cloves Cloves are the dried small buds of a tropical tree. For more information about this product: The following recipes on this site use cloves: Cafe Diable orange, brandy, cloves, sugar, coffee, Hot Buttered Rum (batter mix) brown sugar, butter, salt, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, Tom and Jerry (batter mix) eggs, rum, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, cream of tartar, sugar,