This is a really easy recipe that will produce delicious homemade toffee vodka.

You could make a batch as home-made gifts. Getting into a thrifty mindset, it is a great idea to make and prepare DIY Gifts all year round. Have a little stockpile of beautifully-made, special presents, ready to give loved ones, family and friends. Making your own gifts can also save you a small fortune at Christmas.

It’s easy to believe that the more you spend on a present, the more the recipient will feel loved. The truth is, the more thought and time you put into a present, the more the recipient will KNOW they are loved.

Why not put even more thought into the gift by personalising and decorating the labels for each bottle. You could even decorate the bottles with 3D Embellishing paste – as in this previous article: 3D embellished glass jars

You will need

First off you will need clean, sterilised, small glass bottles with screw top or stoppered lids. You can shop around kitchen stores or supermarkets during the sales to find cheap, empty, glass bottles.

You can save even more money by recycling your empty small glass bottles. Supermarkets sell small wine bottles that you can re-use once you’ve enjoyed the contents.. or try using empty soy-sauce or vinegar bottles.

To recycle your own bottles, ensure you wash each bottle and lid thoroughly. When you have a good stash, sterilise in bulk, all the bottles and lids using sterilising solution. You can buy a pot of sterilising powder for under £2 which will make a few batches of sterilising solution – available from anywhere that sells home-brewing equipment, or here is one from Amazon – VWP Cleanser and sterilser – 100g

Toffee vodka recipe

Ingredients

300g bag of toffee or butterscotch such as Werthers Original

1.5 litres of vodka (two 75cl bottles)

Method

Remove all wrappers and packaging from the toffee and smash it all up into tiny bits with a rolling-pin. If you have a coffee grinder or sturdy food processor, you can use these appliances to get the desired ‘smithereens’ result If you have two 75cl bottles of vodka, pour about a third of each bottle into a sterilised empty third bottle Divide the smashed up toffee into three piles and add a pile to each bottle using a funnel Screw the lids onto each bottle nice and tightly and give each bottle a really good shake You can now leave the bottles for about two days. Shake the bottles a few times a day, to help the toffee to dissolve into the vodka After a couple of days the toffee will have completely dissolved. You will have created a creamy and delicious toffee vodka You can keep the three big bottles as they are, or pour the toffee vodka into smaller gift-sized bottles. You can choose to filter the vodka through a coffee filter at this point if you wish, it can make the vodka taste a little smoother. Screw the lids tightly on the smaller gift-sized bottles and decorate away

What to do with your toffee vodka

This toffee vodka is best served chilled straight from the fridge, or over ice. If it’s too strong, you can add it to milk or coffee to drink it. It’s also delicious poured over ice cream!

This toffee vodka should be stored in a cool dark place and will keep for years.. but you know it won’t have a chance to last that long!

You can experiment with the amount and types of toffee that you use. Try mixing different types of toffee or butterscotch to make your own special flavour

to make your own special flavour Get creative if you are making little bottles of toffee vodka as gifts, maybe tie a ribbon around the neck. You could decorate the label with glitter, use 3D embelishing paste on the glass, or perhaps tie a parcel label around the neck and write ‘Drink Me’ on it

Enjoy, drink responsibly and get used to being incredibly popular – as you start to give bottles of home-made alcohol as gifts!

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