Frappuccino Recipe-How to make a frappuccino

I LOVE a frappuccino or mocha frappuccino.

I used to hate coffee, even the slightest taste of it until I started working for my brother at his espresso stand. It didn’t take long before I discovered that I Loved the blended drinks. Frappuccino, Commotion, whatever you wanna call it, they are so yummy! Still don’t like hot espresso drinks, but those frappuccinos! Mmmm….

Frappuccino Recipe Ingredients:

• Half & half tastes best but you can use lower fat milk too if you want.
• For Mocha Frappuccino:  1 tbls Powdered cocoa-Much better than Hersheys syrup! I use Ghirardelli sweetened cocoa that you can get at the store in the baking section. (you can omit the cocoa if you don‘t want a mocha frappuccino)
• Sugar- start with 1 tablespoon and go from there.
• Ice cubes, at least 6.
• Aprox. 2oz or 6 pumps, Any flavored syrup if you want a flavored mocha. Try Torani or DaVinci.
• You can also use Peanut Butter for a Chocolate Peanut Butter Mocha Frappuccino…. One of my favs!
• 1 or 2 oz Espresso shots, or if you’re like me and don’t have an espresso maker, you can just use strong black coffee.

Instructions:

First make your espresso shots, or your coffee. 1 shot = 1 ounce, so if you’re like me and don’t like real strong drinks, I would use 1 shot for a 16-20oz drink, and 2 shots for a 24oz. But if you’re the average espresso drinker, or coffee drinker you should use 2 shots for 20oz and 3 for a 24oz drink.

Make sure to chill the espresso or coffee first before adding it to the blender or it will melt the ice and won’t taste as good. Or you can add an ice cube to it first and maybe some of the half and half or milk

For the ice cubes you can just fill whatever cup you’re using with the ice cubes and that should be just the right amount. Then dump them into the blender.

For Mocha Frappuccino: Put in the Cocoa powder (please try the cocoa powder if you never have, it tastes so much better!). For a 16 oz mocha frappuccino drink use about 1 heaping tablespoon, 20oz 1 and a half tablespoons and so on….

For Mocha Frappuccino: If you are using flavored syrup too, then only use a third of the cocoa powder. You can always use more if you like stronger chocolate taste.

Now put in your sugar. If you are not going to use any flavored syrup, then start with 1 tablespoon of sugar and use more if needed. If you are using flavored syrup, then you can use probably about half tablespoon of sugar or none at all.

If you have flavored syrup with a pump on it (makes it so much easier to measure accurately), then use 6 pumps total, for a 16oz frappuccino drink, 8 pumps for 20oz, 9 pumps for 24oz, etc…. I believe 3 pumps of syrup is 1 oz, so 6 pumps would be equal to 2 oz. of syrup, and I’ll let you do the math for the rest ;)

If you want to add peanut butter, I just use about 2 heaping tablespoons for a 16oz frappuccino. I love using peanut butter with mocha frappuccinos. Chocolate/Peanut butter is the best!

Now, add your espresso or coffee shots and the half & half, or milk (half & half tastes so much better. Just try it,,,just this once? I know it’s fattening, but one time won’t hurt will it? :) ) Just pour the half & half directly into the blender up to just a couple ounces under whatever size drink you’re making. If it’s 16 oz, then just fill up to like 14 oz, so not quite to the top of the ice in the blender.

Now you’re ready to blend! Blend for at least 20 seconds. If you don’t have the best blender then blend for longer. You don’t want ice chunks, you want nice and smooth!

Now drink and enjoy!! I’ll post some recipes for different flavored frappuccinos and mocha frappuccinos too! Snickers, Heath bar, Jack & Jill, and there are many more!

Here’s one to get you started:

Snickers Mocha Frappuccino: Amounts for a 16oz drink:

Hazelnut syrup- 4 pumps, Caramel sauce- 1/2 pump(big pump)(or 2 pumps caramel syrup), Chocolate powder-1/3 of a heaping tablespoon.

Personally, I’m not a fan of Starbucks. Maybe I got spoiled working for my brother, but he has the best drinks! I have yet to taste a blended drink from any other espresso stand or coffee shop that compares with his!

I don’t work for my brother anymore since I’ve had kids, but I do know how to make a frappuccino at home and it’s so simple and just as good if not better than what you’d buy at the coffee shop (and less expensive too)!

Now that you know how to make a frappuccino, try this frappuccino recipe and let me know what you think! Did I explain everything clear enough? Did the measurements work out for you? Let me know!

Update:  I have created a website for my brother’s espresso business, so I would love it if you all would head over there and take a look!  Salem Oregon Coffee Shop-Coffee In Motion