How to Make Berry Simple Syrup | with any kind of berry!

This homemade berry simple syrup couldn’t be easier to make! It’s perfect for making cocktails, mocktails, lattes, homemade sodas and more. It can also be used as a topping for ice cream and pancakes. This recipe can be made with fresh berries or frozen berries and can be made with any kind of berry to fit every occasion!

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I’ll be honest, I didn’t really have any idea what simple syrup was. Much less that the world of simple syrups or simply syrups was so vast! When I decided to start learning to make cocktails at home, however, I quickly learned that not only was I going to need simple syrup, but I was going to need a lot of other syrups as well.

My first thought was to buy syrups. After all, I was just starting out and I didn’t know how often I was going to need them, or how much of them I would use. So buying them seemed like the easy choice. I was wrong.

First I learned that not many of the grocery stores near me actually carried, simple syrups, at least not many flavors, and not any good brands.

So I set out to do what any good food lover does, if you can’t find you make it. And let me tell you I was shocked, to learn how easy it was to make syrups at home.

With just a few simple ingredients, very little time, and only basic kitchen items, I could make just about any syrup I needed right at home. I could make plain simple syrup, homemade blueberry syrup, homemade blackberry syrup, and strawberry syrup, the possibilities are truly endless!

After trying out a few different methods for making my own berry syrup, I settled on this easy and delicious recipe! You can make this recipe with any kind of berries, you can even mix them to create a double or triple berry syrup!

What to do with berry simple syrup

Before we get any further, I just wanted to make a quick note. If you aren’t feeling up for making your homemade simple syrups, or you are looking for a very specific flavor. I would recommend the brand Monin. I love their syrups, they have amazing flavor, and they are made with few ingredients. Most of their fruit syrups contain nothing more than cane sugar, fruit puree, and lemon juice!

Now back to syrups. I love to use my homemade berry syrups for making cocktails and mocktails, but they work great in just about any drink. Lemonades, iced teas, smoothies, shakes, homemade sodas, you can even use them in iced coffees and homemade lattes!

But the best part about this syrup is that it doesn’t have to be used for just drinks! It can also be used as an ice cream topping, used as a berry pancake syrup, it is also great on French toast, and waffles!

This delicious berry syrup recipe couldn’t be easy to make, it tastes amazing and the ways to use it are endless!

Homemade Berry Simple Syrup with any kind of berry

Supplies

• glass jar or a glass airtight container 
• a fine mesh strainer or fine mesh sieve. 
• wooden spoon or potato masher
• small saucepan 
• rubber spatula
• glass jars or bottles for storing the finished syrup

Ingredients

• your favorite berries. Both fresh and frozen berries will work. I would recommend opting for frozen blueberries though to ​get the best end result
• ​white sugar

How to make Homemade Berry Simple Syrup

Place 1 cup of berries into a glass jar or glass container. Pour the 1 cup of sugar over the berries, cover tightly, and gently shake the jar. Do your best to coat the berries in the sugar. If you are using a large berry such as a strawberry, halve or quarter the berries, then measure one cup and place them in the jar.

Allow the berry mixture to sit for 2-4 hours if using fresh berries. And 24 hours if using frozen berries.

If I am using fresh berries, I usually leave mine sitting out on the counter, till the juices are running and I’m ready to finish the syrup. If I am using frozen berries I like to let mine sit out on the counter for most of the day, then move it to the fridge overnight.

The goal is to allow your berries to sit until the juices are running and half of the sugar has dissolved. But you can also allow your berries to sit in the fridge until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Once your berry mixture is ready, pour it into a small saucepan. Be sure to scrap out your container or jar with a rubber spatula to get as much of the sugar and juice as possible.

Using the back of a wooden spoon or a potato mash, gently crush any whole berries or large pieces of berry. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Cook the mixture, stirring often until all the sugar is completely dissolved.

Place a fine mesh strainer over a small bowl(get someone to hold the strainer if need be.) and carefully pour the mixture from the sauce pan into the strainer. If you are using a small strainer do this in batches.

Once all the liquid has run through the strainer, don’t forget to scrape out the pan with a spatula. Squish the berries with the back of a spoon to get out any remaining juice, and discard.

Allow the mixture to cool slightly, before transferring it to a glass jar or bottle for storing.

Place in the fridge until ready to use.

Enjoy!

Notes

I like to store my homemade syrups in mason jars. But you can use any glass container or bottle you like!

Homemade berry syrup will last in the fridge for 1 month. Syrups can be safe to use after that but try to use them within 1 month if possible.

You can easily cut this recipe in half, to make an extra small batch, if you aren’t planning on using a lot of it.