Apple Cider Syrup (Boiled Cider)

This boiled apple cider syrup recipe is a simple syrup that’s perfect for fall! Use it for drinks and cocktails, pancakes, waffles, and more.

Here’s a versatile ingredient that infuses fall flavor into everything it touches: Apple Cider Syrup! This boiled apple cider is reduced until it’s sweet and fruity with a few cinnamon sticks to infuse a spiced flavor. It comes out thick and syrupy, perfect as a simple syrup for fall cocktails and for drizzling over ice cream, pancakes, waffles and more! Here’s how to do it!

Ingredients for boiled apple cider syrup

This apple cider syrup recipe is simple to make and requires just 3 ingredients! Boiled apple cider reduces to a thick syrup, though it needs a bit of sugar for just the right texture. Here’s what you’ll need:

• High-quality apple cider, preferably from your farmers market or local orchard. Look for unfiltered cider, which maintains the best flavor and color.
• Granulated sugar, or substitute brown sugar; this helps to thicken the syrup
• Cinnamon sticks to add a robust, spiced flavor

Type of apple cider to buy

There are a few major types of apple cider you’ll find at the store or apple orchard. Here’s a breakdown and what we prefer for boiled apple cider syrup:

• Unfiltered vs filtered: Apple cider is sold unfiltered, which has the pulp and sediment, and filtered, which is basically like apple juice. For the best flavor and color for this syrup, choose unfiltered! But it works with filtered as well.
• Pasteurized vs unpasteurized: Pasteurizing apple cider makes it more shelf stable. If it’s unpasteurized, it can turn into hard cider or apple cider vinegar over time, so you should drink it within 2 weeks. Unpasteurized cider has more risk of bacteria, so we recommend pasteurized.

Ways to use apple cider syrup

There are so many ways to use this apple cider syrup! We originally made it for use in a margarita, but there are so many more ways to use it. Here are a few ideas on how to use apple cider syrup:

• Cocktails, like a fall margarita or apple cider Old Fashioned
• Ice cream, like vanilla or cinnamon ice cream
• Pancakes, like pumpkin pancakes or apple pancakes
• Waffles, like classic waffles
• Oatmeal, like apple cinnamon oatmeal or classic oatmeal

How do you plan to use it? Let us know in the comments below!

More apple cider recipes

Love apple cider? Try these tasty recipes starring the season’s favorite drink:

• Try Mulled Cider, Spiked Apple Cider or Hot Apple Cider
• Go for an Apple Cider Hot Toddy
• Make an Apple Cider Margarita or Apple Cider Mule
• Go for Fireball and Apple Cider
• Make an Apple Cider Martini or Apple Cider Mimosa

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Mulled Cider

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Apple Cider Hot Toddy

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Apple Cider Margarita

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Apple Cider Martini

This boiled apple cider syrup recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.

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