Raspberry Vanilla Syrup
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This homemade Raspberry Vanilla Syrup is a simple and delicious way to add sweetness to your favorite drinks and desserts. Made with frozen raspberries, sugar, vanilla, and a touch of lemon juice, it’s perfect for tea, coffee, cocktails, or drizzling over pancakes.
Kitchen Tools and Equipment
Here’s everything you’ll need to make this Raspberry Vanilla Syrup recipe. If you’re looking for recommendations for kitchen tools or ingredients, check out the Recipe Resources section at the bottom of this blog post.
- Small saucepan with a pour spout
- Spoon or spatula
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Fine mesh sieve
- Large glass liquid measuring cup for straining syrup into
- Glass bottle or jar for storage
Ingredients
- Frozen raspberries
- Sugar
- Water
- Lemon juice
- Vanilla extract
How to Make Raspberry Vanilla Syrup
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine raspberries, sugar, water, and lemon juice. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer and continue heating for 10–15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve into a large liquid measuring cup with a spout to remove the seeds. If the strainer gets clogged, rinse it out, and then strain the rest of the syrup through.
Stir in the vanilla extract and let the syrup cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes or so.
Store in a glass bottle or jar with a lid in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Raspberry Vanilla Syrup Recipe Tips and Variations
- For this recipe I like to use frozen raspberries. I can keep them in the fridge and not have to worry about the raspberries going bad before I have a chance to use them. But you can definitely use fresh raspberries if you prefer!
- For the vanilla extract, I like to use Watkins Baking Vanilla for the best vanilla flavor in this recipe. If you’d like to make a raspberry simple syrup without the vanilla flavor, you can leave out the vanilla extract.
- For the fresh lemon juice, if you don’t have a lemon on hand, you can use bottled lemon juice.
A few final tips on making this recipe:
- A saucepan with a pour spout will make it so much easier to strain your syrup!
- I also recommend straining the syrup into a glass measuring cup that also has a pour spout, since you’ll need to transfer the syrup to its storage container after its strained.
- You can store the syrup in a glass jar or bottle with a lid. You can find decorative syrup bottles on Amazon or Etsy, or you can reuse a maple syrup bottle that you may have on hand.
What Can You Make With Raspberry Vanilla Syrup?
You can use this syrup in your favorite drinks and desserts! Here are a few ideas:
- Stir into tea, or make a raspberry vanilla iced coffee.
- Mix into cocktails or mocktails—try it in a Raspberry Vanilla Lemonade!
- Drizzle over pancakes, waffles, or ice cream.
Raspberry Vanilla Syrup
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 1 tbs fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium heat, combine water, sugar, raspberries, and lemon juice. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 10–15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove the seeds.
- Stir in the vanilla extract and let the syrup cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
- Store in a sealed jar or glass bottle in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Notes
- Use a saucepan with a pour spout when making this syrup.
- To strain the syrup, place your fine mesh sieve over a glass measuring cup with a spout. Raspberries have lots of seeds, so you may need to strain half the syrup, rinse the sieve, and then strain the rest of the syrup.
- Store the syrup in a glass syrup bottle, mason jar with a lid, or reuse a glass maple syrup bottle you may have on hand.
Recipe Resources
- Small saucepan: Farberware Classic Stainless Steel 1 Qt Saucepan
- Fine mesh sieve: Cuisinart Mesh Strainers
- Glass measuring cup: Pyrex measuring cup
- Measuring cups: KitchenAid 4-piece Measuring Cup Set
- Measuring spoons: KitchenAid 5-piece Measuring Spoon Set
- Glass syrup bottles: Small Simple Syrup Bottles
- Vanilla Extract: Watkins Baking Vanilla
This easy simple syrup is a great way to bring a touch of homemade flavor to your drinks and desserts. What will you be making with this? Let me know in the comments!
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