Next time you want to imbue your drinks and desserts with a little sweetness, consider trying this Honey Lavender Syrup. Made with just 3 ingredients and only 5 minutes of active prep, this delightfully versatile lavender honey simple syrup is perfect for adding a bit of floral pizzazz to all your favorite cocktails, coffee, cakes, and more!
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- ⭐ Why You’ll Love This Lavender Honey Syrup Recipe
- 🍴Ingredients
- ⏲️ Substitutions & Variations
- 📖 How To Make Honey Lavender Syrup: Step-by-Step Instructions
- Honey Lavender Syrup Uses
- 👩🏻🍳 Expert Tips/Expert baking tips
- 💭 Recipe FAQs
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When it comes to kitchen chameleons, you’d be hard-pressed to find an ingredient as versatile as simple syrup. From fiery jalapeño to floral lilac, brown sugar to demerara, and, of course, all 👏 the 👏 berries, I’m convinced there is an ideal simple syrup infusion for every occasion.
And, aside from being able to seamlessly shift between spicy, sweet, citrusy, and floral flavors, you can also use simple syrup in dozens of ways. From moistening cake layers to flavoring whipped cream, mixing up cocktails to playing barista, there’s no shortage of delicious ways to put this flexible all-star to work.
This light and lovely lavender-infused honey simple syrup recipe is the latest addition to my ever-growing list of lip-smackingly delicious flavor boosters, and I have a feeling you’re going to become as enthralled by it as we are. Iced tea, honey lavender lattes, lavender martini or even in ice cream - this is an easy recipe that parallels any coffee shop beverage!
⭐ Why You’ll Love This Lavender Honey Syrup Recipe
Aside from tasting like a sweet spring bouquet on a sunny afternoon, this delectable homemade lavender syrup with honey is also:
- Super Versatile - Whether you’re in the mood for a honey lavender latte, want to add a bit of floral flavor and moisture to your cake layers, or are sweetening whipped cream, this honey lavender flavor syrup has you covered.
- Quick & Easy - All you need are three ingredients and 5 minutes of active kitchen time to make this honey lavender simple syrup.
- Budget-Friendly - Paying $10+ for a bottle of store-bought coffee syrup seems absolutely outrageous when you learn how easy and cheap it is to make at home! Save your hard-earned dollars for more fun purchases like that next vacation or a tube of your favorite lip color. Then make those cocktail recipes with ease!
🍴Ingredients
As promised, you only need a handful of ingredients to make this honey lavender syrup recipe. Here’s what to grab:
- Water - If possible, opt for filtered water for the best taste.
- Honey - I definitely recommend scoping out the local honey selection at your farmer’s market or specialty food shop. Supporting local hives isn’t just good for your local farming environment; it is also generally much tastier and more complex than purchasing bulk honey from the supermarket. Choose the kind of honey you enjoy! Clover honey, orange blossom honey would be a great choice here - delicious addition to a homemade lavender soda.
- Culinary Lavender - Make sure you’re grabbing dried flowers that are safe for human consumption. If you’re not looking to buy a ton, try grabbing plain lavender tea - one of my favorite beverages!
⏲️ Substitutions & Variations
- Vegan - Use a vegan honey substitute like golden syrup or homemade apple “honey” to keep this delightful syrup safe for your plant-based pals. You can also use maple syrup - delicious in a morning coffee.
- Different Flowers - The great thing about honey is it plays nicely with just about any edible flower you can think of. Consider swapping in rosehips or dried violets instead!
- Cinnamon Honey Syrup - While lavender is lovely for the first blush of spring, consider making a cozy honey cinnamon syrup for cooler weather. Just swap out the lavender in favor of cinnamon sticks!
This recipe has not been tested with other substitutions or variations. If you replace or add any ingredients, please let us know how it turned out in the comments below!
