5-Ingredient Baileys French Toast with Boozy Chocolate Sauce

Ready for a boozy brunch at home? This Baileys French Toast is pillowy, chocolatey, buttery perfection. Plus, I’ve included an option to add Baileys Chocolate Drizzle for the ultimate next-level French toast.

It’s such a simple recipe and relies on just a few delicious ingredients and great technique to get all the boozy Baileys & chocolate flavor and soft and fluffy texture you could dream of.

Inspired be my love (okay, borderline obsession) for Bailey’s Hot Chocolate (you’ve GOT to try my Spiked Bailey’s Hot Chocolate for Two), this decadent breakfast is elevated without being overcomplicated.

As a mom on the go who doesn’t want to settle for subpar food, I appreciate a recipe that relies on just a few ingredients for bold flavor. This French toast needs only 5 ingredients and is one of my favorite ways to use up stale bread!

Baileys French Toast Ingredient Highlights

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Brioche and Challah are soft and porous. They’ll soak up your egg wash and give you a pillowy inside with a crispy outside—ideal for French toast. That being said, this recipe is also a great way to revive stale bread.

This recipe was created with Baileys Original Irish Cream but has also been thoroughly tested with Baileys Almande. Both work beautifully!

For the optional boozy chocolate sauce, dark chocolate chips are preferred.

Boozy French Toast with Baileys Tips & Tricks

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How to Make Baileys French Toast

Use a fork or whisk to whisk your eggs and Baileys until well combined. These two ingredients will act as your egg wash for your French Toast.

Set yourself up for success by prepping your ingredients and setting them up in a cute little assembly line.

Bread. Then, your Baileys egg mixture. Then your pan, with your butter melted and already hot. Easy as 1, 2, 3!

You should now be able to move your bread down the line pretty quickly. If you leave your bread in the egg wash for too long, it will make the middle of your French toast soggy. Womp womp 🤦‍♀️!

Your butter is already hot, so you should get that incredible sizzle sound when you place your egg-washed bread in it.

Give it about 5 minutes before peeking underneath. If it’s golden brown, it’s time to flip!

Pro tip: Avoid overcrowding your pan to allow enough room for easy flipping. I usually just cook two slices at a time.

Once you flip your French Toast, let it cook on the second side until golden brown. Again, this should take about 5 minutes over medium heat.

As for the optional (but highly recommended boozy chocolate sauce), melt your chocolate first. You can do so over a double boiler on the stove or in the microwave.

Just fill a large pot with about 2 cups of water and place either a large, heat-safe metal bowl or a second, smaller pot on top. You want the bowl or smaller pot to rest inside the larger pot, preferably without touching the water underneath.

Bring the water in the large pot to a boil so that the upper pot or bowl rises in temperature slowly from the hot water underneath.

OR. For a quicker melt, put your chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high in 30-second intervals, stirring in between until completely melted.

Once your chocolate is melted, use a whisk or fork to combine the melted chocolate and the Baileys. continually stirring until thick and smooth.

Serving Your Irish Cream French Toast

The longer your syrup sits, the thicker it will get. Serve it over your Baileys French Toast immediately for best results.

If it thickens too much, stick it back in the microwave for 15 seconds on high and stir.

If you want some savory breakfast items to balance out this sweet treat, try serving these Crispy Breakfast Potatoes or Fried Eggs Over Hard on the side!

How I Store and Reheat Baileys French Toast

French toast will stay delicious for 5-7 days wrapped and sealed in the refrigerator after preparing it. You can also freeze it for up to a month!

From the fridge, reheat on a frying pan for about 5 minutes on each side, until thoroughly heated through. You can also reheat it in the toaster oven or the oven at 375°F for 10 minutes from the refrigerator or 15 minutes from frozen.

The microwave will work in a pinch but does tend to make it a little soggy.

If you have extra egg wash, you can save that, too. Store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator to make more French toast over the next 2-3 days.