Harry Potter's Butterbeer

AWESOME soooo sugary

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Has anyone made this frozen - like you can get it at Islands of Adventure? Not sure to how to make it like that.

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made this after my brother and his fiance got back from Harry potter world. it was a bit bitter. and serve it cold it was better that away.

wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

My question is " does it realy work ?"

There's no real recipe for this. In the end, make it as you want it. It's supposed to be a less sweet butterscotch taste, if I remember correctly. I was actually happy just chilling cream soda and whipping up heavy whipping cream with butterscotch syrup. There's a more fancy version that uses icecream. I'm tempted to just make Tudor style butterbeer, then adding a little butterscotch. I'm sure that'll be the most authentic.

Man I love Harry Potter and now that I have found the Butter Beer that they were drinking in the Harry Potter series Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

This recipe seems to have way more ingredients than what is listed on the official three broomsticks website, which is taken as la direct quote from madame Rosemerta herself. Peace out yall

I think for the Approx.1000 calories I'd rather a something else!

Hi sburge23! Each glass will have 12 oz of cream soda + 2 oz of brown sugar mix + whipped cream. So, the glass needs to be big enough for 14 oz of liquid and still leave enough room to be topped with whipped cream. Hope this helps!

what size glass, please? i'm from the UK & picture looks like one of our pub pint glasses but that seems a huge glass of butterbeer

I made this "Butterbeer" this evening with the following modifications: 3/4 C of brown sugar, 2 T water, 4 T of unsalted butter, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t lemon juice, 1/2 t rum extract, 3/4 C heavy cream, and 4 bottles of a amber-colored cream soda (Virgil's micro brewed). I used 1 T of the syrup in each glass, then about 6 oz of soda - when you mix the two, a light foam appears on the surface of the soda. Then I added a dollop of the cream/syrup mixture to the top of each glass, and voila = homemade Butterbeer. I found the color of the soda to be lighter than that purchased at Islands of Adventure, and the resulting soda and cream was not exact, but pretty close. I did not find the soda too sweet since I added only 1 T to each serving, but I think if I added more of the syrup, it would have been closer to the original in taste. Very tasty, and as close as I'm getting to the original since I'm never standing in line at IoA again for any ride, or any Butterbeer, LOL

"I added lard to make it even more unhealthy" LOLOLOL!! :D

Visited Orlando last November. Arrived home wanting more Butterbeer. Had no recipe, but tried using Dad's Cream Soda (really cold) mixed with Whipping Cream (dairy/carton type) (very cold). Just poured cream soda into glass and topped with some of the whipping cream. Wasn't perfect, but we enjoyed it. In an effort to improve the flavor, tried adding just a tidbit of plain Dad's Root Beer. Thouht the first one tasted better. Will try whipping the cream a little the next time. This recipe may not be as close to the one at Disney, but its a whole lot cheaper to make, and its also a whole lot healthier sans the butter, brown sugar and rum. Suits us OK.

I can't wait to make some butter beer

I added lard to make it even more unhealthy

We just add a spoonful of butterscotch ice cream topping to a can cream soda. Quick and easy.

instead of making whip try making butter beer float with a scoop of vanilla icecream with cinnamon on top, its a delicious treat!!

If you find it to sweet, use less of the syrup and with then cream soda use 3 parts cream soda and 1 part soda or tonic water it helps bring the sweetness down by a notch without taking away flavour or making it watery , but a great recipe! and i only used 10 tbs of butter

Just returned from Harry Potter World at Adventure Island in Orlando. Worth the trip and cost. Anyway, I was determined to find a recipe for their Butterbeer and found this one, which is also on the FOX News site. I tried it, and determined, like at least one anonymous entry below, this was just a little off. That's the bad news. So I tried adjusting some portions and changing the method slightly and came up with what I think is closer to the Harry Potter World Butterbeer. Anyone who has been there can tell you that what comes out of the Butterbeer tap is straight cream soda. The liquid is translucent, and has no foam like this recipe does when you mix the cream soda with the brown sugar mix. So try this: DO NOT premix cream soda with brown sugar mix. Instead, Using an electric mixer, mix 1/4 cup brown sugar mix with 1 cup of heavy cream; mix until slightly stiff. (2 minutes is too long). Poor COLD cream soda into a glass until almost full. Dollop desired amount of whipped cream concoction on top. Done. This also extends the recipe so that it will make more Butterbeer, but I haven't yet tried to determine how much. I welcome your comments.

