RumChata. What’s the Deal?
Whether you like his music or not, Enrique Iglesias’ name is fun to say. And things that are fun to say rank: Teletubbies, Google, P. Diddy…. Add an exotic name or foreign lingo to the mix and we go ga-ga. Could RumChata be a case and point of this sophomoric hypothesis?
Well something is making RumChata the name on everyone’s lips — particularly in Illinois and Wisconsin, of all places.
RumChata, for those who don’t know, is a “rum cream made as an authentic replica of the best Horchata you have ever tasted. It is made from scratch using real ingredients — rice, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.”
And people are lapping it up. They use it as milk, in their Sunday coffee. Some use it on cereal — you know who you are. Recipes include French Toast and a Snickerdoodle cocktail (see below) that is just plain awesome. Some are getting free mugs with purchase. Others dig Naked Larry, the guy in the commercials.
Then, there’s the RumChata app. And its’ cameo appearance on Entourage (another fun name to say).
Long way of saying, there’s a lot going on in the RumChata world — so much that it’s been in short supply.
Enlighten us as to why you like RumChata so darn much. Beyond its’ roll-off-your-tongue name.
RumChata® French Toast
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup RumChata®
8 slices white or french bread
1 Tbsp butter
Leave bread slices out in a paper bag overnight to dry out. With a fork beat together eggs, milk, and RumChata®. Heat butter in griddle over medium heat until melted. Dip bread slices into egg mixture and cook until golden brown about 2-3 minutes per side.
Snickerdoodle
2 oz RumChata®
2 oz cake vodka
Combine the ingredients in a rocks glass filled with ice. Stir well and serve with a snickerdoodle cookie on the side.
November 11th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
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November 16th, 2011 at 11:37 am
I love this stuff! Never seen their commercial, though. Is it on t.v.?
December 6th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Its killer in coffee or hot cocoa, but its also quite fabulous wearing nothing but a slight chill on the rocks. Its a pretty big deal in Central Illinois right now. See: http://totallyinatiff.blogspot.com/2011/12/rum-chata-epidemic.html
December 14th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
I just heard this one but haven’t tried it: French Toast shot. Mix RumChatta and Heath Rum. Heath Rum is only available in Northern Wisconsin (Green Bay area), made by The North Woods Distillery.
February 13th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
I tried Rum Chata for the first time a month ago and I love it!!! It’s a great drink! I have been drinking Rum Chata with rootbeer. If you like rootbeer floats you will LOVE this recipe. I tried with diet rootbeer to cut the calories but regular rootbeer is much better.. A shot on rocks is great also! Enjoy all!!!
February 14th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Angela, that sounds awesome. We like ours with a splash of bourbon, but we’ll have to give rootbeer a try.
Cheers,
DIA
February 15th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Love Rumchata!!! Was surprised to find out it is made in my home town of Pewaukee Wisconsin. I guess that’s why it’s a Wisconsin and Illinois drink.
February 23rd, 2012 at 12:37 am
I’ve always loved Horchata, it’s my favorite drink when I stop at my local taco stand. Never heard of rumchata and saw this stuff sitting on the shelf the other day and decided to try it. This stuff is delicious! Can’t even tell it has alcohol. It tastes exactly like horchata. mmm good.
March 20th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
This stuff is so good I work at the Botteling company I bottle it it is so good with root beer…
March 25th, 2012 at 9:01 am
My new drink on friday nights.I LUV IT!!!!!!
March 29th, 2012 at 3:45 am
Effing delicious! Take it from someone who’s been drinking horchata her whole life and is no stranger to rum; Rumchata is hands down the most satisfying and uniquely amazing beverage I have ever tasted. It’s sweet sexy rich taste smell and texture licks each of my senses and sends my mood instantly skyward. I work at a bar in a small far west subarb of Chicago and was recently introduced to Rumchata by co-workers and I am in LOVE<3 it has become my nightly ritual to have a glass of it on the rocks each night following my shift and its smoothe pleasurable cinnamon and vanilla sweetness is indescribable=)
Mmm More Rumchata please!
March 29th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
We have to agree, Naomi. On the rocks is definitely the way we like our Rumchata.
