1,224 sugar syrup recipes

Candied grapefruit or orange peel: citrus peel blanched five times to remove bitterness, simmered in sugar syrup until glossy, and rolled in granulated sugar. Old-school edible gift, zero waste.

Homemade candied orange peel boiled five times to remove bitterness, then simmered in sugar syrup and rolled in sugar. A two-ingredient confection for baking or snacking.

Grape marmalade made the old-fashioned way with just grapes and sugar, no added pectin. Slip the skins, simmer the pulp, then cook it down until the syrup sheets off the spoon and sets.

Candied orange peels half-dipped in bittersweet chocolate, Israeli-style. Soaked, boiled, and slow-simmered in sugar syrup until translucent, then rolled in sugar and coated. Keeps for 3 months.

Fresh figs gently poached in a simple sugar syrup until soft and jammy, then served with cream. A 3-ingredient, 15-minute breakfast that feels like a special occasion.

Capirotada, a traditional Mexican bread pudding layered with bananas, raisins, peanuts, almonds, and Monterey Jack cheese, soaked in a cinnamon-clove brown sugar syrup.

Buttered rum sauce with fresh pineapple chunks in a brown sugar syrup. Dark rum and butter combine with caramelized pineapple for a warm dessert topping that keeps a week.

Fluffy apple pecan pancakes with separated eggs, brown sugar, and cinnamon, served with apple spice syrup. Beaten egg whites fold in for extra-light, soufflé-style flapjacks.

Cantaloupe balls and blueberries in a fresh mint sugar syrup served as a fruit salad or chilled dessert with whipped cream. A light, refreshing summer fruit dish.

Tahitian baked mangoes in red wine with vanilla pods and superfine sugar. A simple, elegant tropical dessert served chilled with wine-poached fruit in a ruby syrup.

Basbousa bil loz (Egyptian almond basbousa) cooks toasted semolina and almonds with butter, then thickens with lemon-scented sugar syrup. A stovetop Middle Eastern dessert.

Middle Eastern fried pastries filled with spiced almond-cinnamon filling and dipped in sugar syrup. Crispy finger-shaped cookies that freeze beautifully.

Sweet zucchini pickles with cinnamon sticks and cloves in a vinegar-sugar syrup. Refrigerator pickles, no canning, perfect for summer's zucchini surplus.

Grilled pineapple chicken teriyaki marinated in soy sauce, molasses, brown sugar, pineapple syrup, and sauterne wine. Basted on the grill until caramelized and smoky.

Homemade canned fruit cocktail with fresh peaches, pears, seedless grapes, and maraschino cherries in sugar syrup. A from-scratch preserving recipe that beats store-bought.

Golden saffron cake with rose water and pistachios, soaked in vanilla sugar syrup and cut into diamonds like baklava. A fragrant Middle Eastern-inspired low-fat dessert.