Starbucks Frappuccino Recipe

If you're anything like me, you love Starbucks' frappucinos but have trouble justifying the price tag. A few weeks ago, I started researching how to make frappucinos at home. I keep seeing the same frappucino recipe floating around the internet. While that recipe certainly tastes close to a Starbucks frappuccino, close doesn't cut it.

After a lot of research and experimentation, I have created what I believe to be the closest approximation to a caramel frappuccino from Starbucks as possible without just breaking down and buying one. If you want to make that caramel frappuccino at home for free, here's what you'll need.









Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup double-brewed coffee or espresso – icy cold
• 2/3 cup Bailey's caramel liquid coffee creamer
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tsp fruit pectin 
• 1 cup crushed ice
• 2 tbsp sugar
• Canned whipped cream

Directions:

You can't skimp on the coffee. If you don't have an espresso machine, brewing a pot of coffee and then running the coffee back through the machine using the same coffee grounds gives you the extra-strong coffee you need to make a frappuccino at home. Put the coffee in a plastic container (cools down faster than a coffee pot) and put the plastic container in the freezer until the coffee is very cold. If you skimp on any of the coffee preparations (using hot coffee, using weak coffee, etc.) your frappuccino will not taste right or will have a runny consistency.

Also, flavored coffees are a no no for this dish since they affect the taste. The flavored coffee may be tasty, but it won't be a frappuccino.

Ok, add the crushed ice, the coffee, the caramel creamer, the milk and the fruit pectin to the blender. Blend on "ice crush" for 10-15 seconds or until the coffee has that wonderful slushy consistency. Add the sugar. Blend the drink for an additional 5-10 seconds. Pour it into a glass and top with whipped cream out of a spray can, since that is the type Starbucks uses.

I cheated and topped mine off with Butterfinger ice cream mix-ins because I didn't have any caramel syrup handy. If you happen to have some, drizzle it over the whipped cream for a truly authentic Starbucks frappuccino.