📖 How To Make Honey Lavender Syrup: Step-by-Step Instructions
This lavender honey recipe comes together in a snap. Here’s how:
Step 1: Dissolve. Add your equal parts cup of water and honey into a small saucepan and heat on medium-high heat while stirring. Heat water and keep stirring until you see that the honey dissolves into the water.
Step 2: Steep. Add dried lavender buds into the warm/hot honey syrup and stir so that the lavender is coated in the syrup.
Step 3: Infuse - Allow the syrup to infuse for 30 minutes to an hour.
Step 4: Strain out the lavender with a fine mesh strainer into a glass jar or airtight container.
Honey Lavender Syrup Uses
As I mentioned earlier, there’s no shortage of inventive and tasty ways to put this liquid gold with floral notes to good use. Here are some of my favorites that include a lovely taste of lavender:
- Honey Lavender Cupcakes or Honey Lavender Cake - Use this floral honey syrup to soak your cake layers, add delicious lavender flavor to your buttercream frosting or whipped cream, or infuse the cake batter with a light, springy flavor profile.
- Honey Lavender Cookies - Use the syrup to add some honey goodness to my lavender white chocolate macarons or lemon lavender cookies
- Lavender Honey Latte or Honey Lavender Coffee - Using honey lavender syrup for coffee might sound farfetched, but it’s truly delightful. If you liked my lavender latte or rose milk vanilla chai, I have a feeling you’ll love having this lavender coffee syrup on hand.
- Honey Lavender Lemonade - Add a touch of spring-inspired flavor to your favorite non-alcoholic pitcher drink by swapping in honey lavender simple syrup for plain.
- Honey Lavender Syrup Cocktail - Try using this homemade lavender syrup in my lavender gin cocktail or French negroni recipes for a fun twist.
👩🏻🍳 Expert Tips/Expert baking tips
- Invest in smart equipment like a funnel and a lidded squeeze bottle. As tasty as this lavender simple syrup is, it’s also super sticky and a pain to clean up. Keep it right where it belongs by using the right tools! You can add all your homemade simple syrups into these bottles!
- Consider wrapping the lavender in a teabag or cheesecloth to make it easier to strain out. Of course, you can also use a mesh strainer — you’ll just have one extra dish to wash if you do.
💭 Recipe FAQs
Yep, you’ll want to keep your honey simple syrup in the fridge to prevent it from growing mold. Most simple syrups will last upwards of 10 days in the fridge. If you’d like to extend the shelf-life, consider freezing it for up to 6 months.
Purchasing it directly from an apiarist at the farmer’s market is a surefire way to ensure your honey is the real deal. And, while corn syrup-tainted honey used to be a much more widespread problem, that no longer seems to be the case. So long as you’re buying from a reputable brand that only lists “honey” on the ingredients list, you should be good.
Yep! One of the most marvelous things about honey is that it will last indefinitely. Crystallization is a natural process (and is a great indication that you’re working with 100% real honey!), but it can easily be reversed by gently warming the honey in a pot of warm water.
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Honey Lavender Syrup for Coffee, Cocktails and more!
Equipment
- Airtight Container
Ingredients
- 1 cup Water
- 1 cup Honey
- 1 Tablespoon Culinary Lavender
Instructions
- Add your water and honey into a saucepan and heat on medium while stirring. Keep stirring until you see that the honey has dissolved into the water.1 cup Water, 1 cup Honey
- Add lavender into the warm/hot honey syrup and stir so that the lavender is coated in the syrup.1 Tablespoon Culinary Lavender
- Allow the syrup to infuse for 30 minutes to an hour before straining the lavender and placing the infused syrup in an airtight container.
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Notes
- Invest in smart equipment like a funnel and a lidded squeeze bottle. As tasty as this lavender simple syrup is, it’s also super sticky and a pain to clean up. Keep it right where it belongs by using the right tools! You can add all your homemade simple syrups into these bottles!
- Consider wrapping the lavender in a teabag or cheesecloth to make it easier to strain out. Of course, you can also use a mesh strainer — you’ll just have one extra dish to wash if you do.
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