I went out to lunch today with a friend of mine from grad school who also works here at NOAA, and afterwards, when I remembered that I had failed to get the Gingerbread Syrup I saw for sale at Starbucks yesterday, I braved the wind and cold to make my way to Starbucks, and bought myself a Gingerbread latte (this time skinny and hot - because I didn't want it to get cold and me to get fat) AND the glorious syrup. I chatted with the Barista (I can't believe I just used that word - and I think it should be Baristo since it was a guy) and asked him what syrup they used for the lattes (to make sure that I was buying the same thing). He said yes - the syrup is made by the same company, but packaged (and I am sure priced) differently for retail sale.
The ingredients in my bottle are: Sugar, water, natural and artifical flavors (so awful they couldn't even be more specific), sodium benzoate (mmm, yummy), citric acid (orange juice, huh?), and caramel color.
I don't think I am ever going to be able to sleep again.
Edited to add: Of course, when I did a Google Image Search to find a pic of my bottle and I find that there are lots of companies selling Gingerbread-flavored syrup. Grumble grumble grumble.
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