Today I’m sharing my daughter’s Cheat’s Iced Salted Caramel Mocha!
I don’t know how my daughter developed a taste for coffee but it started with her wanting it added to chocolate ganache when we were baking a few years ago.
More recently, after a few supermarket purchases of chilled coffee drinks and a trip to Starbucks in the summer where she had a Caramel Macchiato, the floodgates were well and truly opened.
I soon realised this was not a sustainable situation and suggested that she make her own chilled coffees at home as it would be far cheaper.
Children usually nag for sweets whilst shopping but my 12 year old was now nagging for chilled coffees, how times have changed!
So using what she can find in my kitchen, I have watched many guises of chilled coffee drinks being made after school.
I’ve been very impressed with her results, so much so that I had to share her Cheats Iced Salted Caramel Mocha.
My daughter doesn’t use any ice but if you wanted to add some on a hot day then you could but we find it chilled enough with the ice cream and chilled milk.
I have to say that I’m not a coffee drinker but having sampled so many of my daughter’s chilled coffee drinks, I think I have been converted; well at least to the chilled versions!
This one is not overly sweet so if you like a more sickly sweet drink then just add a squeeze of caramel sauce to the coffee before you dilute it with hot water, I enjoy it just the way it was!
Are you addicted to chilled coffee? Let me know what your favourite flavour combinations are!
More Drink Recipes
If my Cheat’s Iced Salted Caramel Mocha has whet your appetite for more delicious drinks you should try the following recipes!
- Matcha Green Tea Banana Smoothie
- Salted Caramel Luxury Hot Chocolate
- Boozy Decadant Hot Chocolate
- Bicerin Coffee and Chocolate Recipe
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Cheat’s Iced Salted Caramel Mocha
Ingredients
- 1 heaped tsp Americano barista style instant coffee
- 1 tsp Caramel sauce optional if you you like sweet coffee
- 1 large scoop Salted caramel ice cream premium quality
- Semi-skimmed milk
- Topping:
- Can of whipping cream or freshly whipped cream
- Caramel sauce
Instructions
- Put the coffee and caramel sauce if using, into a mug and dissolve with a little hot water from your kettle.
- Add the ice cream and stir to dissolve.
- Add enough milk to nearly fill the mug.
- Top with whipped cream and caramel sauce.
- Enjoy!
Chris
So much better, cheaper, tastier and less costly than Starbucks! It’s a win, win, win, win! Thanks to your daughter for this great recipe!
Camilla
Thanks Chris, it is a total winner:-)
littlekipling
This looks so gorgeous!!!
wendy malone
salted caramel mocha, lovely making it for my daughter over christmas.thankyou.
Camilla
Great Wendy:-)
Heather Crowe
Mmmm, I need to try this! It looks fab!
Elizabeth
I am absolutely loving the sound of this! So indulgent! 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Elizabeth, yes it’s very much a treat:-)
Megan Kinsey
This sounds delicious, I can’t wait to try it! I’m trying to cut down on coffee shops too so would be great to make this at home!
Camilla
Great Megan, I’m sure you’ll love it, my daughter seems to change how she makes it all the time, she added a dash of vanilla extract too the other day:-)
Martina Evans
This sounds amazing! I would love to make a couple of these over the weekend – great idea!
Laura Hartley
This looks divine!! I hate how expensive these are in coffee shops, need to start making them myself!
Camilla
Thanks, yes it’s too expensive a habit to keep up!
sally Akins
This looks so simple and so yummy – I love salted caramel 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Sally:-)
Ickle Pickle
This looks super yummy. I LOVE the taste of salted caramel – delicious! Kaz x
Camilla
Thanks Kaz:-)
Sarah Bailey
Oh wow this sounds amazing I could definitely tuck into one right now – perfect warming comfort drink. x
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, although this is a chilled drink:-)
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops
This looks amazing – I am going to have to give it a try. I love salted caramel!!
Camilla
Excellent, I’m sure you’ll love it:-)
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
Anything salted caramel makes me happy – it is one of my favourite flavours. I love it with coffee too 🙂
Camilla
Me too Dannii, can’t get enough of it:-)
shobha
Looks delicious .. I am not so fond of these things but I will make it for my family.
Camilla
Thanks Shobha, you’re a good mum:-)
Candace
Can I come and live at your house please? You always have such lovely recipes. Must be heaven to test them all
Camilla
Aaw, thank you, what a lovely thing to say Candace:-)
Nayna Kanabar
This looks simple and easy to make and probably a fraction of the cost when bought from out side,Very creative.
