mocha drinks

It’s so easy to make your own mocha frappuccino at home and save some money!

I don’t usually have syrups here at home to use for sweetening, so instead I use vanilla extract to add to the flavor if I’m just making a mocha frappuccino, or I use real peanut butter for a simply divine peanut butter frappuccino! You can also use cinnamon, almond extract or any other kind of extract you may have on hand.

This is a great recipe to use as a base for any flavor mocha frappuccino you want to make. Here are a couple tips:

• Use cold coffee! Hot coffee will melt the ice and make it thin. Then you’ll have to add more ice, then the flavor will be diluted and you’ll end up with too much, etc… Use cold coffee ;). You can make coffee ahead of time to keep in the fridge, or you can add a little cold milk to it and set it in the freezer for a bit to cool it off. Keeping cold coffee in the refrigerator is definitely a time saver though.
• Make sure to blend for at least 30 seconds so you don’t end up with chunks of ice. If your blender isn’t that great, then you’ll want to blend longer.

Let’s get this coffee party started…

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Tonight, (or last night, since it is now 12:30am) I made a very yummy, delicious frappuccino that I think you’ll enjoy!

What is it? you ask…. Peanut Butter White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino! Now, I don’t usually have white chocolate just lying around, but tonight I did! I had bought a white chocolate baking bar the other night to use for a different recipe, and tonight when I was thinking of a new frappuccino recipe I could post here, I thought…. “Peanut butter? White chocolate? I think YES!”

So I whipped one up and it tasted awesome! You could also use powdered white chocolate, or an actual white chocolate candy bar (which would probably be sweeter than the baking bar).

So here we go……

Here’s the roundup of ingredients: Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter (I love Skippy)
, Half and Half (but you can use lower fat milk if you like), Cold coffee or espresso shots (I keep mine in a container in the fridge), Ghirardelli White Chocolate Baking Bar or candy bar (can also use powdered white chocolate, especially if you don’t like the grittyness when you use the bars), Sugar and ice.

Pour in approximately 9 cubes of ice and 1/4 cup of cold coffee or 1 shot of espresso (don’t use hot coffee since it will melt the ice).

Now break off 2 squares of the white chocolate baking bar (or go crazy and use more!) and about 2 tablespoons of Skippy Peanut Butter.

Now dump in 1-2 tablespoons of sugar……

Next, pour in 3/4 cup of half and half. You can substitute this with lower fat milk, but to me, using regular milk for a frappuccino, even whole milk, just doesn’t taste as good!

Then, blend, blend blend, for at least 30 seconds…..

Pour your frappuccino into your favorite cup, top with some whipped cream and maybe even some white chocolate shavings (I use my cheese grater on the fine grate side) and drink up!

I hope you enjoy this recipe! leave a comment if you try it and let me know what you think!