a true coffee lover, I used coffee-flavored ice cream, but you can also use vanilla or chocolate.

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Irish Cream Shake

5 from 4 votes

Prep: 5

Total: 5

Servings: shakes

Author: Becky Hardin

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Combine Irish cream and coffee flavored ice cream for a delicious and comforting Bailey's milkshake.

Equipment

Kitchen Scale (optional)
High Powered Blender or Hand Mixer

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup coffee ice cream 150 grams, vanilla or chocolate are also good options
▢ 1 cup milk 227 grams, any type of milk works
▢ 3 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream 85 grams, or use Kahlua for a deeper coffee flavor

Optional Garnishes

▢ chocolate syrup
▢ mini chocolate chips
▢ whipped cream

Instructions

Place ice cream, milk, and Irish cream in a blender. Blend until smooth.
1 cup coffee ice cream, 1 cup milk, 3 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
Top with chocolate syrup, mini chocolate chips, and whipped topping if desired.
chocolate syrup, mini chocolate chips, whipped cream

Becky’s Tips

Nutritional information does not include optional ingredients.
For a non-alcoholic version, make this Irish cream recipe, but leave out the whiskey. Then mix it with the ice cream, and you’ll have the same flavor, minus the alcohol.

Serving: 1shakeCalories: 349kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 8gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 99mgPotassium: 314mgFiber: 1gSugar: 28gVitamin A: 476IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 235mgIron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

How to Make Bailey’s Irish Cream Milkshake Step by Step

Blend ingredients: Place 1 cup ice cream, 1 cup milk, and 3 oz. Irish cream in a blender. Blend until smooth.

Two alcoholic ice cream shakes on a table with a bottle of Bailey's in the background.

Top and enjoy: Top with chocolate syrup, mini chocolate chips, and whipped topping if desired.

Boozy Milkshake Toppings

To finish off this simple Irish cream milkshake, add a few toppings:

How to Store

These Irish cream milkshakes are best served as soon as they’re made. Since it’s just one step, I don’t recommend making them ahead of time or storing them for later.

When milkshakes are frozen, they become too solid to drink, but the texture isn’t quite as smooth and creamy when they melt or thaw. But you certainly can freeze them if you like.

Serving Suggestions

Bailey’s milkshakes are great for St. Patrick’s Day. I love serving them with a batch of buttery shortbread cookies on the side—the richness of the cookies pairs perfectly with the creamy, boozy shake. For an extra pop of color and fun, I like to bake a batch of tie-dyed cookies swirled with vibrant shades of green. And since the adults are sipping milkshakes, I make sure the kids feel just as special by pouring them glasses of green mint milk—it’s simple, sweet, and totally holiday-ready!