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With just 3 ingredients, you can easily make a delicate floral rose simple syrup at home to enjoy in teas, coffees, alcoholic drinks, and desserts. Store-bought rose syrup can be difficult to find, so save time by making this recipe. In this post, I show you how to make it with dried rose petals or rose water, whichever you have on hand.

A bottle of yellow simple syrup next to a small strainer with dried roses.

If floral simple syrups are your idea of heaven, try out a soothing lavender simple syrup or a crisp and light borage simple syrup.

🌟 Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Subtle rose flavor: The scent and flavor of roses are floral, fruity, and slightly sweet all at the same time. This means they complement various other flavors from vanilla to citrus. This rose syrup is delicate and the rose flavor is not overpowering like it is in rose essence. It's wonderful to add to a cup of Persian tea.
Versatile syrup: Simple syrup is an easy-to-make concoction of sugar and water that can be used as a sweetener, added to beverages to impart a rosy flavor, or even used to keep cake layers moist. You can make a wonderful rose fizz mocktail by subbing the borage simple syrup for this rose simple syrup in this Borage Fizz Mocktail.
No-fuss cooking method: Turning on your stovetop is about as complicated as this recipe gets. You get a high-quality and enticing syrup for little effort. I'm also showing you how to make it two different ways.

🧾 Ingredients in This Recipe

An amber bottle next to a jar of white sugar next to a jar of water.

A measuring cup filled with sugar next to a measuring cup with dried roses next to a jar of water.

Rose water or dried rose petals – You can use store-bought rose water, homemade rose water, or dried rose petals as the rose-flavored element
Sugar – I find that white granulated or cane sugar works best for simple syrup to create a smooth (not gritty or grainy) texture. You could use brown sugar or turbinado sugar but the color of the syrup will be more brown.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

👩‍🍳 Make This Recipe with Rose Water

A saucepan with sugar and water next to dried rose petals.

Add the sugar, rose water, and water to a saucepan. Turn the heat to medium and stir until dissolved. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 2 minutes.

A glass pitcher with yellow simple syrup next to dried rose petals.

Remove from heat and let it come to room temperature. Transfer your syrup to a sealed container and keep it in the refrigerator until you want to use it. It keeps for up to 1 month.

👩‍🍳 Make This Recipe with Dried Rose Petals

Add the sugar and water to a saucepan. Turn the heat to medium and stir until dissolved. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 2 minutes.

A metal saucepan with clear liquid and dried rose petals.

Add the dried rose petals to the syrup and steep off the heat for 30 minutes.

A glass pitcher with yellow simple syrup next to dried rose petals and with a strainer filled with dried roses on top of the pitcher.

Strain to remove all the rose petals. Then, transfer your rose simple syrup to a sealed container and keep it in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

🌹 Ways to Use Rose Simple Syrup

Cocktails: Add rose syrup as a sweetener in your favorite alcoholic drinks to make unique versions like rose margaritas, rose paloma, rose martinis, and many more. Garnish with dried roses for extra luxury.
Mocktails: Rose syrup is also perfect for crafting floral-infused mocktails. Create refreshing non-alcoholic drinks by mixing rose syrup with sparkling water, lemonade, or iced tea.
Baking: You can brush syrup onto cake layers for added moisture and flavor, or use it to sweeten frosting or glazes.
Coffee and Tea: Stir a splash of rose syrup into coffee, tea, or lattes to infuse them with a subtle floral sweetness. It's wonderful in Persian Tea. You can also use it in place of the rose water and sugar in this Matcha Rose Latte.

A strainer with dried rose petals next to two glass pitchers filled with yellow liquid, one less yellow than the other.

🌷More Rose Recipes to Try

I love cooking and baking with rose, so I'm offering these tried-and-true rose recipes that won't fail to impress.

Dried and fresh rose petals surrounding a glass bowl filled with clear rose water.

Homemade Rose Water (With Fresh or Dried Rose Petals)

Rose Lemonade

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Noon Berenji - Cardamom Rose Cookies

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Rose Simple Syrup

Indulge your senses with an exquisite rose simple syrup. This syrup adds a subtle floral sweetness to hot beverages, cocktails, and desserts.

Cook Time5

Total Time5

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: Persian

Diet: Gluten Free, Kosher, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 39kcal

Author: Candice Walker

Ingredients

▢ ¼ cup rose water or dried rose petals (see notes)*
▢ ¾ cup water
▢ 1 cups sugar granulated, cane, turbinado, or brown

Instructions

Add the sugar, rose water, and water to a saucepan. Turn the heat to medium and stir until dissolved.
Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and let it come to room temperature. Transfer your rose simple syrup to a sealed container and keep in the refrigerator until ready for use. Keeps for up to 1 month.

Notes

* If using dried rose petals instead of rose water, you will need ½ cup of petals and 1 cup of water. Add the sugar and water to a saucepan. Turn the heat to medium and stir until dissolved. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add the dried rose petals and steep off the heat for 30 minutes. Strain to remove the petals, then transfer your rose simple syrup to a sealed container, and keep it the refrigerator until you want to use it. This also keeps for up to one month in the refrigerator.

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