Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix is such an easy, creative, and DELICIOUS easy homemade gift for Christmas (or anytime)!

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Hot Buttered Rum Mix

Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix is easy to make, and turns into the most delicious drink. Make it as a gift, or keep it for yourself!

This post is going to be short and sweet. It’s a simple mix you can make and save to use throughout the winter season, any time you’re carving a special treat. Or you use it as an easy homemade Christmas gift for friends, co-workers, or whoever is on your list.

Make this for your friends. Give it away for Christmas! You’ll be giving away the tastiest cocktail mix known to man and creating holiday smiles left and right. Doesn’t that sound nice? This Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix is the perfect homemade gift this season and is on a mission to spread holiday cheer.

Make This Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix for everyone on your Christmas list!

Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix in a glass jar with a small spoon

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Easy Homemade Holiday Gift

This chocolate hot buttered rum mix makes the PERFECT Christmas gift. I know we all need simple gifts for friends, family, co-workers, neighbors…the list goes on and on. It can be tough to come up with the right gift for everyone, but this is a real pleaser. Who wouldn’t love a delicious treat?

It doesn’t look the prettiest while it’s in the jar…I get it. But trust me, when you mix it with rum and boiling water it creates a masterpiece. A hot holiday delicious masterpiece that tastes like liquid brownie batter.

This Malted Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix is another easy Christmas gift you can make too!

Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum, my absolute FAVORITE warm cocktail recipe for the holidays (or all Winter!) Tastes like liquid brownie batter!

How to Make Hot Buttered Rum Mix

This hot buttered rum mix is so easy to make! And the best part is YOU CAN FREEZE THIS! It will stay good in your fridge for up to a couple weeks, or you can freeze it for up to two months. That means you can make these amazing Hot Chocolate Rum Cocktails ON DEMAND all winter long. No need to make them from scratch every single time when you’ve got this mix on hand.

To make the mix:

  1. Use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment; cream together the softened butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
  2. Slowly add in the cocoa powder and continue mixing.
  3. The final result will have a consistency similar to a sugar scrub.

Store the mix in an airtight container in your refrigerator or freezer. If you are making this as a gift, get a cute jar to give along with it.

When you’re ready to make hot buttered rum, just combine the mix with rum and hot water, Head HERE to get full instructions on how to make the drink.

Don’t like Rum…..Try it with Tequila!

A cup of coffee on a table, with Butter and Chocolate

This hot buttered rum mix is so perfect for the holidays season. Whether you make it as a gift, or keep it for yourself, you’re going to love it. Sip away!

See the recipe card for details on how to make Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix. Enjoy!

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Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix

5 from 6 votes
Total: 10 minutes
Servings: 8
Author: Becky Hardin
Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum Mix is such an easy, creative, and DELICIOUS easy homemade gift for Christmas (or anytime)!
This simple mixture of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cocoa powder can be combined and made ahead of time, then mixed with rum to make a tasty chocolate buttered rum drink.
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Equipment

Ingredients 

  • ½ cup salted butter 113 grams, room temperature (1 stick)
  • 2 cups dark brown sugar 426 grams
  • teaspoons ground cinnamon 5 grams
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 63 grams

Instructions 

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter, sugar, and cinnamon together.
    ½ cup salted butter, 2 cups dark brown sugar, 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • Slowly incorporate the cocoa and mix until relatively smooth. It should be the consistency of a sugar scrub. Transfer to an airtight container until ready to use.
    ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • To assemble your Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum, Click HERE

Becky's Tips

Storage: Store chocolate hot buttered rum mix in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Calories: 330kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 2gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 108mgPotassium: 201mgFiber: 3gSugar: 54gVitamin A: 356IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Meet Becky Hardin

Becky Hardin is a wife and mother living in Saint Louis Missouri. She founded The Cookie Rookie in 2012 as a creative way to share recipes. Now, she is a trusted resource for easy cooking around the world, being featured in Taste of Home, The Kitchn, ABC’s Home and Family, and more. Here at The Cookie Rookie she is the editor in chief of all recipes and continues to enjoy sharing her passion for cooking for busy families. She has since founded two additional food blogs, Easy Chicken Recipes and Easy Dessert Recipes.

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Shelley Habenicht
Shelley Habenicht
December 26, 2019 6:35 pm

This recipe is the best! Super easy and my family loved it!5 stars

Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin
December 27, 2019 9:41 am

I’m so glad everyone enjoyed it!!

Maryanne @ the little epicurean
Maryanne @ the little epicurean
November 22, 2015 11:35 am

Chocolate hot buttered rum available any time I want?! Count me in!

Michelle | A Latte Food
Michelle | A Latte Food
November 20, 2015 9:35 pm

I would love it if someone gave this to me! Genius.

Jenny | Honey and Birch
Jenny | Honey and Birch
November 20, 2015 8:01 am

I want to make this for everyone I know for Christmas – I think this is a great way to keep friends and make my in-laws happy ;)

Ashlyn @ Belle of the Kitchen
Ashlyn @ Belle of the Kitchen
November 20, 2015 1:31 am

I have never had one of these fabulous drinks before and right now that’s just about all I can think about! I can think of tons of people I know that would LOVE to get this as a gift, too! Awesome idea!

Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet
November 19, 2015 8:52 pm

I think I would enjoy plopping a few of these into my hot chocolate!

Angie | Big Bear's Wife
Angie | Big Bear's Wife
November 19, 2015 4:00 pm

This is such a great little gift idea! Gift that with a little airplane bottle of rum!! Perfect!

Sharon @ What The Fork Food Blog
Sharon @ What The Fork Food Blog
November 19, 2015 3:35 pm

I love this idea for a homemade gift! Except I love it so much I might not want to give it away ?

nicole (thespicetrain.com)
nicole (thespicetrain.com)
November 19, 2015 1:50 pm

This is brilliant, what an idea! I would luuuurve to get this as a gift (of course, it wouldn’t last long at all…). Thanks so much for sharing, Becky and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. :)5 stars