Hot Lemonade With Rum

Submitted by ncmysteryshopper

"A delicious hot beverage that is perfect in cold weather and for holiday entertaining. Also a wonderful drink if you are feeling a bit under the weather as well! Tastes especially good with ginger-bread cookies! Be sure to spike it with high-quality dark rum. This version can also be chilled. Recipe adapted from Suzanne Lombardi from Star Cookies."

 

• Ready In: 8mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 cups fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup dark rum
• honey (optional)
• lemon slice, Rounds, for garnish
• cinnamon stick candies, for garnish (swizzle stick) or cinnamon stick

directions

1. In a medium saucepan combine water, lemon juice and sugar and simmer over low heat, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves. Stir in the rum.
2. Pour into warm mugs, garnish with lemon slices & candy swizzle sticks.

Reviews

[Annacia]

Love it, love it, love it ...knew I would. I did replace the sugar with Splenda and used a real cinnamon stick. Tangy and sweet, it goes down very nicely. I have been mixing lemonade and rum for ages but this was the first time I've had it hot. I think I'll be drinking it all next winter.

 

[chelleshocked]

Very tasty and perfect on a cool day like today! I have never had hot lemonade, but I love lemons and this hit the spot!

 

[Mamas Kitchen Hope]

Oh this was just perfect! DD made this for me cuz I have a bad cold. She wouldnt give me any candy tho! Didnt have any cinnamon candy so she gave me a cinnamon stick to stir it with. She also added some honey to it to help the cold and it was still not overly sweet. Great recipe NCMysteryShopper! Thank you so much for sharing!

 

[ntludu]

Made this for my sick little DS. He wouldn't touch it, so I sipped on it - for the next three nights. Kept just fine in the fridge and warmed up in the microwave. I am going to make another batch. Great!

 

[faith58]

Oh my goodness I made this and I am telling you I am with merlot, it makes you feel all warm and cozy inside. I love lemon water but with the addition of rum and cinnamon stick this is a over 5 star drink. I will make this again and again and I am very happy as I am the only one here to drink this without our older son dipping into it :) Thank you cheryl for an awesome drink. I took some pics but will have to have dh help me download them, they don't do your drink justice but I really tried.. Thank you again for a wonderful wonderful drink. :) a very happy faith58