Recipes & Cooking Drinks Cocktails Hot Buttered Rum Is the Nostalgic Cocktail That's Like Comfort in a Cup 5.0 (1) 1 Review It's the ultimate holiday drink. By Sarah Martens Sarah Martens Sarah Martens is the Senior Editor overseeing food at Better Homes & Gardens digital. She has been with the BHG brand for more than 10 years. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on December 18, 2024 Save Rate PRINT Share Close Photo: Rachel Marek, Sophie Babcock Total Time: 15 mins Servings: 6 Yield: 3 3/4 cups Jump to Nutrition Facts Jump to recipe If you're looking for a festive holiday cocktail that also brings a touch of nostalgia, try this hot buttered rum recipe. It's a spirit-forward drink that's served warm. It's easy to prep the ingredients in advance so you can easily assemble the drink when guests arrive. The 3-Ingredient Holiday Jewel Is 2024’s Christmas Cocktail—How to Make It What Is Hot Buttered Rum? Our classic hot buttered rum recipe is made with rum, butter, hot water, brown sugar, and vanilla. First you'll beat the butter, sugar, and spices together until well combined. Next you'll bring your water to a boil and add the rum. Top with a generous scoop of the butter mixture and finish with fluffy whipped cream. Our recipe testers loved the warm spice flavor and richness from the butter. Tips for Making Hot Buttered Rum As you make this hot buttered rum recipe, keep these helpful tips in mind. When testing the recipe, we used Meyers dark rum and loved the pronounced rum flavor in the finished cocktail. If you don't have pumpkin pie spice, this recipe would also be great with apple pie spice or a combination of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, or ginger. It's not a requirement to serve the drink in a clear mug, but it does show off the layers of the cocktail and whipped cream beautifully. We used unsalted butter for this recipe and found it had the best flavor. Homemade Eggnog Is a Must for Every Holiday Season Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 tsp. vanilla extract 3/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice 2 1/2 cups water 1 cup dark rum Whipped cream Directions Make Butter Mixture In a small bowl beat sugar, butter, vanilla extract and pumpkin pie spice with an electric mixer until well combined. Assemble Cocktail In a large saucepan bring water to a boil. Remove from heat; add rum and butter mixture to saucepan. Stir until butter is melted. Divide hot rum mixture between 6 mugs. Garnish with a small dollop of whipped cream. Rate It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 203 Calories 8g Fat 16g Carbs 0g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 6 Calories 203.2 % Daily Value * Total Fat 8.4g 11% Saturated Fat 5.3g 26% Cholesterol 22.6mg 8% Sodium 69.7mg 3% Total Carbohydrate 15.5g 6% Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Total Sugars 15.1g Protein 0.2g 0% Vitamin D 0mcg 0% Vitamin C 0.1mg 0% Calcium 22.5mg 2% Iron 0.2mg 1% Potassium 30mg 1% Fatty acids, total trans 0.3g Vitamin D 0.5IU Alanine 0g Arginine 0g Ash 0.4g Aspartic acid 0g Caffeine 0mg Carotene, alpha 0mcg Choline, total 2.7mg Copper, Cu 0mg Cystine 0g Energy 850.3kJ Fluoride, F 70.6mcg Folate, total 0.6mcg Glutamic acid 0g Glycine 0g Histidine 0g Isoleucine 0g Leucine 0g Lysine 0g Methionine 0g Magnesium, Mg 3.3mg Manganese, Mn 0.1mg Niacin 0mg Phosphorus, P 7mg Pantothenic acid 0mg Phenylalanine 0g Phytosterols 0.2mg Proline 0g Retinol 69mcg Selenium, Se 0.3mcg Serine 0g Theobromine 0mg Threonine 0g Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.2mg Tryptophan 0g Tyrosine 0g Valine 0g Vitamin A, IU 257.5IU Vitamin A, RAE 70.4mcg Vitamin B-12 0mcg Vitamin B-6 0mg Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 0.8mcg Water 121.8g Zinc, Zn 0.1mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.