We just made a double batch again. This time we only used 8 of the required12 table spoons of butter. It came out perfect! Well at least for our taste buds. :)

Omg canlalope is sexy

I tried this last night and made it for adults so chose to use bacardi golden rum. One shot per glass and omitted the extract. I would have drank myself into a diabetic coma if we had made more. Thank goodness we only made one batch. It was amazing. I will make again.

I drank it at Universal and then tried making this version. I thoiught this version was way too buttery. I could only stomach half my glass. 6 tbs is three fourths of a stick of butter spread between 4 glasses. The Universal version had a great butterscotch flavor and didn't leave you burping up a butter after taste.

240 degrees is when the liquid hits "soft ball stage." At this temperature, sugar syrup dropped into cold water will form a soft, flexible ball.

What should you do if you don't have a candy thermometer?

Nice but I think I'll try another recipe next time theres something wong and i think its the strong vinegar flavour but thqnkyou all the same.

Mine failed because the instructions werent perfectly clear first time, I wish I would have seen TBSPAna comment as then I would have done it right, but I have got it now and demtermined to make it I am getting some more ingredients tommorow because todays was disgusting. Everyone says its as good as univeesals so I will make it right! I tried the Warner Bros. And I need to make this Butterbeer at home I hope the instructions will make themselves clearer tommorow.

To the person who asked about the kid-friendly version: Rum extract (as most extracts do) has alcohol in it. But at the same time, you do not use much in the recipe so it depends on you whether or not to use it. The only real difference would be a slight taste difference.

I loved making this

I'm about to make it wish me luck

Hi! Once you have made the brown sugar mixture, mix just 2 tablespoons of that with 1/2 cup of heavy cream, beating it until it thickens into a cream. Distribute the remaining brown sugar mixture into glasses and pour cream soda almost to the top. Add the whipped cream topping you made and your Butterbeer is ready to drink! Hope this helps!

In the directions it says to use only 2 tablespoons of the mixture with the remaining cream. Do you mix that first then add it to the rest and stir or that is all you use? If so what do you do with the rest of it? Thanks, First timer

i thought there was actral beer in it from a comit in the books-p.s. sorry for spelling

Made this tonight and it is very delicious!

the most delicious thing ever!!!

it was horrable do not do it ugh

Cold not hot cold

I agree with everyone else! I might be in sugar coma in a few! But very DELICIOUS!!!

Hi Anon - The Butter Beer should be served a room temperature. Enjoy!

it should be hot....i think

Should this be hot or cold?

Super yummy! Just made it for the first time, we didnt have any rum extract but it still turned out great! Very, very sweet, so this is only an occasional treat.

This recipe was great. When i was done i was surprised how good it tasted. I took some liberties adding vanilla extract instead of rum and a little bit of cinnamon and nutmeg and it was great. Thanks for the recipe.

I love the most recent alcoholic recipe substitution but I'm wondering about how to do it while keeping the cream soda... Would it work to use real rum rather than rum extract?

Ever try Butterscotch Snapps and Root Beer? SO good for an alcoholic Butter Beer, lol

There is no alcohol in rum extract. So this IS a kid friendly version..

I just got back from Universal Orlando a couple of weeks ago and this recipe is identical to the Butterbeer they serve there. It's soooo good and extremely easy to make.

I just made this and it tasted exactly how I always hoped butterbeer would. Thank you for this recipe, I'm going to use it for all my nerdy Harry Potter parties. One thing though, I think taste depends a lot on the cream soda you used. I used A&W and it tasted awesome.

Just leave out the Rum extract for a kid friendly version right? Or is there a different recipe for the kid friendly? Does it taste as good without the rum?

I made this soon after visiting Universal Studio's Harry Potter World. It's pretty much spot on, and extremely easy to make, not to mention fun!

Has anyone made this that has been to universal studios Harry Potter world? They have butterbeer there and just wondering if anyone that's tried both thinks they taste the same.

Do you think you can you use diet cream soda and brown sugar Splenda for the diabetics ? (thinking of my dad) you only need to use half the brown sugar splenda, there is a chart on their website... http://www.splenda.com/products/brown-sugar-blend

Iam a diabetic, sounds great would i be advised to reduce the the sugar amount?

this is delicious... but i think i may be diabetic now. :)

Its so easy and tastes great i love it :)

I just made this tonight and I thought it would be more labor intensive and it really wasn't. It was easy to make and insanely worth it. Like I can't even express how freaking tasty this is and it's what I always imagined butter beer to taste like.