Homemade Chai Spices

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Do you love chai-flavored recipes? We do! I always have a jar of our homemade chai spices in my cabinet because this blend of seasonings is such an easy way to add a flavor burst to recipes. My favorite way to use it is in baking recipes. I usually add a teaspoon or so to our healthy muffins for reference!

In this post, we’ll teach you how to mix up your own chai spices to create the tastiest chai tea lattes, apple chai oatmeal cups, or chocolate chai overnight oats!

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Bring on all of the chai-flavored recipes this fall! Whether you are a spicy chai tea person, a sweet chai person, or a dirty chai tea latte kind of human, this homemade chai spice mix is delicious and totally customizable.

Add these chai spices to your cabinet for easy access to chai spices all year round. You can add this mix to a protein, overnight oats, or your favorite sweet snack for a chai spice twist!

What is in chai spice?

How much chai spice should I use in chai tea?

Per 1 cup of water/milk, we recommend using 1 teaspoon of chai spices + 1 black tea bag to make chai tea. Check out our chai tea latte recipe.

chai spices in a jar

What does this chai spice mix taste like?

This chai spice mix is on the spicier side. We like our chai with a bite rather than a sweet spice mix so we added a little extra ground ginger. If you love yourself a sweet chai, try taking out some ginger and adding more cinnamon or even a teaspoon of coconut sugar or brown sugar. Have no shame either way. The taste buds want, what the taste buds want. DO YOU FEEL ME?

We love mixing up our own chai spices so that we have chai spice ready in the pantry whenever we’re craving a chai tea latte or one of our favorite Fit Foodie Finds chai recipes. Yes, we have a bunch!  Check them out.

chai spices in a jar

Recipes with Chai Spices

Need some recipe inspiration to use your chai in? Here are some fun ways to us it:

chai spices on a plate

Yes, chai spices are totally a fall and winter thing. BUT, chai spices are totally acceptable in the spring and summer months, too! I love me a yummy iced chai or chai protein smoothie during the summer. Now, mix yourself up a batch of these chai spices!

How to Store Homemade Chai Spices

We recommend storing your spices in a spice jar or glass jar with a lid in a cool, dark place. It will last for up to 3-6 months.

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Organize your homemade spices with this empty glass spice jar set!

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DIY Chai Spice Mix

Make your own DIY chai spice with spices you already have in your cabinet. Add to an iced drink, smoothie, overnight oats, or your favorite sweet snack for a chai spice twist!
By: Lee Hersh
Prep: 5 minutes
Servings: 18
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Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • Mix all ingredients together. Store in a small spice container.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 /16, Calories: 3 kcal, Carbohydrates: 0 g, Protein: 0 g, Fat: 0 g, Fiber: 0 g, Sugar: 0 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Lee is the founder of Fit Foodie Finds and based in Minneapolis, MN. She started this website in 2010 as a way to share her love for real food and wellness. The internet has changed so much since then and so has Fit Foodie Finds. Today we're a female-run recipe website publishing hundreds of tried and true recipes developed and tested by our team.

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Amanda
Amanda
October 5, 2014 11:19 am

Hey,
do you know what allspice could also be known as? trying to think if there is any international equivalent.
I happen to be in love with chai, and making my own would save me so much money! #poorstudent

Amanda
Amanda
October 5, 2014 11:22 am
Reply to  Amanda

sorry! Found it!

Bina
Bina
November 7, 2016 9:14 pm
Reply to  Lee Funke

Hi, I was wondering how much chai spice, sugar, milk and water did you use for one cup? Thank you.

Completehealthnews
March 24, 2014 2:42 am

Awesome post! Now only i hear about chai spice mix..Gonna to try this recipe.

Sara @ Running Around The Charles
March 18, 2014 11:29 am

I have never cooked with Chia before…. I really need to start doing that! Maybe this weekend I will get some at TJs. ๐Ÿ™‚

Alex @ Alex Runs For Food
March 15, 2014 1:30 am

apple chips!!! i love chai flavored things!!

GiGi Eats Celebrities
March 14, 2014 4:58 pm

Chia Tea used to be my rocket fuel. I always used to get a soy chia at the gas station next to my boarding school during high school!! Ha! That was before I knew or cared about nutrition or had ANY of my stomach problems! NowI know better and… Will DIEEEEEEEE if I drink soy. LOL! But this spice mix can STILL work its way into my life! ๐Ÿ™‚

GiGi Eats Celebrities
March 16, 2014 10:28 pm
Reply to  Lee Funke

My nose just got excited!

Lisa @ RunWiki
March 14, 2014 8:42 am

I love Chai! Nothing more soothing then the smell of warm spice in the air!

Hayley@healthyregardshayley
March 13, 2014 6:17 pm

I can not wait to make this!

Maureen
March 13, 2014 2:51 pm

Why did I think Chai was this complicated thing? I’m so out of the loop! Love all of these spices! ๐Ÿ™‚

Michele
Michele
January 4, 2015 8:14 pm
Reply to  Lee Funke

How much chai spice with the tea bag and milk to make a chai latte?

Hillary | Nutrition Nut on the Run
March 13, 2014 12:59 pm

love the photos! and chai, of course. the coconut milk chai ice cream from minimalist baker, i die!

Lauren
March 13, 2014 12:39 pm

Love this post Lee! I recently found your blog- great work-wonderful photography and recipes. You have a new follower!

xo,
Lauren

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