Amazing Milk-Based Cocktails That’ll Leave You Yearning For More

Milk has been used in mixed drinks for quite some time now! After all, its sweet, rich, and creamy nature adds to the flavor of the drink, making it all the more satisfying. Well, we’ve got some interesting drink recipes for you that’ll give you the right amount of kick you need. Here’s a list of some amazing milk-based cocktails that’ll leave you yearning for more!

5 Amazing Milk-Based Cocktails

1. Cherry Blossom
2. Dulce De Leche
3. Irish Cream Pie
4. Chocolate Rum Kiss
5. Dreamsicle

1. Cherry Blossom

This stunning cocktail lives up to its name, with its beautiful color and blast of sugary goodness. Very festive and Christmas-y, Cherry Blossom is tailor-made for those who don’t really like the strong taste of alcohol. It has floral, sweet, and slightly salty flavors. Just a whiff of this delicious cocktail will take you to Kyoto’s cherry blossom gardens in Japan.

Ingredients

• 1 ounce of Sambuca
• 2 tablespoons of red sanding sugar
• ½ ounce of grenadine syrup
• 3 ounces of milk
• Maraschino cherries to garnish

How To Make The Cherry Blossom Cocktail

1. Take two bowls and add the grenadine syrup into one bowl and the sanding sugar into the other. Take your cocktail glass and dip it in the grenadine syrup bowl in such a way that its rim gets coated with the syrup. Next, dip the rim of the glass in the other bowl so that it’s coated with sanding sugar. Keep the glass aside for some time.
2. Take a cocktail shaker and add some ice to it. Pour the Sambuca, grenadine syrup, and milk into it. 
3. Shake the ingredients well for 30 seconds.
4. Finally, strain the cocktail into the rimmed glass and garnish with some Maraschino cherries.

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2. Dulce De Leche

This drink is apparently meant for warm weather, and there is something about the chocolate liqueur and milk that makes it just so warm and hearty. Most people mistake this drink for a milkshake as it’s made with sweet chocolate liqueur and condensed milk. But, don’t let those looks fool you. This cocktail can quench your thirst for a milk-based cocktail just with the very first sip!

Ingredients

• 1 ounce of rum
• ½  ounce of chocolate liqueur
• ½ ounce of sweet condensed milk
• Some grated chocolate and a pinch of ground cinnamon to garnish

How To Make The Dulce De Leche Cocktail

1. Take a cocktail shaker and add some ice to it.
2. Pour the rum, chocolate liqueur, and sweet condensed milk into it.
3. Shake all the ingredients for around 30 seconds.
4. Strain the drink into a chilled cocktail glass.
5. Finally, garnish with a pinch of ground cinnamon and some grated chocolate.

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3. Irish Cream Pie

What’s the best dessert for a festive dinner? It’s pie. What can make it better? Booze. So how about we combine this iconic dessert and alcohol and create a magnificent cocktail? Sounds like a fantastic idea! Also, surprise! There’s coffee in there. Well, we’re talking about the Irish Cream Pie cocktail that’ll certainly satisfy your sweet cravings. Try it once and we won’t be surprised if you swap your dessert menu with this yummy drink!

Ingredients

• 6 ounces of Irish Cream
• 2 ounces of vanilla vodka (you can make it at home by mixing 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract with every 1 cup of vodka)
• 4 ounces of cold coffee
• 2 ounces of milk
• Honey syrup to rim the glass
• Cookie crumbs to rim the glass and to garnish

How To Make The Irish Cream Pie Cocktail

1. In two separate dishes, add the honey syrup and cookie crumbs. Take your cocktail glass and coat its rim with some honey syrup. Then, carefully place the glass upside down into the dish with cookie crumbs. Make sure that the entire rim is coated with the crumbs and then keep the glass aside.
2. Take a cocktail shaker and add some ice to it.
3. Pour the Irish Cream, vanilla vodka, coffee, and milk into it.
4. Shake the ingredients well for around 30 seconds.
5. Strain the cocktail into the rimmed glass and garnish with some cookie crumbs.

