Hot Buttered Rum - Food Wishes

You can do a lot of great things with rum. Make rum balls, soak a chocolate cake, pour it into a glass of cola, and of course, entertain pirates, but maybe my favorite thing to do with rum, especially around the holidays, would be to butter it. Enjoy!

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[TheMineA]

I love this drink. I make it exactly the same just without the water, butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.

[iflanzy]

Can we all give props to Chef John for remembering to let the butter get to room temperature for the last few videos? Seems like he always used to forget.

[cmcd]

You can freeze the butter batter in ice trays then pop out the cubes & put in freezer bags.
When youre ready to make your drink just pop a cube into your glass.
I make flavored butters this way for cooking & it works great!

[mrbuff]

"on a scale how healthy is this?"
"Healthy? i think we need more butter"

[michaelsymons]

If you drew out his vocal inflections on paper, it'd look like a sine wave. That being said, it's as soothing as hot buttered rum.

[theoriginalchefboyoboy]

"and you can garnish it with a little grated nutmeg if you like."
*Jon Townsend has entered the chat...*

[Jess-Rabbit]

I laughed so hard at "hot ruttered bums"

[jerradn]

Chef John: Pack that batter into ice cube trays before freezing, the size is perfect!

[jackbits]

I used to put Chef John's recipes in a Recipes playlist. Now I put them in a Chef John playlist.

[legacyhome]

Chef John, you've done it again. As we settle in to watch our 28th year of It's a Wonderful Life (A tradition we've passed down to our Son) we are sipping on our first batch of Hot Buttered Rum. Absolute PERFECTION! Life IS wonderful ❤

[cbn]

Chef, this is one of my favorite videos of yours. It is especially helpful that you talk about refrigerating and freezing since so many of us will be alone or apart from family this year. Great video, I plan on sharing with my family so we can all try this together and gather online to taste. Thank you

[karenjohnston]

My parents used to make this for their Christmas parties, back when everyone put on their party clothes and went from house to house. They used a combination of butter, sugar, spices and whipped cream. They kept the topping in the fridge or on ice. My sister and i used to sneak spoonfuls of it when we were little, of course that was before we used to sneak the rum in later years ;).
Thanks for the memories!

[GreasyMcNasty]

When he mentioned the pine cones, I legit thought he was grating a pine cone onto the drink!

[rickcochranerealestate]

I made this without the cream, water, butter, vanilla, sugar, salt, and spices.

Delicious

[TheTrekkie]

“Is the heavy cream optional?”
Chef John: “Yes, but actually no”

[CocinaConDaniyMel]

This Christmas needs to be special after all that has happened this year. Thanks for this special recipe Chef John! ❤️

[nikkirockznikkirockz]

..I am the "Pa-ra-pa-pum-pum" of my hot, buttered rum! :)

[rrudydedogg]

I made mine and thought it just a tad weak in should have used more I had a thought: put in a half-packet of instant dark hot chocolate. OMG! Rum and Chocolate go perfectly together in this drink!

[_k]

One of the best if not the best hot cocktails invented. Perfect for the cold weather of the holidays, but good any time of year.

[tomtrathen]

Chef John, made the Hot Buttered Rum on Christmas night and it was wonderful. We did