Homemade Crème Brûlée Coffee Syrup
This homemade crème brûlée coffee syrup is sweet and decadent. Make in just a few minutes with simple ingredients to mimic the creamy French dessert in your at-home coffee. Easy to make and lasts in the fridge!
Ingredients
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk shaken well, NOT evaporated milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine white sugar, salt, water, and sweetened condensed milk to a small saucepan on the stove. Do not add the vanilla extract yet.
- Whisk together and heat on low-medium heat for about 5 minutes. Whisk continuously and do not leave the stove. Heat until the mixture foams and all the ingredients are dissolved. You don't want a rolling boil, just a gentle foaming.
- Once the ingredients are dissolved together, remove saucepan from heat. Allow the syrup to mostly cool in the pan. Add the vanilla extract and stir.
- Once mostly cool, pour the syrup into a glass jar or bottle for storage. Allow to completely finish cooling on the counter top before storing in the fridge.
- When ready to use, shake the bottle or jar of syrup, pour into your beverage, and enjoy!
Notes
- Stir, stir, stir - Do not leave this crème brûlée coffee syrup while it's on the stove. The sugar can burn if the heat is too high and it needs to be continually gently stirred while the ingredients dissolve. So watch it carefully!
- Add the vanilla extract at the end - Since vanilla extract is alcohol-based it will evaporate if heated and result in a weaker vanilla flavor. Add it at the end after removing the pan from the heat.
- Store in the fridge - Once you make this coffee syrup you can use some right away and store the rest in the fridge for up to a month.
- Consider your container - I'd recommend storing crème brûlée coffee syrup in a glass container that's easy to pour. It keeps drips and messes to a minimum.