Bartender's Manual by Theodore Proulx (1888, p.39) — Theodore Proulx 1888
| 1 jigger | Jamaica rum | base |
| 2 teaspoon | Molasses — New Orleans molasses | base |
| hot water — hot water | dilution | |
| nutmeg — nutmeg | other |
- Put the molasses and rum into a hot drink glass.
- Fill with hot water and serve with a little nutmeg on top.
Garnish: Nutmeg
- Summary
- A rich molasses-rum winter service that keeps the hot sweetened-drink field broader than toddy alone.
Toboggan is useful because it preserves a hot molasses branch that later standardized whisky-first narratives tend to miss.
The use of molasses rather than refined sugar is a meaningful part of the drink's identity.
Compared with Hot Spiced Rum, this is darker, simpler, and more molasses-led.