You can make a super easy and delicious Starbucks copycat Frappuccino recipe at home, with just 5 minutes and a blender!
The best homemade Starbucks Frappuccino recipe
In almost no time, this popular frosted coffee drink can be all yours.
Thick, whipped, frosty and creamy, the classic energizing blended coffee beverage is one recipe you will be making over and over again.
Thousands of reviewers agree that this is absolutely the best homemade Frappuccino recipe they’ve tried. Plus, you get full control of how much sugar to add.
Even with no artificial flavors, no xanthan gum, and no preservatives, it really does taste just as good as the famous original, or possibly even better!
You may also like this Chocolate Mug Cake
Benefits of making your own
Another advantage to making your own frozen coffee drinks is the lower price.
One single venti Starbucks Frappuccino can cost as much as $5.95. While grande and tall drinks cost fifty cents to a dollar less, this can still add up pretty quickly if you order them every week.
Add a pump of syrup, and the price goes up even more.
Depending on the type of milk and sweetener you choose, this DIY Frappuccino can yield more than seven drinks for just about three dollars total.
So why not save money and skip the coffee shop version? Whip up your own healthy Frappuccinos at home, and you won’t even have to leave your pajamas!
Too cold for a Frappuccino? Make this Pumpkin Spice Latte
Watch the homemade Frappuccino recipe video, above
Healthy coffee Frappuccino recipe ingredients
To make the easy coffee recipe, you will need milk of choice, regular or decaf instant coffee, pure vanilla extract, sweetener of choice, and a pinch of salt.
There’s no brewed espresso and no heavy cream required. And the iced coffee drink can be dairy free, sugar free, gluten free, soy free, nut free, keto friendly, and vegan.
For a vegan Frappuccino, just choose a nondairy milk. Almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, and oat milk are all great options.
Use your favorite all purpose sweetener. This includes granulated sweeteners like white or brown sugar or unrefined sweeteners like coconut sugar or date sugar. You may also use a liquid sweetener, such as honey, agave, or pure maple syrup.
If you prefer a keto Frappuccino with no sugar, opt for low carb offerings like xylitol, erythritol, allulose, or a monk fruit blend. Or add stevia extract to taste.
Be sure to buy pure vanilla extract, not imitation vanilla flavoring. This will make a big difference in your finished recipe.
Leftover coffee? Make Keto Chocolate Mousse
How to make a copycat Starbucks Frappuccino
Read through the recipe instructions, then gather all of your ingredients.
Whisk together the milk of choice, coffee granules, vanilla, sweetener, and salt.
Freeze the liquid mixture in a shallow container or ice cube tray.
This step can be done days or even weeks ahead of time, giving you an almost instant coffee drink any time a craving hits.
Once the coffee ice cubes are frozen, pop them out into a blender.
Let the blocks thaw just enough for your blender to handle. If you have a powerful high speed blender like a Vitamix or Blendtec, you may be able to skip the thawing step.
The recipe will also work with a cheaper blender or a food processor. There’s no fancy equipment needed to make your own Frappuccinos.
Blend everything together until it reaches a thick and slushy Frappuccino texture.
Taste, then add additional sweetener if needed. Do not add any ice, because it would dilute the deep coffee flavor.
Pour the frozen coffee frappe into a tall glass or two mason jars.
Top with whipped cream, ice cream, chocolate syrup, crushed graham crackers, or crumbled cookies if desired.
While the blender is out, make Coconut Ice Cream
Secret Menu Frappuccino Flavors
Salted Caramel Frappuccino: Increase the salt to a scant one eighth teaspoon. Add a spoonful of jarred caramel sauce or homemade Coconut Caramel to the base recipe. Or add a swirl on top after blending.
Mocha Frappuccino: Add three tablespoons of cocoa powder to the base recipe before blending. For a double chocolate Frappuccino, top with shaved chocolate.
Java Chip Frappuccino: Make the recipe below as written, blending in a tablespoon or two of regular size or mini chocolate chips or Sugar Free Chocolate Chips.
