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This Frozen Butterbeer Recipe is inspired by the ever-popular Harry Potter series. Harry and his friends would often walk to Hogsmeade to get these yummy drinks and now you can make your own! This recipe tastes just like the Frozen Butterbeer at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Frozen Butterbeer
What makes this Magic Frozen Butterbeer recipe “MAGIC”? The whole recipe from start to finish, including freezing time, takes about 5 minutes total. It transforms from liquid to solid right before your eyes! Really! Even Harry Potter himself would be impressed. These taste exactly like the Frozen Butterbeers from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Try it! You will see!
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What to Drink While Watching Harry Potter
We originally made these to celebrate the movie from the world of Harry Potter: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Making up some of these yummy frozen butterbeer drinks was the perfect way to celebrate and get us ready for the show.
We also make frozen butterbeer whenever we do a Harry Potter binge. No Harry Potter marathon would be complete without some tasty treats from the movies/books. It makes the entire thing feel more festive.
What Does Frozen Butterbeer Taste Like?
If you have never had Butterbeer, it tastes like a yummy butterscotch soda with a sweet cream topping. Whenever I read about it in the Harry Potter series it sounded so good! Tasting it in real life was even better than I had imagined. I was already a big butterscotch fan so I knew I would be in love, but seriously, I could drink one of these every day.
We first tried Frozen Butterbeer on our visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in the Universal Studios theme park in Hollywood. You can read more about our visit and see the pictures we took around the park on our traditional Butterbeer post.
We had so much fun trying all kinds of food from the books, but the drinks were definitely the highlight. We could not decide which was our favorite, regular Butterbeer, Frozen Butterbeer, or Pumpkin Juice. So we decided we would just have to create recipes for all three, that way we can enjoy them anytime we want!
More Recipes from the Harry Potter books
Love Harry Potter? You will want to try these three enchanting recipes from the Harry Potter series: Butterbeer, Pumpkin Juice, and Pumpkin Pasties. Bring the magic of Hogwarts right into your own kitchen and you will see why Harry and his friends loved these tasty treats.
How to Make Frozen Butterbeer
Frozen Butterbeer Recipe from Harry Potter
Video
Equipment
- Hand Mixer
Ingredients
For each serving:
- 6 cups Ice cubes (enough to fill a gallon-sized freezer bag about half way)
- 1 Tbsp. Kosher salt (Ice cream salt or table salt will work too)
- 1 cup cream soda
- 1 tsp. butterscotch ice cream topping
For the Cream Topping:
- 1 c. heavy cream or whipping cream
- 1/4 c. butterscotch topping
Instructions
- Place ice cubes and salt in a gallon-sized Ziploc bag.
For the Slush:
- Place cream soda and butterscotch in a smaller quart-sized Ziploc bag, press out all the air and seal tightly. Mix around until the butterscotch is mixed in with the cream soda.
- Place bag of soda IN the bag of ice and seal.
- Shake for about 3-5 minutes or until the soda is nice and slushy- if it gets too cold, wrap a dish cloth around it and continue shaking.
- Pour slush into a cup and top with butterscotch cream topping (below).
For the Cream Topping:
- Beat the cream and butterscotch with a mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.
Nutrition Information
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Silly question here but my ceam soda is clear… what brand are you using?
We usually use the A&W Cream Soda!
I’m making this for a Harry Potter themed bday. Can I make the topping up ahead of time? Will it keep its form?
I would make it the same day, but a few hours ahead of time should be fine!
I just returned from Universal a few weeks ago and have been craving a frozen Butterbeer. It was my favorite of the trip. This recipe is nearly identical and we have made it three times this week already! So good!
I tried the one in diagon ally at Harry Potter world in universal and I tried the frozen and it was the best thing I ever had in my entire life so I wanted to try and make it at home so I don’t have to go back to universal and spend my money on it I can just make it at home
So it has a full tablespoon of salt per serving? (that just sounds like quite a bit of sodium)
The salt is used to freeze the liquid, you don’t put it into the drink. The ice and salt are in a separate bag from the drink. Hope this helps!
How stupid are you? The salt goes on the ice to help form the slush. You don’t ever get any of the salt in the drink. Try reading the WHOLE recipe before committing.
Margie,
We all make mistakes. Please be kind and thoughtful of feelings. We will return the favor.
It doesn’t go IN the drink, it’s added to the ice to freeze the drink…
I have never tried butterbeer, but it sounds intriguing! Bookmarking for later in order to try it for sure:)
I can truly see this being a huge hit! I never tried butterbeer and cannot wait to try this!
Butterscotch happens to be one of my favorite flavors! Can’t wait to give this a try!
I love the idea of making one of my favorite vacation favorites right at home! This is a genius recipe.
Is this a single serving?
Yes, this is a single serving 🙂 The whipped cream topping can top several drinks though
Is this recipe for one person? What is the serving size?
Yes, this recipe is for one– however the whipped topping recipe at the bottom will be able to top several drinks. Hope this helps!
Oh my gosh my son would love this. Definitely going to try this for his birthday in January.
This would be great to make at a party! I think the kids will love it!