Irish Spiked Brownies

Who's ready for some spiked brownies just in time for St. Patty's Day? This Brownie recipe comes to us from Martin's Supermarket.







Ingredients: 
Brownies 
1 cup Guinness draught stout 
1 cup sugar 
1/2 cup & 1 Tbsp unsalted butter 
4 large eggs 
1 1/2 cup chocolate syrup 
1 tsp vanilla extract 
1/2 tsp Kosher salt 
Cream Filling 
3 cups powdered sugar 
1/2 cup & 3 Tbsp unsalted butter 
1/4 cup Irish cream liqueur 
Chocolate Glaze 
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels 
1 Tbsp Irish whiskey 
3/4 cup unsalted butter 
1 Tbsp light corn syrup 

Directions: 
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line 13 x 9-inch baking dish with aluminum foil, letting the sides overhang; spray with cooking spray.

  2. Prepare Brownie: In small sauce pot, heat stout to boiling; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 5 minutes or until reduced to about a cup. Remove from heat; cool.

  3. In large bowl, with mixer on medium-low speed, beat sugar and butter 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, scraping sides of bowl with rubber spatula after each addition. Add chocolate syrup, vanilla extract and stout; beat until combined. Add flour and salt; beat just until combined. Pour batter into prepared dish.

  4. Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of brownie comes out clean; cool in pan on wire rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate brownie at least 1 hour or overnight.

  5. Prepare Cream Filling: In large bowl, with mixer on low speed, beat powdered sugar and butter 3 minutes or until light and fluffy, scraping sides occasionally; turn off mixer. Add Irish cream; beat on low speed 2 minutes or until smooth. Evenly spread filling over surface of brownie; refrigerate while preparing glaze.

  6. Prepare Chocolate Glaze: In large bowl, add chocolate morsels and whiskey. In small saucepot, heat butter and corn syrup to boiling over medium heat; pour over chocolate mixture and let stand 2 minutes. Whisk chocolate mixture until smooth; evenly spread glaze over surface of filling layer.

  7. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight. Use foil to lift brownie out of dish. Cut brownie lengthwise into 4 strips, then cut each crosswise into 6 bars.



Baileys Sweet Darkness Drink Recipe

 Baileys Halloween drink recipe for you is called "Sweet Darkness".





Sweet Darkness Drink Recipe

Ingredients:
2 ounces Baileys Cream Liqueur
1/2 ounce Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka
1/4 ounce cinnamon syrup
1 shot of espresso

Instructions:
Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.
Shake well and strain into your favorite martini glass.

Enjoy, and please remember to drink responsibly!


Jack Daniel's Halloween Drink Recipes

 Here are a few Halloween drink recipes for you, from Jack Daniel's whiskey. Enjoy, and please remember to drink responsibly.







Poison Apple - this one is easy.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounce Jack Daniel's Tennesse Apple whiskey

4 ounces cranberry juice

Instructions:

Pour Jack Daniel's Tennesse Apple whiskey over ice in your favorite old fashioned glass.

Top with cranberry juice.

Headless Honey

Ingredients:

2 ounces Jack Daniel's Tennesse Honey whiskey

Ginger Beer

Instructions:

Fill a highball glass or a small mason jar 3/4 with ice.

Pour Jack Daniel's Tennesse Honey over ice.

Top with ginger beer.

Garnish with a wedge of lime.

Jack the Sipper - this one sounds delicious!

Ingredients:

2 ounces Jack Daniel's Old No.7 whiskey

1 ounce black cherry juice

1/2 ounce dark brown sugar syrup

Instructions:

Pour ingredients over ice starting with Jack Daniel's whiskey.


Gentleman Jack Drink Recipes

If you go to your local bar and pub and ask for anything more than a Jack & Coke, the barkeep might just look at you with glazed over eyes.

Now, if that happens, you can show them this nice little guide with Gentleman Jack drink recipes and more.




Gentleman's Manhattan Drink Recipe

Ingredients:
1.5 ounces Gentleman Jack

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

2 dashes Jack Daniels Tennessee Cocktail Bitters

Instructions:

Fill a cocktail mixing glass halfway with cubed ice.

Add all ingredients and stir for 10 seconds.

Strain into your favorite cocktail glass.

Garnish with a couple of cherries on a toothpick.


Gentleman Jack Sour drink recipe

Ingredients:
2 ounces Gentleman Jack

2 ounces Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sour Mix

1 egg white

Directions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker and shake well.

Add ice and continue to shake.

Strain ingredients into your favorite old fashioned cocktail glass, chilled, perhaps.

Garnish with lemon

Lately, I've seen ginger beer at almost every store.

If you are looking for a drink recipe using a new ginger beer, try this drink recipe on for size.

Gentleman & Ginger drink recipe

Ingredients:

2 ounces of Gentleman Jack whiskey

Ginger beer or ale

squeeze of lime

Instructions:

Fill a highball glass 3/4 full with cubed ice.

Pour Gentleman Jack whiskey over ice and top with ginger beer. 

Add lime wedge for garnish.


I do hope you will enjoy these Gentleman Jack from Jack Daniels drink recipes, and please remember to drink responsibly!




Strawberry & Cream Drink Recipe

Remember how popular Quik strawberry and chocolate milk was when you were a kid? 

If you liked the strawberry Quik, you will love this drink recipe from Murder Creek Distillery.

Here's the simple drink recipe for you.

Murder Creek Strawberry Cream Moonshine mixed with half and half creamer to taste. 



Try it, and remember to please drink responsibly!

Alabama Iced Tea

Most everyone knows I've spent a number of winters on the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama.

This year I discovered a new, new to me that is, distillery, Murder Creek Distillery.

We had such a great time in January, we had to go back in February and bring friends.

Alabama Iced Tea is just one of the drink recipes I picked up from their distillery. I'll be sharing more with you in the not-so-distant future.

Without further ado, here's the drink recipe for you:

Alabama Iced Tea

Ingredients:

2 parts Murder Creek Dixie Honey Moonshine

1 part iced tea

little squeeze of lemon

sprig of mint



Enjoy, and please remember to drink responsibly.

Dirty Pineapple Drink Recipe



Dirty Pineapple Drink Recipe

Ingredients:
Blue Chair Bay Spiced Rum
Blue Chair Bay White Rum
Pineapple Juice
Lemon-Lime Soda
Splash of Grenadine

Mix and enjoy! And don't forget to drink responsibly.