Simple Homemade Honey Syrup

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Honey and water are all that’s needed to make this honey simple syrup. Use it in coffee, tea, or any drink where you want the sweet taste of honey.

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Recipe Highlights

Honey syrup is a simple syrup that’s made with honey instead of sugar. There’s just two ingredients: water and honey.
The water dilutes the honey making it easy to pour into drinks, especially iced since the liquid syrup will easily mix in with the cold beverage.
Use it in coffee, tea, cocktails, or anywhere you want to sweeten and flavor a drink with honey.
This recipe makes one cup of honey syrup, which can be used for days.

If you’re looking for more simple syrup recipes, try my chocolate syrup, pumpkin spice syrup, cinnamon syrup, mint syrup, and vanilla syrup. These syrups can be added to coffee to make drinks like Peppermint Mocha Latte and Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew. See them all here.

Ingredient Notes

Honey
Any kind of honey can be used. The lighter colored honey tends to be milder in taste than dark colored honey.
Water
Use filtered water if you can.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Pouring honey syrup into a glass container.

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

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

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Notes & Tips

The recipe makes a cup of honey syrup which is 16 tablespoons. Use 1-2 tablespoons of syrup to sweeten each cup.
The syrup can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 weeks.
Use syrup in hot and iced coffee and tea, lattes, cocktails, and milk.

Questions You May Have

Do I need to boil the honey and water?

Nope, you just need the water warm enough so that the honey can be completely dissolved.

Can I use this syrup to make a drink for kids?

Make honey steamers, which is made of warm milk and honey syrup. Put 1-2 tablespoons of honey syrup into a cup of warm milk.

What’s the difference between raw and processed honey?

Raw honey is more natural and purer than the processed version which is heated during the bottling process. Heating honey in too high of a temperature can lead to loss of nutrients.

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
Cinnamon Syrup

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Simple Honey Syrup

Author: Jee Choe

Honey and water are all that's needed to make this honey simple syrup.

4.8 from 12 votes

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Prep Time 2

Total Time 2

Course Drinks

Yield servings

INGREDIENTS

▢ ⅔ cup honey
▢ ⅓ cup water

INSTRUCTIONS

Put honey and water in a saucepan and simmer.
Heat and stir until the honey dissolves completely.
Take off heat and cool.
Pour syrup into an airtight container.
The syrup will keep for 3 weeks in the refrigerator.

EQUIPMENT

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NOTES

Recipe makes 1 cup (16 tablespoons) of syrup.
Use 1-2 tablespoons of syrup per 1 cup of coffee.
Use syrup in hot and iced coffee and tea, lattes, cocktails, and milk.
To make a drink for kids, make honey steamers, which is warm milk and honey syrup. Put 1-2 tablespoons of honey syrup into a cup of warm milk.
Raw honey is more natural and purer than the processed version which is heated during the bottling process. Heating honey in too high of a temperature can lead to loss of nutrients.

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