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.

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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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Crystal O'Neal
Crystal O'Neal
April 9, 2020 2:17 pm
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5 stars
This spice blend is so good! I use it in a ton of baked goods.

Chitra kistna
Chitra kistna
April 4, 2020 2:28 am
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5 stars
Hi Lee,
love your idea for grounding the spices. I know about the these spices and I love a strong tasty
Chai any time of the day but it’s so difficult to boil all the spices together for a while and wait to
enjoy a cup of chai but with your idea, I can have it anytime and with the almond milk version looking forward to making that. So thank you very much! Love #fitfoodiefinds!!

Karin Cermele
Karin Cermele
January 18, 2020 6:27 pm

How much per cup of tea? Does it leave a sediment or should it be filtered?
kcermele@ail. com

Claire
December 28, 2019 3:40 pm
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This will be my second time making this. I love putting a dash in my coffee every morning. At some point, Iโ€™d love to make a cake and add this to it. Really great recipe, I love it.

Buffy
Buffy
December 5, 2019 3:17 pm

Well, it smells delicious! Novice at the whole Chai thing. How much of the mix do I add to what type of liquid? Milk, water, coconut milk?

Grandma D
Grandma D
December 4, 2019 11:19 am

Thank you! Yes delicious and American we are a melting pot! These spices have health benefits and so yummy!

Fay
Fay
November 16, 2019 3:50 pm
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3 stars
I made the mix, now how do I actually use it?

Carol
Carol
November 3, 2019 12:18 pm
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5 stars
Delicious! I think that I had been missing the ginger previously. I make a drink from milk, honey and this spice! Thank you!

Harry
Harry
September 30, 2019 12:54 pm
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Hilarious or perhaps sad that you consider this to be “American” cuisine.

Erin (Ezz)
April 30, 2019 9:49 pm
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OMG, thank you! I have been wanting to make my own for so long and it is also so fascinating to see what makes up this delicious concoction!