This pumpkin spice sauce is perfectly sweet, creamy and has everything you love and more about the popular Starbucks version. Use this homemade version to add delicious pumpkin flavor to a homemade pumpkin spice latte or even drizzle on desserts.
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Why you’ll love this
As soon as the fall season starts getting close, it’s pumpkin spice season! If you love all things pumpkin like me, making your own homemade pumpkin spice sauce is the perfect way to celebrate the best time of year!
If you love Starbucks pumpkin sauce, you have to give this copycat recipe a try (because coffee shop lattes get expensive!). This delicious recipe is perfectly sweet and full of creamy pumpkin spice flavor.
This pumpkin spice sauce is a little different than pumpkin “syrup” because it’s creamy, just like the Starbucks sauce!
While this recipe calls for more “indulgent” ingredients, I love making homemade coffee syrups and sauces at home because you have full control over how much you add to your coffee. This sauce adds just the right amount of creaminess and sweetness.
The best things about this pumpkin spice sauce recipe are that it’s easy to put together, uses simple ingredients like actual pumpkin puree, and only takes about 10 minutes.
You can use this pumpkin spice sauce to make your own at-home pumpkin spice lattes, add it to your regular cup of coffee, or even drizzle it on vanilla ice cream or on top of pancakes. You could even add this pumpkin pie sauce to hot chocolate.
It’s the perfect addition to your rotation of pumpkin recipes, so lets get into what you need!
Ingredients
You only need a few real ingredients to make this simple recipe!
- Pumpkin puree: Make sure to grab real pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling from your local grocery store. Adding real pumpkin is a total game changer because it adds the real natural flavors of pumpkin and isn’t just pumpkin spice alone.
- Sweetened condensed milk: Sweetened condensed milk gives the sauce the same creaminess as the Starbucks pumpkin sauce. To make dairy free, you can use sweetened condensed coconut milk if you can find it.
- Brown sugar: Dark brown sugar is my favorite for a brown sugar syrup, which is the base of this sauce. You can use light brown sugar as well.
- Water: You’ll need water to create a syrup with the brown sugar.
- Vanilla: Here’s my favorite vanilla extract.
- Pumpkin pie spice: You’ll need pumpkin spice for that delicious blend of warm fall spices, my favorite! You can also use ground spices to make your own; pumpkin spice is usually a blend of ground ginger, ground cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
- Cinnamon: I love adding extra cinnamon to anything pumpkin spiced.
How to make pumpkin spice sauce
- First, make brown sugar simple syrup by combining brown sugar, water, and vanilla extract to a small saucepan and combine well using a wooden or silicone spoon. Bring ingredients to a boil and then immediately lower to simmer. Simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Bring to a simmer on low heat.
- Simmer for 3-4 minutes and then turn off heat and allow sauce to cool.
How to store
Store extra pumpkin sauce in the fridge in an airtight container for up to a week.
How to use
Hot drinks
To add to hot coffee or espresso, stir well until fully combined, then add milk or cream.
Cold drinks
To add to iced drinks like iced coffee, first stir into a small amount of hot coffee or espresso. To make sure it’s combined well, I recommend using a lid and shaking it up with ice.
Desserts
You can use this sauce to drizzle on your favorite desserts immediately after making it. If it’s being stored in the fridge you’ll likely need to let it sit at room temperature for a few minutes before using so that it’s thin enough.
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Pumpkin Spice Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- First, make brown sugar simple syrup by combining brown sugar, water, and vanilla extract to a small saucepan and combine well using a wooden or silicone spoon. Bring ingredients to a boil and then immediately lower to simmer. Simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Bring to a simmer on low heat. Note: some of the spices may float to the top but will continue to mix in as the sauce cooks and cools.
- Simmer for 3-4 minutes and then turn off heat and allow sauce to cool.
- To add to hot coffee or tea, stir well until fully combined and add milk or cream.
- To add to iced coffee, stir into a small amount of hot coffee or espresso first and then shake well after adding to iced coffee.
