• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Recipes
    • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch & Dinner
    • Desserts & Baking
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Work with Me
  • Cookbook

Home » Recipes » 7 Ingredients or less

homemade hot buttered rum

December 31, 2019 Leave a Comment

Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe

Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it’s warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights. 

Homemade Hot Buttered Rum - Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it's warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights. #hotbutteredrum #newyearsrecipes #newyearseve #drinkrecipes #christmasrecipes #christmasdrinks #easyrecipes #glutenfreerecipes #bluebowlrecipes | bluebowlrecipes.com this recipe

Did you know you can make Hot Buttered Rum at home in a flash with only a few ingredients? I’d been curious about this drink for awhile – I feel like it’s always mentioned in Christmas songs + movies, but I didn’t know anything about it. Lo and behold, it’s super easy to make!

All you need is rum, butter, brown sugar, some spices, and water. Really – that’s it!

Homemade Hot Buttered Rum - Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it's warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights. #hotbutteredrum #newyearsrecipes #newyearseve #drinkrecipes #christmasrecipes #christmasdrinks #easyrecipes #glutenfreerecipes #bluebowlrecipes | bluebowlrecipes.com

How to Make Hot Buttered Rum: 

First, get your water heating in a pot. Next, cream together the butter, sugar, and spices with an electric mixer. Add the butter mixture and rum to the hot water and stir it all together. That’s it!

Homemade Hot Buttered Rum - Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it's warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights. #hotbutteredrum #newyearsrecipes #newyearseve #drinkrecipes #christmasrecipes #christmasdrinks #easyrecipes #glutenfreerecipes #bluebowlrecipes | bluebowlrecipes.com

This is a great way to make + serve this drink for a party or New Year’s Eve. If you only want to make a glass or two at a time, though, you can just heat enough water for the number of drinks you want, add a portion of the rum to each, and a portion of the butter mixture to each. The remaining butter mixture can be stored in the fridge for a couple weeks, and portioned out as desired!

Homemade Hot Buttered Rum - Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it's warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights. #hotbutteredrum #newyearsrecipes #newyearseve #drinkrecipes #christmasrecipes #christmasdrinks #easyrecipes #glutenfreerecipes #bluebowlrecipes | bluebowlrecipes.com

Here’s to drinking warm, cozy things all winter long – not just for New Year’s! Oh – and you can make these even more festive by serving with some cinnamon sticks. Because the festive-r the better. (I know that’s not a word, I tried, hah.)

Homemade Hot Buttered Rum - Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it's warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights. #hotbutteredrum #newyearsrecipes #newyearseve #drinkrecipes #christmasrecipes #christmasdrinks #easyrecipes #glutenfreerecipes #bluebowlrecipes | bluebowlrecipes.com

Happy New Year! Here’s to all the delicious things we’ll make and eat together in the New Year. 

Homemade Hot Buttered Rum - Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it's warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights. #hotbutteredrum #newyearsrecipes #newyearseve #drinkrecipes #christmasrecipes #christmasdrinks #easyrecipes #glutenfreerecipes #bluebowlrecipes | bluebowlrecipes.com

Did you make this recipe? Snap a photo and leave a comment below! 

Be sure to follow bluebowlrecipes on instagram and tag #bluebowlrecipes with your photo! You can also post a photo of your recipe to the bluebowlrecipes Facebook page. I’d love to see what you make!

Homemade Hot Buttered Rum

Hot Buttered Rum is incredibly easy to whip up, and it's warm, comforting, and cozy! Made with rum, hot water, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for festive holidays and cold winter nights.
No ratings yet
Print Pin Rate
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Drinks
Keyword: Easy New Year's Eve Recipes, Christmas Drinks, Drinks for a Crowd
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4 drinks
Author: Stephanie Simmons

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup rum
  • 2 to 2 and 1/4 cups water
  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves

Instructions

  • Prep: Heat the water in a medium saucepan on the stove.
  • Make the Butter Mixture: In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and spices.
  • Combine: Reduce the heat to medium-low once the water is nice and hot (you don't want the drink to boil or the alcohol will cook off) and stir in the butter mixture and rum.
  • Serve: Enjoy immediately!
  • To Make Just One Drink: If you just want to make a glass or two at a time, heat up 5-6 ounces of water for each drink, add 1-2 ounce of rum, and 1/4 of the butter mixture per drink. Store the leftover butter mixture in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
  • To Serve a Larger Crowd: You can double or triple this recipe. Just put it in a larger pot on the stove or in a slow cooker to keep it warm. You can always adjust the sugar/spices and amount of rum to taste, too.
The One-Bowl Baker

Order my new book:

The One-Bowl Baker

today!

One-Bowl recipes for incredible cookies, brownies, cakes, and breads made easy enough for anyone to bake!

Order Now:

Walmart // Amazon // Barnes & Noble // Target // Booksamillion // Bookshop // Indie Bound // Book Depository

Get the Bonus e-Book!

Share
Pin111
Tweet
Share
111 Shares

More 7 Ingredients or less

  • A stack of chocolate rice krispie treats.
    chocolate brown butter rice krispie treats
  • A stack of three sopapilla cheesecake bars drizzled with honey.
    sopapilla cheesecake
  • A jar of blueberry sauce.
    easy homemade blueberry sauce (blueberry topping)
  • A jar of strawberry compote on a vintage metal tray.
    10-minute strawberry compote

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hi. I’m Stephanie

I’m a Mom & Grandma-taught cook + baker, and I’m excited to share my love of all things food with you!

Learn more

Order my new book

One-Bowl recipes for incredible cookies, brownies, cakes, and breads made easy enough for anyone to bake!

Order now

Reader Faves

A stack of fudgy brownies with crackly tops and a dusting of powdered sugar.

best-ever 5 ingredient brownies

A straight on view of a slice of banana cake topped with maple cream cheese frosting.

gluten-free banana cake with maple cream cheese frosting

creamy chicken wild rice soup

Monster cookies on a light surface, with a bowl of peanut butter and glasses of milk.

bakery-style monster cookies

maple bacon cupcakes with brown butter frosting and candied bacon

perfect breakfast quiche

Seasonal Picks

White chocolate drizzled lemon blueberry sugar cookies on a blue surface.

blueberry lemon thumbprint cookies

A close-up of a stack of french toast topped with whipped cream, berries, and maple syrup.

restaurant-level stuffed french toast

Yellow birthday cupcakes with chocolate frosting and rainbow sprinkles with lit birthday candles.

birthday cupcakes with malted chocolate frosting

A stack of broken open cookies, showing their gooey insides with chocolate puddles.

jumbo bakery-style chocolate chip cookies

A close-up of slices of nutella tart topped with whipped cream.

no-bake nutella tart

A slice of Black Forest Pie on a plate, with a fork and fresh cherries scattered around

no bake black forest pie

Subscribe for recipes

Footer

  • Privacy Policy
Blog Meets Brand

© 2023 Blue Bowl Recipes. All Rights Reserved.