Granulated sugar, as opposed to brown sugar, works best for this recipe.

Sugar: Granulated sugar adds a bit of extra sweetness to the syrup.For a reddish-pink syrup, use red and white colored candy canes. Green, white and red candy canes will create a light purple color (as seen in the photos). The color of the candy canes will affect what color the syrup is, but the taste will be the same regardless of the candy cane color. Use classic, peppermint-flavored candy canes. Candy Canes: All of the peppermint flavoring comes from candy canes.Peppermint Latte: Mix 1 tablespoon of peppermint syrup into a couple shots of espresso.Peppermint Baileys Hot Chocolate: Mix 1 to 2 tablespoons of peppermint syrup into this Baileys hot chocolate for a festive peppermint Baileys hot chocolate.

Peppermint Mocha: Mix 1 to 2 tablespoons of peppermint syrup with a couple shots of espresso and ¾ cup hot chocolate.Experiment by adding 1 to 2 tablespoons to coffee or other holiday drinks or cocktails. This syrup can be used in any type of drink. It can be used as a coffee syrup to create peppermint lattes, or as a cocktail simple syrup to make peppermint-flavored holiday cocktails.It tastes like pure peppermint, without any hint of chemical, or artificial flavoring.It is a lot cheaper to make this syrup at home than to buy Starbucks drinks or to buy a storebought peppermint syrup.This Starbucks peppermint syrup recipe is so easy to make with only 3 ingredients in under 15 minutes.Homemade flavored coffee syrups, such as this pumpkin spice syrup, this peanut butter coffee syrup, or this pistachio syrup, are an easy way to recreate copycat versions of all your favorite drinks.įor other copycat Starbucks holiday drink recipes, try this starbucks chai tea latte, this starbucks pistachio latte, or this starbucks salted caramel mocha.

Peppermint flavoring syrup