Honey Syrup (2024)

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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
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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 co*cktails. Try my Gold Rush co*cktail, 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!

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🔗 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.

❓FAQs/Tips and tricks

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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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

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

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 co*cktails!

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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FAQs

Is honey syrup the same as honey? ›

Honey syrup is made from honey and water, resulting in a thinner syrup that is easier to pour than honey alone. If you love the taste of honey, this is a great syrup to keep on hand in your fridge!

Is honey syrup 1 to 1 or 2 to 1? ›

Opinions on the proportion of water that should be added to this vary from 1:1 honey to water, to 2:1 and 3:1. I prefer and recommend 3 parts honey to 1 part water as this achieves the desired fluidity while retaining mouthfeel and viscosity.

Do you need to refrigerate honey syrup? ›

Add the honey and water into a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the honey is dissolved. Allow to cool and transfer to an airtight container. Syrup will keep, refrigerated, for up to 1 month.

Is honey syrup healthy? ›

Honey and maple syrup do have nutrients, while white sugar has almost none. That gives them a slight edge, but you'd have to consume more than what's desirable to get any real nutrition from them. The true advantage may simply be the flavor that some of these sweeteners bring to the table.

Does honey go bad? ›

Honey does not spoil, however for best quality, the USDA recommends storing honey for up to 12 months,” Amidor says. “After that time, it remains safe but the quality may not be as good. If the honey becomes cloudy, crystallized or solidified this is not a food safety concern.”

What alcohol goes with honey? ›

With: Calvados, honey syrup, orange bitters, and brut sparkling wine. We say: Apple brandy and honey are a natural pairing which nestle harmoniously with zest orange and dry sparkling wine. With: Genever, Poire William eau-de-vie, sweet vermouth, dry vermouth, honey and lemon juice.

Is honey just corn syrup? ›

Wrong. Not all honey is the same, or even real for that matter. In fact, a large percentage of honey is adulterated – meaning it's been diluted with other ingredients like corn syrup, glucose or beet syrup. Some brands may even contain chemically modified sugars to make their product look like honey when it's not.

Does honey dissolve in alcohol? ›

One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and paired comparisons t-test were used to determine significant differences between the two dilution techniques and between the two centrifugation times. Honey did not dissolve in alcohol. A minimal amount of water was needed to dissolve the honey prior to adding 95% ETOH.

Why honey Cannot be refrigerated? ›

If bacteria cannot grow in honey, then it cannot spoil. This basically gives it an indefinite shelf life. Liquid honey however should be stored in your cupboard at room temperature as if it is kept in the refrigerator; the cooler temperature will promote and speed up the crystallization of liquid honey.

What happens if you don't refrigerate syrup after opening? ›

When unopened, you can store hot-packed pure maple syrup for at least a year (or more) in the pantry at room temperature. Once opened, does maple syrup need to be refrigerated if it's the pure variety? Yes, because it's a natural product with no preservatives and can spoil or grow mold.

How to sub honey for sugar? ›

Honey is much sweeter than sugar, so use 1/2 - 2/3 cup honey for every cup of sugar in your recipe. Because honey is sweeter than sugar, you might not want to substitute at a 1-1 ratio (even though you can up to one cup). We recommend experimenting with a ratio of 1/2 - 2/3 cups honey to 1 cup sugar.

Is honey bad for fatty liver? ›

In this large-scale study, consuming honey 2-6 times/week was inversely associated with NAFLD, whereas consuming honey ≥1 times/d had no association with NAFLD. These results need replication in other large-scale prospective studies. Keywords: China; Epidemiology; Honey; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Steatosis.

Will honey raise blood sugar? ›

Honey has a lower glycemic index (GI) than sugar, too. The glycemic index measures how quickly a carbohydrate raises blood sugar levels. Honey has a GI score of 58, and sugar has a GI value of 60. That means honey (like all carbohydrates) raises blood sugar quickly, but not quite as fast as sugar.

Is a spoonful of honey a day good for you? ›

Taking one spoonful of honey every day can have numerous benefits to your health. Honey has been used for its nutritional value since ancient times. It has also been found to be beneficial in the treatment of many clinical conditions. The main nutrients in honey are carbohydrates in the form of glucose and fructose.

Can you use syrup instead of honey? ›

Maple syrup is one of the best substitutes for honey because it has a very similar texture and consistency. If you usually drizzle honey over pancakes or enjoy mixing natural yogurt with honey, then maple syrup is the perfect honey replacement. When used for baking, it can directly replace honey in the recipe.

Is liquid honey the same as honey? ›

Liquid honey is the usual type that we think of as honey. Creamed honey is honey that's crystalized, then mechanically ground into a paste (creamed). Creamed honey doesn't look as good, but is easier to control and spread than regular honey and tastes the same.

Is honey just syrup? ›

Honey is a single-ingredient food, according to the US Food and Drug Administration, which defines honey as “a thick, sweet, syrupy substance that bees make as food from the nectar of flowers and store in honeycombs.” Does honey expire? No, pure, unadulterated honey can last a lifetime (or more) on your shelf.

How can you tell honey from syrup? ›

Corn syrup is clear and thinner than honey.It also tastes sweeter and more artificial. You can taste the difference between corn syrup and honey..

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