DOWNLOAD & PRINT the BUTTER BEER & WIZARD SCIENCE recipes HERE.
You might also love our Hot Butterbeer recipe HERE!
We are not associated with Universal Studios The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We just love to make copycat recipes to bring the magic alive while we’re at home.
While making these recipes, it became clear how much more than “just recipes” they were. We are absolutely Harry Potter fans, and loved researching the park in Universal Studios while we were waiting to be able to go. My oldest finished reading the HP series and that month Covid-19 began. The park was closed, or felt unsafe for us at the time… we were left with were research we could do, and treats we could enjoy.
We also realized all the educational opportunities within these recipes! Math, science, literacy, life skills, family cohesion, the list goes on and on (and there is more detail at the end of this post). Be sure print copies for your children – I can almost guarantee they will love having these a part of their own recipes.
Wizard Science Butterbeer
Prep time: 15 minutes Cool time: 20 minutes
Total time: 35 minutes Yield: 1 gallon
Ingredients:
2 2-liter bottles cream soda, chilled
½ cup caramel sauce, cooled (homemade recipe follows)
1 cup whipped cream (recipe follows)
4 cups ice cubes, optional
Instructions:
Add all ingredients to a large beverage container. Stir gently if desired. Add ice before serving, so ice doesn’t melt and dilute the drink.
TO SERVE
Drizzle the inside of a clear glass with extra caramel sauce (optional but stunning). Pour in Butterbeer, top with extra whipped cream, and drizzle with more caramel.
*SCIENCE TIP: Use 2-liter bottle for home science projects! Weather rain gauge, cloud in a bottle, tornado in a bottle, ecosystem in a bottle, volcano in a bottle etc…
CARAMEL SYRUP
1/2 cup (1 cube) butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk (or milk with 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Heat butter, sugar, and buttermilk in a medium saucepan on medium-high heat stirring constantly. When just starting to bubble, add the baking soda – it will bubble up quite a bit! Cook for 2 minutes or more for desired caramel color. Let cool and bubbles will come down a bit. Serve on pancakes, ice cream, or in butter beer!
*SCIENCE TIP: Chemical reaction experiment for kids! Acid from the buttermilk mixing with a base in the baking soda makes lots of bubbles.
WHIPPED CREAM
1 cup heavy cream
¼ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ Tablespoons caramel drink flavoring syrup like Torani (optional)
Add heavy cream to a stand mixer with whisk attachment, or in a mixing bowl with hand-held mixer. Whip until the cream begins to thicken. While mixing, add sugar and vanilla. Mix until whisk pulled out of cream leaves soft or stiff peaks depending on your desired consistency. Don’t overmix, you’ll get chunks of butter in your cream.
*SCIENCE TIP: Whipped cream is a great example of physical change (as opposed to chemical change). The cream changes from a liquid to a solid, but is still chemically cream and air.
HERE is the downloadable recipe to print and add to your recipe book.
Our children get their own recipe book at about age 8. The hope is that they will enter adulthood with an entire binder of recipes they know how to make… and love to make!
Why Wizard Science and Butter Beer?
- It encourages literacy. Read the books, get a party! Enjoy the treats, want to read more books.
- Learn about science while making recipes (physical change – whipped cream, chemical change – caramel syrup.)
- Learning the life skill of cooking and following recipes.
- Builds family cohesion (bonds/connection) by playing together.
- It’s fun, and soooo yummy!
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