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Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew

Aug 3, 2022 by Lauren Pacek · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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This Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew is a perfect Starbucks copycat. Sweet caramel cold brew and salted cold foam come together to make a delicious treat.

This drink is really easy to make at home. Even the salted cold foam! If you have a milk frother (or blender) and a couple of minutes to spare, you can totally whip one of these drinks yourself. Save yourself some time and money by avoiding the drive thru line at Starbucks by making your own.

Want more Starbucks copycat recipes? Try my Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte or Java Chip Frappuccino!

a glass of cold brew topped with salted caramel cream cold foam
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  • 🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe
  • 💭 What is a Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew?
  • 📝 Ingredients
  • 👩🏻‍🍳 How do you make a Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew?
  • 🔗 Other coffee drinks
  • ❓FAQs/Tips and tricks
  • 🖤 Share your creations and follow me on social media!
  • ✨ Recipe
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🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe

It tastes great. Sweet, salty, creamy... what more could you want?
It's easy to make. If you can use a milk frother, then you can make this recipe easily.
It tastes just like the drink from Starbucks. Save some time and money and make your favorite Starbucks treat at home!

💭 What is a Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew?

Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew is a cold coffee drink that's been made popular by Starbucks. It is composed of cold brew coffee that's sweetened with caramel syrup and topped with a salted cream cold foam.

We all know that salty + sweet flavors are always a winning combination, and salt + caramel is no exception. The flavors are perfectly complementary, and will leave you wanting to take sip after sip.

Keep reading to learn about the individual ingredients and how to make this drink!

📝 Ingredients

ingredients for making salted caramel cream cold brew
  • Heavy cream: I know that it's decadent, but you want to use heavy cream for this recipe. We're looking for a really creamy, well sweet cream. The high fat content of heavy cream will help you to achieve this.
  • Milk: This recipe calls for 2% milk. It will help to mimic the texture, flavor, and consistency of the salted cold foam that you'll find at Starbucks.
  • Simple syrup: You want the salted cold foam to have a bit of sweetness, so you'll add just a bit of simple syrup to the mix. Use store bought or homemade simple syrup.
  • Salt: You can't have salted caramel without a little salt, now can you? I'd recommend using kosher salt or sea salt.
  • Coffee: You want to use a cold coffee for this recipe, otherwise the cold foam will just melt into the drink, rather than float on top. I prefer cold brew over iced coffee. You can use a store bought or homemade cold brew coffee.
  • Caramel syrup: You'll use the caramel syrup to sweeten the coffee. You can make a caramel syrup at home, or you can use a store bought option. I'm partial to Torani.

👩🏻‍🍳 How do you make a Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew?

It's easy! Just pour the cream, milk, simple syrup, and salt into a glass or jar. I went with this clear glass cocktail mixing jar so that you could see what's going on while I made this cold foam.

a glass jar with milk, cream, salt, and simple syrup

Next, take your milk frother and submerge the end of it in the liquid. Press the button and froth for 20-30 seconds, or until the desired consistency is reached.

You want to aim for fluffy and creamy, but not whipped cream.

Don't have a milk frother? You can totally still make this! Read on for more info.

How to make it without a milk frother

I prefer to use a handheld milk frother to make this salted cold foam. Overall, it's fast, convenient, and doesn't result in the need for much cleanup. If you don't have one, however, you do have other options!

You can put all of the ingredients in a bowl and whisk them by hand. You'll need to put in a little elbow grease, but this 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 thing 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.

salted caramel cream cold foam being made in a glass jar with a handheld milk frother

See how much more volume the cold foam has? It's creamy and fluffy now.

a glass jar full of fluffy salted caramel cream cold foam

Next, take your cold brew with ice. Sweeten it with as much caramel syrup as you'd like.

a glass of cold brew coffee with ice

Last, pour that creamy salted cold foam over the top of your cold brew. Then sip away!

salted caramel cream cold foam being poured onto a glass of cold brew cofee

🔗 Other coffee drinks

Looking for more caffeinated goodness? Of course you are. I know that I almost always am, too. Check out the photos and links to other recipes below for more coffee recipes. Some are from my blog, while some are from other fabulous bloggers.

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a glass of cold brew topped with salted caramel cream cold foam

❓FAQs/Tips and tricks

Do I need to use a milk frother to make this recipe?

Nope, scroll up to the section called How to make it without a milk frother to see what your options are.

Will this taste like the drink from Starbucks?

Yes! This is a Starbucks copycat recipe, so it will taste just like the salted caramel cream cold brew from Starbucks.

Can I make a bigger batch of the cold foam?

Yes. If you're planning to serve it right away, just scale up the ingredients, blend/whip, and divvy it up between the glasses. If you want to make a batch to blend up throughout the week, you can combine the ingredients in an airtight container and store it in the fridge. Simply pour some out when you're ready to whip it up and top your coffee.

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✨ Recipe

a glass of cold brew topped with salted caramel cream cold foam

Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew

Lauren Pacek
This Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew is a perfect Starbucks copycat. Sweet caramel cold brew and salted cold foam come together to make a delicious treat.
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 2 mins
Cook Time 0 mins
Additional Time 0 mins
Total Time 2 mins
Course Coffee
Cuisine American
Servings 1
Calories 334 kcal

Equipment

  • Cocktail jigger
  • Milk frother

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ounces heavy cream
  • 1 ounce 2% milk
  • pinch of salt
  • 0.5 ounces simple syrup
  • cold brew coffee
  • caramel syrup to taste

Instructions
 

  • Pour the heavy cream, milk, salt, and simple syrup into a glass or jar.
  • Submerge the end of your milk frother in the liquid and froth for 20-30 seconds, or until the cold foam is thick, creamy, and fluffy. Stop well short of making whipped cream.
  • Pour cold brew coffee into a glass with ice. Sweeten with caramel syrup, as desired
  • Pour the salted cold foam onto the cold brew.

Notes

  • You can make a bigger batch of this cold foam by multiplying the amount of the ingredients by however many coffees you'd like to make

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 334kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 3gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 175mgSugar: 33g

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

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  1. Catherine

    August 08, 2022 at 1:04 am

    I just HAVE to try this! I love Guinness floats so I'm sure I'm gonna love this!

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    • laurenpacek

      August 08, 2022 at 12:28 pm

      I hope you do love it!

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