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Harry Potter's Butterbeer

Harry Potter's Butterbeer

Put the mug in "muggle"! Yes, you can make this wildly popular drink at home. Butterbeer is a duh simple choice for book/movie clubs and Halloween! Photo: Flickr user Tibbygirl

Recipe by natecooks

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: 4 mugs

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Ingredients

1 cup light or dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons water
6 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
3/4 cup heavy cream, divided
1/2 teaspoon rum extract
4 12 ounce bottles cream soda

Directions

1In a small saucepan over medium, combine the brown sugar and water. Bring to a gentle boil and cook, stirring often, until the mixture reads 240 F on a candy thermometer.
2Stir in the butter, salt, vinegar and 1/4 of the heavy cream. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
3Once the mixture has cooled, stir in the rum extract.
4In a medium bowl, combine 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar mixture and the remaining 1/2 cup of heavy cream. Use an electric mixer to beat until just thickened, but not completely whipped, about 2 to 3 minutes.
5To serve, divide the brown sugar mixture between 4 tall glasses (about 1/4 cup for each glass). Add 1/4 cup of cream soda to each glass, then stir to combine. Fill each glass nearly to the top with additional cream soda, then spoon the whipped topping over each.

Categories: Beverages & Drinks, Cold Drinks

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TBSPAna said:

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!

4/12/2012 4:41:03 PM

Anonymous said:

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

4/6/2012 2:26:10 PM

Anonymous said:

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

3/28/2012 2:25:48 AM

MissSweetieAngel said:

Made this tonight and it is very delicious!

3/12/2012 12:35:04 AM

Anonymous said:

the most delicious thing ever!!!

3/5/2012 10:14:02 PM

Anonymous said:

it was horrable do not do it ugh

1/21/2012 3:48:18 PM

Anonymous said:

Cold not hot cold

1/7/2012 9:12:51 PM

Anonymous said:

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

12/24/2011 4:07:08 PM

TBSPSara said:

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

12/14/2011 11:31:38 PM

Anonymous said:

it should be hot....i think

12/11/2011 7:53:04 PM

Anonymous said:

Should this be hot or cold?

11/11/2011 3:08:36 PM

katrina.hill87 said:

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.

10/23/2011 3:02:09 PM

Anonymous said:

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.

8/10/2011 8:09:33 PM

Anonymous said:

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?

8/6/2011 10:26:33 AM

Anonymous said:

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

7/21/2011 6:11:21 AM

Anonymous said:

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

7/20/2011 8:09:04 PM

Anonymous said:

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.

7/20/2011 7:32:51 PM

stuckatsea said:

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.

7/19/2011 9:53:34 PM

Anonymous said:

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?

7/17/2011 4:07:08 PM

MistressV said:

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!

7/13/2011 7:17:11 PM

Anonymous said:

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.

5/30/2011 1:26:45 PM

tish8532 said:

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

4/25/2011 9:24:32 PM

angeleyes6996 said:

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

4/18/2011 11:42:45 AM

awyn717 said:

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

4/14/2011 4:00:48 PM

live4food55 said:

Its so easy and tastes great i love it :)

3/9/2011 8:09:19 AM

pbmuffin said:

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.

2/10/2011 1:21:25 AM