Homemade Ube Syrup

5 from 2 votes

Make perfectly handcrafted, homemade ube syrup with this easy simple syrup recipe in under 10 minutes and with 4 simple ingredients!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: ml

Calories: 2.6kcal

Measure water into a small saucepan.
Add sugar and turn on the heat to a medium flame. Cook the syrup until the sugar is completely dissolved. Stirring the sugar will help the sugar dissolve quicker (see Note 1).
Turn off the heat as soon as the sugar is dissolved. Cooking the syrup for too long will alter its consistency.
Add the ube extract. Stir well to mix.
Let the syrup cool completely to room temperature before pouring it into a clean and dry bottle, airtight container or mason jar. Refrigerate until ready to use. Keep the syrup refrigerated.

When stirring, make sure not to splatter sugar on the sides of your pan. Any undissolved sugar granules can cause your syrup to crystalize (especially if you are making a thicker syrup with a consistency of 1 part water to 2 parts sugar).
This simple syrup is made using one part sugar and one part water. This ratio works well for most purposes, but for a thicker syrup (to make ube pancake syrup, or for drizzling for example), increase the ratio to two parts sugar to one part water by doubling the sugar measurement in the recipe.
Overcooking can evaporate the water and alter the consistency of your syrup. To maintain the consistency of water and sugar ratio in the syrup, heat up the water only until the sugar is dissolved.
To make vanilla flavored ube syrup, add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract along with the ube extract when making the syrup.