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Honey Syrup

Aug 12, 2022 by Lauren Pacek · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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This Honey Syrup is a sweet and delicious addition to drinks, desserts, and more. It only requires two ingredients, and is so easy to make, too.

Need more flavored syrup recipes? Try my Homemade Grenadine Syrup and Lavender Simple Syrup!

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  • 🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe
  • 💭 What is Honey Syrup?
  • 📝 Ingredients
  • 👩🏻‍🍳 How to make Honey Syrup
  • 🔗 Other syrup recipes
  • ❓FAQs/Tips and tricks
  • 🖤 Share your creations and follow me on social media
  • ✨ Recipe
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🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe

It's so easy to make. If you can bring a pot to a simmer, you can make this recipe.
It only takes TWO ingredients. Have water and honey? Then you can make this.
It's a delicious addition to drinks. It's great in tea and cocktails. Try my Gold Rush Cocktail, for instance.

💭 What is Honey Syrup?

We've been over what a simple syrup is before, but let's rehash it: a simple syrup is made up of water and sugar (you can use a variety of kinds of sugars) that's simmered so that the sugar dissolves into the water. You can use this syrup to sweeten drinks of all kinds, moisten layer cakes and cupcakes, drizzle on ice cream or waffles/pancakes, and so on.

Honey syrup is really similar! Just swap in some honey for the sugar in simple syrup and you've got yourself a honey syrup.

📝 Ingredients

This recipe only requires TWO ingredients!

  • Water: Regular old water (tap or filtered, depending on your preference) will suffice here.
  • Honey: I used the store brand honey from my regular grocery store (think the honey that's in the little bear-shaped bottle) to make this syrup, and it worked out very well. You can use whatever honey you prefer. Just keep in mind that different honeys will have different flavor profiles, which will change the flavor of the honey syrup to a degree.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to make Honey Syrup

It's very easy to make honey syrup! We've made lots of simple syrups together on this blog. And fortunately for you and for me, the methods for making a honey syrup is basically the same as making a simple syrup.

You'll start out by combining equal parts of water and honey in a heavy bottomed saucepan on your stovetop. Turn the heat up to medium and whisk it occasionally, making sure to thoroughly combine the water and the honey.

Once the water and honey comes to a simmer, and the honey is dissolved into the water, you'll want to kill the heat and allow the syrup to cool completely.

After it has completely cooled, just stash the syrup in an airtight container in the fridge and use it in all of your favorite drinks!

jar full of honey syrup

🔗 Other syrup recipes

Looking for other simple syrup recipes? I have a bunch of them! Check out a few that are pictured and listed below, along with a couple from some other great bloggers.

  • small bottle of watermelon syrup on a pink background
    Watermelon Syrup
  • small glass jar full of cinnamon dolce syrup
    Cinnamon Dolce Syrup
  • homemade grenadine syrup being poured into a small glass bottle
    Grenadine Syrup
  • small jar of peppermint syrup
    Peppermint Syrup
  • Peach Syrup from A Nerd Cooks
  • Hibiscus Syrup from Mitten Girl
  • Vanilla Syrup from A Nerd Cooks
  • Lavender Simple Syrup from A Nerd Cooks
  • Irish Cream Syrup from A Nerd Cooks

❓FAQs/Tips and tricks

Does honey syrup need to be refrigerated?

Yes! It needs to be refrigerated.

Does honey syrup go bad?

Unfortunately, yes. It will go bad eventually. You can prolong the shelf life by keeping it in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

How long does honey syrup last?

It will keep in the refrigerator, stored in an airtight container, for about a month.

Can you infuse flavors into honey syrup?

Yes! Just like you can infuse flavors into a simple syrup made with regular sugar, you can infuse flavors into a honey syrup. Simply add herbs or fruit (or whatever you're interested in infusing) to the honey syrup once you've killed the heat, and strain it out once the honey syrup has cooled.

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✨ Recipe

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Honey Syrup

Lauren Pacek
This Honey Syrup is a sweet and delicious addition to drinks, desserts, and more. It only requires two ingredients, and is so easy to make, too.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Additional Time 0 minutes mins
Total Time 12 minutes mins
Course Syrups
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 129 kcal

Equipment

  • Heavy-bottomed saucepan
  • Wet measuring cups
  • Whisk

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup honey

Instructions
 

  • Add the water and honey to a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Whisk occasionally to combine the water and honey.
  • Bring the water and honey to a simmer, ensuring that the honey has completely dissolved into the water, before turning the heat off.
  • Allow the honey syrup to cool completely before storing it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Notes

  • Use this syrup in whatever drink you'd like - it's great in tea and cocktails!

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 35gSodium: 3mgSugar: 35g

Disclaimer: Nutritional information is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

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    Pumpkin Spice Syrup
  • a small jar of irish cream syrup
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Hi, I'm Lauren! I'm the recipe developer, photographer, and writer here at A Nerd Cooks. I'm a 30-something wife, mom, and scientist with a passion for mixing cocktails, brewing buzzy coffee drinks, and making other delicious beverages at home.

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