Prep time: Cook time: Total time: This is the Best Chocolate/ Mocha Frappuccino Recipe!
I LOVE a 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 much, but those frappuccinos! Mmmm….
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 many coffee shops (and less expensive too.
So, how do you make a mocha frappuccino? See my frappuccino recipe below….
This recipe is not trying to imitate the Starbucks frappuccino. In my opinion it is much better!
Mocha Frappuccino Recipe
(If you want a plain frappuccino, just don’t use the chocolate)
By Melissa Hall
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Half & half (you can use lower fat milk too if you want.)
- 9 ice cubes or aprox. 1 & 1/4 cup
- 1 heaping tbls Powdered cocoa-Much better than Hersheys chocolate syrup! I use Ghirardelli Chocolate Sweet Ground Chocolate . (you can omit the cocoa if you don‘t want a mocha frappuccino)
- Sugar- start with 3 tablespoons and go from there.
- 2 oz or 6 pumps, Any flavored syrup if you want a flavored mocha. Try Torani or DaVinci. Torani Variety Pack
- You can also use 1/4 cup 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 firstbefore 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 before pouring it into the blender.For the ice cubes you can just fill whatever cup you’re using with the ice cubes about 3/4 of the way and that should be just the right amount or use then measurement above. 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 2 tablespoons, 20oz 2 and a half tablespoons and so on…. Ghirardelli Sweet Ground ChocolateFor Mocha Frappuccino: If you are using flavored syrup too, then only use about 1/3 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 3 tablespoons of sugar and use more if needed. If you are using flavored syrup, then you can use probably about 1 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 1/4 cup 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? :) ) You can use the measurement above or 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:
- ¾ cup Half & half (you can use lower fat milk too if you want.)
- 9 ice cubes or aprox. 1 & ¼ cup
- 1 heaping tbls Powdered cocoa-Much better than Hersheys syrup!(you can omit the cocoa if you don‘t want a mocha frappuccino)
- Sugar- start with 3 tablespoons and go from there.
- 2 oz or 6 pumps, Any flavored syrup if you want a flavored frappuccino or flavored mocha frappuccino.
- 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.)
- 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 before pouring it into the blender.
- For the ice cubes you can just fill whatever cup you’re using with the ice cubes about ¾ of the way and that should be just the right amount or use then measurement above. 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 2 tablespoons, 20oz 2 and a half tablespoons and so on.
- For Mocha Frappuccino: If you are using flavored syrup too, then only use about ⅓ 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 3 tablespoons of sugar and use more if needed. If you are using flavored syrup, then you can use probably about 1 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 ;)
- Now, add your espresso or coffee shots and the half & half, or milk.
- You can use the measurement above or 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!!
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
I’ve heard so many people complain about Starbucks’ coffee and how it doesn’t taste as good as other coffee. I personally can only drink Starbucks’ Americano coffee. Plus the ambiance in a Starbucks is part of the whole reason why I go there and why I’m a loyal customer. Say what you will, but Starbucks definitely knows how to market and brand themselves!
Oh, I totally agree that Starbucks knows how to market, they are obviously very good at it. I just don’t like the taste of their drinks that much, especially the frappuccinos, but that’s just my opinion. Sometimes I think that in some cases people just get so used to going to a certain place for their coffee and never try other places so they don’t know the difference. I know many of the people that are customers of my brother’s espresso stand have said many a time that he has the best drinks around! But it’s all opinion too, though he makes more than most espresso stands in a day, so he must be doing something right ;)
First Off—Starbucks is the “fast food of coffee!” They produce an assembly line of consistent coffee drinks in which most taste good to the general demographics. If you like brewed coffee however, this is not the best tasting coffee (unless you prefer every origin of coffee to taste the same–BURNT that is!!! They have not only good marketing, but GREAT marketing!!! (and it does not take a skilled artisan to make their drinks)…i know, i worked there, and at an independent coffee roaster as well. :) Both served as paid educations!!!
I learned a ton from both! Starbucks has educated the mainstream in coffee culture 101…this will help up and coming shops in the future.
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Starbucks is certainly one of those rare chains that actually lives up to the praise surrounding it. Nice coffee and other drinks, wonderful sweets, fabulous easy-going surroundings, it is simply an outstanding shop to relax, go on a date, get some work done, or whatever.
Great recipe! I was looking for an easy one. I’ll be trying this tomorrow.. thanks.. :) I’ll quoting you and your blog when I try this… will let you know.. take care..
No problem! Hope you like it :) Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for the recipes, I look forward to getti home to try them. I can not stand coffee but love the Starbucks frappuccinos but always have to order them w extra syrups so I’m curious if u think I will need to add anything extra to these? I just bought a frappuccinno maker & I am supposed to add 3 tablespoons of strong coffee to the thing & all my stuff to the blender. Do you think I should add less coffee? I bought a less strong flavored ccoffee but it it’s still too strong. I’m new at this & would so appreciate any suggestions. Thanks I in advance :-)
Hey, sorry I didn’t get back to you. I kind of neglected my blog for awhile, but I’m hoping to get back to blogging regularly again. So to answer your question, I think if you only add 1 (probably about 3 tablespoons or 1oz) shot to a 16oz size drink, you should be fine. I don’t like mine strong either and so when I made myself blended drinks when I worked for my brother, I only used one shot instead of the standard 2 for a 16oz and it was just right. You can always add less coffee if you need to also. Also, using the half and half instead of regular milk helps too. I know a lot of people just use regular milk to make their homemade drinks, but half and half definitely makes them taste better and more creamy. :) I hope that helped! Let me know what you thought of the recipe. I’m going to try to add some more varieties of frappuccino flavored drinks soon too.
P.S. So if your frappuccino maker calls for 3 tablespoons for an 8oz drink then I would definitely add only about half that to begin with.
Can you tell me how to make a skinny frappuccino.
Hi, you can just use skim milk and some sugar free syrup and then follow the rest of the directions the same :)
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Hi Melissa
We are rather amateur coffees drinkers and the only thing we’ve ever liked about Starbucks are the Frappucinnos
We want to start doing our own and appreciate your post
This is probably a rather dumb question, but what is the best way to chill coffee overnight? I assume some type of thermos, but wouldn’t that actually keep the coffee hot, or is just a matter of leaving it in the refrigerator long enough?
Any advice on containers and chilling would be appreciated
Jerry, Yeah, you can just leave the coffee in the fridge overnight. No need for a thermos. I just have a little 4 cup coffee maker and just take the glass coffee pot and stick it in the fridge.
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I was so glad to find your recipe. I don’t live in town & the cost of Starbuks is just outrageous anymore. I love frap s & adjusted this recipe to meet my low cal /fat needs.Thank you for posting Now I can enjoy my favorite drink at home :)
Your welcome! I’m so glad to hear you like it :) Thanks for trying it out and taking the time to leave a comment.
Love this frappuccino recipe!