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Last night I was on the phone with my friend Faith from the delicious food blog An Edible Mosaic and was stating how I can’t seem to find gingerbread syrup. You know, the stuff they put in those lovely gingerbread lattes from Starbucks. Then the lovely Faith says “why don’t you just make you own?” Brilliant! My mind needs to think more like her’s.
So I get into the kitchen this morning and decide I will start throwing some stuff together and see what works. Other people do this too…right? Luckily the syrup had a perfect spice balance and flavor the first time around. I hate when recipes don’t work out. I have little patience in that department.
I had some whole star anise and whole cloves hanging out in my spice cabinet so I decided to throw them in with the syrup. I also used dark brown sugar because I felt the deep flavor would compliment all the warm spices. I decided to use powdered ginger because I really wanted a nice strong ginger flavor. While it was simmering on the stove my whole house filled with the warm scent of sweet gingerbread…..amazing!
I decided to use some of this delicious syrup to add a little extra something to my coffee this morning. Boy oh boy did it hit the spot. Who says you need Starbucks when you can make this deliciousness at home 
Enjoy!!!
Homemade Gingerbread Syrup:
1 cup water
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 whole star anise
5 whole cloves
Combine all ingredients and simmer gently on medium heat. Cook for approximate 15-20 minutes until thickened.
I didn’t want my syrup too thick. I would compare it’s cooled consistency to heated maple syrup.
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Brilliant! It sounds so easy, why spend all of that money on pre-made stuff? It looks great and I’m a huge fan of gingerbread…great job!
Looks Yummy!!
You should bottle it and give it out as Christmas presents!
That syrup sounds so warm and inviting. I bet it would also be good on pancakes and waffles.
Faith’s mind works in such wonderful ways. Love that gal. And LOVE this syrup! Gingerbread spice lattes have always been a fave of mine but they are SO expensive. Much better just to make em at home!
Great idea! Starbucks taste on a budget – that’s for me!
Yummy idea! It’s probably better for you than the syrup at Starbucks… speaking of that syrup, if you go to a “real” Starbucks (as in, one that’s not in Target), they should sell you the syrup for about $8 a bottle. Happy Thanksgiving!
I love Biren’s idea of eating it on waffles…gingerbread waffles…oh sweet wounded wuffles.
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Sounds delicious. I could eat again.
Wow! This looks like it would hit my spot too! I love it when you can make your own version of something! Makes morning coffee extra special!
I love Faith’s blog. Making your own gingerbread syrup is such a fabulous plan! I would love to have some of this for my coffee tomorrow morning.
Happy Thanksgiving!
What a terrific and delicious idea! This syrup could be used for many different things! Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Yay, I’m so glad it turned out! It looks wonderful and I could actually go for a gingerbread latte right now.
Thanks so much for the sweet shout-out…I’m glad I could help! 
Hope you have a fabulous Thanksgiving!
Sooooo cool (or should I say hot?). I’ve never even heard of a gingerbread latte but now. I must have one.
sneak a little cinnamon in there and you’ve made my ideal syrup.
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Hi. My big brother has been checking out Starbucks in Sweeden and I had to go though several in Germany when going there for a weekend trip – but no one had the Ginger bread syrup. Since we live in Norway, and there are no Starbucks here (bu-hu), it’s kond of hard to get by. But when Googling ginger bread syrup your recipy came up and I’ll try it and give it to my brother as a pre-christmas gift. Hopefully he’ll be thrilled. Thank you!
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can this be modified to be sugar free?