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This easy Butterbeer recipe is a nonalcoholic, creamy butterscotch drink. If you’re a Harry Potter fan, you know that Butterbeer is famous for the first Harry Potter book. Make your own with my easy three-ingredient recipe!
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Pin ItButterbeer is a beloved drink from the Harry Potter world, now served at Universal Studios, but I think this homemade version is even better! It’s creamy, full of butterscotch flavor, and super easy to make—no heating required. Perfect for fans and parties!
Ingredient Notes
Recipes online vary, but the easiest way to make the best butterbeer recipe is using these 3 key ingredients:
Cream Soda – You’ll use about a cup of cream soda for this recipe. Anything from 8 ounces to 11 ounces works or whatever fills up the cup you’re using.
Butterscotch Syrup – Also known as butterscotch sauce, is a rich and creamy syrup made of brown sugar, butter, and heavy cream. However, to make this an easy recipe, we purchased it, and it was great. It adds all of the butterscotch flavors.
Butter Extract – The butter extract gives the recipe a buttery flavor. We use Watkins because it’s perfect for flavoring drinks and has no artificial colors or flavors. It’s also non-GMO, gluten-free, and corn syrup-free.
Heavy Whipping Cream – This is optional, but if you want to give the butterbeer a creamy topping, whip heavy cream with confectioners sugar until soft peaks form.
How to Make Butterbeer
This easy butterbeer recipe is rich, frothy, and full of magical flavor! Here’s a quick step-by-step:
- Make the butterscotch base – Combine brown sugar, butter, and cream to create a warm, sweet syrup.
- Mix the drink – Add cream soda and a splash of vanilla extract.
- Top with whipped cream – Or make a homemade foam topping for extra charm!
Butterbeer Recipe Variations
Frozen Butterbeer
Butterbeer comes in three magical versions—cold, frozen, and hot. You can also find butterbeer fudge and ice cream at Universal! While the exact recipe is a secret, our version captures all the sweet, butterscotch-cream soda flavor. It’s perfect for Harry Potter parties or movie nights with friends!
Spiked Butterbeer
If you want add alcohol into butter beer, add 1 ounce butterscotch schnapps. It taste delicious!
Lower Sugar Alternative
If you’re looking to make butterbeer with lower sugar, try using Zevia Cream Soda. It’s a naturally sweet, zero-sugar cream soda with a flavor of vanilla butter. It’s very flavorful and goes great with this recipe. This is a great way to lower sugar intake when serving kids.
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Easy 3-Ingredient Butterbeer Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 ounces cream soda, 8-11 ounces works. Whatever fills the cup you're using.
- 1 tsp butter extract
- 2 tbsp butterscotch syrup, This is used to rim the glass.
Instructions
- Rim it with yellow sprinkles to add a little more charm to the glass! Wet the outer edge and rim of the glass with water and then dip it into a plate of sprinkles. Roll it around until the entire rim is coated.
- Rim the inside of the glass with butterscotch syrup and let it drip down the sides.
- Add ice to the glass and pour in the cream soda.
- Add in the butter extract.
- Stir and enjoy!
Notes
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- 1 cup whipping cream
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- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
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- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 teaspoon rum extract, or 1 teaspoon butter extract
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- Pinch salt
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
We don’t have soda, almost ever in our home, as we have allergies to caramel coloring. Any recommendations on a good butter beer or a good butter beer cocktail to make without caramel coloring as an ingredient in the soda?
I love how easy this is! Such a perfect drink! I love it! Thanks!
Mmm this was SO delicious! The perfect refreshing drink for summer with amazing butterscotch flavor. We loved it!
This was absolutely PERFECT! My kids said they had this at a friend’s house so I wanted to make it too. We LOVED it! Thank you!
I like this dish. It’s great and delicious. Your recipe is awesome. I followed it. After that, I did better than I expected. Before, I rarely made this dish but now I love to make it. Thank you very much for your great sharing. Yummy…
Just PERFECT! This was my fave treat at WDW. And now I can make it at home without all the fuss and mess. A simple and classic recipe. Thanks for this yummy recipe
This is probably one of the easiest butterbeer recipes I’ve tried. Yummy!
My kids are going to FLIP over this drink! So delicious. Even without the cool Harry Potter theme, this drink is so perfect for the kids because it’s so good!