Homemade Strawberry Syrup
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Homemade strawberry syrup for drinks is so versatile, delicious, and easy to make. It’s only 3 ingredients – fresh strawberries, sugar and water! – and can be used in cocktails, mocktails, and even homemade strawberry milk!
Strawberry season in Michigan is short-lived, but glorious. There’s nothing like the amazing flavor of berries that have been allowed to ripen in the field and picked fresh from the plant.
Kiddo and I head to a local farm every June to pick at least 15 pounds of strawberries. Some of those berries are turned into freezer jam, some get frozen, some get added to vodka for homemade strawberry infused vodka, and several cups get turned into a big batch of homemade syrup.
Strawberry syrup can be mixed with club soda for delicious mocktails or added to spirits for cocktails. Kiddo loves it stirred into milk for homemade strawberry milk aka “pink milk.”
Ingredients
- Sugar – For the best flavor, choose regular white sugar (beet sugar or cane sugar) for this recipe. Sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup will change the flavor of the strawberry syrup and pull the focus away from the strawberries.
- Water – Use cold or room temperature filtered water
- Strawberries – Fresh or frozen strawberries both work here. No need to thaw the berries if you choose frozen!
How to Make Strawberry Syrup
Combine the strawberries, sugar, and water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a bubble, reduce the heat to low, and allow the mixture to cook until the berries are soft. About 10 minutes.
Remove from heat. Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature. (About an hour.) Using a potato masher, crush the berries in the pot.
Pour strawberry mixture through a fine mesh sieve placed over a bowl. Discard the berry remnants in the strainer.
Cool the syrup completely. Store it in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
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Strawberry Simple Syrup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups sliced strawberries, fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Combine the strawberries, sugar, and water in a small saucepan over medium heat.1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 2 cups sliced strawberries
- Bring the mixture to a bubble, reduce the heat to low, and allow the mixture to cook until the berries are soft. About 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Using a potato masher, crush the berries in the pot.
- Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature. (About an hour.)
- Pour strawberry mixture through a fine mesh sieve placed over a bowl.
- Discard the berry remnants in the strainer.
- Cool the syrup completely. Store it in the refrigerator, in a covered glass container, for up to 2 weeks.
Recipe Tips
Swap the sugar in this recipe for honey to make Strawberry Honey Syrup. I love this in my Strawberry Rosé cocktail.
Store your strawberry syrup in the refrigerator in a glass jar with a tightly covered lid. It’ll keep at least 2 weeks this way. If it changes in color or clarity, discard the syrup immediately.
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This syrup can be used to make endless delicious drinks! Both cocktails and mocktail benefit from the addition of strawberry syrup. Make your homemade syrup, then shake or stir up one of the recipes below:
- Strawberry Milk – Stir 2-3 tablespoons of syrup into 8 oz of milk. Stir, sip and enjoy!
- Strawberry Italian Soda – Mix 2 ounces of syrup into 6 ounces club soda. Add ice, sip and enjoy!
- Strawberry Lemonade Cocktail (or mocktail) with fresh lemons
- Grab some bubbly rosé for this Strawberry Rosé Cocktail.
- Fresh basil pairs beautifully in my Strawberry Basil Mocktail.
- Strawberry Moscow Mules are the easiest 4 summer ingredient cocktail.
- Some Strawberry Limeade Mocktails are perfect for summer entertaining without the liquor!
Can I use Strawberry Syrup to make Strawberry Milk?
Yes! Mix 2-3 tablespoons of strawberry syrup into 8 oz of milk. (Adjust to taste!) Sip and enjoy!
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Fresh (or frozen!) fruit can be used to make all kind of delicious simple syrups. Try my rhubarb simple syrup, a mixed berry syrup with 4 kinds of berries, summery blueberry simple syrup or raspberry syrup. Or grab some cranberries for a festive cranberry orange syrup.
Super simple! Couldn’t ask for an easier recipe for sweet, delicious strawberry syrup. Perfect for spring! We also use it to mix into coconut milk yogurt.
Yay! I’m so glad you liked it. Great to hear that it’s also good in yogurt!