‘Sweet and Spice Never Tasted so Nice’: Hot Buttered Rum Meets Hot Honey with Ice Cream In New Dessert
(Photo: McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams/Facebook)
The California-based ice creamery, McConnell’s has announced a boozy new seasonal ice cream flavor, Red Clay Hot Honey Buttered Rum. The ice cream flavor was made in partnership with Charleston hot sauce company, Red Clay. It will be available in McConnell’s scoop shops across Southern California and be purchased nationwide via the website.
McConnell’s has been making ice cream for more than 70 years. McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams was founded by husband and wife, Gordon “Mac” and Ernesteen McConnell, in Santa Barbara, California in 1949.
The ice cream uses a version of Red Clay’s Hot Hot Honey. The brand infuses 100% raw wildflower honey with habanero peppers.
Red Clay co-founder Chef Geoff Rhyne said, “The honey itself is beautiful domestic wildflower honey that is just delicious. To that, we complement it with some acidity from apple cider vinegar for balance and then add in the heat element. The result is pretty spectacular.”
The ice cream is rum-spiked with cinnamon, nutmeg, McC’s house-baked speculoos cookies and Red Clay’s Hot-Hot Honey. The company says, “sweet and spice never tasted so nice.”
According to McConnell’s website, the Red Clay Hot Honey Buttered Rum ice cream uses rum as well as rum extract to really bring out the spirit’s flavor.
“I love how our brands are aligned on crafting mouth-watering products with the highest-quality ingredients we can source in a playful way, and this West Coast meets South ice cream blend is no exception,” said Red Clay co-founder Molly Fienning.
The hot honey-buttered rum ice cream is available for purchase on McConnell’s website for $12 for a 16-ounce pint. It is also available at McConnell’s shops in there several California locations including in Santa Barbara and downtown Los Angeles.
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