Cheers,
DIA
April 29th, 2012 at 7:29 am
We also like it with a splash of American Honey. We call it a Golden Graham.
May 19th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
My husband and I own Rosati’s Restaurant in Green Bay and he just recently bought a few bottles of RumChata and had me try it last night for the first time. OMG….it’s fabulous! I had several glasses of it on the rocks was hooked! (I think I drank 1/2 the bottle!) The French toast recipe sounds really good so I will have to try that, too.
May 24th, 2012 at 11:57 am
try a shot of UV Cake and 3/4 shot of rum chata and top off with rootbeer. You have a Rootbeer float. OMG is this amazing.
May 24th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
I drink this shit from a shoe, mutha licka! Its creamy…Creamy beige!
May 29th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD!!!!!
May 29th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
it goes without saying to use moderation with anything!!!:)
May 30th, 2012 at 10:41 am
Theresa, that sounds awesome. Connie, we couldn’t agree more…any favorite way to drink it?
Cheers,
DIA
June 12th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
I am absolutely addicted! I have been drinking this since last summer. I had to buy it in a town 2 hours away cause they didn’t sell it anywhere around here. I took a bottle(empty) into a local liquor store and asked them to please order it for me. When the distributor came they were only going to get 2 bottles but he talked them into getting a case. That was at 4:00 on a Friday. They opened one bottle to try it & sampled it out to anyone that came in. I picked up the bottle they set aside for me at 3:00 the next afternoon & they only had one bottle left!
I love it plain over crushed ice, unfortunately I think I’ve gained 10lbs!
June 13th, 2012 at 9:47 am
It certainly is picking up steam & flying off the shelves. Does the heavy calorie factor play a role in how much you drink it? Or is it one of those, “it’s too good to be bothered by the cal count”?
Thanks for sharing, Cheeka!
Cheers,
DIA
June 13th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Where can we get Rumchata in California???? Here on vacation, told my sister how good it is and now can’t find it anywhere! What up with that????
June 14th, 2012 at 9:00 am
Hey Kim, where are you in California? We know they sell it in LA. You can also order it online from RumChata’s online retail partners: BevMo!, DrinkUpNy and Merwin Liquors.
Enjoy your time in the Cali!
Cheers,
DIA
July 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Love this stuff. A lot of my friends can’t stand it but I swear I can’t get enough of it. The bar tender at my regular bar makes me root beer floats using root beer and “chata pops.” Which is really just frozen rum chata. But I love it.
July 6th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Chata pops?! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
DIA
July 10th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
We came up with a Rumchata shake!! Rumchata, choc syrup and vanilla ice cream…HOLY DELICIOUS!! :) Try it, you will not be disappointed.
August 20th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
I love drinking it with coke, but how do u pour it without getting e foamy cottage cheesy head on it??
August 23rd, 2012 at 2:13 pm
LOVE RUMCHATA!! First time i had it was on a party bus with a wedding party being passed around…big hit ever since!! Hard to find in the bar in southeast Michigan… have heard it mixed with Jager as a shot and mixed with Three Olive Loopy for a drink
September 17th, 2012 at 1:16 am
Half fireball and half rumchata! Yummmmm!!!
September 17th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Good Stuff.! I tried the french toast, fantastic. I believe will include this in our St. Pattys Day Pre-Parade Brunch. Southside Chicago.
Enjoy and Be Safe….What the hell, a round for the entire group on me!!!!
September 19th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Rum Chata ia A-Mazing! I love it so much! I have told every friend about it, and kind of wish I didn’t because now, its even harder to keep on the store shelves in CA!!!! This is by far, my new FAV!!!! Gotta have my RUM CHATA!!!!!
September 23rd, 2012 at 9:57 am
I was told to try it with rootbeer . We did so lastt, but it curdled . What went wrong?
September 26th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Its quite delish with Salted Carmel Vodka as well….YUM
October 3rd, 2012 at 11:28 am
Try Rum Chata with Chambord it tastes like a jelly doughnut
October 13th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
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October 14th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
So the first time I had it. It was rum chata. vodka, and baileys. We ran out of bailey so we used French vanilla coffee creamer. Delicious!!! I thought I need to serve this at my christmas party. Since I used to bartend. I came up with: rumchata. Vanilla vodka. Mint chocolate baileys. Candy cane on the side. If we run out of baileys it will be coffee creamer. YummO!!!! U must trust me and try. Oh and by the way. We had chocolate shavings in the top!!!!
