How to Make Infused Sugar
Jun 09, 2011, Updated Apr 12, 2025
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Infusing sugar is one of the easiest things to make and can add flavor and charm to recipes. The wonderful uses of infused sugars are endless! Learn how to make make your own with our step-by-step tutorial and how-to video!

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Pin ItI love the idea of infusing sugar! You can use the citrus or lavender sugar in a pound cake or sugar cookie recipe to add a hint of flavor or simply place a teaspoon in your coffee (think espresso bean-infused!) or when mixing a cocktail.
It can also be used to garnish the glass rim of some fresh-squeezed lemonade or another delicious drink!
The sugars make wonderful gifts and for a special touch, attach your favorite recipe that the sugar would compliment. Any type of citrus zest, vanilla bean, or herb will work perfectly. Read below to find the secret to infusing sugar ; )
Infusing Sugars
Supplies
Sugar – Cane or
A zester
Ribbon and Twine to Garnish the bottles.
Herbs, Dried Flowers, Citrus, or whatever you use to infuse the sugar.
Directions
- Zest the fruit you want to use to give your sugar a touch of flavor. Leave it out overnight to dry COMPLETELY, especially if you’re using fruit!
- Layer the sugar and the zest in a glass container. When you reach the top, add some extra zest for color.
- Let the sugar sit for at least one week before you use it, or hand them out as a favor. This will give the sugar optimal flavor!
- If you use lavender or espresso beans, you can remove them by straining the infused sugar into a separate bowl before using it in a recipe or coffee. Or you can grind the beans and lavender to a super fine consistency and leave them in the sugar!
Flavor Ideas to Add to Sugar
Here is a list of some flavors you can easily add to infuse sugar:
- Citrus Zest – Lemon, Lime, Orange, Grapefruit.
- Dried Flowers – Rose Petals, Lavender, Hibiscus (will make pink sugar!)
- Vanilla Bean
- Espresso
- Spices – Cinnamon, Cayenne, Allspice, Cardamom – use any spice to add a kick to the sugar!
- Dried Herbs – Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano… the endless possibilities with dried herbs.
- Ginger
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I’ve seen them at Michael’s Arts and Crafts.
Could you please tell me where you got the jars from??
I love this post. I have featured it on NZ Ecochick. Please view my post on: http://www.nzecochick.com/2011/11/christmas-ideas.html Feel free to grab my featured on button. Thanks for the great idea. I canโt wait to make some.
Ooh, yum. I was just laying in bed this morning, looking at the dried lavender in my window from last year, thinking this year I’ve got to do something more useful with it!
Me again! I just selected you for the Versatile Bloggers Award. Check out my post for details ๐
Cheers,
amy*
I’ve got some lavender at home right now just BEGGING to be made into lavender-infused sugar that I can add to my morning tea. Thanks for the inspiration!
Your site is always chalked full of the best pics ๐ I love visiting your blog Eden!
i have never done that, but it looks beautiful..i may just have to give em a try!!
xoxo
ash
I’ve never had infused sugar, but these beautiful pictures are very inspiring to try. Or even just make it becuase it looks so pretty!
Eden…I love this post…I have been thinking
of infusing sugars for a while now…your chic
post was appropriatly timed and lit a fire under me! You have a charmed blog!
~Lynne
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