Super Simple Syrup for Mocktails

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This Super Simple Syrup for Mocktails is so easy to make, you'll be able to do it in less than 5 minutes and with minimal mess!

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• Is there a downside to Dry January?
• Ingredients & how to make it
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• Try these mocktail recipes!
• Super Simple Syrup for Mocktails
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It’s almost Dry January and I am ready, what about you? 

There’s nothing better than a 30-day break from alcohol to kick off the year.  I’m not speaking from a health perspective, simply a personal one, but I know from my own experience the benefits are endless.

If you participate in Dry January, and possibly go even longer, you’ll notice some major benefits.  Here are a few that I’ve noticed for myself:

• Weight loss - yep, I lost a few pounds, but don’t expect a lot.  The weight loss was mostly just bloat, but even with that my clothes fit a lot better and I felt better.
• Skin - I’ve always struggled with PMS acne.  However, without the booze guess what? No acne.  Coincidence? Possibly, but I don’t think so! 
• Mood - No. More. Hangxiety.  The anxiety that I was feeling pretty much cleared up after an extended break from alcohol.  There was a point where I’d be waking up in the middle of the night or early in the morning with a racing heart and spending all day worrying about weird things.  Not anymore, life is much more peaceful.  

Is there a downside to Dry January?

Not really, giving up alcohol for any amount of time will benifit you.  

However, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that you will have a lot more time on your hands.  More boredom, and this isn’t a bad thing.  Just be sure to have something to fill that time with.  Perhaps you could take up a new hobby such as sewing or knitting?   Perhaps you’ll go to bed earlier and wake up well rested? 

Or my favorite way to fill some of that time? Mocktail-making! Mocktails can have tons of health benefits (many have herbs, kombucha, and fresh juice) and they’re absolutely delicious. 

Ingredients & how to make it

You just need two simple ingredients:

• Water - use filtered water to avoid any unpleasant tastes.
• Granulated (white) sugar

That's it. Again, this is Super Simple Syrup. Not extra-fancy-complicated-syrup (there's a time and a place for that).

To make it you're going to heat up your electric kettle - I have this one.

Then pour ½ cup of sugar into a pyrex (or you can use a mason jar).

After that pour ½ cup of boiling water over the sugar.

And finally stir it until it dissolves.

Let it cool to room temperature. Store it in a jar with a tight lid.

It'll last in the fridge for about 3 weeks!

Watch the TikTok tutorial here:

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This is the Simple Syrup (for cocktails and mocktails) recipe that you need when you don’t have a ton of time to be messing around at the stovetop. Simply boil some water in your kettle, pour it over white sugar, and stir it until it dissolves. That’s it. Super Simple Syrup ½ cup white sugar ½ cup water To a mason jar or pyrex, add ½ cup white sugar. Pour ½ cup boiling water over it, and stir it until it’s dissolved. Cover and refrigerate. That’s it! And you can customize it, of course. My favorite way to do this is to add a tea bag (jasmine, chamomile, green, black), or some fruit peels. If you want to make it spicy, add a jalapeno slice. #mocktails #sobertok #dryjanuary #simplesyruprecipe #mocktailrecipes

♬ 3:03 PM - しゃろう

Try these mocktail recipes!

If you're a huge mocktail fan, give these drinks a try! Here are a few of my favorites:

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