Homemade Chai Spices
Published 10/5/2018 • Updated 9/16/2024
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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!
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.
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.
Recipes with Chai Spices
Need some recipe inspiration to use your chai in? Here are some fun ways to us it:
- Meal Prep Apple Chai Oatmeal Cups
- Apple Chai Energy Balls
- Vegan Chocolate Chai Overnight Oats
- Vegan Chai Hot Chocolate
- Chai Apple Chips
- Dirty Chai Almond Milk
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.
Glass
Spice Jars
Organize your homemade spices with this empty glass spice jar set!
DIY Chai Spice Mix
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 2 teaspoons ground allspice
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 6 teaspoons ground ginger
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together. Store in a small spice container.
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Be careful with nutmeg! This recipe may have a bit too much – if someone were to go wild, make something using the whole recipe, and eat the whole thing, they could get nutmeg poisoning. I made eggnog with a whole nutmug (~5g – approx 2 tsp, same amount as in the recipe) that my wife and I split and she woke up in the middle of the night with tachycardia, irregular heartbeat, and an impending sense of doom (she was sure she was going to die), all of which are symptoms. Now, 2.5 grams shouldn’t have done that (it should take the full 5 at least) but you never know if you’ll be extra sensitive to it, plus she had been cooking with nutmeg quite a bit that week and it seems like it can build up in your system. I was unaffected but she felt terrible for a week. It could have been worse – you can require hospitalization or even die.
Hi! The serving size is 1/16 of this recipe, which is only 1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg.
It was okay; but why add allspice instead of just more cinnamon, nutmeg and clove? Seems redundant since that’s all allspice is. It’s also missing the black pepper.
Hi Bree,
Allspice is actually a spice all it’s own. It looks like black pepper as it’s whole form. It’s a common misconception, one I also thought until I happened across it. It adds more dimension to the chai mix.
I was trying to recreate a chai ice cream we had for an anniversary dinner and this was a perfect match!
Glad it worked out for you!
This was just perfect! I omitted the tea bags cuz I’m doing a caffeine free month and just love this spice blend. Just what I was looking for. Thank you. <3
I would say less cardamom in the recipe as that’s all I could taste in the blend.
Really lovely and warming – I would use less ginger next time, but it’s all down to personal taste!! I used whole cow’s milk instead and it was lovely and creamy!
Delish!!
Thanks this was perfect and just what I needed today!
Looking to make my own Chai Latte Powder as in South Africa we are struggling to find the original powder.
Thanks. Love it.
How doi make chai tea from this spice mix?
Here’s our chai tea latte recipe — https://fitfoodiefinds.com/allergy-friendly-chai-tea-latte/