Post #52963 by procinema29 on Sat, Sep 27, 2003 9:35 PM

A friend from way back had a recipe that was far better than any other I tried, and the main ingredient was crushed butterscotch candies, you know, those round yellow hard candies in the golden wrappers. These are dissolved in water on the stove at a low temperature. A bit of ground ginger and cinnamon can be added here. It was all done to taste, as I recall. I suppose you could use a bottled syrup instead (if not butterscotch syrup, then maybe hazelnut).

After you have your watery syrup, you throw the rum in there, pour it into mugs, and drop a little dollop of butter on the top. It sounds too simple to be good, but it's very tasty and almost impossible to mess up! Unless you're, well, really drunk.