Chunky Strawberry Pancake Syrup Recipe
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Yes, an easy chunky strawberry pancake syrup recipe exists and it’s a fabulous addition to your morning pancakes or waffles. You won’t believe how easy it is to make and it will add tons of delicious strawberry flavor to anything you put it on, from pancakes to cheesecake!
Strawberry pancake syrup is one of those things I remember from being a kid that I only got when I went to a restaurant. I remember thinking that it didn’t taste a lot like real strawberries, but I loved it just the same. I was a kid. It was sugar. So ya, I REALLY love it! In fact, I loved anything with strawberries at all.
Recipe Back Story
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My mom worked for Safeway for years and would bring home entire flats of strawberries that her boss would give her (back when they could do that at Safeway). I would eat so many of them in one sitting that I would break out in hives. I could eat almost an entire flat by myself. Strawberries were (and are) my favorite fruit!
So we recently brought home a batch of strawberries from Costco. It was more or less against my better judgement because they never taste really good this early in the season. At least not like they do in summer! But Mini Chef begged for them, so we brought them home.
He tried one berry and decided (as predicted) that they didn’t taste very good. So I told him we would just have to make something sweet with them. This, of course, perked him up and he immediately wanted to get into the kitchen with those strawberries. I made him wait until the following morning though, which was a mistake because any kid that has the promise of something sweet and tasty first thing in the morning makes for a REALLY early wake up for mom. When will I learn?
But we went downstairs and got right to work. In fact, he made this pretty much all himself while I stood back and took photos! And later that night at his dad’s, he had the remaining syrup over vanilla ice cream. Yum!!
Pro Recipe Tip
Keep stirring! Don’t let anything burn on the bottom of the pot because that burnt flavor will take over the whole thing. Even a little can change the flavor of your finished syrup.
About The Ingredients
Fresh strawberries – Pick the best, sweetest berries you can find.
Lemon – Zest only. Save the juice for something else.
Water – Use a good filtered water that doesn’t taste like chlorine.
Sucanat – Or coconut sugar or monk fruit.
Pure vanilla extract – Don’t use vanilla flavoring. Have you seen where that stuff comes from? Haha! Yikes!
How To Make Strawberry Pancake Syrup (Chunky Style)
Wash, trim, and quarter your strawberries.
Combine all ingredients in a medium sauce pot, stirring gently to combine.
Reduce heat to a slow simmer and cook for approximately 30-40 minutes, making sure to mash the strawberries when they become soft and cooked.
The syrup is done when it has thickened.
If you are having pancakes or waffles with this, make your batter while the strawberries cook.
When done, top your pancakes with strawberry syrup and some coconut whip cream for good measure!
Storage
The best way to store this syrup is in a canning jar with a tight-fitting lid. or some other airtight container. Keep in the fridge for up to five days.
Freezing
Freezing is not recommended for this recipe.
Reheating
You ca warm up this syrup in a pot on the stove top, or in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave.
More Homemade Syrup Recipes
- Blueberry Sauce/Syrup – A thick blueberry sauce for pancakes and waffles.
- Coconut Fudge Sauce – More like a chocolate syrup, this dairy free version is perfect for dairy allergy folks who still want a treat!
- Chocolate Syrup – Great for chocolate milk, ice cream, chocolate spoons (for gifts) and just about anything else you can put chocolate syrup on or in!
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Chunky Strawberry Pancake Syrup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups quartered strawberries
- 1 medium lemon (zest only)
- ½ cup water
- 3 tbsp. Sucanat (amazon affiliate link) – or coconut sugar
- ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Wash, trim, and quarter your strawberries.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium sauce pot, stirring gently to combine.2 ½ cups quartered strawberries, 1 medium lemon, ½ cup water, 3 tbsp. Sucanat (amazon affiliate link), ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
- Reduce heat to a slow simmer and cook for approximately 30-40 minutes, making sure to mash the strawberries when they become soft and cooked.
- The "syrup" is done when it has thickened.
- If you are having pancakes with this, make your batter while the strawberries cook.
- When done, top your pancakes with strawberry syrup and some coconut whip cream for good measure!
Notes
Nutrition
I just wanted to let you know. I keep trying to share this from your website onto facebook and it looks like it goes through but it doesn’t post to the wall of the facebook group I’m trying to share it on. I don’t even know how you’d look into that but wanted to pass that information on to you.
Summer – I will look into it. for now, you can easily just copy/paste the url (please not the recipe) into the group feed and it will populate with a photo. Thanks for letting me know!
This looks fantastic. Can you use frozen strawberries as strawberry season is over here in New England?
Linda – Absolutely!
Have you ever made this without the sugar? Would the texture come out the same? I’m prediabetic so i try to stay away from any sweeteners
Edythe – If you do it with summer strawberries that are really sweet, it would be fine. But I wouldn’t do it with winter strawberries unless you are willing to use something like stevia.