This easy keto frappuccino is like having your own personal barista! It’s deliciously creamy and sweet, and totally sugar-free. And far healthier than anything you can get at a coffee shop.
Tis the season for cold and refreshing drinks. And nothing is more refreshing, or more delicious, than a good keto caramel frappuccino.
We make this homemade frappe recipe at home all summer long. Believe me when I say that it’s a little bit addictive. It’s so smooth and creamy, with that perfect balance of coffee and sweet caramel. With a little drizzle of keto caramel sauce, it’s the ultimate keto coffeehouse experience.
And be forewarned: if you share it with family members, be prepared to be hounded on a daily basis. My kids start asking for it the moment the weather starts to warm up. I know if the mercury rises above 80F, I will hear that familiar refrain:
“Mom, can you make keto frappuccinos today???”.
Better than Starbucks
Yes, I really am bold enough to claim that my keto frappuccino recipe is better than Starbucks. How do I dare?
Well, it’s just as smooth and creamy, possibly even more so since it takes cream right in the drink itself. It also has fabulous caramel flavor with the addition of caramel extract and some salted caramel collagen.
But most importantly, it’s so much healthier. Even if you order a sugar free Frappuccino at Starbucks, it’s still full of junk. It contains artificial sweeteners and flavors, low fat milk, and other additives to make it thicker.
Trust me, making your own keto frappuccino at home is just as easy, just as delicious, and so much better for you!
How to make a keto frappuccino
It only takes 5 minutes and a few simple ingredients! Here are my best tips for the perfect keto frappuccino
- Use a good blender. Not every blender is up to the challenge!
- Start with crushed ice. The blender has to work a lot harder with whole ice cubes, so pre-crushed ice helps.
- Use powdered coffee. Liquid coffee waters down the frappe too much. I like using the Starbucks Via packs but you can also use instant espresso powder.
- Powdered or liquid sweeteners are best.
- Collagen optional. You don’t have to add it, but it ups the nutrition and it helps thicken the frappuccino.
- Flavor with extract. Don’t use the junky syrups full of artificial sweeteners and flavors. A little caramel or vanilla extract gives you all the flavor you need.
- Top with whipped cream for the full frappuccino experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
You bet. Try adding coconut cream in place of the heavy cream. You can top it with some coconut whipped cream too.
Top of the line blender like BlendTec and Vitamix are best. But Ninjas are great and significantly less expensive. KitchenAid also has a good blender line.
You can use any sweetener you prefer here but make sure they are liquid or powdered sweeteners. Granular sweeteners tend to make the frappuccinos quite gritty.
Nope! It’s totally optional but it does help thicken the drink. And if you’re making the caramel version, using the salted caramel collagen from Perfect Keto really takes it up a notch.
Heck yeah! Have fun with it. Vanilla extract would be delicious, and adding in a little cocoa powder would turn it into a mocha.
Well I made my own and it’s linked in the recipe. But ChocZero also makes a delicious sugar free sauce that’s great for these.
More refreshing keto beverages
- Sugar Free Brazilian Lemonade
- Keto Frosted Strawberry Lemonade
- The Best Sugar Free Margaritas
- Keto Avocado Smoothies
- Sugar Free Root Beer Floats
- Green Tea Frappuccinos
Keto Caramel Frappuccino
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups (354.88 g) crushed ice
- 1/2 cup (125 g) unsweetened almond milk, or hemp milk
- 1/4 cup (59.5 g) heavy whipping cream
- 1 packet Starbucks VIA© Ready Brew Coffee, (or 1 tsp instant espresso powder)
- 2 tbsp powdered Swerve Sweetener
- 2 tbsp salted caramel collagen, (or plain collagen)
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) caramel extract
- Lightly sweetened whipped cream for topping, Optional
- sugar free caramel sauce for drizzling, Optional
Instructions
- In a high powered blender, combine the ice, almond milk, whipping cream, coffee, sweetener, collagen, and caramel extract.
- Blend until smooth. You may need to stop several times and stir the ingredients with a rubber spatula in between.
- Pour into a glass (or split between two glasses). Top with whipped cream and caramel sauce, if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.
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Made this for Mother’s Day, and the females loved it!! 😆 What a treat for coffee aficionados who don’t want all the unhealthy additives in sugar free syrups but still crave frothy goodness 😋
This keto Frappuccino is the best ever!! I love coffee; I had to give it up for a while due to health issues but now I can drink it once in a while and this recipe is my go to. Thanks, Carolyn!!
This looks awesome. I don’t have ice cubes, so I had to make them. I’ll make this tomorrow when they have hardened. I did buy an ice maker, however, it doesn’t keep them cold enough and they are always melted before I get them into the freezer, so they freeze in a large clump. Frustrating!
I used to get Frappuccinos all the time BD (before diabetes) and didn’t really like coffee at all! I have missed them SO MUCH!
Thank you for giving me back a wonderful memory and drink!
So I made this again, I made a couple of adjustments. Like Judy, I couldn’t drink it as it was too cold for me. I used 2 ice cubes (they are pretty large), and the rest of the 1-1/2 cold filtered water. I don’t usually do nut milks, so I used 3/4 cup heavy cream, I have a tea measuring spoon that is probably 1-1/2-2 tsp worth and used that to measure the expresso powder, 2T homemade liquid allulose, 2T salted caramel collagen, accidentally dropped more than 1/4 tsp..probably more like 1tsp, and about 2T of the ChocZero caramel sauce into my Vitamix blender. didn’t top with caramel sauce as it was already in the drink, and as it was cold and had 3/4cup heavy cream, it made “whipped cream” foam on top. It doesn’t look like the ‘real’ thing, but boy, it sure was good!!! AND I could drink it.
Thank you for this great new morning beverage!
I froze coffeee in an ice cube tray. I also added a scoop of cocoa powder! What a treat!
I have done that, but it always separates with most of the coffee at the bottom stuck to the tray! How do you avoid that?