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Christmas Syrup in a small glass bottle with spices and oranges on a plate

Christmas Syrup for Cocktails

Picture of Heather Wibbels, Cocktail Contessa, pouring a cocktailHeather Wibbels
This vibrant and delicious syrup can give you all the great flavors of the holidays to add to your favorite cocktails. With orange, cinnamon, clove, allspice, and star anise infusing this orange juice simple syrup, it's a complex syrup to level up your winter drinks.
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Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Drinks
Cuisine Syrups
Servings 20

Ingredients
  

  • ½ c fresh squeezed orange juice, strained
  • ½ c water
  • 1 c sugar
  • 10 allspice berries
  • 8 cloves
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 star anise
  • Orange peel from two oranges no pith

Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients to a sauce pan and simmer on low for 10 minutes, or until the sugar has dissolved and the orange peel is slightly translucent.
  • Let the syrup cool to room temperature.
  • Strain and refrigerate. Will keep for 3-4 weeks in the fridge.
Keyword allspice, christmas, cinnamon, clove, holiday cocktail, orange, star anise
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