Best coffee syrups

Start with the Sugar Free Vanilla Coffee Syrup — vanilla is the flavor that works in everything (hot, iced, lattes), it's zero-calorie, and it's the most-reviewed bottle here, so it's the safest first buy.

Then pick by what you drink:

• Caramel macchiato — if you want a coffee-shop drink at home; the highest-rated single bottle.
• Toasted marshmallow or salted caramel — for dessert-style, sweet-tooth cups.
• Fall trio (cinnamon dolce, pumpkin spice, salted caramel) — best way to try three flavors without committing to a big bottle.
• French vanilla/caramel/hazelnut trio — the classic starter set for a household with different tastes.
• Peppermint mocha — seasonal, and the only full-sugar pick here.
• 1883 syrups — café-style European bottles if you want a barista-grade pour.

Go sugar-free unless you want the full-sugar body in a mocha; monk-fruit and sucralose versions taste thinner but keep calories at zero.