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Hot Buttered Rum Punch

Published on December 7, 2010 by Helen Best-Shaw 3 Comments
Last Updated on October 29, 2020

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Hot buttered rum punch – a nostalgic and warming traditional winter recipe that’s perfect for holiday parties.

Everything You Need To Know

  • Hot Buttered Rum
  • Appleton Estate Jamaican Rum
  • How to Make Hot Buttered Rum
  • More winter cocktails and drinks 
  • Hot Buttered Rum Punch
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
  • Keeping it Green

Hot Buttered Rum

Rum is made from fermented and distilled sugar cane by-products such molasses and cane juice. Mainly produced in the Caribbean, there is a vast array of grades, variations, flavours and characters. I think it would be fair to think of it as the tropical equivalent to whisky. It has endless variations, from everyday blends to rare single malts.

It was certainly the favoured drink of the navy from very early on, and quickly found its way into the hearts of the British. Hot buttered rum is a wonderful tradition, dating back more than 200 years.

From the scalding hot rum and butter with which Mrs Sparsit was forced to retire in Dickens’ Hard Times to the winter dreams of Crosby and Kaye in White Christmas, it stands for comfort and cheer on a cold night. Perfect timing! I set to work.

Appleton Estate Jamaican Rum

Appleton Estate have recently launched their 30-year-old rum blend. It is the oldest blend available commercially in the world, with notes of baked pear, maple and orange peel. With only 70 bottles available in the UK , selling for £550 in Harrods this is luxury rum. It’s certainly not one that you would turn into a hot punch. My bottle, however, was much more suitable.

The Appleton Estate V/ X may be more humble than the grand version mentioned above, but it is excellent. I found it far smoother than a whisky or brandy for the same price. Subtly spiced, flavoured with brown sugar and butterscotch, with a hint of pear and orange, it has made me curious to learn more about rum. 

The hot buttered rum was delicious, perfect for a late afternoon warmer on a snowy day, or in front of the fire on Christmas Eve. My winter-themed choux buns filled with an orange and rum cream were equally good.

How to Make Hot Buttered Rum

Step one – Place the butter, sugar and spices in a mug or coffee glass.

Step two – Pour in your golden rum  and muddle together. Pour in the boiling water. 

Step three – Stir, garnish with orange peel and cinnamon stick and enjoy your hot buttered rum!

More winter cocktails and drinks 

  • Mulled cider
  • Cranberry vodka
  • Sloe Gin
  • Bramble Whisky
  • Gin and Appletiser 
  • Christmas Martini 
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Hot Buttered Rum Punch

Hot buttered rum is perfect for the holidays
Servings: 1
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time10 mins
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Ingredients

  • 50 ml Appleton Estate V/X
  • 75 ml Boiling Water
  • 1 Tablespoon of Brown Sugar
  • Vanilla Extract
  • 2 tsp Butter
  • Ground Cinnamon (Optional)
  • Ground Nutmeg (Optional)
  • Cinnamon Stick
  • Orange Peel

Instructions

  • Place the butter, sugar and spices in a mug or coffee glass. Pour in Appleton Estate V/X and muddle together. Pour in the boiling water.  Stir, garnish with orange peel and cinnamon stick and enjoy!
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.
Nutrition Facts
Hot Buttered Rum Punch
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 553 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 30mg10%
Sodium 106mg5%
Carbohydrates 86g29%
Sugar 86g96%
Vitamin A 355IU7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Drink, Drinks
Cuisine: Drink
Keyword: Jamaican Rum
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Keeping it Green

Looking at Appleton’s website I was very pleased to read that they are committed to green manufacturing. The company is doing what it can for the environment and reducing their carbon emissions. When sugar cane is harvested, it is common practice to burn the stubble. Appletons are committed to move towards “green cane harvesting” where this burning does not take place. Instead, the dead material is left to protect and fertilise the soil. The factory is powered by an emission free boiler running on bagasse, the sugar cane fibre byproduct.

Appleton Estate V/X Rum is available from all major supermarkets.

Thanks to Appleton for my free bottle.

If you enjoyed this recipe for hot buttered rum punch, why not try my other Christmas drinks, such as this spiced mulled cider or my Christmas martinis?

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  1. Jacqueline

    5 stars
    I feel the same as you about reviewing products. I turn down so many, although I never say no to chocolate, hehe, but I do accept those I think I will enjoy and review them if I think I can recommend them.

    Never tried hot buttered rum before, I wonder why not. Could do with a glass now. I am at work and it is freezing. It was -18c here in Dundee last night. Brrrrrrr!

    Reply
  2. Kavey Eats

    5 stars
    Yeah, same here.
    Firstly, I do same as you, in filtering what I accept out of the things offered to things I think I’ll enjoy, whether that’s product or restaurant invitations.
    Secondly, on occasion I don’t post. If all I can say is “I was sent this, it was OK”, it’s boring to write, boring to read, so doesn’t go on the blog.
    Conversely, if there’s something I dislike but have got something to say, I’ll post it. So there are definitely negative reviews of paid and freebie stuff, but not loads of them.

    Reply
    • Helen

      I went back earlier in the year and regraded about half my Amazon reviews. It does need doing from time to time.

      Reply

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