Make Kahlua at Home | Chickens in the Road

Feb
28

Is it time to relax? Oh yeah, I think so. Kahlua is a simple coffee liqueur and it’s easy to make at home. Pour yourself a glass of homemade Kahlua tonight. It’ll be ready in an hour. I’ll tell you how! (Pictured: Quick White Russian.)

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How to make Kahlua:

3 cups sugar
3 cups water
10 teaspoons instant coffee (OR instead of using 3 cups water and 10 teaspoons instant coffee, use 3 cups brewed coffee–I like that better!)
3 cups vodka
3 teaspoons vanilla extract

In a medium-sized pot, simmer sugar, water, and coffee for one hour.

Turn off heat and add vodka and vanilla extract; stir well. Using a funnel or a dipper with a pour spout, transfer Kahlua into clean containers. Refrigerate to store.

Here, I used an old Kahlua bottle I’d saved plus a canning jar. And wow, it is that quick. You’re done! Easy Kahlua drink (Quick White Russian)–two parts Kahlua to one part milk, pour over chipped ice.

Make a Frozen Mudslide! Using about 2/3 cup Kahlua, add a couple ounces Bailey’s Irish Cream and an extra dash of vodka. Now plop a scoop of vanilla ice cream into your glass and squeeze a dollop of chocolate syrup on top! (Could also put this combination in the blender.)

Who’s ready for the weekend?

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2-28
5:27
am

Thank you so much I love kahlua its my favorite. I have never made it before.Cant wait to try it.

Melody - Reply
2-28
7:14
am

Now that’s my kind of recipe! I might need copious amounts of Kahlua just to make it through to Spring.

BTW, re. your photo of the day: I can’t believe the kids get a day off school for a measly two inches of snow. Lucky them! How many snow days this year? Is there any snow removal equipment for the roads? Probably not. Well, here we’re not equipped to deal with other weather issues like tornadoes and such, so each geographic area has its problems!

-Kim (-20C this AM, windchill -26C/-15F)

Kim A. - Reply
2-28
7:21
am

I know, we’re wimpy here, aren’t we? Every time it snows a couple inches, school is closed. I think they’re just not equipped to clean the roads off fast enough here, especially the backroads, so they can’t get the busses out to the kids. So, school’s closed. They’re out of days they’re allowed to add to the end of the school year, so every day they’re off now won’t be made up.

Suzanne McMinn - Reply
2-28
7:29
am

Excellent idea! It looks so easy! I’ve made homemade Irish Cream, your Kahlua looks easier and quicker. I love White Russians!

I made your cornbread yesterday – it was wonderful! I’ll never make it in a regular baking pan again. And the bacon in the cornbread. . . magnifico!

lintys - Reply
2-28
8:14
am

You really are a wealth of information! So tell me, while you are blogging, photographing, building a house, are you still writing romance novels? Oh, and dating, too.
BW

Bayou Woman - Reply
2-28
8:36
am

Jesus, because what I needed was an excuse to drink. Now I can put it under the guise of cooking.

Robin G. - Reply
2-28
9:11
am

BW, yes, I do have a book due soon. ACK.

Suzanne McMinn - Reply
2-28
9:21
am

:rockon: You Rock Suzanne!!!!!! In my younger years I used to party on white russians…Can you drink it hot? hmmmmmmmmmmm……thanks.

Connie - Reply
2-28
9:25
am

YUM! Snowy day, check. Ice cream, check. And now Kahlua, double check!!

Jill S. - Reply
2-28
9:48
am

Never really liked this particular drink but thanks for sharing. Do you know how to make homemade Bailey’s though? If this is possible I would love to know how. LOL.

Treasia - Reply
- 10-17
  4:50
  pm
  
  bailys
  1 cup half and half
  1 can sweetened and condensed milk, eagle brand
  1 2/3rds cup whiskey, McMasters Canadian, adjust to preference
  1 tsp instant coffee
  1 tsp vanilla extract
  1 tsp almond extract
  2 tblsp hersheys syrup
  
  blend in blender, refrigerate
  
  jeremy - Reply
2-28
9:53
am

I’ll have to do an Irish Cream recipe next! I love that, too!

Suzanne McMinn - Reply
2-28
10:45
am

Are you having a paint party this weekend?

We can be bribed–lasagne, french bread, chocolatelava cake.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Do you make margaritas?

becki - Reply
2-28
10:48
am

Yes! Bring your rollers, LOL, and I’ll bring the food and drinks. I can do margaritas!

Suzanne McMinn - Reply
2-28
2:21
pm

I have my roller ready! Can I be the supervisor?

