Healthy Homemade Sugar Free Blueberry Syrup
This Healthy Homemade Sugar Free Blueberry Syrup contains no high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavorings, or artificial food colorings, just pure blueberry goodness.
This low-calorie syrup is perfect paired with oatmeal, yogurt, ice cream, smoothies, and so much more! Thick, sweet and syrupy, this is oh so good. Just like the store-bought syrups but without all the artificial ingredients.
Instead of sweetening this Healthy Sugar Free Blueberry Syrup with high fructose corn syrup, bleached white sugar, artificial sweeteners and aspartame, I used all-natural stevia.
Instead of using citric acid I used organic lemon flavoring for a bit of tartness and to lighten up the blueberry flavor.
Instead of potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives) that are typically added to store-bought syrups, I used… no preservatives!
And instead of artificial food dyes (that are linked to hyperactivity, ADHD, tumors, cancer, and so on) I used all natural, plant-based food coloring.
All of these ingredient replacements are just so you can feel good about pouring this into your pie hole drizzling this over your meal of choice… aka, dessert. DUH.
Healthy Homemade Sugar Free Blueberry Syrup
Ingredients
- 3¼ cups Water
- 2 tbs Natural Blueberry Flavor
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¼ tsp Lemon Flavor
- Natural Blue Food Coloring (optional)
- 2 tsp Liquid Stevia Extract (or 2 cups Stevia in the Raw)
- 1 tsp Xanthan Gum
- ⅛ tsp Salt
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender and puree until smooth and even. Give it a taste and add more stevia/flavoring if you like.
- Pour into serving bottles and refrigerate to store.
As a comparison, here is the nutrition label for Torani’s Blueberry Syrup.
Not only does this recipe skip out on the sugar, artificial flavoring, artificial colorings and preservatives, it also skips out on the calories and carbs! Wow, 110 unhealthy calories vs. 5 healthy calories? I’ll take the 5, please and thank you.
Now let’s watch this syrup in action:
^^ Plain, boring, blah yogurt.
^^ Oh wait, things are getting a little interesting…
^^ YASSSS, PERFECTION!
Swirl. Scoop. Chomp.
Mmmmm!
*melts like the Wicked Witch of the West*
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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Indulge − no strings attached!
What a great recipe, love what a healthy alternative this is and imagining everything I can put this syrup on and in:)
Thanks Matt! Yogurt, oatmeal, ice cream, you name it! 🙂
Yum, this looks so delicious! I love how you have sprinkles in the photos even though this isn’t really sprinkle related…. there’s never a bad time for sprinkles! 🙂
Thanks so much Emily!
Yeah, I’ve been in a photography funk lately and can’t seem to get the right photo props 😉
But, I guess the sprinkles work since sprinkles are a topping, and so is this syrup! 🙂
-Jess
This looks so delicious Jessica! I could think of about 100 ways to use this right on the spot. Including just by the spoon 🙂
xoxo Sarah Grace, Fresh Fit N Healthy.
Thanks so much Sarah! 🙂
i love the color! it looks great!
Aww thanks Dina! 🙂
This may be a stupid question, but how long with this last in the fridge? It looks wonderful, but I am not sure I can finish off the whole bottle in a weeks time 🙂
Carlen-
That’s not a stupid question at all!
Because this syrup doesn’t contain fresh blueberries, it will keep for quite some time (the main reason why I didn’t use real blueberries)… I don’t know the exact length of time, but it will keep for ~1-2 months. Just make sure to shake it every now and then 🙂
Hope you like the recipe!!
-Jess