# Dulce de Leche -- the Drink?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dulce-de-leche-the-drink/162842 "2003-03-20T17:20:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dulce-de-leche-the-drink/162842/1 "2003-03-20T17:20:39Z")

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OK, in “Guys and Dolls,” they’re in Cuba and they drink dulce de leches – some form of rum and milk drink. I have been unable to find a recipe for the drink. Google gives me millions of hits for the edible dessert, but not the drink. Any help?

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**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dulce-de-leche-the-drink/162842/2 "2003-03-20T17:29:16Z")

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This was the _only_ reference I could find on the entire Google:

[http://www.entreeonline.com/Entree%20Online/Drink%20Registry/drinkr.html](http://www.entreeonline.com/Entree%20Online/Drink%20Registry/drinkr.html)

Scroll down to “Cafe 43”.

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dulce-de-leche-the-drink/162842/3 "2003-03-20T18:41:53Z")

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In Cuba Dulce de Leche liquor is what the english speaking world knows as Bailey’s Irish Cream.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dulce-de-leche-the-drink/162842/4 "2003-03-20T19:17:20Z")

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[This page](http://www.alemanesvolga.com.ar/cultura/recetas/licores.html) has a recipe, in Spanish, for “Licor de dulce de leche.” The ingredients seem to consist of little more than sugar, dulce de leche, and alcohol. [This page](http://www.smaldea.com.ar/smaldea/Casa_Rec6.htm) also has a recipe, and although the portions are much larger, the ingredients are essentially the same. The second page does include water as part of the recipe.

The process, in a nutshell, involves melting the sugar to form a syrup, adding the dulce de leche and stirring with a wooden spoon until it is fully dissolved and mixed with the sugar syrup, then removing this mixture from the heat, allowing it to cool, and adding the alcohol.