HOW TO USE MINT SUGAR

by | May 19, 2026

Spearmint sugar is a flavored sugar made by blending fresh or dried spearmint with sugar. It adds a cool, sweet mint flavor without the stronger bite of peppermint. Here are some of the best ways to use it:

Drinks

  • Stir into hot tea
  • Sweeten iced tea or lemonade
  • Rim cocktail or mocktail glasses
  • Add to coffee or iced coffee
  • Mix into sparkling water

Baking

  • Sprinkle on sugar cookies before baking
  • Use in shortbread or butter cookies
  • Add to cake batters or muffin mixes
  • Mix into pie crust sugar toppings
  • Dust over brownies or chocolate desserts

Fruit & Fresh Desserts

  • Sprinkle on strawberries, watermelon, peaches, or cantaloupe
  • Mix into whipped cream
  • Stir into yogurt
  • Top ice cream or sorbet
  • Add to fruit salads

Breakfast Foods

  • Stir into oatmeal
  • Sprinkle on toast with butter
  • Add to pancake or waffle batter
  • Mix into granola
  • Sweeten smoothies

Candy & Chocolate

  • Roll truffles in it
  • Sprinkle over chocolate bark
  • Add to homemade fudge
  • Mix into hot cocoa

Garden & Herbal Uses

  • Blend into herbal tea mixes
  • Use in homemade lip scrubs or body scrubs
  • Add to simple syrup for desserts and drinks

Good Flavor Pairings

Spearmint sugar pairs especially well with:

  • Chocolate
  • Lemon and lime
  • Blackberry
  • Peach
  • Strawberry
  • Vanilla
  • Green tea

A simple way to make a quick mint dessert is:

Slice strawberries

Sprinkle with spearmint sugar

Let sit 10 minutes

Spoon over pound cake or ice cream

Here are several easy recipes that use spearmint sugar well.

Spearmint Lemonade

Ingredients

  • 1 cup lemon juice
  • 4–5 cups cold water
  • 1/3–1/2 cup spearmint sugar
  • Ice

Directions

Stir spearmint sugar into lemon juice until dissolved.

Add water.

Taste and adjust sweetness.

Serve over ice.

Spearmint Strawberries

Ingredients

  • 1 quart sliced strawberries
  • 2–3 tablespoons spearmint sugar

Directions

Toss strawberries with sugar.

Let sit 15–30 minutes.

Serve alone or over:

    • shortcake
    • yogurt
    • cheesecake
    • ice cream

Spearmint Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup spearmint sugar for topping

Directions

Cream butter and sugar.

Add egg and vanilla.

Mix dry ingredients separately, then combine.

Roll into balls and flatten slightly.

Sprinkle tops with spearmint sugar.

Bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes.

Blackberry Spearmint Tea

Ingredients

  • 1 cup blackberries
  • 2 tea bags
  • 4 cups water
  • 2–4 tablespoons spearmint sugar

Directions

Brew tea.

Mash blackberries lightly.

Stir in spearmint sugar.

Chill and strain if desired.

This pairs especially well with your blackberry barbecue flavors.

Spearmint Whipped Cream

Ingredients

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons spearmint sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  1. Beat until soft peaks form.
  2. Serve on:
    • brownies
    • hot cocoa
    • berries
    • iced coffee

Mint Chocolate Bark

Ingredients

  • 2 cups melted chocolate
  • 2–3 tablespoons spearmint sugar

Directions

Spread melted chocolate on parchment.

Sprinkle generously with spearmint sugar.

Chill until firm.

Break into pieces.

Spearmint Simple Syrup

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup spearmint sugar

Directions

Heat until dissolved.

Cool.

Store refrigerated.

Use in:

  • tea
  • lemonade
  • cocktails
  • fruit salads
  • kombucha flavoring

Spearmint Peach Iced Tea

Ingredients

  • 4 tea bags
  • 1 sliced peach
  • 3 tablespoons spearmint sugar
  • 1 quart water

Directions

Brew tea.

Add peaches while warm.

Stir in sugar.

Chill several hours.