Gingerbread Syrup

You’ll love this homemade Gingerbread Syrup. Use it to make our Gingerbread Latte or Gingerbread Shot recipe. It tastes just like fragrant Gingerbread Cookies and it’s the perfect addition to your holiday coffee and tea bar.

Related: Simple Syrup, Honey Syrup, Pumpkin Spice Syrup, Mint Syrup.

Ingredients in Gingerbread Syrup

• Brown Sugar – You may also use white sugar if it’s all you have on hand.
• Water – Equal parts water to sugar ratio.
• Molasses – This gives the syrup the gingerbread cookie flavor.
• Ground Ginger
• Ground Cinnamon – You can also infuse the syrup with whole cinnamon sticks if you wish.
• Whole Cloves – Three of four whole cloves.
• Vanilla Extract – For a warming vanilla flavor.

How to Make

In a simmer pot, combine all your ingredients and heat on medium heat for around 10 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved completely.

Remove from heat and let the syrup continue infusing until it has cooled completely.

After it has cooled completely, strain into a syrup bottle. Store in the fridge for two to four weeks.

Tips for Making

• This recipe is very flexible, so if you are missing one ingredient, try substituting.
• Homemade syrups last in the fridge for a month or more. You can make a batch and use it all season.
• This syrup makes an amazing gift paired with a coffee mug and a bag of coffee from your local coffee shop.

How to use Gingerbread Syrup

• Gingerbread Latte
• Gingerbread Shot
• Add it to tea.
• Add it to steamed milk.

More Festive Recipes

• Peppermint Mocha
• Homemade Chex Mix
• Homemade Eggnog
• Butter Cookies
• Sausage Balls

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Gingerbread Syrup

Learn to make homemade Gingerbread Syrup using brown sugar, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla extract.

Course condiment

Cuisine American

Keyword Gingerbread Syrup

Prep Time 2 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Cooling Time 1 hour hour

Servings 1 batch

Calories 826kcal

Author Elsie Larson

Equipment

• 1 syrup bottle
• 1 strainer
• 1 simmer pot

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• ¼ cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• In a simmer pot, combine all your ingredients and heat on medium heat for around 10 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved completely.
• Remove from heat and let the syrup continue infusing until it has cooled completely.
• After it has cooled completely, strain into a syrup bottle. Store in the fridge for two to four weeks.

Notes

• • This recipe is very flexible, so if you are missing one ingredient, try substituting.

• • Homemade syrups last in the fridge for a month or more. You can make a batch and use it all season.

• • This syrup makes an amazing gift paired with a coffee mug and a bag of coffee from your local coffee shop.

Nutrition

Calories: 826kcal | Carbohydrates: 211g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 1472mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 206g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 328mg | Iron: 6mg