Dr Pepper Recipe (homemade soda)
Ingredients
To simmer:
- 1½ cups water
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon chunks
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 whole star anise pod
- 1 tablespoon dried ginger root
- 1 tablespoon peppercorns
- 1/3 cup dried cherries OR 1 cup fresh/frozen cherries
After simmering:
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste
- 3/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Simmer the spices and water in a covered saucepan for about 20 minutes on med-low.
- Strain the chunks out of the syrup, making sure to get all the syrup out of the cherries. Add the sugar while the syrup is still warm.
- Stir in the extracts and juices.
- Store syrup in a jar in the fridge for 2+ weeks.
To make a Dr Pepper soda:
- Add ¼ cup syrup to roughly 8 oz (or about 1 cup) seltzer water.*
Notes
*You can either use soda machine to make carbonated water for your Dr pepper, or you can purchase cans/bottles of plain seltzer to use instead.