Irish cream liqueur float recipe

Name: Irish cream liqueur float
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 3 small scoops vanilla ice cream; 50ml Irish cream liqueur; 50ml low-calorie ginger ale; Dairy spray cream, to serve; 1 cocktail cherry (optional); 1 crushed Humbug sweet (or 10g crushed candy canes), optional, to decorate

For an indulgent dessert ready in five minutes, try this Irish cream liqueur float recipe. Layer up vanilla ice cream with Irish cream liqueur, then finish with fizzy ginger ale, whipped cream and crushed sweets.

See method

Serves 1
5 mins to prepare
449 calories / serving

Vegetarian

Shop your ingredients

Ms Molly's Vanilla Ice Cream 2Ltr
3 small scoops vanilla ice cream
£1.35
£0.68/litre
Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur - Salted Caramel 50cl
50ml Irish cream liqueur
£17.50
£35.00/litre
Tesco Low Calorie Ginger Ale 1 Litre
50ml low-calorie ginger ale
£0.55
£0.55/litre
Tesco Dairy Spray Cream 250g
Dairy spray cream, to serve
£1.90
£7.60/kg
Opies Cocktail Cherries Maraschino 225G
1 cocktail cherry (optional)
£2.80
£22.40/kg DR.WT
Tesco Mint Humbugs 200G
1 crushed Humbug sweet (or 10g crushed candy canes), optional, to decorate
£1.35
£6.75/kg

Method

Put the scoops of vanilla ice cream into a tall glass.
Pour over the Irish cream liqueur then the ginger ale. Top with the dairy spray cream, a cocktail cherry, then scatter with the crushed Humbug or candy canes, if using.