This copycat Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Syrup recipe is the perfect cinnamon simple syrup. It's made with quick and easy ingredients and is a great way to make a homemade DIY syrup for any drink. Use it as a topping or add a splash of extra flavor to a drink.
Why This Recipe is the Best
This Cinnamon Dolce Syrup is the perfect way to elevate your homemade drinks and make every sip feel indulgent. Inspired by your favorite coffeehouse flavors, this simple syrup adds a warm, sweet cinnamon flavor that's delicious in lattes, iced coffee, teas, hot chocolate, or even drizzled over whipped cream. It's easy to make at home with just a few pantry ingredients, and it stores well so you can enjoy cozy, café-style drinks anytime you want.
We love simple syrups, especially when they are copycat Starbucks flavors! You won't want to miss our Brown Sugar Simple Syrup, Vanilla Simple Syrup, Caramel Syrup, or Peppermint Syrup.
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Key Ingredients
Below is a list of ingredients needed for this recipe. Follow our tips on each ingredient for best results.
- Cinnamon Sticks- Fresh cinnamon sticks give the best flavor after they are boiled. They also give your home a great smell.
- Brown Sugar-Helps to give the syrup a caramel flavor along with the cinnamon. We tested this recipe over and over to find the perfect balance of white and brown sugar to give it the best flavor and the best texture. We found we couldn't use too much brown sugar or it didn't last as long in the refrigerator.
How to Make Cinnamon Dolce Syrup
- Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Add the cinnamon sticks.
- Boil for 10 minutes, allowing the cinnamon sticks to release it's fragrant spice. Remove the sticks.
- Add the white and brown sugar to the cinnamon water. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from the heat and add in the vanilla. Add to any drink, like coffee, hot chocolate, or tea.
Hint: Feel free to simmer the cinnamon sticks an additional 10 minutes for a deeper cinnamon flavor. Just make sure you add an extra ¼ cup of water to make up for water evaporation.
Helpful Hints
To achieve a thicker syrup suitable for pancakes, waffles, crepes, or drizzling over cakes and pastries, simply double the sugar in the recipe and proceed with the regular instructions. This modification will create a thicker consistency, perfect for elevating your breakfast or dessert experience.
Top tip
Don't stir the syrup once the sugars are completely dissolved. This will help it stabilize and make it last longer before it starts to crystallize.
Recipe
Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Syrup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Bring water and cinnamon sticks to a boil over medium high heat. Turn down to a simmer and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove cinnamon sticks. Add brown sugar and granulated sugar then stir until sugars are dissolved.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. See pictures above for a visual reference.
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Notes
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.
- Be careful not to stir once the sugar is dissolved. This will enable you to store it longer without it crystallizing.
- Make with ground cinnamon by reducing the water to 1 cup. Add the sugars and ground cinnamon, stir until the sugars have dissolved, bring to a boil then remove from heat. Allow to cool 1 minute then stir in the vanilla.
- While testing this recipe we found that the cinnamon flavor was better when made with cinnamon sticks, but you can absolutely make it with ground cinnamon.
- During the fall we love to substitute the vanilla for maple for a delicious cinnamon maple syrup.
- To make a thicker syrup for pancakes, etc., double the sugars and make as directed.
Nutrition
Storage
Store in an air-tight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator for 2 months. If you doubled the recipe, the cinnamon simple syrup will crystallize more quickly than the standard recipe.
Variations
We love switching things up when we're in the kitchen. Try any of these variations for something a little different.
- Apple- Replace ½ the water and ½ the white sugar with apple cider. This will give it a tasty apple cinnamon flavor.
- Vanilla-Make the vanilla a stronger flavor instead of a complementary flavor by doubling the vanilla extract.
- Maple- make this with maple extract instead of vanilla for a rich cinnamon maple flavor.
- With Ground Cinnamon-Instead of using cinnamon sticks, use ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon instead. We found while testing this recipe that the flavor was of a higher quality when made with cinnamon sticks. You can absolutely make this with ground cinnamon, but it won't taste quite the same.
- Cranberry- Cinnamon cranberry is a tasty winter and Christmas flavor. Boil ½ cup cranberries with the cinnamon sticks, and remove them when you remove the cinnamon sticks.
- Ginger- Boil ½ inch of ginger in the boiling water when the cinnamon sticks. Remove at the same time you remove the cinnamon sticks.
FAQ
A copycat Starbucks syrup made with cinnamon and brown sugar to give a tasty caramelized cinnamon taste to any hot chocolate, coffee, or tea.
To make this Starbucks syrup, you will need to bring a pot of water to a boil, adding in cinnamon sticks. After ten minutes remove the cinnamon sticks and add in the white and brown sugar, and vanilla. Cool and use with desserts and drinks.
Depending on the syrup that you use will determine how many calories it has. This particular recipe has per serving.
This DIY Starbucks syrup has a great flavor. It's a brown sugar cinnamon-y flavor with a hint of vanilla
No, this recipe is made with water, brown and white sugars, vanilla, and cinnamon sticks. It is a dairy-free syrup.
You can buy this syrup at the grocery store or make it at home with this easy recipe.
"Cinnamon dolce" is pronounced as "sin-uh-muhn dol-chey." The entire phrase is usually pronounced smoothly and without pauses between the words.
Andrea says
The perfect copycat starbucks syrup! We love make this cinnamon dolce syrup for hot chocolate.