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    Home » Our latest posts » Drinks

    7 Scrumptious Recipes for Hot Buttered Rum

    January 12, 2015 Filed Under: Drinks, Drinks with Alcohol, Drinks without Alcohol, Hot Drinks

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    Hot buttered Rum is a rich and comforting beverage that will warm you up from the inside out.

    Hot Buttered Rum is a rich and comforting beverage that will warm you up from the inside out.

    clear glass mug of hot buttered rum with text overlay "rich and comforting hot buttered rum"

    This is a quintessential American drink, originating in Colonial America when molasses started being imported from Jamaica and rum began to be distilled in the Americas. The colonists started adding rum to their Hot Toddy and Egg Nog instead of other imported spirits like whiskey or brandy.

    Family Friendly Hot Buttered Rum

    If you want to make any of them non-alcoholic for the kids, designated drivers or those that don't imbibe you can use an alcohol free rum, rum flavoring and/or apple cider.

    The recipes all have enough yumminess they don't really need the alcohol to be enjoyed.

    HBR Variations

    First up is a celebrity recipe. Which to choose? Rachel Ray or Emeril Lagasse? Uh, no contest there. My brother would strangle me if I linked to one of her recipes (though she uses honey like we do). Emeril's Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail.

    Katie at the Kitchen Door offers us a Burnt Sugar Hot Buttered Rum that requires a bit more effort than just mix and add hot liquid, but that extra few minutes looks worth it to me:

    The Curious Coconut has both the Paleo crowd and coffee lovers covered with this Paleo-friendly Hot Buttered Rum or Coffee:

    Paleo-friendly hot buttered rum/hot buttered coffee. Great to take and share at holiday gatherings! 

    If you want your beverage creamier and more dessert like, may I suggest Delightful E Made's Creamy Hot Buttered Rum (she adds ICE CREAM!):

    The ultimate cold weather cocktail!  Spiced rum, cinnamon and a few other goodies make this delicious hot toddy completely amazing and the perfect way to warm up on a cold night!

    The Wanderlust Kitchen's recipe is similar to the one above, but she has the brilliant idea of freezing the mix in ice cube trays so you can quickly make individual servings:

    Perfect hot buttered rum mix in 3 easy steps

    Tamilee Tips breaks out the crock pot to make hers. Sounds like a great way to keep it warm for a party!

    Crock Pot Hot buttered rum Recipe

    Our family recipe uses honey instead of the brown sugar most of the above recipes use and it is scaled for a single drink.

    Hot Buttered Rum

    clear glass mug of hot buttered rum with text overlay "rich and comforting hot buttered rum"
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    Ingredients
     

    • 1 jigger dark rum
    • 1 teaspoon butter
    • 1 tablespoon honey
    • dash nutmeg
    • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1 stick cinnamon
    • boiling water

    Instructions
     

    • Put rum, honey, butter and ground spices in a cup or mug. Add boiling water to fill. Sprinkle with additional spices if desired. Serve with a cinnamon stick as a muddler.

    Notes

    Make a family friendly version by adding rum flavoring/extract instead of the actual rum, or swapping out apple cider for the water and rum.

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    Until next time, happy eating!
    ~Audrey

    Until next time, happy eating.
    ~Audrey

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Jamie

      January 12, 2015 at 1:05 pm

      YUM!! I wish the internet had smell-o-vision, these look great! 🙂 #ibabloggers

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 14, 2015 at 11:26 am

        the heated spices made the house smell wonderful.

    2. Olga

      January 12, 2015 at 1:28 pm

      Oh wow, everything is so tasty! Thanks for your recipe
      #ibabloggers

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 14, 2015 at 11:28 am

        thanks for your comment

    3. erlene

      January 12, 2015 at 5:26 pm

      Hot buttered rum sounds so deilicous right now. It's been so cold in SoCal lately and it even snowed at our house.

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 14, 2015 at 11:29 am

        We got the snow down here in So Riverside County too. It was so fun, and I was shocked it hung around for 3-4 days.

    4. joybee83

      January 12, 2015 at 5:59 pm

      Great roundup. I had no idea there was a hot buttered rum day. I've been thinking of making some for a while (I even went out and bought some cinnamon sticks). Seeing your post today inspired me and I'm sipping one right now while watching the national championship (college football). Wow these are good! I used Emeril's recipe.

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 14, 2015 at 11:30 am

        That's one I want to try. Glad it was good and I hope your team won.

    5. Jennifer Abel

      January 13, 2015 at 6:13 pm

      Oh I do like a hot buttered rum and now you have given me more reasons to like these tasty drinks, we would love to see these on our link up (which is still open), I'm sure our readers would also love to see your hot rum recipes, yum!

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 14, 2015 at 11:41 am

        Added your link up to my list.

    6. Kathy

      January 14, 2015 at 8:16 am

      These recipes look a. maze. ing. Not sure if I have tried a hot buttered rum, but now I want to!
      Thank you for sharing. #ibabloggers

      Reply
      • Audrey

        January 14, 2015 at 11:42 am

        hope you enjoy it, Kathy.

    7. Megan Kubasch

      January 14, 2015 at 1:25 pm

      I need all of these.... like right now.

      Reply
    8. Jennifer Abel

      January 14, 2015 at 3:40 pm

      So great to see you at our link up @ Mum-bo Monday with these great rum recipes

      Reply
    9. Kristen from The Road to Domestication

      January 16, 2015 at 12:58 pm

      Who knew there was an actual hot buttered rum DAY?! Thanks for linking up with us at the #HomeMattersParty - we hope to see you again next week! 🙂

      Reply
    10. Jenna @ A Savory Feast

      January 17, 2015 at 6:04 pm

      I have never tried hot buttered rum, but it sounds so good! All of these recipes sound so tempting. I'd like to try one of them soon! Thanks for sharing this with Hump Day Happenings.

      Reply
    11. [email protected] The Evolution of Mom

      January 18, 2015 at 9:30 am

      I agree with the smellovision comment! These look wonderful!

      Reply
    12. Kelly @ Mum-bo-Jumbo

      January 19, 2015 at 4:59 am

      Oh my hot buttered rumness! How divine are these recipes? Thanks so much for linking up at Mum-bo Monday. Your post has been selected by my co-host Jennifer from Nanna's Wisdom as her pick of the party and will be featured this week. Thanks again! #mumbomonday

      Reply
    13. Kristina @ My Own Home Blog

      January 19, 2015 at 4:03 pm

      Yum! These recipes sound amazing!
      Thanks for sharing at Talented Tuesday Link Party!

      Reply
    14. Emily @ Table + Hearth

      January 21, 2015 at 7:19 pm

      I LOVE hot buttered rum on things, great roundup!! Thanks so much for sharing them at On Display Thursday, see you tomorrow at this week's!

      Reply

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