Blue Curaçao Syrup Recipe (Non Alcoholic)
Quick and easy to make at home with pantry ingredients, citrusy orange flavored Blue Curacao Syrup is a delicious and fun ingredient for tropical cocktails and mocktails.
Ingredients
- 2 large oranges, peels and juice
- 1 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2-3 drops blue food coloring, OR 1/4 tsp of blue spirulina powder
Instructions
- Peel the oranges, careful to get only the outer peel and not the bitter white pith below.2 large oranges
- Cut the oranges in half and juice them into the pan.
- Combine sugar, water, orange juice, and lemon juice in a small pot.1 cups sugar, 1 cup water, 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add in the orange peels.
- Remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool for 30 minutes.
- Strain syrup through a fine mesh strainer to remove the orange peels and any pulp from the juice. Stir in food coloring or blue spirulina powder.2-3 drops blue food coloring
- Pour into a glass, airtight container (like a mason jar or glass bottle) with a lid.
- Store your blue curaçao syrup in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
Notes
For a stronger blue color, add more food coloring - 1 drop at a time.
For natural blue food coloring, you can use blue spirulina powder in place of the drops of blue food coloring in the recipe. You should need no more than one quarter teaspoon to color the entire batch of syrup. I start at one eighth teaspoon and adjust as needed from there.
To reach the Honolulu Blue of the Detroit Lions, add 7 drops of blue food coloring or one quarter teaspoon of blue spirulina powder.
Serving: 1ounce, Calories: 64kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 0.2g, Fat: 0.1g, Saturated Fat: 0.004g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.004g, Sodium: 1mg, Potassium: 35mg, Fiber: 0.5g, Sugar: 16g, Vitamin A: 42IU, Vitamin C: 10mg, Calcium: 8mg, Iron: 0.03mg
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