October 15th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Dawny – it sounds like you’re a RumChata pro. Thanks for sharing your recipes. Cheers, DIA
October 18th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
I’m in NC and couldn’t find RumChata anywhere, but recently went into the Shopette on the Air Force Base here and Thank God, they have it!!! My husband and I were living in Elmira, NY (upstate) a year ago, and were in a large liquor store for a wine tasting. A young man came over and said to us that he was having a liquor tasting on the other side of the room, and we should come try his samples. So we went over to try RumChata and 2 other items. I was hooked on RumChata and don’t want to ruin it – we just pour it over ice in a pretty large glass. Devine!
October 20th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Use Dad’s or A&W root beer & it doesn’t curdle.
October 24th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
Recipes aside — it’s great by itself. I like to just sip it on the rocks.
If anyone’s wondering about the taste, a friend of mine heard a pretty good comparison: it’s like the milk left in the bowl after you have cinnamon toast crunch.
November 17th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
hmmm… this seems geared toward 5 year olds. seems like a melted Toasted Almond ice cream treat.
November 21st, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Rumchata+Goldschlager shots
December 8th, 2012 at 3:50 am
its my fave!! i love rumchata! some peeps dont like the milky taste but as someone said above my best friend also said it tastes like milk from cinnamon toast crunch i think it tates like liquid almonds! its so good!
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December 16th, 2012 at 8:33 am
So this is for kids or adults without refined pallets?
I’m not sure what the fascination is with a cloyingly sweet, artificial tasting drink.
America…
December 19th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
You want a true cinnamon toast crunch flavor mix it with Captain Morgan spiced rum pretty Darn good stuff
December 26th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
No one said you had to like it Mike, but you don’t have to knock others who do. Such childish ways…. Rum Chata is a nice sipping drink.
January 10th, 2013 at 12:37 am
at Christmas,first taste,hooked completely. bought giant bottle and put on tira misu, blintzes, crushed cookies, anything i can dream up. rarely drink but this is so much fun.
January 15th, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Another idea is a drink called yoohoo. Its rum chata, vanilla vodka and kahlua. Good!
February 7th, 2013 at 12:17 pm
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February 10th, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Just tried Rum Chata for the very first time today!.all I can say is YUMMY!!!My New Favorite!!Added it to RootBeer and it tasted like Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal!!..Its awesomE!!
February 19th, 2013 at 6:12 pm
MikeSays:
December 16th, 2012 at 8:33 am
So this is for kids or adults without refined pallets?
I’m not sure what the fascination is with a cloyingly sweet, artificial tasting drink.
America…
very well put but I however I do like it
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:27 pm
1 part RumChata
1/4 Sailor Jerry
Chill, pour straight up.
February 27th, 2013 at 12:47 am
it tastes like breakfast. like when I drank the milk after a bowl of cereal when I was a child. AMAZING.
February 28th, 2013 at 7:24 pm
*case IN point
March 13th, 2013 at 9:45 pm
Amazingly delicious! Pour it over ice cream, have it in coffee, toss a couple shots into a Dad’s Root Beer, make French Toast with it, or just have it over cereal. Yeah, it’s THAT good.
March 19th, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Best French Toast. 2 ounces of Rum Chata plus 1 ounce of Patron Cafe. Mix in shaker over ice and pour into brandy glass. Went to a party where everyone bought the host a bottle for his birthday. Ran out of Patron Cafe unfortunately and everone made all kinds of drinks.
March 19th, 2013 at 9:53 pm
Love RumChata with iced coffee, add some Baily’s, yumm!
March 23rd, 2013 at 9:04 pm
Im one of those girls who only like to drink if I cant taste the alcohol, RumChata is PERFECT for that. hands down my favorite so far LOVE IT!! anyone who hasn’t should really try RumChata cupcakes they are DELICIOUS, even better with cream cheese frosting
April 10th, 2013 at 6:54 pm
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April 30th, 2013 at 7:07 pm
Awesome in a Root Beer Float!!