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    Home » Recipes » Simple Syrups

    Homemade Raspberry Simple Syrup for Cocktails and Mocktails

    Published: Oct 11, 2022 · Updated: Aug 17, 2023 by Katy McAvoy

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    Made with 3 simple ingredients, this easy recipe for homemade raspberry simple syrup is delicious in cocktails and mocktails, as well as a great way to sweeten other cold drinks. 

    A bottle of raspberry simple syrup.
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    • Ingredients 
    • How to Make Raspberry Simple Syrup
    • Recipe Tips
    • How to Use Raspberry Simple Syrup
    • Looking for more Homemade Fruit Syrups?
    • FAQs and Substitutions 
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    • Homemade Raspberry Simple Syrup

    This raspberry simple syrup recipe is always my first use for Michigan raspberries. Michigan’s season for fresh raspberries is tasty but short, so I have to find ways to extend it and bring that amazing raspberry flavor into my kitchen year round.

    I love picking fresh berries in August and then freezing them for using later in syrups, smoothies and baking. 

    We're skipping any extra flavor additions like lemon juice, orange juice, or vanilla extract in this homemade raspberry syrup recipe to make sure the fresh fruit syrup is as versatile as possible.

    You can always add lemon alongside the syrup in drinks like iced tea, but leaving it out lets me decide when and if I want additional flavors in my drinks. It also lets me add that sweet raspberry flavor to margaritas, daiquiris, and other cocktails that don’t use lemon. 

    Ingredients 

    Ingredients for raspberry simple syrup - water, sugar, raspberries.
    • White sugar - Cane sugar or beet sugar are both great options.
    • Raspberries - Use fresh or frozen raspberries, your choice.

    How to Make Raspberry Simple Syrup

    Combine water and sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. 

    Add raspberries.

    Raspberries in a small pot of sugar and water.

    Continue cooking until raspberries break down and begin to foam up.

    Raspberry syrup cooking and foaming up.

    Remove from heat and set aside to allow the mixture to come to room temperature. 

    Strain the raspberry mixture through a fine-mesh sieve held over a bowl.

    Straining the raspberry syrup mixture.

    Use a spatula to gently stir the mixture in the strainer until all of the syrup moves through into the bowl below. 

    A spatula stirring raspberry syrup through a sieve.

    Store your syrup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

    A bottle of raspberry simple syrup.

    Note: If you are making this syrup for my Bloody Ghost Halloween Vodka Cocktail, double the amount of sugar in the recipe to create a rich raspberry simple syrup. 

    Recipe Tips

    • Make your syrup in advance of your cocktail hour. Whether you’re stirring your raspberry syrup into iced tea, lemonade, or a cocktail, you will want it to be nice and cold before you use it. If you use your syrup while it is warm, it will melt the ice in the drink to fast water.
    • Store your raspberry simple syrup in a glass airtight container, such as a mason jar or a glass jar with a tight fitting that. Plastic containers can absorb the smell of whatever was in them beforehand and simple syrup will hang out and its container for a week or two in your refrigerator, you don’t want any other flavors getting in there.
    Syrup being poured from a bowl through a funnel and into a glass jar.

    How to Use Raspberry Simple Syrup

    • Combine with club soda or sparkling water to make your own Italian Soda.
    • Add to lemonade for homemade raspberry lemonade.
    • Combine a drizzle of raspberry syrup with white wine vinegar and olive oil for a homemade raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing.
    • Use in place of raspberry liqueur in a cocktail.
    • Add it to a homemade latte or mocha.
    • Use it in my spooky Bloody Ghost Halloween Vodka Cocktail.
    Raspberry syrup being poured over the back of a tablespoon held over a glass.

    Looking for more Homemade Fruit Syrups?

    Homemade fruit simple syrups are easy to make and delicious in so many drinks! Try my strawberry simple syrup in this Watermelon Strawberry Mocktail. Or make this peach simple syrup and shake up a Peach Pie Martini.

    Strawberry Syrup in a glass bottle.
    Easy Strawberry Syrup
    Homemade Peach Syrup in a bottle.
    Homemade Peach Simple Syrup

    FAQs and Substitutions 

    What does rich simple syrup mean?

    Rich simple syrup is when you use twice the amount of sugar then you would in a traditional simple syrup recipe. Classic simple syrup is a one to one sugar to water ratio. For rich simple syrup it’s a two to one ratio - two part sugar to one part water. I make this raspberry syrup into a rich syrup for my Bloody Ghost Halloween cocktails. 

    Can I use something besides white sugar in this recipe?

    You could use raw sugar or honey in this recipe for a delicious syrup, but it will change the flavor and may impact the drinks you use it in. So consider that before you change the type of sweetener in this recipe. I do not recommend using brown sugar or maple syrup. 

    Can I use frozen raspberries?

    Absolutely! You can use frozen raspberries directly from the freezer when making the syrup.

    Is Grenadine raspberry syrup?

    Nope. Grenadine is made from pomegranate juice, not raspberries. 

    How do I thicken this syrup into raspberry sauce? 

    Keep cooking it! Instead of removing the syrup from the heat after it begins to foam, reduce the burner to low and keep simmering the raspberry mixture on low heat for another 10 minutes or until it reduces down to the consistency you’re looking for. This is a great option if you’re looking to make a sauce to go on top of vanilla ice cream. 

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    Made with 3 simple ingredients, this easy recipe for homemade raspberry simple syrup is delicious in cocktails and mocktails, as well as a great way to sweeten other cold drinks.

    • Author: Katy McAvoy
    • Prep Time: 5 min
    • Cook Time: 5 min
    • Total Time: 10 min
    • Yield: 6 oz 1x
    • Category: Simple Syrup
    • Method: Stove Top
    • Cuisine: American

    Ingredients

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    • ½ cup sugar
    • ½ cup water
    • 1 cup of raspberries, fresh or frozen

    Instructions

    Combine water and sugar in a small pot over medium-high heat stir until sugar is dissolved.

    Add raspberries and continue cooking until raspberries break down and begin to foam up.

    Remove from heat and set aside to allow the mixture to come to room temperature.

    Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer held over a bowl. You may need to stir the mixture gently with a spatula to move it through the strainer.

    Store your syrup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

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    Notes

    If you are making this syrup for my Bloody Ghost Halloween cocktail, double the amount of sugar in the recipe to create a rich raspberry simple syrup.

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 oz
    • Calories: 75
    • Sugar: 17.5 g
    • Sodium: 1.2 mg
    • Fat: 0.1 g
    • Carbohydrates: 19.1 g
    • Fiber: 1.3 g
    • Protein: 0.2 g
    • Cholesterol: 0 mg

    Keywords: raspberry syrup, fresh fruit syrup, simple syrup for drinks, raspberry syrup for cocktails, raspberry syrup for non alcoholic drinks

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