What's in eggnog syrup?

I am trying to process that part of my family that I have been avoiding pointedly for 8 years is going to be at the wedding in January. I'm hoping the actual bitch queen herself won't be there. But I do know her sister is invited, and I really don't want to have that conversation. I hope her sister doesn't bring anything up.

They sell these tins of what they call Hot Buttered Rum mix around the holidays that are basically just fine brown sugar with a ton of spices. It's awesome for sprinkling in and on things all year round - oatmeal, cookies, cereal. I need to remember to grab up a couple of extra this year.

Is it mix to put in hot buttered rum? Or is it butter and rum flavoured?

Egg nog syrup ingredients: sugar, water, natural and artificial flavorings, citric acid, yellow 5. That's not very informative. I suspect it's just the spices that would go in eggnog, but I am frankly a little afraid and haven't opened it, yet, so I don't know.

For me, the spices that would go in eggnog are cinnamon and nutmeg. I wonder what's all up in there.

Thanks for the suggestions, Hil and Tom. I'll check them out.

Tangentially, now that it is eggnog season, I don't have ready access to fresh eggs. Alas.

Ever since the Christmas the whole household--including the cats, who got spoonsful in their saucers--came down with salmonella, I use Eggbeaters for my eggnog. Not as good, but almost. I miss whole-egg eggnog. But not enough to risk that misery.

I am not a fan of nog. But here's what's excellent -- S. brought me a gingerbread latte just now and I put whipped cream on it. Nom.

You don't have to risk salmonella to make egg nog with eggs--mine are cooked.