Butterscotch schnapps sits heavy at the bottom of the glass beneath a pale float of Irish cream, and the two go down together like a spoonful of vanilla-caramel pudding. Served chilled and neat, it is sweet, creamy and gone in a single swallow — built to be tossed back rather than sipped.
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Pour the butterscotch schnapps into a chilled shot glass.
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Slowly float the Irish cream over the back of a barspoon so it settles in a distinct layer on top of the schnapps without mixing.
No one holds a documented claim to the Buttery Nipple; it surfaced in the 1980s amid a broad craze for sweet novelty shots with suggestive names. It is essentially the Slippery Nipple with a single change — butterscotch schnapps stands in for sambuca, while the layered build and the equal measure of Irish cream carry over unchanged. That substitution turned an anise-sharp shooter into a dessert-leaning one, and the drink has endured as a generic bar shot rather than any single bartender's signature.