Pumpkin Spice Sauce

Author: Jee Choe

Make your own Pumpkin Spice Lattes at home with this easy pumpkin spice sauce.

4.9 from 12 votes

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 5

Total Time 7

Course Drinks

Yield servings

Put pumpkin puree, water, and spices into a saucepan and simmer.
Heat it on low-medium heat for 5-7 minutes. Do not boil.
Stir in sweetened condensed milk and continue simmering.
Once the puree mixture simmers, add the condensed milk to the saucepan and stir well. Simmer for another minute until condensed milk fully blends into mixture.
Turn off the heat and add vanilla extract.
Make sure to add vanilla after heat is off. Let sauce cool.
Pour sauce into an airtight container.
Store sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Always add vanilla extract to your saucepan after you've taken it off the heat. Vanilla extract loses a lot of its flavor when cooked.
This recipe makes 1 cup (16 tablespoons) of pumpkin spice sauce. It can flavor and sweeten 8 grande-sized beverages if you use 2 tablespoons of sauce per drink, like Starbucks does.
Since the sauce is thicker than a syrup, store it in a wide-mouth jar that can comfortably hold 1 cup.
Pumpkin spice is made from a blend of spices. You can also get pre-blended pumpkin spice or pumpkin pie spice instead of getting individual spices.
Go for a more expensive vanilla extract if you can since a lower-priced options can have a chemical taste.
This sauce can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.