A cool and creamy coffee is the best way to cool down in this heat. But ordering one from your local coffee shop is not only bad for your bank balance but the environment too with all that single use plastic. Save some money and save the environment by making one at home with this Mocha Frappuccino Recipe. It's also only 180 calories compared to Starbucks 290 calories.
I will admit it, I love Starbucks. For me, Summer has well and truly arrived when I can comfortably walk along the road with an iced coffee and not have my hand freeze off. But it was scary when I started to think about how much money I was spending on them and how much single use plastic I had used. So, we started making them ourselves.
Why should you try it?
✔ Refreshing summer drink
✔ Cheaper and healthier than coffee shop versions
✔ Easy to add flavours to
Ingredients Needed to Make a Mocha Frappuccino (Serves 2)
- 480ml/2 cup skimmed milk
- 120ml/0.5 cup strong brewed coffee (cooled to room temperature)
- 5 tablespoon choc shot/chocolate syrup/Nutella
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 20 ice cubes
- 25g (2 servings) reduced fat squirty cream (aerosol cream) for serving
- 1 tablespoon Choc Shot/chocolate syrup for serving.
How To Make a Mocha Frappuccino - Step by Step
One: Put all of the ingredients in to a high powdered blender and blend until smooth.
Two: Pour into two glasses and then top with some squirty cream and a drizzle of choc shot.
What is a Mocha Frappuccino?
A mocha frappuccino is basically a chocolate coffee milkshake and it is delicious. Rather than just an iced mocha, which is a cold mocha served over ice, the mocha frappuccino is blended in to a super smooth iced coffee drink.
Forget heading to Starbucks for your coffee fix, as you don't need to go any further than your kitchen.
How Many Calories in a Mocha Frappuccino?
It is scary how much sugar goes in to some coffee drinks. Whilst that is fine as a once in a while thing, if you are coffee shop regular it's easy to end up drinking most of your daily calories everyday.
There are 290 calories in a small mocha frappuccino in Starbucks. But let's be honest, if you are there you aren't ordering a small are you? But ours is only 180 calories.
Can I Make A Mocha Frappuccino Light?
We lighten our mocha frappuccino recipe up by using skimmed milk, Choc Shot chocolate sauce, a little bit of cocoa powder and then top it off with reduced fat squirty cream. You can even make it with our Homemade Almond Milk.
Some Extra Tips for this Drink:
- We have used skimmed milk, but if you want to make this vegan, or to just give it a different flavour then try using a nut milk instead. Almond milk or cashew milk makes it really creamy.
- If you can't find Choc Shot, then any chocolate syrup will work. We love Choc Shot though, because it's made from fruit making it a natural sweetener.
- Want a flavoured mocha? The options are endless! A little bit of vanilla extract goes a long way, but you could also use peppermint extract or some caramel coffee syrup.
- Make this even cooler by freezing the brewed coffee in ice cub trays and using those instead of the regular ice cubes. This gives it a stronger flavour, as you aren't diluting the coffee with ice. This is also a good way to use up any leftover coffee you might have brewed the day before.
Other Drinks Recipes To Try:
Cinnamon Mocha
Cucumber, Mint and Lemon Fizz
Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte
Peach Iced Tea
Immune Booster Juice
Chai Tea Latte
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Mocha Frappuccino
Ingredients
- 480 ml Skimmed milk (2 cups)
- 120 ml Strong brewed coffee, cooled to room temperature
- 4 tablespoon Choc Shot/chocolate syrup/nutella
- 2 tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 20 Ice cubes
- 2 serving Reduced fat squirty cream (for serving)
- 1 tablespoon Choc Shot/chocolate syrup (for serving)
Instructions
- Put all of the ingredients in to a high powdered blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour into two glasses and then top with some squirty cream and a drizzle of choc shot.
Notes
- We have used skimmed milk, but if you want to make this vegan, or to just give it a different flavour then try using a nut milk instead. Almond milk or cashew milk makes it really creamy.
- If you can't find Choc Shot, then any chocolate syrup will work. We love Choc Shot though, because it's made from fruit making it a natural sweetener.
- Want a flavoured mocha? The options are endless! A little bit of vanilla extract goes a long way, but you could also use peppermint extract or some caramel coffee syrup.
- Make this even cooler by freezing the brewed coffee in ice cub trays and using those instead of the regular ice cubes. This gives it a stronger flavour, as you aren't diluting the coffee with ice. This is also a good way to use up any leftover coffee you might have brewed the day before.
Amy
It is good, for a home made mocha, but it could be better.
Dannii
Would love to hear any ideas you had for improving it? We can add it to the notes section!
Jawad
Loving the great coffee recipes here, the first time I ever had a good old frap was at a little coffee shop in Seattles Pike Place market, definitely a go to summer beverage when you sweltering in the summer sun and need something to catch the breeze and cool down a little... or a lot.
Jaclyn Anne
I adore a nice Mocha Frappuccino during the summer months - or anytime of year. Thank you for this less expensive and healthier at home alternative! I think I will be making myself mocha frapps all the time now!
Anvita
My sister would love this. She is a fan of starbucks