Cadbury's Chocolate Cream Liqeur (old school!)

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TheDentist38
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Cadbury's Chocolate Cream Liqeur (old school!)

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Hi all,

I just wondered if anybody remembers the old Cadbury's chocolate cream liqeur that you used to be able to buy back in the 1980s/1990s and if so are there any recipes anywhere on how one might go about making something similar? I thought about gently melting a bar of chocolate into a pan, mixing with some double/heavy cream then adding a little bit of glycerol and some sugar and adding some 40% neutral to bring the overall ABV down to around 20%? I don't want the ingredients curdling/solidifying once the mixture cools though!

The only recipes I can find tend to be on Pinterest-type sites and seem to make a spirit drink that tastes a little bit like chocolate rather than the Baileys-type consistency that I'm looking for...Ideally what I want is a reasonably thick, creamy chocolate sipping liqeur.

Any ideas/advice would be gratefully received!

Many thanks in advance!

TD.
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You'll need emulsifiers, my friends were making and selling a very popular and good cream liqueur through their distillery. It was just basic coffee, cream and neutral. Had to get shaken and once opened it had a limited shelf life. Was very good, someone people did complain though and got freaked out because it was a shake before use type product and separated.
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Thanks aircarbonarc...Do you know of anything that would work as an emulsifier? In the background reading I did before posting somebody mentioned glycerol?
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Re: Cadbury's Chocolate Cream Liqeur (old school!)

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I used to use coffee whitener , instead of cream , works for me

this recipe may help you

Irish crème with coffee whitener

One bottle of Irish creme essence
175 grams sugar
225 grams coffee whitener
450 grams 40% spirit
250 grams hot water

Dissolve the coffee whitener in the hot water
Zap with a blender if you get lumps
Add the sugar and dissolve
Cool
Add the spirit
Add the Irish crème essence

Keep in the fridge

I think the coffee whitener may have the emulsifier

I have made it using cold water and finely ground coffee left in the fridge over night ,

not made with essence

Kahlua clone

1.5 pounds coffee grounds
6 cups cold water. steep overnight.
filter into saucepan
add 6 cups white sugar
2 cups light brown sugar

Heat slowly just until sugars are completely dissolved (about 10 minutes) it does not need to be very hot.

filter into a 1 gallon jug

add 2 tablespoons each of vanilla extract and glycerin

top up jug with 84% a/v neutral spirits (about 1.5 to 2 quarts of spirit)

shake jug and enjoy. allow to age, if possible.

do a google to find out about dutch chocolate powder to make chocolate cream liqeur
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Awesome! Thanks
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still spirits make a chocolate liqueur with a flavour and cream base, its not too bad if you've got a good clean neutral.
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