HOMEMADE FRAPPUCCINO

Who doesn’t like a nice chilled coffee drink after dinner on a hot summer night? I know that I do! I used to buy the Starbucks Frappuccino. It was about $6 for 4 bottles – 1.50 per bottle (only 9.5 oz. in each bottle). I decided to make my own. For the price of one Starbucks bottle, I can make 3 (16oz) cups. Almost double the amount of the Starbucks bottle! Keep an eye out for sales and you can probably make this even cheaper.

Ingredients

4 tsp sugar free caramel syrup (roughly 2/3 of an ounce) (or any flavor you prefer)
Sugar Free Caramel Syrup – 12.7 oz bottle costs about $4.27. You will get about 19 batches from one bottle.
Cost per batch is .23 cents

4 packets Truvia sweetener (or use regular sugar if you prefer)
Truvia – 80 pk box costs about 5.88. 
Cost per batch is .30 cents

1 dark coffee pod
Folgers Black Silk coffee k-cups– 24 cups cost about $12.94.
Cost per batch is .54 cents

6oz of Heavy Cream
Quart of heavy cream, store brand - $3.12.
Cost per batch is .59 cents

Water to fill blender – up to 5 ½ cups

Total = 1.66 for one batch (3 cups) = .56 each cup (I used prices from Walmart)



Store bought Frappuccine – 1.50 per 9.5oz bottle
Homemade Frappuccino – .56 per 16oz cup (almost twice as big as the store bought size)

Directions

Make a cup of coffee (1 k-cup and 16oz of water) You can also use a regular coffee maker – be sure to make it strong.

After it is brewed, pour into blender. Add the Truvia and the Caramel Syrup. (add the Truvia while the coffee is hot so that it dissolves quickly)

Then add the heavy cream. Blender will have about 2 ½ cups filled so far.

Fill the rest with cold water up to the 5 ½ cup line. (could also add ice) Leave a little room so it can blend.



Blend the mixture for a few seconds – it doesn’t take much. If you add ice, it will take longer to blend.

Makes 48 oz and will fill a 32oz mason jar and a 16oz mason jar. Put the caps on and chill in the refrigerator. Enjoy later!