Cocktail Syrups & Sweeteners
Explore simple syrups, flavoured syrups and sweeteners used in cocktails and mixed drinks.
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Syrups and sweeteners balance citrus, soften strong spirits and add body. They can also change the sugar and calorie profile of a cocktail, so the amount used matters.
All syrups
- Simple SyrupSyrup / Sweetener138 drinks · 123 cocktails · 13 mocktails~45 cal · 10.9g sugar / per 15ml / 0.5 ozSimple syrup is a basic cocktail sweetener made from sugar and water. It dissolves easily into cold drinks and is used to balance citrus, soften strong spirits and add body to sours, fizzes, punches and mocktails.
- GrenadineSyrup / Sweetener119 drinks · 111 cocktails · 6 mocktails~38 cal · 9.4g sugar / per 15ml / 0.5 ozGrenadine is a red cocktail syrup used for colour, sweetness and berry-pomegranate style fruit notes. It appears in tropical drinks, sours, non-alcoholic drinks, layered cocktails and classic pink or red mixed drinks.
- Powdered SugarSyrup / Sweetener108 drinks · 104 cocktails · 4 mocktails~32 cal · 8.4g sugar / per 15ml / 0.5 ozPowdered sugar is a fine sugar used in some classic cocktails and older recipes where quick dissolving sweetness is needed. It can sweeten sours, flips, fizzes and drinks shaken with citrus, egg or cream.
- SugarSyrup / Sweetener58 drinks · 29 cocktails · 11 mocktails~49 cal · 12.8g sugar / per 15ml / 0.5 ozSugar is a basic cocktail sweetener used to balance acidity, bitterness and strong spirits. It appears in classic drinks as granulated sugar, muddled sugar, rims, syrup bases and older recipes before liquid sweeteners became common.