Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe
This Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe will have you wanting to throw around that pumpkin pie flavor like confetti-it just goes with everything! Packed with fall flavors and ready in five minutes, you won't want to miss this one.
🔍 Recipe At-A-Glance: Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe
- 🕰️ Prep Time: 2 minutes
- ⏰ Cook Time: 3 minutes
- 🍎 Flavor Profile: All your favorite fall spices-cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg-in a delicious syrup form.
- 🍁 Good For: Uh, everything? Use it as a shortcut to a homemade pumpkin spice latte and other drinks, pour it over pumpkin waffles, or serve it on homemade pumpkin ice cream.
- 🧡 Difficulty: Stir, simmer, and chill. Easy as pie.
"Made this for my daughter and sister in law - they LOVE it!"
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- 🔍 Recipe At-A-Glance: Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe
- 🧡 Why You'll Love This Recipe
- 🎃 The Ingredients You Need
- 🔁 Variations & Substitutions
- 🥣 How to Make This Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe
- 🙋🏻♀️ Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe FAQs
- 👩🏻🍳 My Expert Tips & Tricks
- 🍂 Uses for Homemade Pumpkin Spice Syrup
- 🍁 More Great Pumpkin Recipes
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🧡 Why You'll Love This Recipe
This versatile pumpkin spice syrup is now a staple in our house every fall, and it will be in your home, too. It's a breeze to make, and you'll be amazed at all the ways you can use this syrup to add the flavors of fall to all of your favorite foods.
Here's why you'll love this recipe:
- So many uses: We love it to make easy pumpkin drinks (ahem, pumpkin sangria), over almond pancakes, and more!
- Pair of fives: Five ingredients, five minutes, and you're done!
- Like a shot of fall: This pumpkin simple syrup lets you add a burst of fall flavor to nearly any recipe!
🎃 The Ingredients You Need
- Pumpkin puree: Unlike a lot of those pumpkin-less pumpkin spice foods, this syrup really does contain pumpkin! I like making pumpkin puree myself, but the canned stuff will work just fine, too!
- Pumpkin pie spice: Despite what the name may lead you to believe, there is no actual pumpkin in most foods labeled as "pumpkin spice." Instead, that title usually means something is flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and sometimes ginger and/or allspice-you know, the spices that you use in a pumpkin pie!
Make sure to check the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, along with quantities and my expert tips and tricks.
🔁 Variations & Substitutions
- DIY pumpkin spice: To make your own pumpkin pie spice, combine 1 part nutmeg with 2 parts ground cloves, 4 parts ground ginger, and 8 parts ground cinnamon. Use 1 teaspoon of this mixture in the pumpkin pie syrup.
- A richer syrup: Replace the granulated sugar with light brown sugar for a richer, more deeply flavored syrup.
- Spice it up: Use whole spices in place of the ground pumpkin pie spice for a more intense flavor. Just be sure to strain the syrup before bottling!
🥣 How to Make This Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe
Step 1: Warm everything in a small saucepan, stirring well to dissolve the sugar and spices.
Step 2: Simmer and stir for about three minutes, or until the syrup is nice and smooth. Refrigerate.
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🙋🏻♀️ Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe FAQs
Start with homemade pumpkin puree, and add warm spices to bring out the pumpkin flavor. We use pumpkin pie spice, but you can also make your own with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Letting this syrup rest in the fridge will also give the flavors time to meld.
Sure do! Stashed in the fridge, this syrup will last at least 10-14 days. It might last longer, but we've never gotten that far to test it out! It's so good, we just keep reaching for it.
👩🏻🍳 My Expert Tips & Tricks
- Get creative: The uses for this syrup are virtually unlimited. If you think something needs a little more sweetness, try adding a drizzle of pumpkin spice syrup!
- Eagle eyed: Keep a close eye on the syrup to make sure it doesn't scorch on the stove.
- Wait until cool: Wait until the syrup is cooled before transferring it to a bottle to avoid condensation.
- Strain it: For the smoothest syrup, pour it through a fine-mesh strainer before bottling.
🍂 Uses for Homemade Pumpkin Spice Syrup
You should probably ask instead where you CAN'T use pumpkin spice syrup, because this stuff is super versatile. Here are just a few of our favorite ideas:
- Make up a homemade Homemade Pumpkin Latte.
- Pour it over whole grain pancakes or whole wheat pumpkin waffles.
- Serve it on top of ice cream (bonus points if you put it on top of No Churn Pumpkin Ice Cream).
- Mix it into a pumpkin sangria or other pumpkin drinks.
- Pour it onto oatmeal (hot oatmeal or use drizzles on top of my pumpkin pie overnight oats)
- Drink it straight. Just kidding. Sort of.
- Drizzled on a pumpkin spice hot chocolate with whipped cream.
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📖 Recipe
Homemade Pumpkin Spice Syrup
Ingredients
- ½ cup pure pumpkin puree
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¾ cup water
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice see notes to make your own
Instructions
- Combine all syrup ingredients in a small saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring frequently, until smooth and the sugar is dissolved-about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and chill.
Notes
- To make your own pumpkin pie spice, combine 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 2 teaspoons ground ginger, 1 teaspoon ground cloves, and ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg. Use 1 teaspoon of this mixture in the pumpkin pie syrup.
- Wait until the syrup has cooled to room temperature before moving it to a bottle for storage.
- This syrup will be plenty smooth on its own but if you want the absolute smoothest syrup, strain it through a fine-mesh strainer before bottling.
I love this pumpkin syrup—I drizzle some in every cup of coffee, hot chocolate, and tea in the fall!
Made this for my daughter and sister in law - they LOVE it! How long will it keep in the fridge? Thanks!
You should be able to get 10-14 days out of it!
Hey, I found your blog from Spark People. Did you know you can get powdered buttermilk in a can that works absolutely perfectly for recipes like this? You can mix it in with the dry ingredients and then you'll only have to add water and egg! That's how I make my pancakes!
I had no idea about powdered buttermilk. Thanks! I'll definitely have to check it out.
I'll take a whole jug of that pumpkin pie maple syrup, please ;).
Where did you get those cinnamon chips? They seem like a great addition to my pumpkin pancakes.
They came from a little farm store in Washington, Indiana. I don't think I've ever seen them in a big name store. But they are awesome!
yummo!! my breakfast (at around 4 am) was toast with peanut butter, oj, milk and tea (with pumpkin spice creamer...so not a total bore)...then off to work for 12 hours...fun!
Mmm, that sounds delicious, too! Hope you had a good day at work!
Oh my gosh, that syrup. I need to try that.
Your breakfast puts mine to shame this morning (oatmeal with bananas and cinnamon and almonds). I wanted to make pumpkin pancakes, but by the time I got out of bed, took the dogs for a walk, organized some baby stuff, I was too hungry to wait. 🙂
That is the great thing about the pancake mix. It only takes me 15-20 minutes to make pancakes!
I'm going to have to make a batch to keep in the freezer. That would make it so much faster!
Highly recommended! And my sister told me that she doesn't use buttermilk, just 1 cup of milk + 1 tablespoon of vinegar as a substitute.