This homemade fresh and rich, potent ginger simple syrup is just the sweet and zingy ingredient you need for baking, cocktails, mocktails, and more. You only need ginger root, sugar, and water to make this syrup and it will last as long as 2 weeks in your fridge. My favorite way to enjoy it is with sparkling water or club soda over ice for a fresh ginger soda at a 1:6 ratio.

Bottle of yellow juice in a cylindrical glass bottle next to a knob of ginger.

🌟Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Packs a rich, punch of ginger flavor: It is potent, and packs just enough heat from the ginger to pack a little burn. If you’re like me, you love that unique warming zingy explosion of ginger when you bite into it. If you love ginger soda or ginger ale, you will love this recipe… I especially love it in ginger lemonade. You’ll also want to try this fan favorite fresh ginger cake.
Easy and low maintenance: Making simple syrup is not complicated. Once the sugar dissolves, you pop the ginger in so the syrup can soak up all that gingery goodness, give it a blend and then strain it..
Only three ingredients: Unlike store-bought ginger syrups that have a zillion weird ingredients, this only has fresh ginger, sugar, and water.

🧾Ingredients in This Recipe

Liquid measuring cup with water next to a metal measuring cup with sugar and a knob of ginger.

Fresh ginger – You must use fresh and not powdered ginger as powdered ginger is WAY too potent for this syrup. Peeling the ginger is optional too, but the skin will give the syrup a slightly darker color, so that’s something to consider. I usually leave it on.
Sugar – I use white granulated sugar as it dissolves consistently over the heat and gives a light color. You can also use brown sugar but the flavor will be slightly more caramel-like and the syrup will be darker in flavor, which is also delicious. Other sugars like demerara and turbinado also work great in this recipe.
Water – You can use any drinkable water. I use filtered water for this syrup because it doesn’t come to a boil to purify the water in this recipe.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

👩‍🍳 How to Make This Recipe

A small silver saucepan filled with water with a small wooden spoon inside

Add the sugar and water to a large saucepan. Turn the heat to medium, and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved in the water. Let it come to a light simmer, but not a full rolling boil.

Blender with liquid and ginger slices inside.

Remove the syrup from the heat. Add in the chopped pieces of ginger and allow to steep for 5 minutes.

Blender with pale yellow liquid next to a mint colord stand mixer.

Add all the contents to a high-speed blender and blend for 30 seconds.

Funnel on top of a glass pitcher with yellow juice.

Strain the ginger through a fine-mesh strainer and pour the simple syrup into a sealable container. Store in the fridge to keep it fresh and use for up to 2 weeks.

⭐ Pro Tip ⭐

You can adjust the amount of fresh ginger root to achieve your ideal flavor. If you only want a hint of ginger flavor in the syrup, reduce the quantity you steep.

🫚 Ways to Use Ginger Simple Syrup

Baking – Use this syrup to spice up your cake and cupcake mixes, or brush over cake layers to lock in moisture. If you love ginger flavors, you’ll go crazy for my ginger root cake.
Cocktails and mocktails: Ginger is a superb pairing for whisky and gin, as you’ll see in classic drinks like Penicillin or an aptly named Ginger Rogers. I also love it in non-alcoholic drinks with sparkling water or club soda.
Sweetener – You can use ginger simple syrup to sweeten teas like honey lemon tea. It does the double duty of adding ginger flavor and a hint of sweetness.

Glass pitcher filled part way with yellow juice next to a knob of ginger.

🍴More Infused Syrup Recipes

More delightful infused simple syrups to use in your recipes.

Large glass bottle of clear simple syrup with rosemary beside it.

Rosemary Simple Syrup

Green liquid drizzling into a glass mason jar.

Mint Simple Syrup

A glass pitcher with yellow simple syrup next to dried rose petals and with a strainer filled with dried roses on top of the pitcher.

Rose Simple Syrup

Glass bottle filled with simple syrup next to a small strainer with lavender flowers.

Lavender Simple Syrup

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Author: Candice Walker