There are several options if you’re out of honey or need a vegan option! Here is the best honey substitute for baking or recipes.
Preparing a recipe and don’t have honey on hand? Or do you need to replace the honey with a vegan option? Here are the best honey substitutes! Honey is a natural liquid sweetener with a nuanced flavor. It gives baking recipes a mild sweetness and a subtle honey flavor.
Recipes without refined sugar have become very popular, so you can find many recipes online that use honey (we love to use honey in desserts and even as honey syrup for sweet cocktails). If you just got released or need a vegan subscription, here are your best options.
best honey substitute
Note that how these options work depends on the type of recipe and how the honey is used.
1. Maple Syrup
The best honey substitute? maple syrup. Maple syrup is similar in texture to honey and makes the perfect vegan substitute! In fact, we prefer maple syrup for its more neutral sweet flavor. It’s great for recipes like no-bake cookies, banana blueberry muffins, granola, salad dressings, smoothies and sauces. Use maple syrup as a 1:1 substitute for honey.
2. Sugar of any kind
Honey is often used in recipes to replace sugar. So you can simply replace the sugar with honey! Sugar actually gives a much better texture to baking recipes like cookies. You can also use it as a substitute for sauces and dressings. In small amounts, you can use sugar as a 1:1 substitute for honey. If it’s in larger quantities like in cookies, you can make a 1:1 substitute and may need to add some liquid to account for the moisture the honey adds.
Related Recipes
Here are some honey recipes:
