I love Starbucks. I truly do. But what I don’t love is what Starbucks does to my eating plan. I mean, let’s face it, unless you order just coffee, most of their drinks are far from clean. So when a reader asked me to try this one, I had to give it a shot.
The truth is, I’ve gotten a lot of requests for cleaned up versions of various Starbucks drinks. And while I fully intend to give more of them a try, this one seemed doable to me from the get-go. While it may not be an exact match, I think you’ll find this version equally enjoyable. In fact, it’s kinda like drinking a creamy slushy! Who wouldn’t love that on a hot summer day?
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Clean Eating Mocha Coconut Frappuccino®
(Makes 2 servings)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup strongly-brewed coffee, chilled
- 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup light coconut milk
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 3 cups ice cubes (or enough to make it the icy consistency you enjoy most)
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until you have an icy slush.
Note: If you want to get really fancy, try topping it with this Clean Eating Coconut Whipped Cream!
Ooh the coconut whipped cream would be good with a little toasted unsweetened coconut on top!
You betcha!!
I make this but with instant coffee granules (much easier than brewing and letting sit, for me at least!), almond milk and coconut extract. A little unsweetened shredded coconut is also a great texture enhancer! The real secret to these drinks, though, is XANTHAN GUM. It can take even the iciest of smoothie and make them deliciously decadent.
Interesting! I don’t use the instant coffee because it isn’t clean. But the xanthan gum sounds interesting, and I do have some. I’ll give it a try. Thanks!
I’m going to talk my boss into letting me expense a blender 😉
Haha!!! There you go!
This looks great! Can’t wait to try it. I’m just wondering do you use unsweetened coconut milk from a can or the refrigerated kind, or doesn’t it matter?
I use the light, canned version. So far, I haven’t found a refrigerated type that is clean.
Oh so excited about this one! This is my FAVORITE Starbucks indulgence. Thanks for the clean version!!
My pleasure! Enjoy!
That sounds wonderful! I love Starbucks, especially the Caramel Macchiatto and the Caramel Frappucino. Any chance of cleaning those up? 🙂
Caramel is the one thing that has truly stumped me. I’ll keep trying though…
YUMMMMMMMM…Me likey!!!
Awesome! 🙂
Have you tried Starbucks new refreshers? They are fruit juice sweetened and start at 50 cal.
No, I’ve never heard of them.
It would be different, but not bad. Try it! It should be good!
Hope you enjoy it!
will try agave syrup instead of honey
Sue – Just so you know, agave isn’t clean. I no longer use it.
Is there a type of agave that is clean?
Not that I’m aware of.
Oh my! This was delicious! I was out of coconut milk so I subbed almond milk and froze my coffee into cubes using less ice. What a great treat on a hot day!
Oh yum!
Could you keep this in the fridge to last a couple days?
Only if you don’t mind it thawing. It’s more like a slushy.
I made this tonight and it was delicious! I froze some leftover coconut milk last week in an ice cube tray so I was able to use that and cut out the ice. My fiance really enjoyed this as well!
Awesome! What a great idea!
Awesome!
It’s based on the light coconut milk I buy at Trader Joe’s. The nutrition data I provide is a ballpark. It’s not exact. It will change depending on what products you use.
Sounds yummy!
Gonna try this recipe. Love the White Chocolate Mocha Frapp, I make a mock version at home but would love to hear if you tried a better version? I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk, fat free french vanilla creamer and coffee. I know the creamer blows it, but can’t find what to use for a substitute. It’s usually about 100 calories so I’m good with it. Thanks for the recipe!
I haven’t tried that one yet, but I’ll add it to my list.
Looks yummy! Gonna have to try this soon!
I tried it and what a wonderful treat 🙂 Now, if we could only figure out “carmel” that would be awesome!!
Shelly – You’re in luck. I have that recipe coming up in a few days. 🙂
I am going to try to make this with frozen coconut water instead of ice. I will let you know how it comes out!
Terri – Please do! Sounds interesting!
We make this at home also, but we use homemade cold-pressed coffee instead. The flavor is richer without the bitterness of hot coffee. The simplest way is to put 1 part coffee and 4 parts water into a container in your fridge overnight. In the morning, filter through cheesecloth/a filter lined funnel/whatever you have that will handle it. You’ll end up with about a quart and a half of coffee concentrate. When using for recipes like this, use slightly less than called for since the flavor has steeped longer.
S – Sounds good!
Love these kind of clean drinks! I’ve made a yummy “Caramel” with the coconut sugar! It is so good!! It may work with the drink, but haven’t tried it with that. I made caramel popcorn with it though! Thanks for the clean recipes!
Danielle – My pleasure!
I really wanted something chocolate and frozen tonight – thankfully I remembered this recipe!! I used Almond milk and 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder ~ it’s heaven!!! Thanks. 🙂
Christine – My pleasure! 🙂
I am so excited about this drink! One of the problems I always run into while clean eating however is coconut. I strongly dislike coconut in any form. This causes a lot of problems. I’m also not a fan of almond milk. I’m not going to let the coconut get me down though. For now I’ll try it with coconut milk because I happen to have some sitting forgotten in my cupboard but most likely I’ll have to go to regular milk for it. Hoping if I add a little more cocoa to it, it will reduce to coconut taste. Now lol how do I use my coffee maker haha I don’t drink regular coffee and have never used the new maker my husband bought 8 months ago. Wish me luck!
Amanda – Time to bust out that coffee maker!!! And while I haven’t tried it with regular milk, I see no reason why it shouldn’t work. Let me know how it goes! 😀
This is soo good! Thanks!
Kat – So glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Question: When you say light coconut milk, do you mean the one out of a can?
Claudia – Yes. The stuff in the carton/refrigerated section is not clean. That being said, you should still read labels to ensure what you are buying is clean.
Just found this healthy frap recipe tonight and it looked to good to not try! I whipped up some Teecino herbal coffee (highly recommend it for those of you who don’t want to or can’t drink caffeine) and made this with some slight change to the recipe since I didn’t have coconut milk on hand. It turned out FABULOUS! So delicious! Great recipe, thank you!!!
Kelly – I’m so happy you enjoyed it! 🙂