Homemade Christmas Spice Mix
This quick and easy Christmas spice mix recipe creates a meticulously balanced blend of warm, spicy, sweet, and pungent notes. Perfect for adding a festive flavor to your favorite desserts and drinks like the classic pumpkin spice latte. A cinnamon spice blend that instantly adds winter aromas to your holiday recipes. Plus, the recipe’s flexibility allows for effortless doubling, ensuring you have ample supply for the whole winter season or simply use any extra spice mix for homemade gifts.
Why you’ll love this Christmas spice mix recipe
Homemade spice blends offer numerous benefits including saving time and money, and are one of the easiest ways to start making your food from scratch. Here’s why you’ll love my DIY Christmas spice mix:
- Well-balanced spice blend: Add instant festive flavors to your baking, desserts, and drinks.
- Food gift: This seasonal spice mix makes a great homemade gift, especially in the lead-up to Christmas.
- Meal prep: The recipe can easily be doubled or tripled to cover all your Christmas recipes.
Ingredients
- Cinnamon – Ground cinnamon adds warmth to this spice blend. Choose Ceylon cinnamon for a sweet flavor or Cassia for a stronger and spicier profile.
- Ginger – Ground ginger adds warmth and an extra zing to this mix.
- Nutmeg – Ground nutmeg brings a nutty flavor with a hint of earthiness
- Cloves – With a strong and pungent flavor, ground cloves add extra spice and warmth to this blend.
- Allspice – Ground allspice is the allrounder and offers spice, warmth, and sweetness and completes this winter spice mix.
How to use this Christmas spice blend
Add half to one teaspoon of the holiday spice mix to the following recipe for an extra festive flavor this holiday season:
- Winter spiced tea
- Spiced waffles
- Spiced pancakes
- Spiced rice pudding
- Christmas spiced hot chocolate
- Spiced mascarpone cream
- Pumpkin spiced hot chocolate
- Mixed spice for Christmas cake
- Traditional gingerbread spices (Lebkuchengewürz)
- Christmas spice mix for hot drinks, e.g. pumpkin spice latte or hot chocolate
FAQ
Cinnamon. That’s why this Christmas spice mix is a cinnamon spice blend.
Yes, you can use this recipe as a substitute for a pumpkin spice mix.
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Homemade Christmas Spice Mix
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine 3 tbsp ground cinnamon, 2 tsp ground ginger, 2 tsp ground cloves, 1 tsp ground allspice, and 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg.3 tbsp ground cinnamon, 2 tsp ground ginger, 2 tsp ground cloves, 1 tsp ground allspice, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Thoroughly combine the spices with a spoon or small whisk.
- Transfer the spice blend into a sterilized, lidded jar and use it as directed in your recipes.
