What do you do with leftover eggnog?! Here are a bunch of leftover eggnog recipes and tips to help you find ways to use all that extra eggnog!
Eggnog is one of those tasty treats that many of us love to indulge in during the Christmas holidays but it’s easy to end up with a lot of it left when the party is over! The good news is that eggnog makes a tasty addition to a lot of other recipes! Here are 7 great ways to use leftover eggnog!
7 Ways to Use Leftover Eggnog
I started to post these tips after Christmas but I just realized there will be a lot of eggnog served at Christmas parties over the next week or two. Instead of saving these leftover eggnog tips until after Christmas, here are a couple more ways to use leftover eggnog now:
- Use leftover eggnog in place of milk in your bread or rice pudding.
- Use eggnog in your coffee to make an eggnog latte
- Freeze any extra eggnog and make ice cream if you need more just add some more whole milk.
- Pour leftover eggnog on hot cereal in place of milk.
- Use eggnog in place of milk in your favorite pancake mix.
- Use eggnog in place of milk in a yellow cake for a really nice rich cake.
- Use in place of milk to make a yummy frosting on ginger cookies or gingersnaps
- Use in smoothies
- Use eggnog in place of milk in muffins especially good in spice or that type of muffin.
- Use eggnog for French toast.
Leftover Eggnog Recipes
Here are some yummy recipes you can make with that leftover eggnog so you’ll get a yummy treat and keep from wasting all that eggnog that didn’t get used!
One great way to use leftover eggnog is to make this delicious eggnog pound cake recipe! It’s so good, you might even buy leftover eggnog on clearance just to make it! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
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That cake sounds so yummy. And the other ideas are great too.
What is left over egg nog
never happens in our house.
wish it did, the cake sounds good. May have to buy extra just to try it.
another excuse to have it around.
Mix eggnog into instant pudding mix. Fold into whipped cream and place in a baked or graham cracker crust. Garnish with nutmeg. Delicious!
Jill or Tawra or anyone else could you tell me if there is a powdered form of egg nog?
My son loves it but living in China he is afraid to make his own since the eggs are not inspected regularly so he doesn’t want to use them raw.
I know I once bought hot chocolate mixes and one package was egg nog but I don’t know where I got it as it was years ago.
I would also prefer it to be a cold drink.
any help would be appreciated.
They have never heard of egg nog in any of the places he has been there.
He can use the eggs by slowly heating the milk and eggs, stirring constantly. This pasteurizes the eggs and removes the risk of salmonella. Cool or refrigerate and it’s ready to use. Don’t add the nutmeg until ready to use or the prolonged soaking will make the nutmeg flavor stronger and a little resinous.
Grandma,
If you have access to a mexican or hispanic supermarket in your area, you might be able to find what is called Rompope instant mix, which should be near the flan mixes or jello mixes. Rompope is the spanish word for eggnog. When I lived in Costa Rica, we had access to these little box mixes all year long, and they are not bad. You just have to add milk and then heat the mix up and then chill it, and pour some to drink. A little bit of work, but for a good thing.
Jill and Tawara, here is another receipe for using leftover egg nog. I found this receipe several years ago in a booklet that the local grocery store put out each week.
EGGNOG BREAD
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup eggnog
2 teaspoons rum flavored extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bottom only of a 9×5 loaf pan, or three 6×3 loaf pans.
Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir in sugar, melted butter or margarine, eggnog, rum extract and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Stir into eggnog mixtue, just enough to moisten dry ingredients. Pour batter into prepared pan or pans.
Bake bread in large pan 40 to 60 minutes,or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Bake breads in the smaller pans 25 to 40 minutes. Let cool in pan(s) for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack, and cool completely. Wrap tightly and store in refigerator.
I just made this eggnog bread! Thanks for sharing!
nave any of you ever tried eggnog fudge wonderful
No, but I LOVE eggnog! That sounds super yummy!
How is it made?
I accidentally poured eggnog in my coffee instead of milk or creamer during the holidays and it turned out to be delicious!
Has anyone frozen commercially made eggnog? Does it hold up OK when thawed? Thought I might stock up on it after holiday (when it’s marked down)if it does.
It separates quite a bit so it is really best if you could make it into something like ice cream and then freeze it.
I always buy and freeze eggnog when it is marked down after christmastime. It freezes well…just give it a good shake before each use. 🙂
Go to aspenspices.com for powdered eggnog mix plus others products that look great!
Or check the store locator for your area stores that might carry this product.
I’m trying to understand “leftover” eggnog. I don’t know what that is.
It is egg nog that you did not use up over the holidays. My mom used to serve eggnog to her friends when they would come to visit. If she had some “leftover” she would use it for baking.
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Oh Sandra thank you so much we appreciate your kind words.
I made the eggnog pound cake in a mini loaf pans as part of my goody gifts for family and it was a hit! So light and delicious and not too sweet either. His recipe is a keeper! 😋