Homemade Butterbeer Recipe

glass of butterbeer with butterscotch running down the sides

5 from 2 votes

Love Butterbeer but can’t get to Universal Studios? Make your own homemade butterbeer with this quick and easy recipe for some fun Harry Potter refreshments right at home!

Prep Time10 mins

Total Time10 mins

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 313kcal

Author: Britni Vigil

Ingredients

Whipped Cream

1 cup heavy cream
3 TBS powdered sugar

Butterbeer

2 liters cream soda (well chilled)
5 TBS butterscotch topping
2 TBS butter extract
1/3 cup butterscotch topping (for drizzling on top)

Instructions

Whipped Cream

Whip the heavy cream until soft peaks form, then slowly beat in the powdered sugar until well combined. Set aside.
1 cup heavy cream, 3 TBS powdered sugar

Butterbeer

Add 1 cup of cream soda to a large pitcher and whisk in 5 tablespoons butterscotch topping and 2 tablespoons of butter extract. Mix well, then gradually add the remaining cream soda.
2 liters cream soda, 5 TBS butterscotch topping, 2 TBS butter extract
Pour into 8 ounce glasses and top with the prepared whipped cream and drizzle with butterscotch topping.
1/3 cup butterscotch topping

Notes

Make butterscotch whipped cream by replacing the powdered sugar in the whipped cream with 1/4 cup of the butterscotch topping. This will give you a creamy butterscotch whipped cream instead of the natural flavor.

Make the whipped cream up to a day ahead of time and keep it in the fridge until ready to serve. Make the drink right before you’re ready to serve it and top with the whipped cream – it’s not great as a make ahead drink.

Make A Frozen Version

Put the cream soda into the freezer for a couple of hours before you mix it into the other ingredients. This will give you a nice slushy cream soda that will give you a frozen version of this homemade butterbeer.
Place three cups of the cream soda, butterscotch, and butter extract mixture into a freezer bag. Carefully remove all the excess air from the bag then place that into another freezer bag. Fill the outside freezer bag halfway full with ice cubes and a tablespoon of salt. Wrap all of this in a towel and shake/squeeze the bag for 5-10 minutes until the drink becomes slushy.

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