Vanilla Bean Frappuccino: This one is made with no coffee or caffeine. Make the recipe below and omit the instant coffee. Instead of the half teaspoon of pure vanilla extract, add one teaspoon of vanilla bean paste or the seeds from a vanilla bean.
Pumpkin Frappuccino: Blend in half a cup of pumpkin puree, a fourth teaspoon of cinnamon, an eighth teaspoon each of pumpkin pie spice and ground ginger, and an optional pinch of ground cloves. Top with Coconut Whipped Cream.
Peanut Butter Frappuccino: This one is easy. Simply blend in one or two tablespoons of peanut butter (or almond butter) into your coffee beverage.
The next secret menu flavor variations on my list to create include Oreo, white chocolate, chai tea, strawberry crème, mint or peppermint, matcha, butterbeer, chocolate hazelnut, toffee nut, birthday cake batter, and unicorn Frappuccinos.
Can you think of any other flavors I should try?
Serving suggestions for your coffee drink
One of the best things about the recipe is that you can serve it with breakfast instead of hot coffee, as part of a healthy afternoon snack, or as a delicious dessert.
The coffee Frappuccino copycat pairs perfectly with Healthy Banana Bread or a thick slice of Chocolate Banana Bread or this low carb Almond Flour Banana Bread.
If you are not a banana fan, the drinks are also great alongside other baked goods such as scones, blondies, brownies, donuts, cookies, or Applesauce Muffins.
Or turn it into a meal, serving with Vegan French Toast or heart healthy oatmeal for an energy rich breakfast or a grilled veggie wrap, sandwich, or Avocado Salad for lunch.
More easy copycat recipes
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies (Toll House copycat)
Chick-fil-A Healthy Peach Milkshake
Frappuccino Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Whisk ingredients together. Freeze in shallow containers or an ice cube tray (I used this ice cube tray). Once frozen, pop the blocks out. Thaw until just soft enough for your blender to be able to handle it. Blend until desired slushiness is reached. Add extra sweetener if needed, but do not add ice, because it would dilute the flavor. Feel free to add cocoa, cinnamon, berries, chai, banana, or other flavors if you wish. (More flavor ideas are listed earlier in the post.) And don't forget to leave a review if you try it!View Nutrition Facts
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Oh my, this was super tasty! I made it tonight b/c I was having a Starbucks craving sooo badly, and this hit the spot. I added cocoa powder and a bit of chocolate syrup. I made your vegan cool whip, I had really thick and creamy coconut milk, but when I mixed it up it was more like soupy cool whip instead of fluffy. Anyhoo, I still put it on top of my healthy mocha frap, and mixed in it tastes like the coconut mocha frappuccino they had all summer. It was delicious! Just one caution though: do not get overly excited about this drink and try to pour it out too fast, I did that and half of mine ended up on the floor because it came out too quickly and I actually wailed, “Nooooo!!”
Also, I just have to tell you, your blog has changed my life. I have had to give up sugar cold turkey because of ovarian cysts, and in hopes that cutting it out along with dietary changes will also help DH and I get pregnant (TMI? Sorry if it is…), and your blog has helped so SO much. I still get to have my cake and eat it too, sans sugar and chemical crap! Thanks so much for all you do 🙂
Any suggestions for making a healthy double chocolate chip cream frap like the ones from starbucks?
I’ve never seen those… are they just frapps with chocolate chips added? I’ll have to google it!
Yes they are fraps with the chocolate chips and chocolate sauce. They are quite tasty.
I end up on your blog from pinterest A LOT. 🙂 I should just subscribe 🙂 This looks so good, but I can’t stand Stevia. It has that same horrible after taste as artificial sweetners to me. Well, guess I could make one with agave nectar…. at least it wouldn’t have high fructose corn syrup 🙂
You definitely don’t need to use stevia! I always give options for stevia-free versions of every one of my recipes :).
