Pumpkin Spice Simple Syrup (without pumpkin puree)

This easy homemade 3-ingredient pumpkin spice simple syrup recipe without pumpkin puree is vegan and refined sugar-free. Perfect for making homemade PSL (pumpkin spice latte), kid's pumpkin spice steamer, syrup for pancakes or waffles or to top your fall oatmeal!

This simple pumpkin spice syrup recipe calls for just 3 ingredients, including the water!

If you're looking to infuse more pumpkin spice in your life, make these vegan pumpkin pie baked oats for breakfast this week.

🧄 Very useful ingredient notes

• Coconut sugar - A malty, rich granulated sweetener that is not as refined as cane sugar or brown sugar. It is the closest in taste to brown sugar from the list of natural, unrefined sweeteners.
• Pumpkin pie spice - Traditionally used to flavor pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie spice is a combination of warming spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. It is sold already mixed together, so you just have to buy one spice, instead of four. This adds loads of flavor to our syrup and gives it that "pumpkin pie flavor".

📋 Substitutions and variations

Here are some suitable substitutions for the ingredients:

• Coconut sugar - You can substitute brown sugar, raw sugar or cane sugar for the coconut sugar, but then it will not be refined sugar free. You can also substitute maple syrup for up to half of the coconut sugar.
• Pumpkin pie spice - Instead of pumpkin pie spice that's already mixed, you can use a combination of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves to replace it. Here's how to make your own pumpkin pie spice at home.

Want to switch it up? Try one of these variation for fall-inspired warm spice syrup:

• Chinese five spice syrup - Instead of pumpkin pie spice, use Chinese five spice powder for a delightful variation on this sweet syrup.
• Apple pie spice syrup - Instead of pumpkin pie spice, use apple pie spice to make the syrup for a change.

🔪 Instructions

Here's how to make pumpkin spice simple syrup without pumpkin puree.

🥡 Make ahead and storage tips

This pumpkin spice simple syrup will keep in the fridge for at least 3 months (longer probably since sugar is a preservative, but that's up to you). And, it's refined sugar free by using coconut sugar. Yippee!

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Serving suggestions

How to use homemade pumpkin spice syrup

• #1: Pumpkin Spice Lattes (hello, homemade psl syrup!)
• Kids Pumpkin Spice Steamed Milk (lovingly known as Autumn Bombs in this house)
• Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal
• Syrup for Pancakes
• Syrup for Waffles
• Anything maple syrup would go in that you want to taste like fall

❓ FAQ

🗺 Cultural influences

Fall. Autumn. I'm talking sweater weather. Socks and boots. Changing of the leaves and all that jazz. Basically, a respite from the heat and our beautiful, chilly transition to winter. Yay!

Along with fall comes everything pumpkin.

And, who doesn't love a good PSL? (That's pumpkin spice latte, by the way) It's almost synonymous with the season here in the US.

But, at $6 a pop, they don't come cheap. And, I recently found out that there's no way to make a truly dairy-free, vegan pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. The pumpkin spice syrup they use has dairy in it.

The good news is that it's pretty darn easy to make your own pumpkin spice syrup at home. It's delicious and requires just 3 ingredients, including water!

This syrup is great for, you guessed it, pumpkin spice lattes! But, it's great on other things, too!

My boys have been making their own coffee-less kids pumpkin spice "lattes" with this syrup, which are basically warm, delicious autumn bombs.

Warm milk + pumpkin spice syrup + marshmallows.

A kid-friendly "latte" that's easy enough for them to prepare themselves. Plus, tell a kid it's called an autumn bomb and they'll automatically like it. Promise.

This syrup is also delicious over oatmeal, pancakes and waffles!

📖 Recipe

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