Camilla
Thanks Nayna, yes the cost was the driving force behind my daughter’s creations with coffee:-)
Rhian Westbury
This looks yummy, I need to see if I can make a dairy free version of this! x
Camilla
Mmm, I’m sure there would be a way:-)
Amy Hunt (Purely Amy)
Ooh I agree, looks gorgeous but I’m lactose intolerant (love a frothy coffee though) so I’ll have to browse for a dairy free version! x
Camilla
Thank you, that is a shame!
Rebecca Smith
Mmm this looks delicious and perfect to warm us up in this horrible weather x
Camilla
Thanks Rebecca although it’s a chilled drink so not sure it will warm you up LOL:-)
Rachel
Oh gosh, if I started to make these I would never leave the house and would be the size of a house, it looks and sounds absolutely stunning x
Camilla
Thanks Rachel, it’s a good job my daughter has a 40 minute walk to school to exercise this off:-)
Jessica
This looks incredibly yummy! I wish I could drink things like this, I’m not allowed due to tummy problem x
Camilla
Thanks Jessica, that’s a shame:-(
Stella
This looks and sounds very delicious. Bookmarking this.
Camilla
Thanks Stella:-)
Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet
Not much of a coffee drink either but bravo to your daughter for being proactive!
Camilla
Thanks Michelle, needs must when you’re a chilled coffee fan:)
Charlotte Braithwaite
Oh my goodness!
This looks to die for <3
So going to make this at the weekend.
Thanks for sharing hun
Charlotte x
Camilla
Brilliant! A pleasure Charlotte:-)
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
So the creative talent really runs in the family then Camilla.
Camilla
My daughter is far more creative and artistic than me LOL. I just re-created her recipe here:-)
Nicole Neverman
This looks absolutely amazing!! Salted caramel ice cream is the best – bet it makes this iced mocha out of this world good!
Camilla
It really does Nicole:-)
DANIELLE VEDMORE
WOW that looks amazing Camilla! Delicious!
Camilla
Thanks Danielle:-)
Leila Benhamida
I am intrigued wonder how it taste like.
Elinor Hill aka Beachhutcook
This looks utterly delicious!
Camilla
Thanks Elinor:-)
Ana De- Jesus
I love love love salted caramel I can’t wait to try this recipe out. How long have you been making these for?
Camilla
My daughter has been making them in different forms for about 2 months since a visit in the summer to Starbucks:-)
Munchies and Munchkins
I don’t like coffee although I adore the smell and I wish I liked it. This looks incredible. I think I’d give this a whirl just for the salted caramel taste. Well done to your daughter. Thanks for including my hot choc. X
Camilla
I’m the same with coffee but seem to be being won over by these chilled creamy drinks:)
ceri
Wow, I didn’t get a taste for coffee until my twenties (not surprisingly the same time I started working in an office), its quite the addictive drink! This is a great idea to make a decadent drink more economically, though one definitely reserved for a treat! Yum!
Camilla
Yes Ceri, not all her chilled coffee drinks have ice cream in them and she never usually puts cream on her after school ones unless we happen to have some in the fridge which isn’t very often:-)
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours
That is a cross between coffee and pudding, so so indulgent, I think I need one right now!
Camilla
You’re right, go on treat yourself:-)
Chris @thinlyspread
I’m drooling far more than is seemly!
Camilla
Passes a tissue:-)
Choclette
I’m not a coffee drinker either, but I think I could be seriously tempted by this. I’m a sucker for pretty much anything salted caramel.
Camilla
LOL Choclette, every time I’ve bought my daughter one of these fancy coffees I’ve had a little taste so I have developed a liking for these sweeter chilled versions:-)
Helen @ family-friends-food.com
That looks brilliant! I’m not such a fan of coffee but I could be persuaded by the salted caramel and whipped cream 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Helen, think of it in a similar way to coffee cake or chocolates and not a cup of coffee:-)
Emma
Mmmm I love the look of the caramel dripping down the side of the glass. Delicious! I’m not a huge fan of coffee but can be persuaded when it’s combined with something nice and sweet! This would be perfect for my other half though. He is obsessed and often buys those chilled coffee drinks from the supermarkets which you mention. Perhaps I’ll treat him to one of these at the weekend!
Camilla
Thanks Emma, it’s funny how many people don’t like coffee, including me but this is a game changer:-) I’m sure your hubby would love this and you might even get to like it too:-)
Janice
Well done to your daughter, it looks amazing.
Camilla
Janice, it’s my daughter’s recipe but I made it this morning while she was at school but I’m sure she could do this just as well:-)
Heather Haigh
A coffee and caramel lover’s dream without any faff – great idea.
Camilla
Thanks Heather:-)