Susan - Reply
2-28
2:36
pm

Wahhhh! It looks so good, but I’m allergic to alcohol. Thanks for sharing all these recipes, though.

Brandy - Reply
2-28
3:14
pm

find someone who has a really good paint sprayer and do the whole thing with the primer…then come in behind them with your painting crew in your own wonderful colors!

robin - Reply
2-28
3:31
pm

I love Kaluha and cream!

Estella - Reply
2-28
4:50
pm

I just happened upon your blog, I am really enjoying it! Love the recipes!

Kelly - Reply
2-28
5:01
pm

Oh Black Russians are my favorite mixed drink. Which is just Kaluha and more vodka lol. I am definitely going to try this one. Do you think there is a way of making it from real coffee?????

catslady - Reply
2-28
5:39
pm

Instant coffee?! Blasphemy!

Mmmm, Kahlua… that does sound good, though.

Love the metallic chicken in the background of the sixth picture, though. Is that decoration, or does it do something?

Either way, pretty cool.

Elcie - Reply
2-28
6:11
pm

catslady, I was thinking that myself, that next time I’d make it with real coffee. It seems to me that you could make it with 3 cups of real coffee instead of 3 cups of water and the instant coffee. I didn’t think that through until after I made it!

Elcie, the metal rooster is just a decoration. It’s neat, though, isn’t it? It was a gift from a good friend. I love it!

Suzanne McMinn - Reply
2-28
6:47
pm

I have tons of painting paraphernalia and I’m SO ready for a few margaritas, after the crappy day I’ve had at work. (Computer gremlins, I think.)

-Kim

P.S. Very cool to see that Jill is listed as a sponsor!

Kim A. - Reply
2-28
7:05
pm

YUM! I had no idea it was that easy. I make Bulldogs all the time. They’re white Russians with a dash of Coca-Cola on top. (I like a big dash!)

mary beth - Reply
2-29
12:36
am

Suzanne, I just happened upon your site and I LOVE it!!! Keep up the good work!

Janelle - Reply
2-29
3:05
am

Mmmmmm, this sounds amazing.

What a treat to make something so delicious at home.

So easy too.

I’m all over this one.

Thanks!

Robin Rivers - Reply
2-29
3:39
pm

Oh that’s great – I was hoping you’d thought I could do the regular coffee – I grind my own and think it will taste better than the instant. I just have to buy the vodka now and we’re having a snow storm at the moment – but soon lol.

catslady - Reply
2-29
3:40
pm

Oh this is really weird – just as I hit send my husband walked in with the vodka – hahahah – he thought it was a grand idea too. I’ll let you know how it comes out!!!!

catslady - Reply
4-7
11:17
pm

Hehe now this is a treat to see. I will beamking this once I can thanks I wll looking over your site.
deLadyBex

deLadyBex - Reply
4-25
1:45
pm

I can remember a trip to Disneyworld, with my sister and her two young boys, at that time. She kept wanting to hit the bar at our hotel, to get a White Russian – she loved those or LOVES those…and finally I said, GET ONE..I’ll have my husband watch the boys at the pool and I’ll sit with you at the bar!!!
I also had a friend, who loved Kahlua…she’s up on Boulder now teaching Yoga..wonder if she still drinks those. I would say I liked the Kahlua better than the taste of White Russians. Isn’t it fun, to be able to make your own!

Donna - Reply
4-25
1:46
pm

correction “up AT Boulder, CO”

Donna - Reply
6-25
10:04
pm

I just tried the recipe, it came out wonderfully!!! It seems to have more of a coffee taste (obviously) than chocolate, but since I’m addicted to coffee, that works out well for me!! Thanks for the great recipe!!!

Pink Energy - Reply
7-18
10:14
am

If you add a TBSP of Glycerin (found in drug stores under emollients – yeah!)to your Kahlua recipe, it will give it that smooth consistency. Enjoy!

Jolyne - Reply
10-5
3:47
pm

i have tried this and just love it. i enjoy a bit in my coffee in the morning. i live in the mountains and in the morning it is a little chilly. curled up in my chair on the porch sipping my kahlua coffee thank you

cindy smith - Reply
10-18
8:01
pm

hello again . we are going to see a some friends in new mexico and we are going to go fishing. we havent seen in 20 years and so i am going to make up a batch of this kahlua to take with me so we can enjoy all together. oh yea and the chocolate cake. will be thanking you by a beautiful lake with a fire lit and relaxing with white russian

cindy smith - Reply
11-13
4:12
pm

Suzanne!
We are considering making the Kahlua for Holiday gifts. How long can it be kept in the fridge? Is there a shelf life?
Carol

cgReno - Reply