Listen, we’re all friends here, so let’s be honest with each other. You love pumpkin spice shit. It’s okay, I do too. So stop lying to yourself and hop on this recipe immediately. The important part here is really the pumpkin spice simple syrup, AKA the life-giving elixir of fall. You can use the syrup wherever you’d typically use liquid sweetener — like in coffee drinks (duh), mixed into oatmeal, and even brushed between cake layers. But the real trick is to use it in your booze.
You can be fancy as f*ck and make a margarita (like the one at Broadway Bites last year that blew our minds), go the boozy-PSL route, or put in minimal effort and make this vodka soda. You’ll get the same results no mater how you use it: pumpkin spice wasted.
Pumpkin Spice Vodka Soda
- Prep Time:5 minutes
- Cook Time:15 minutes
- Total Time:20 minutes
- Servings:3
- Easy
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3 tablespoon pumpkin puree
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 oz vodka
- 2 cup sparkling water
Ingredients
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Step 1
Bring water, sugar, pumpkin puree, and spice to a boil in a saucepan.
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Step 2
Reduce heat and simmer until the mixture becomes syrupy.
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Step 3
Once the syrup is cooled, combine vodka, sparkling water, and pumpkin spice syrup to taste.
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Step 4
If you’re feeling extra bougie, rim your glasses with sugar before serving. Divide mixture into three glasses and get down with your spooky self.