How to Make Sweet Cream Cold Foam

Have you ever wondered how to make Starbucks Sweet Cream Cold Foam? I have the easiest copycat recipe that only requires three ingredients!

This is the perfect sweet and creamy topping for your cold brew and iced coffees. Even though it's very easy to make, and requires few ingredients, it can really take an ordinary cold coffee and make it feel quite decadent.

Looking for more Starbucks copycat recipes? Try my Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte and Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam!

🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe

It tastes just like the Starbucks drink. This is a Starbucks copycat recipe, so it will taste just like the Starbucks treat!
It's easy to make. All you need to do is froth a few ingredients and pour it onto a cold coffee.
It only requires three ingredients. Just three! That's it!

💭 What is Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam?

Sweet cream cold foam is a delicious, lightly sweetened, creamy topping for cold coffee beverages (usually cold brew or iced coffee). You might be familiar with it, as it's been popularized by Starbucks.

There's definitely the possibility for confusion, however. Sweet cream cold foam does bear similarities in both name and appearance to other Starbucks products. Let's talk about the important differences!

💭 What is the difference between cold foam and vanilla sweet cream cold foam?

Cold foam is made with just skim milk and vanilla simple syrup. The resulting foam is lightly sweet and very, well, foamy! It has a ton of tiny bubbles, and isn't very creamy. It's very light, and sits right on top of your cold coffee.

Sweet cream cold foam, on the other hand, is made with heavy cream, 2% milk, and vanilla simple syrup. Due to the higher fat content in the cream and 2% milk, this sweet cream cold foam is a little thicker and heavier than the low fat cold foam that we just talked about. It's creamier, too!

And while it does float on top of the cold liquid, you can see in the photos that it also seeps down into the coffee. You can let it hang out on top of your drink or mix it in. Follow your heart.

📝 Ingredients

• Vanilla simple syrup: This syrup will give some flavor and sweetness to your sweet cream cold foam. You can use store bought or homemade vanilla simple syrup. It's so easy to make your own, that I really recommend that you do that. But if you prefer to use something pre made, I recommend Torani syrups.
• Heavy cream: You want to use heavy cream for this one, since you want a really creamy, well sweet cream. The high fat content of heavy cream will help you to achieve this.
• Milk: Go with 2% milk. It will help to give you the texture, flavor, and consistency that mimics the Starbucks vanilla sweet cream.

Of course, you'll also need cold brew coffee and the sweetener of your choice for the coffee.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to make Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam

It's deceptively easy! Let's walk through the steps.

Though it does mostly float on top of the coffee, you can see that the sweet cream starts to drip down into the drink in a really beautiful way.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to make Sweet Cream Cold Foam without a milk frother

I prefer to use a handheld milk frother to make this sweet cream cold foam. It's fast, convenient, and results in minimal cleanup. However, if you don't have one, you do have other options!

First, you can put all of the sweet cream ingredients in a bowl and whisk it by hand. It takes a little more effort than using an electronic gadget, but it will get the job done.

You can also use a regular blender. Just pour the ingredients into the blender and blend until you reach the desired consistency.

Same goes for using an immersion blender. Just pour the ingredients into a jar or glass and submerge the end of the blender into the liquid. Blend until you reach the desired consistency of your cold foam.

🔗 Other coffee drinks

Looking for more coffee drinks? Maybe looking for more Starbucks copycat recipes, specifically? Peruse the photos and links below!

• Iced White Chocolate Mocha from Bake and Bacon
• Irish Cream Cold Brew from Masala and Chai
• Gingerbread Coffee Creamer from Mitten Girl

❓ FAQs/Tips and Tricks

I'd love to know what you thought of this recipe! Don't forget to leave a comment and ⭐️ star rating below!

✨ Recipe

How to Make Sweet Cream Cold Foam

Lauren Pacek

Have you ever wondered how to make Starbucks Sweet Cream Cold Foam? I have the easiest copycat recipe that only requires three ingredients!

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 3 minutes mins

Cook Time 0 minutes mins

Additional Time 0 minutes mins

Total Time 3 minutes mins

Course Coffee

Cuisine American

Servings 1

Calories 262 kcal

Equipment

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  Cocktail jigger
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  Milk frother

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ ½ ounce vanilla syrup
• ▢ 2 ounces heavy cream
• ▢ 1 ounce 2% milk
• ▢ cold coffee and preferred sweetener

Instructions

 

• Add the vanilla syrup, cream, and milk to a glass or jar.
• Submerge your milk frother into the liquid and froth for 20-30 seconds, or until a thick and creamy foam has formed. Stop short of forming soft or stiff peaks.
• Pour the foam onto a glass of cold coffee with ice (sweeten the coffee as desired).

Notes

• If you want to make cold foam for more than one coffee drink at a time, just multiply the ingredient amounts by the number of drinks that you want to make. Froth everything up and divvy it up between the coffees!

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 262kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 3gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 35mgSugar: 14g

Disclaimer: Nutritional information is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

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