(Side note: if you haven’t, try NuNaturals stevia, as it’s the ONLY brand I’ve found to not have an aftertaste.)
Just popped this in the freezer! So excited to have this for breakfast tomorrow with a banana 🙂 YUM!
Is the coffee you add prepared coffee or just the grounds?
Also, if I want to add the chocolate etc to it when do I do that? At the same time as other ingredients or when I blend? I am new at this coffee stuff. Thanks!
Just the granules :).
Add chocolate any time!
This sounds AMAZING cant wait to try it!!!
Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino
Here’s a sugar free, non-dairy version.
About 110 calories per 12 oz.
1 cup Vanilla Almond Milk
1/2 cup Coffee Mate French Vanilla Creamer – sugar free (liquid creamer)1/3 cup powdered non-dairy coffee creamer
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tbsp instant coffee crystals
1 (3.25 oz) Jello Vanilla Pudding Snack Pack (prepared pudding cup) - sugar free
2 cups ice cubes
Blend on HIGH for 45-seconds or until smooth. Makes about. 48 oz.
The Jello pudding cup makes a thick, rich, low calorie Frappuccino.
This recipe wouldn’t be non-dairy if you use Jello Pudding. I believe the 1st ingredient in those is milk. 🙁
So glad I found you
Hi, I loved this recipe! I tried it in a blender and therefore had to add some liquid to get it to blend, but despite that it was delicious (though it didn’t look as beautiful as yours!) Thank you!
YUM! The pictures are gorgeous! I’m sure it’d be delicious with your Vegan Whipped Cream! 😉 Is the nutrition info with the sugar? 🙂
Oh my goodness this was so good! I made it one night, and I started tasting it to see if it was sweet enough, and I couldn’t stop drinking it! LOL I ended up not freezing it haha! It was DELICIOUS! I couldn’t believe how much it tasted like a starbucks drink that I used to get! Next time (since it’s winter now and cold outside) I think I might try heating it up! 😉 Thanks for the great recipe! 🙂
Hello there,
I tried your recipe with almond milk and added just one tablespoon of Hersey’s Dark Chocolate cocoa powder because I happen to really love that mocha flavor. =) It didn’t turn out so much as a frappucinno for me, more so of a mocha, icy, sorbet texture, which was still really good! I wonder if it’s because I didn’t allow it to thaw? I put it straight into my vitamix. In any case, I just wanted to let you adding that extra tablespoon of cocoa to the whole recipe is VERY worth trying. Thanks so much for sharing! I will be making this mocha sorbet again! Yum.
I don’t know if this comment has been made, but you don’t have to freeze this at all for it to be a Starbucks drink. If you just mix it up and add ice then its like an Iced Coffee drink. I could make this at work (haven’t yet). I did make the frozen version this morning. It was good, but I’m too impatient to wait until its thawed some. I like just pouring the mix in a glass, mixing it, and adding ice.
I doubled the sweetner also.
Just made this and yum 🙂 I made it a bit unhealthy by using 1 & 1/2 cup of evaporated milk + 1/2 cup of water instead of just milk, but couldn’t tell a difference. I did add ice instead of freezing and then blending but it didn’t dilute the flavor. GREAT RECIPE!!!
Katie I just tried this recipe, the frappucino is so goooddddd!!! It tastes even better than the ones in starbucks! Thank you so much for such a wonderful recipe!
Oh yeah also, I blended in chocolate chips with it! It was amazing 🙂
I know this post is old, but I LOVE everything I’ve ever made by Katie including this frappuccino! Katie, you’re always so creative and it’s awesome to be able to find healthy versions of not-so-healthy treats. I don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but here’s a tip from having worked at Starbucks- add a pinch of xanthan gum with the rest of the ingredients. That’s actually one of the ingredients in the base “goo” that holds the drink’s consistency together. If you don’t, or can’t use xanthan gum, guar gum would probably work too. Give it a try- I always use xanthan gum when I make fraps at home!