Go with an aged dark rum, at least 4 years, as it is sweeter and more molasses-y, which with compliment the milk and the simple syrup. So onto the modern twist of cereal milk! Using a twist of Milk Bar’s cereal milk recipe, we embraced the cereal milk craze created by Christina Tosi! Then we added dark rum, which is a twist from the classic, as it’s usually brandy or whiskey, but we tried all the liquor (oh darn, such a tough job!), and liked the flavor of the rum with the cereal milk! What Ingredients are Needed for the Cereal Milk Cocktail?īrandy Milk Punch was originally made for a crowd in a punch bowl, and they used curdled and strained cream through the use of alcohol or acid or heating (as was Ben Franklin’s favored method!) And if Ben Franklin (who was a real party animal in his own right!) liked this, we should too, right?! Queen Victoria also had a favorite milk punch too! If it’s good enough for royalty…. This recipe was apparently first recorded in William Sacheverell’s 1688 travelogue of the Scottish isle of Iona, however the first time it appears in a cookbook was in 1711. When we were researching cereal milk punches, we noticed it sounded like a twist on a Brandy Milk Punch cocktail, which is a classic cocktail based usually with brandy or bourbon. I took my inspiration for that cocktail into this one!
Ĭaptain Crunch cereal was always a childhood favorite of mine when I could get it! Then I came across this Lucky Charms Cereal Milk Cocktail from Natalie Jacob of Arsenic Lace, and she had done a post on A Beautiful Mess.
This post contains affiliate links for products that we think you as readers might find useful, and we make commission off of these! For more details about our affiliates, click our Disclosure and Contacts Page. And usually its the super sugary kind! I had seen a cereal milk cocktail a while back and it’s always been in the back of my mind to make, so when we had some Captain Crunch in the house I knew what had to happen! With two little boys in our house, we ALWAYS have cereal in the house. A childhood cereal version of a classic Brandy Milk Punch Recipe!