Kids in the Kitchen Wednesday: Butter Beer

Here's a confession: the members of the Wisconsin Test Kitchen are total nerds. It's okay, we embrace our nerd behavior. We're so nerdy in fact, our resident Cool Dad may or may not have a Star Wars tattoo. But we digress.

One of the cool things we've gotten the opportunity to do in the past year is introduce our tiny chef to the wonder of Harry Potter. We've finished reading the first three books, and just started the fourth book. She's really enjoying them, and loves all things HP right now. We recently had a night with some wonderful friends of ours, and Melissa recommended making Butter Beer- a drink served at a bar in Hogsmeade. The recipe we used is also supposed to be identical to the drink served at Universal Studios. We had to give it a try. 

Magically Easy Butter Beer
Recipe courtesy of: http://www.designdazzle.com/2011/07/summer-camp-harry-potter-activities-wizard-for-a-day/

2 liters cream soda
butter extract (we found it at a craft store- the grocery store didn't carry it)
rum extract

1 7oz. container of marshmallow creme

1 cup whipping cream

To make the cream topping, add the marshmallow creme, whipping cream and 1 teaspoon rum extract into a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. 

For the "beer", drop 2 tablespoons butter extract and 2 teaspoons rum extract into the 2 liter bottle of soda, put on cap and slowly rotate until combined.


Pour the Butter Beer into a glass, drizzle with the cream topping, and enjoy!

This ended up being a tasty treat that both the adults and the kid really enjoyed (the smallest participant in our evening of Harry Potter revelry was too young for butter beer). Speaking of adults, if you're looking to make this even more of an "adult" drink, you can add a shot of rum for a little extra kick. 

This is a great recipe to try with your little muggles, they'll love something authentically magic!

Stay Cool,
The Cool Dads Crew