Harry Potter Butterbeer

To celebrate the upcoming release of the final movie in one of our favorite series (well, not Ray, just me) Harry Potter, we decided to host a Harry Potter Marathon so the plot would be fresh in our minds for this Friday's showing. In honor of the occasion, I selected this butterbeer recipe from Chica and Jo. After reading their blog, I knew they shared our same love for Harry and the gang - if not more since they've already made their way to Harry Potter Land in Florida. I trusted their judgement on this particular butterbeer recipe among the tons of butterbeer recipes floating around. They felt it tasted most similiar to the drink served at the theme park. Vanilla butter nut flavoring might be hard to come by so if you can't find it (I found it at Ralphs under the Kroger brand) you can always mix butter, vanilla and almond extract together. I actually would have preferred more of the butter/butterscotch taste in the drink so I wish I had chosen to buy each extract separately.

Harry Potter Butterbeer
adapted from Chica and Jo

Ingredients
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp powdered sugar
24 oz of your favorite cream soda (2 bottles)
2 tsp vanilla butter and nut flavoring

Directions
Add vanilla butter and nut flavoring to the cream soda. Add the heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar into a squeeze bottle and shake vigorously for 1 minute. Gently squeeze the sweeted cream onto the surface of the cream soda mixture. Serve right away.



The concensus? It tastes like creamier cream soda. Hence I would have liked more butterscotch flavor. But who cares? It's Harry Potter Butterbeer!!!!

Note: I was too busy setting up the food to take any pictures of the butter beer - thanks Chau for these pictures!