How to Make a Simple Sugar Syrup for Cocktails and Punches

Sugar Syrup is the basic ingredient of most cordials, cocktails and punches

And whilst you can buy pre-made sugar syrup at most supermarkets – it is very easy to make your own version at home. Best of all – it only has two simple ingredients!

Use sugar syrup in recipes such as:

Boozy Watermelon Fruit Punch

Wine Slushies

Lemon Cordial

serves

time needed

1 mins prep10 mins cook

ingredients

difficulty

Easy

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Please Note Nutritional information is provided as a guide only and may not be accurate.

NUTRITION INFORMATION
	Qty per 261g serve	Qty per 100g
Energy	19319kJ	7398kJ
Protein	0g	0g
Fat,total	261g	100g
-saturated	51g	20g
Carbohydrate	0g	0g
-sugars	0g	0g
Dietary Fibre	0g	0g
Sodium	0mg	0mg

Ingredients

1 cup Water
2 cups Sugar

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Method

Nutrition

How to Make a Simple Sugar Syrup:

Place the water and sugar into a small to medium saucepan and turn it up to high.
Stirring the mixture constantly until all the sugar is visibly dissolved.
Then reduce the heat to a simmer.
Simmer the mixture with a lid on for 5 - 10 minutes or until thickened.
Allow the sugar syrup to cool totally.
Place in a bottle in the fridge until ready to use.