J.K. Rowling's books are crammed full with many interesting foods. Most of them are entirely made up. All of them sound delicious. So guess what I decided to do? Make some. Food of choice? Butterbeer.
Butterbeer was the preferred drink for teens at the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade (adults went for the firewhiskey). Here is a recipe (with some improvation by yours truely):
- 1 cup of cream soda
- 1/4 cup of butterscotch syrup (you could conceivably use butterscotch chips, or grown ups can use that butter snap thingie)
- 1/8 tbsp butter
You can experiment... I haven't tried these, but I imagine that milk, vanilla, and brown sugar would all taste good in Butterbeer!
This butterbeer has a very strong flavor-- don't plan on anyone being able to drink any more than half a mug. You could probably water it down a bit with some milk or extra cream soda. I don't know how the Hogwarts kids drank full mugs of it. :P They must have had a different recipe! Anyway, my family loved this drink, I hope you do, too!
