
It’s the ultimate comfort food – a thick stack of pancakes topped with butter-rich homemade pancake syrup. Forget the overpriced, chemical filled store bought syrups. You can make your own mouth-watering pancake syrup quickly and easily in just minutes at home. Try this recipe for homemade pancake syrup today.
Melt In Your Mouth Homemade Pancake Syrup
This recipe is for a thick, rich, brown sugar and butter syrup. It works great with vanilla or maple flavoring, or you can use any other flavorings your heart desires. If you’ve never had homemade pancake syrup before, you’re in for a real treat.

Mix ½ cup water with ¾ cup brown sugar and ¼ cup white sugar in a saucepan.
Over medium-high heat, bring to a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve the sugars. Add a pinch of salt.

Continue to boil for 4-5 minutes until the syrup thickens.

Remove from heat. Add butter and stir until it’s fully melted and well blended.
Add in the vanilla or maple flavoring (or both!). As it cools, the syrup will get thicker.

Pour into a serving dish or just pour over a stack of homemade pancakes or biscuits. It’s a taste of pure heaven.
For extra flavor, you can add chopped nuts (optional). Simply add 2 tablespoons toasted, chopped walnuts or pecans to the finished syrup.
To toast the nuts, place on a lightly greased cookie sheet and toast for 3-5 minutes at 350 degrees. It doesn’t take long at all, so stay close by and keep an eye on them. As soon as you start to smell them roasting, they’re done. Take them out and let them cool before chopping them.
Since there’s butter in this recipe, you’ll want to keep any leftover syrup refrigerated. It’s best when used within 1-2 weeks if it lasts that long!

Melt In Your Mouth Homemade Pancake Syrup
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla or maple flavoring
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts or pecans toasted (optional)
Instructions
- Mix ½ cup water with ¾ cup brown sugar and ¼ cup white sugar in a saucepan.
- Over medium-high heat, bring to a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve the sugars. Add a pinch of salt.
- Continue to boil for 4-5 minutes until the syrup thickens.
- Remove from heat. Stir in the butter until it’s fully melted and well blended.
- Add in the vanilla or maple flavoring. As it cools, the syrup will get thicker.
For extra flavor, you can add chopped nuts (optional). Simply add 2 tablespoons toasted, chopped walnuts or pecans to the finished syrup.
- To toast the nuts, place on a lightly greased cookie sheet and toast for 3-5 minutes at 350 degrees. Take them out and let them cool before chopping them.
Notes
If you’re looking for more syrup ideas, check out these posts for fruit flavored pancake syrup and homemade chocolate syrup.

How much butter?
Use two tablespoons of butter. Thanks for catching that. I’ve added it in to the recipe. Hope you enjoy it!
Tried this recipe using almonds and it was better than any store bought or farmers market syrup I’ve ever had! Will use again next time I need syrup!
Thanks for the great tip! I love almonds and I’m definitely trying them next time!
Will never buy store bought syrup again.
Thanks! Glad you like it!
How much syrup does this recipe yield?
It makes roughly 3/4 cup of syrup or so. Thanks!
Just added vanilla and it was fabulous!
Sounds delicious, I’ve got to try it with the vanilla! Thanks!
Best syrup I’ve ever had, will never buy syrup again..
Thanks! Glad you like it!