Cocktails with Coconut syrup
Coconut syrup is a non-alcoholic sugar syrup flavored with coconut, made with extract or on coconut water and milk. Unlike cream of coconut, it has almost no fat and pours like an ordinary simple syrup.
Substitutes for Coconut syrup
Coconut flavor without fat is the whole point, and that is what separates it from everything else on the coconut shelf. Adding a good coconut extract to a plain syrup keeps the light texture; anything pressed from the flesh does not.
Often confused with
Cream of coconut (Coco López)
A thick, fatty, heavily sweetened paste. It gives a drink a creamy, emulsified texture, whereas the syrup keeps it thin and light.
Coconut milk
An unsweetened culinary liquid pressed from coconut flesh. It won’t sweeten a drink until you’ve cooked it down with sugar.
Storage
Commercial syrup keeps at room temperature for up to a year. Homemade should stay refrigerated for no more than two weeks.
