This homemade Vanilla Syrup is the perfect addition to your coffee, iced latte, and cocktails! You will only need 3 ingredients and a few minutes to make it.

Lately, I’ve been dabbling more into making my own syrups (like this Ginger Beer Syrup or this Blueberry Syrup) and I love it.

So this time, I’ve made my own super easy, homemade Vanilla Syrup.

What I love about this vanilla syrup is that

you only need three ingredients
you only need 10 minutes
and it stores forever in the fridge

I’ve been adding it to my iced lattes and it’s such a good addition! Usually, I just add maple syrup to sweeten the iced lattes, but this vanilla syrup easily brings my iced-latte game to the next level! I add about 1-2 teaspoons of syrup.

It’s also a really easy way to wow your friends if you’re having them over for a cocktail night ;) My favorite cocktail with this vanilla syrup is this Gin Basil Smash right now. For cocktails, I add about 1 tablespoon of syrup.

How to make Vanilla Syrup

The Ingredients & possible substitutes

You’ll only need a handful of ingredients:

whole vanilla beans – you can also use ground vanilla beans (1 tablespoon) or vanilla extract (1 tablespoon)
water
sugar – I am using white sugar but can also use dextrose (for a low fructose version) or brown sugar.

The Basic Steps

As always you can find the whole recipe below in the box. I want to show you the basic steps first, though.

Step 1: Slice open the vanilla beans and scrape out the vanilla seeds.

vanilla beans and sugar in pot — Step 2: Add the vanilla beans, scraped out seeds, sugar and water into a pot.

vanilla beans, sugar, water in pot — Step 2: Add the vanilla beans, scraped out seeds, sugar and water into a pot.

boiling vanilla syrup — Step 3: Bring the water to a boil, then let it simmer for another 5-10 minutes.

simmering vanilla syrup — Step 3: Bring the water to a boil, then let it simmer for another 5-10 minutes.

straining vanilla syrup — Step 4: Pour the mixture through a nut milk bag. Then you can fill it in a bottle and store it in the fridge forever(?).
Use the syrup for cocktails, coffee, tea, iced latte, or other fancy drinks.

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Homemade Vanilla Syrup

Bianca Haun | Elephantastic Vegan

This homemade Vanilla Syrup is the perfect addition to your coffee, iced latte, and cocktails! You will only need 3 ingredients and a few minutes to make it.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 2

Cook Time 8

Total Time 10

Course Drinks

Cuisine Vegan

Servings cup

Calories 798 kcal

Ingredients

▢ 2 whole vanilla beans
▢ 1 cup white sugar
▢ 1 cup water

Instructions

Slice open the vanilla beans and scrape out the vanilla seeds.
Add the vanilla beans, vanilla seeds, sugar, and water into a pot.
Bring the water to a boil, then let it simmer (no lid on) for 5-10 minutes. The sugar should have dissolved by now. The syrup will thicken in the fridge even more.
Pour the mixture through a nut milk bag if you want to get rid of the speckles or if you want to keep them you can pour it through a strainer. Then you can fill the syrup into a bottle and store it in the fridge forever.

Nutrition

Calories: 798kcalCarbohydrates: 202gFat: 2gSodium: 14mgPotassium: 4mgSugar: 200gCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg

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5 from 2 votes (2 ratings without comment)

Eva

Saturday 9th of December 2023

Can you substitute a sweetener like Stevia/Monk fruit, or Date Honey for the sugar?

Deborah

Sunday 13th of June 2021

It looks great, but at about 200 ckal for 1/4 cup, I think that comes out kinds high for a serving, which I'm guessing is 2 teaspoons. What do you think?