Who doesn’t love a cripity, crunchity Butterfinger? If you’re yelling “I Do!”, then you must shake up this Butterfinger shot.

closeup of butterfinger shot on a wooden table with ingredient bottles in the background

What is a Butterfinger Shot?

A butterfinger shot Is a combination of butterscotch schnapps, Kahlua and Irish cream. It’s best to rim this shot with a little chocolate syrup and crumbled up Butterfingers. This shot is a creamy looking shot It has the sweet flavor of a Butterfinger.

Kahlua is a dark brown coffee flavored liqueur. It originated in Mexico. It is made from rum, sugar and arabica coffee beans.

Irish cream is a thick creamy colored liqueur. It is made from Irish whiskey, cream and sugar. It has notes of vanilla and chocolate flavors.

Butterscotch schnapps is an extremely sweet flavored liqueur. The butterscotch flavor tastes sort of like caramelized sugar and butter.

Occasions to make this shot

With its sweet candy like flavor, this shot is well suited for occasions such as:

dessert drinks
holiday parties
birthdays
After dinner drinks

Shot variations

If you’re wondering how to change this shot up, but keep its candy like flavor, try a couple of these out:

Switch out the Kahlua. The Kahlua is one of the most popular coffee liqueurs, it’s not the only one available. You can use something like Tia Maria to substitute for it.
Create some layers. In the recipe below, we will be shaking this shot. However, the ingredients used can actually be layered. You would put your Kahlua on bottom, schnapps in the middle and float the Irish cream on top.
Make it a full cocktail. This can be easily transformed into a cocktail. Simply multiply your ingredients by two. Put it in a rocks glass with some chocolate syrup drizzled around the inside of the glass.
Amp up the liquor content. If you want this one to be a little stronger, use some regular vodka to add an alcoholic bite without affecting the flavor too much.

Some similar candy inspired shots are: Crispy Crunch shot, Swedish Fish shot and Jolly Rancher shot

How to make this drink:

You only need five minutes to get this shot ready to go. The most time consuming part of this shot is getting the rim ready to go, but even that isn’t too difficult.

Equipment:

Ingredients:

1 oz kahlua
1 oz butterscotch schnapps
1 oz baileys
crushed butterfinger for garnish
Ice

empty shot glass next to a butterfinger, saucer, baileys, butterscotch schnapps and kahlua

Instructions:

Step one

Start out by gathering up everything necessary for this shot including shot glass, jigger, Hawthorne strainer, bar spoon, ice, Kahlua, Baileys and butterscotch schnapps.

Step two

Grab the ice and your shaker. Toss the ice into your shaker until it is almost filled.

Step three

Grab your jigger and Kahlua. Measure out 1 oz of Kahlua using the jigger. Pour that into the shaker.

pouring butterscotch schnapps in a jigger

Step four

Grab the jigger and butterscotch schnapps. Measure out 1 oz of butterscotch schnapps using the jigger. Pour that into the shaker.

Step Five

Grab the jigger and Irish cream. Measure out 1 oz of Irish cream using the jigger. Pour that into shaker.

Step six

Grab the shaker lid and pop it on top of the shaker. Shake everything up for around 15 seconds.

rimming glass with butterfinger crumbles

Step seven

Next, get your shot glass garnished. Pour some chocolate syrup in a layer on a saucer. Place your shot glass rim down into the chocolate syrup and roll it back and forth so that the rim is coated.

On a second saucer, crumble up a butterfinger in a thin layer. Then, turn the syrup coated rim of the shot glass down into the Butterfinger crumbles and rock it back and forth so that they coat the rim.

pouring butterfinger shot into a shot glass

Step eight

Pop the top off of the shaker and replace it with the strainer. Pour your shot from the shaker into your shot glass. Enjoy!

Recipe