This copycat Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Syrup recipe is the perfect cinnamon simple syrup. It 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 in a splash of extra flavor.
Turn your home into an upscale coffeehouse with these tasty flavors and fill your home with the smell of cinnamon goodness. This recipe is good all year long but it really hits the spot when you add it to drink during the cold fall and winter months.
It would be a fun addition to any hot chocolate bar during Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas. Starbucks can't hoard all the tasty goodness with this amazing homemade copycat recipe.
This makes a great syrup that goes great with latte, iced teas, Frappuccino's, coffee, and hot chocolate. It's a great topping and pairs great with creme and creamers. Make any drink a fun and flavorful experience.
Drinks with this cinnamon simple syrup are so great. It's better than any fontana, or torani storebought syrup.
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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Why We Love This Recipe
- Aromatic and Comforting Flavor: A tasty blend of rich cinnamon flavor with velvety sweetness, creating an aromatic and comforting taste.
- Versatility: We love how versatile this recipe can be. You can enhance a wide range of beverages, including coffee, lattes, hot chocolates, and iced drinks. It also pairs well with various desserts and breakfast treats like pancakes and waffles.
- Warm and Cozy Vibes: The warm and cozy notes of cinnamon in the syrup are both comforting and nostalgia, making it an ideal choice, especially during the fall and winter seasons. I always think of home baked goods during the holidays when I smell that cozy seasoning.
- Homemade/DIYl: This is such an easy diy Starbucks syrup. We love when you can make something at home that's just as good as the original. You can also customize it to the sweetness and spice level you want.
- Indulgent Treat: Adding this Starbucks copycat to beverages and desserts elevates their flavor and turns ordinary treats into indulgent delights.
Ingredients
- Cinnamon Sticks- Fresh cinnamon sticks give the best flavor after they are boiled. They also give your home a great smell.
- Granulated White Sugar- The base of this simple syrup to give it that sweet flavor you love.
- Water-You'll need this to boil the cinnamon stick and also combine with the other ingredients with.
- Brown Sugar-Helps to give the syrup a caramel flavor along with the cinnamon.
- Vanilla-Vanilla extract is such a great balance of flavor and adds to any dish.
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
- Bring a sauce pan of water to a boil. Add the cinnamon sticks.
2. Boil for 10 minutes, allowing the cinnamon sticks to release it's fragrant spice. Remove the sticks.
3. Add the white and brown sugar to the cinnamon water. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
4. Remove from heat and add in the vanilla. Add to any drink like coffee, hot chocolate, and 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 water to make up for water evaporation.
Substitutions
Just like at Starbucks, this recipe is naturally gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, and dairy free.
- With Ground Cinnamon-Instead of using cinnamon sticks, us ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon instead.
- Honey- Use half honey and half white sugar as a sugar substitute. Or to add a honey flavor to pair with the cinnamon.
- Reduced Sugar - While we don't recommend substituting the sugar as that is what makes this syrup a sweet liquid, you can also use your favorite sugar substitute in part or fully for a sugar free or reduced sugar syrup.
- Maple- Substitute the vanilla extract with maple extract. This will give a tasty maple cinnamon flavor, perfect for the fall season.
Variations
- 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 complimentary flavor by doubling the vanilla extract.
- Rosemary - Add rosemary herb to the boiling water with the cinnamon sticks. Strain the rosemary leaves out when you remove the cinnamon sticks. Or use 1 drop food safe high quality rosemary essential oil after the syrup cools.
- Cranberry- Cinnamon cranberry is a tasty winter and Christmas flavor. Boil ½ cup cranberries with the cinnamon sticks and remove when you remove the cinnamon sticks.
- Ginger- Boil 1 inch cut of ginger to the boiling water when the cinnamon sticks are boiled. Remove when adding the sugars.
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 the desired denser consistency, perfect for elevating your breakfast or dessert experience.
How to Serve
- For drinks-This taste great in cinnamon cakes, use it as syrup infused cake. Or a Starbucks copycat cinnamon coffee cake.
- For pancakes- Make cinnamon pancakes by doubling the sugar, which make it thicker, and then add it to the top of your favorite pancakes.
Equipment
For the best results you will only need a small sauce pan and a mixing spoon. You may also want tongs or a slotted spoon to help remove the cinnamon sticks.This simple recipe doesn't require a lot of equipment!
Storage
Store in an air tight container at room temperature for 2 months. If you doubled the recipe, the cinnamon simple syrup will crystalize more quickly than the standard recipe.
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 crystalize.
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 at home with this easy recipe.
"Cinnamon dolce" is pronounced as "sin-uh-muhn dol-chey." The "cinnamon" is pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable, "cin-na-mon," and "dolce" is pronounced as "dohl-chey," with the "o" in "dolce" pronounced like the "o" in "go." The entire phrase is typically pronounced smoothly and without any pauses between the words.
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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.
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.
Andrea
The perfect copycat starbucks syrup! We love make this cinnamon dolce syrup for hot chocolate.