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Spiked! Recipe Challenge: Irish Cream Winner

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Good morning and welcome to the Spiked! Recipe Challenge reveal day! You all made this so hard for Carrie & I! Again. Not that we are complaining, but there was some serious email deliberations happening between her and I over the weekend. ;)

This month’s Spiked! ingredient was Irish Cream. So many of you came up with some very creative (not to mention, tasty looking!) recipes.

So, without further adieu, here are the Spiked! Irish Cream Recipe Challenge runner-ups (in no particular order)…

Caramel Irish Cream Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Sauce from Crazy for Cookies and More

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Irish Cream Flavored Popcorn from Cooking on the Front Burner

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Irish Cream Chocolate Pound Cake Trifle with Irish Cream Caramel Sauce from Call Me PMc

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And the winner of the Spiked! Irish Cream Recipe Challenge is…

The Bailey’s Kiss Cocktail Cake from Cooking with Curls!

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Congratulations, Lisa!!! What an amazing and decadent use of Irish Cream! Carrie and I will be in touch with you shortly to get you hooked up with your featured ad spots with each of us for the month of April.

Carri and I would love to thank each and every one of you who entered this months Spiked! Recipe Challenge. We had 16 total Irish Cream laced entrieds for our second ever challenge. Carrie and I both created special Pinterest Boards for all of the Spiked! recipes, so please feel free to click on over and check them all out (and pin away while you are at it!)

Carrie and I will be back again in May with an all new Spiked! Recipe Challenge! We will announce that month’s libation of choice on the first of the month. (Perhaps a little Cinco de Mayo action, folks?) If you would like to see more information on the Spiked! Recipe Challenge, please feel free to visit Carrie’s page here.

And if you are a blogger, make sure you don’t miss out on entering Carrie’s March sponsors’ One Lucky Blogger Giveaway. There are $70 in gift cards, 12 ad spots and a custom photo watermark up for grabs to one very lucky blogger!

 

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7 comments on “Spiked! Recipe Challenge: Irish Cream Winner”

  1. That cake looks awesome! So pinning. Congrats Lisa!

  2. OMG…I am in complete shock right now! There were so many awesome recipes submitted, that had to be a difficult decision. Thank you both so much :)

  3. OMG – I’m so excited to be a runner up and also see all the other recipes that were submitted. I still have a big-o-bottle of Bailey’s that I need to use up! I can’t wait to see what the ingredient is next time! Keep these challenges coming, it’s a great way to get new recipes and meet some new folks!

  4. These all look delicious!! I love cheesecake and I love chocolate! Congrats to everyone!

  5. Great choice! Love the cake! Thanks for the honorable mention on my creative disaster :)

  6. Congratulations, Lisa – all of these recipes sound and look wonderful. Julie, I’m always hungry every time I visit…wonder why that is? :)

  7. This competition will be the cause for me having to buy new pants ;-) It all looks so delicious! =)