Full of perfectly spiced, rich, caramel apple flavour, this Apple Brown Sugar Syrup is easy to make at home in only 10 minutes. It's perfect for adding to your favourite coffee shop-style hot or iced drinks this fall!
Looking for more coffee syrups? Check out my brown sugar syrup, pumpkin spice syrup, and vegan chocolate syrup recipes!
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Recreate Starbucks Apple Brown Sugar Syrup at home from scratch with my easy copycat recipe. It's so quick to make. Simply add everything to a pan, bring to a boil, then simmer gently for 10 minutes.
This delicious vegan coffee syrup is adapted from my Brown Sugar Syrup recipe and is perfect for fall. With deep caramel, cinnamon, and apple flavour, it is incredibly delicious and so versatile. It makes a great alternative to the usual fall favourite we all know and love: pumpkin spice syrup.
Use Apple Brown Sugar Syrup to flavour and sweeten your hot and cold drinks. It's just perfect for making a homemade coffee shop-style Apple Crisp Macchiato!
Mel x
Ingredients
Here is what you need at a glance, along with some important ingredient notes & substitution ideas:
- Apple juice - For the very best flavour, this should ideally be good-quality, fresh-pressed apple juice. In the USA, I recommend using apple cider.
- Brown sugar - You can use dark brown sugar or light brown sugar depending on the depth of flavour you want. For a richer, more caramel-like flavour, I recommend using dark brown sugar.
- Salt - Not table salt. Use a good quality sea salt for the best flavour.
- Cinnamon - For the fall flavour we all know and love. Pumpkin spice or apple pie spice work really well too.
Turn It Into Apple Drizzle!
You can further reduce a portion of this syrup to make an Apple Crisp Drizzle for the top of your drinks (like Starbucks). Return some of the syrup to a pan and simmer for another 5 minutes. It will thicken as it cools and become drizzleable.
How To Use Apple Brown Sugar Syrup
Apple Brown Sugar Syrup is a real treat, and great to use in drinks like my copycat Starbucks Apple Crisp Macchiato, hot coffee, iced coffee, tea, iced tea, cold brew, lattes and cocktails. It's also great stirred into warm almond milk, oat milk, or cashew milk for a cozy, milky, child-friendly drink. It can also be used as an alternative to maple syrup on pancakes and waffles.
Flavour Variations
Try adding a cinnamon stick instead of ground cinnamon, fresh or ground ginger, pumpkin spice, apple pie spice, chai spice, cardamom, nutmeg, or allspice. Add these at the start, then remove any solids just before decanting.
Recipe FAQs
It's rich, deep caramel with sweet, fresh, apple undertones! Fabulous for fall, and as strange as it sounds it works brilliantly with coffee.
Recipe
Apple Brown Sugar Syrup
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Ingredients
- 2 cups (400 grams) dark brown sugar (for a lighter, milder syrup, use light brown sugar)
- 2 cups (480 ml) apple juice, good quality with just apple in the ingredients
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, or apple pie or pumpkin spice
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt, not table salt
INSTRUCTIONS
For the apple brown sugar syrup
- Add the brown sugar, apple juice, cinnamon, and salt to a small pan. Stir to combine.
- Bring to a boil, then turn down a little to maintain a gentle bubbling simmer, stirring or swirling occasionally, for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, allow to cool a little, then pour into a small jar or other heat-proof lidded container.
To make Apple Crisp Drizzle from the syrup
- Leave about ½ cup (120ml) of the finished apple brown sugar syrup in the pan after decanting the rest. Put it back over the heat and let it simmer gently for 5 minutes more (no longer, or it will harden up like toffee).
- Transfer carefully to a heat-proof container. Very hot water will remove any sticky residue left on your pan.
NOTES
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Deborah says
I have used this twice. Simple easy to follow and yummy
Bill and Judy says
Just wanted to let you know….. I made the Apple Brown Sugar Expresso drink above last evening and am now trying it this morning and I can only say one thing, mmmm!!!! In all fairness I will say that I used a Starbucks Expresso Roast coffee and the Walmart brand apple juice along with brown sugar and cinnamon from my wife’s cooking supplies. I also used OATLY FULL FAT oat milk. I have gotten Starbucks drink on a number of occasions and have really enjoyed it but, it’s can really cause a thinning of the wallet. I was glad to find your recipe and now I can enjoy them at home any time I want one. So again thanks for making and sharing your delicious recipe.