Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum

Surprise family and friends with deliciously different hot buttered rum that's oh so chocolaty good.

Recipe Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup dark rum
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 cups milk

Cooking Directions:

1. Combine butter, brown sugar and seasonings in small bowl, mixing until well-blended.
2. Drop six spoonfuls onto plastic wrap-lined plate; chill while preparing beverage, then form into balls.
3. Combine rum, sugar and cocoa in 2 quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture boils, stirring constantly. Simmer 1 minute; add milk. Cook until heated through; do not boil.
4. Pour hot rum mixture into six coffee cups; place one butter ball in each cup.

Makes 6 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.