Simple Homemade Brown Sugar Syrup

Sweeten your coffee and tea with brown sugar simple syrup for a caramel-like, deeper flavor than regular simple sugar.

Recipe Highlights

• Brown sugar syrup is a simple syrup that’s made with brown sugar instead of white sugar. There’s just two ingredients: brown sugar and water.
• The brown sugar is dissolved into hot water, creating a liquid sugar, which makes it easy to add into drinks, especially, iced beverages. Since it’s a liquid, the syrup mixes easily in with the cold beverage, without any sugar sitting at the bottom of the drink.
• The ratio of sugar to water to make simple syrups is half sugar and half water.
• The syrup can be used in iced and hot drinks like coffee and tea.
• This recipe makes a cup of brown sugar syrup and 1-2 tablespoons can be used to flavor and sweeten your coffee or tea.
• Brown sugar has a deep, caramel flavor since it’s made with molasses. Light and dark brown sugar can be used to make the syrup.

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Ingredient Notes

• Brown sugar
  Light or dark brown sugar can be used to make this syrup. The darker the sugar, the darker the color of the syrup. The difference between light and dark brown sugar is how much molasses is in it and the more there is, the more caramel and toffee flavor the syrup will have.
• Water
  Use filtered water for a better tasting simple syrup.

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Step-by-Step Instructions

Here’s a quick overview of the steps to make this syrup. For full ingredients and instructions, scroll down to the recipe.

1. Put brown sugar and water in a saucepan and simmer.
   Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
2. Take off heat and cool.
3. Pour syrup into an airtight container.

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Brown Sugar Syrup Uses

• Brown sugar syrup goes best with dark colored drinks like hot and iced coffee and hot and iced black tea.
• It’s great in milk tea, bubble tea, and iced chai lattes.
• Cinnamon and brown sugar are delicious together, so try the combo to make Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso.
• Make this Easy Brown Sugar Iced Coffee, which is a layered drink.

Expert Tips

• Any kind of brown sugar works but if you want a richer, more caramel flavor, go for dark brown sugar since it contains more molasses.
• This recipe makes a cup of brown sugar syrup which is 16 tablespoons. Use 1-2 tablespoons of syrup to sweeten each cup.
• If you want to give your brown sugar syrup an upgrade, add a little vanilla extract, which I consider a flavor enhancer. It’s not necessary, but if you have it, use it. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the recipe.
• The syrup is good for 3 weeks when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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Questions You May Have

More Simple Syrup Recipes

• Chocolate Syrup to make Iced Mocha
• Pumpkin Spice Syrup to make Pumpkin Spice Latte
• Mint Syrup to make Peppermint Mocha Latte
• Vanilla Syrup to make Iced Vanilla Latte

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Simple Brown Sugar Syrup

Author: Jee Choe

Sweeten your coffee and tea with brown sugar simple syrup for a rich, caramel flavor.

4.8 from 105 votes

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Prep Time 4 mins

Total Time 4 mins

Course Drinks

Yield8 servings

INGREDIENTS

 

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• ▢ ¾ cup water
• ▢ ¾ cup brown sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

• Put brown sugar and water in a saucepan and simmer.

  Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
• Take off heat and cool.
• Pour syrup into an airtight container.

  The syrup will keep for 3 weeks in the refrigerator.

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NOTES

• Recipe makes 1 cup (16 tablespoons) of syrup.
• Use 1- 2 tablespoons of syrup per 1 cup of coffee.
• The syrup is good for 3 weeks when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
• Syrup can be used to sweeten coffee, tea, lattes, and cocktails.
• It’s not necessary to boil the water. You can even stir brown sugar in hot water until the sugar dissolves.
• Light or dark brown sugar can be used to make this syrup. The darker the sugar, the darker the color of the syrup. The difference between light and dark brown sugar is how much molasses is in it and the more there is, the more caramel and toffee flavor the syrup will have. If you want a richer, more caramel flavor, go for dark brown sugar since it contains more molasses.
• If you want to give your brown sugar syrup an upgrade, add a little vanilla extract, which I consider a flavor enhancer. It’s not necessary, but if you have it, use it. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the recipe.
• Use filtered water for a better tasting simple syrup.

NUTRITION

Calories: 78 | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 27mg | Sugar: 20g | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg

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