Make Your Own Coffee Syrup (Gift Idea)

Do you have any coffee lovers on your holiday gift list this year? (If not, feel free to go ahead and put me on your list!) This is a cute little idea for making your own flavored coffee syrups that you can use at home to take your morning cup of joe to the next level. If you are making these as a gift I highly recommend making 2-3 flavors. We made vanilla, raspberry, and caramel flavored syrups.

For the vanilla syrup you need: 2 cups water, 2 cups sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (the clear kind is much preferred here). In a small pot heat your water and sugar over low/medium heat, stirring constantly until the sugar has dissolved. Now stir in your vanilla extract and pour into your dispenser.

For the raspberry syrup you need: 2 cups water, 2 cups sugar and 1/2 cup fresh raspberries. In a small pot heat your water and sugar over low/medium heat, stirring constantly until the sugar has dissolved. Mash up the raspberries a little and then stir them in with the syrup, allow this to mingle for 3-5 minutes. Pour through a fine-mesh strainer to filter out any large raspberry pieces and seeds. Then pour into your dispenser.

For the caramel syrup you need: 2 cups water, 2 cups sugar and 1/2 cup caramel (store bought or make your own). In a small pot heat your water and sugar over low/medium heat, stirring constantly until the sugar has dissolved. Now stir in your caramel until well combined and pour into your dispenser.

You can add decorative labels or ribbons to these when gifting them. Elsie made these labels by wrapping a piece of craft paper around the bottles and then hand drawing simple labels for each syrup.

Enjoy! xo. Emma + Elsie

Comments

This is interesting idea! Have to try!

Posted by: Marysia | November 22, 2011 at 06:24 AM

How fun! You need a peppermint syrup! I just bought my first peppermint latte of the season this morning and boy would I love to make them myself!

Posted by: Leigh | November 22, 2011 at 06:27 AM

This idea is just amazing!
You can use small little bottles and make many other flavours in a wooden box!!

If I make it, I come back to show you a photo! :)

Thank you for sharing this briliant idea!

Posted by: Bianca Moraes | November 22, 2011 at 06:31 AM

I wanna know how you made the labels! what kind of paper is that? I'm totally smitten with the bottle presentation!

-meesch
http://www.aperfectkindofday.com

Posted by: meesch | November 22, 2011 at 07:02 AM

LOVE the packaging. I am not much of a DIYer, but your ideas certainly inspire me to try!!

Posted by: Mrs. AA @ Frenemom | November 22, 2011 at 07:02 AM

Fabulous idea. How did you make the labels?

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Posted by: Heidi Reisenauer | November 22, 2011 at 07:12 AM

These look fantastic! I'm going to give this a try at the weekend as coffee syrups are quite tricky to get here. I just wondered what caramel you used to make the caramel syrup?

Thank you for another great DIY!
- jayne

Posted by: Jayne | November 22, 2011 at 07:29 AM

Very cool! I'm wondering if you need to keep the raspberry one in the fridge? And also, what do you mean by 'caramel syrup' in the ingredients for the caramel one? I'd love to try these but want to make sure they turn out as amazing as yours :-)Thanks!!

Posted by: Natalie | November 22, 2011 at 07:30 AM

Should these be refrigerated or are they okay on the countertop? Just wondering. The fruit in the raspberry one made me wonder.

Thanks!

Posted by: Karissa | November 22, 2011 at 07:38 AM

I have never heard of putting any syrups in coffee? Is it an American thing? (I live in Europe). Sounds interesting though... Does it suppose to be used instead of sugar?

Posted by: Natasa | November 22, 2011 at 07:56 AM

The syrup looks great!

Posted by: antique engagement rings | November 22, 2011 at 08:09 AM

great idea! my hubby and i are both coffee addicts and he is all about the syrups!

Posted by: Violet Bella | November 22, 2011 at 08:22 AM

no way!!! this is way too easy, we are crazy for not making our own!!! thanks girls!!

Posted by: ira lee | November 22, 2011 at 08:27 AM

This is such a wonderful gift idea for the holidays! :-) I will definitely try making these. :-)

xoxo
ida

Posted by: Ida May Bueno | November 22, 2011 at 08:36 AM

This is genius.

Posted by: Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday | November 22, 2011 at 09:12 AM