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4. Chocolate Rum Kiss

The name says it all! This is a wonderful mixture of good white rum and good chocolate. Captain Morgan is the best of the best for this drink. Blending this drink with crushed nuts and white chocolate just takes it to a new dimension! You need to try this for your upcoming cocktail party if you really want to woo your guests!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of white rum
• 1 ounce of white chocolate liqueur
• 2 ounces of coconut cream
• 4 ounces of milk
• 2 small scoops of vanilla ice-cream
• 2 ounces of milk chocolate
• Vanilla extract to rim the glass
• Grated pistachios to rim the glass and to garnish

For making white chocolate liqueur at home – 

• Take a medium-sized saucepan and add 4 ounces of white chocolate, 2 ounces of cream, 2 ounces of milk, and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Melt the ingredients until you get a smooth texture and then leave the mixture aside for a couple of minutes.
• Add 8 ounces of vodka to the mixture and stir the ingredients well.
• Store it in a container and let it refrigerate overnight.
• You can use this homemade white chocolate liqueur for making cocktails.

How To Make The Chocolate Rum Kiss Cocktail

1. Crush the pistachios. Finely grate milk chocolate and combine with the grated pistachios
2. Rim your cocktail glass with the grated pistachios.
3. Place a small scoop of vanilla ice cream in your rimmed cocktail glass.
4. In a cocktail shaker, combine Captain Morgan white rum, white chocolate liqueur, cream of coconut and shake them 10 times.
5. Pour into cocktail glass over some vanilla ice-cream.
6. Top with the pistachio nut and milk chocolate mixture.

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5. Orange Dreamsicle

You know how as children we were all obsessed with popsicles? This popsicle in the form of a drink can be your new obsession, and it can get you very, very drunk. Isn’t that the best of adulthood and nostalgia? This orange flavored vodka cocktail has just the right balance of sweet and tangy flavors to take your drinking to the next level!

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk
• 2 ounces of fruit punch
• 1 ounce of freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 ounce of whipped cream vodka
• Soda to top
• Whipped cream to garnish
• Sprinkles to garnish

How To Make The Orange Dreamsicle Cocktail

1. Place 1 tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk on a shallow dish. Gently dip the rim of your low-ball glass into the sweetened condensed milk.
2. Fill that Low Ball glass halfway full of ice.
3. Add the fruit punch, orange juice, and whipped cream vodka to the glass and stir gently.
4. Top off with a splash of fruit punch soda pop.
5. Top with whipped cream and sprinkles.

Summing Up

Milk-based cocktails are a great way of enjoying the creamy taste of milk. These were some of our favorite recipes that you can try out at home. Grab your shaker, bar spoon, glasses, and let’s get mixing!

FAQs

What Is The World’s Most Delicious Cocktail?

Mojito can be considered as one of the world’s most delicious cocktails.

What Type Of Milk Is Best For Cocktails?

Most bartenders use whole milk and consider it best for making cocktails.

What Is The Most Romantic Drink?

Champagne Cocktail, Sangria, and Pink Lady are some of the most romantic drinks.

What Are The 4 Main Types Of Milk?

The four main types of milk are whole, reduced-fact, low fat, and fat-free.

Is Milk Good For Cocktails?

Milk is good for cocktails if you’re a fan of sweet and creamy mixed drinks.

Which Drinks Do Girls Like The Most?

Girls like cocktails like Manhattan, Daiquiri, Martini, and White Russian.

Which Alcohol Goes Well With Milk?

Vodka, rum, brandy, and whiskey are some of the alcoholic beverages that go well with milk when creating cocktails.

Can You Mix Vodka And Milk?

Yes, you can mix vodka and milk and make delicious cocktails like Irish Cream Pie and Orange Dreamsicle.