If you’re like me you love experimenting in the kitchen. One of the easiest and most fun things to make are definitely recreations of Starbucks drinks. Once you have the basics down (boiling water, using a coffee maker, and frothing milk using a blender) everything else becomes so simple. Here are 5 of my favorite Starbucks drinks that are easy to make at home. These recipes can be altered in any way. Once you know how to make one frappaccino, you can switch out the ingredients to make all of your Starbucks favorites–same with lattes. All of these drinks are delicious and are worth trying at home at least once.
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
1 cup of Milk
Peppermint candies or Starbucks Peppermint Syrup
1 Packet of Hot Chocolate Mix
Whipped Cream (Optional)
Shaved Chocolate (Optional)
Directions:
1. Crush Peppermint Candies or add Starbucks Peppermint Syrup into your milk. (Do this to your taste.)
2. Steam milk and candy mixture on medium heat. Continue stirring until peppermint is melted. If you would like extra chcolate-y goodness, you can add some shaved chocolate as well.
3. Strain milk mixture to make sure that no chunks of peppermint are left at the bottom.
4. Mix milk and peppermint mixture with your hot chocolate mix.
5. Top with whipped cream, shaved chocolate or a peppermint stick.
Java Chip Frappuccino
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups of Ice
1/2 Cup of milk
1/2 Cup of brewed coffee (cooled)
Chocolate Chips to your taste
3 Tbsp of Chocolate Syrup
Whipped Cream (optional)
Alternative: Switch out Chocolate Syrup and Chocolate Chips for Starbucks Java Chip ice cream. Use less ice if you’re doing it with ice cream instead. You can still add chocolate syrup and chocolate chips if you want an extra kick of chocolate.
Directions:
1. Add ice, coffee, milk, and chocolate syrup to a blender. Blend until all of the ice is crushed.
2. Add chocolate chips into blender, and blend for a few more seconds. Try counting until 15 mississippi.
3. Pour into cup. Top with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.
Passion Tea Lemonade
Ingredients:
1 Tazo Passion Tea teabag
1/2 Cup water
1/2 Cup Lemonade
Ice
Directions:
1. Boil water and pour over tea bag to make your passion tea.
2. Add tea, lemonade and ice to a shaker.
3. Shake it like a polaroid picture (just kidding, but you get the point.)
4. Pour into glass and enjoy!
Caramel Macchiato
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup or Espresso or Coffee (if you don’t have an espresso machine)
3/4 Cups of Milk
2 Tbsp Starbucks Vanilla Syrup
1 Tbsp Caramel Sauce
1. Simmer milk in a pot to make warm– make sure not to bring it to a boil.
2. Mix milk and vanilla syrup together and pour into a mug.
3. Add espresso our coffee over your milk mixture.
4. Top with yummy caramel sauce.
Chai Tea Latte
Ingredients:
1 Tazo Chai Tea teabag (or two if you like yours strong)
1 Cup of Water
1 Cup of Milk
2 Tbsp Starbucks Vanilla Syrup
Alternate: If you don’t want to make your own tea, Starbucks sells a Chai Tea Latte concentrate. Just Replace your tea with a cup of concentrate for the same recipe.
If you’d prefer a Dirty Chai just add 1/2 Cup of coffee to this mixture.
Directions:
1. Make your tea by boiling water and steeping your tea bag.
2. Simmer milk and vanilla syrup mixture making sure not to bring it to a boil.
3. Blend the milk mixture on high speed for about 10 seconds or until it is frothy.
4. Pour chai into mug and top with the milk mixture.