How to make caramel Macchiato

Iced Caramel Macchiato Copycat Recipe

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 0 minutes
• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Servings: 1 "tall" (12 ounce) serving
• Easy

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoon Vanilla coffee Syrup
• 8 oz Cold milk of choice
• 4-5 Cubes of ice
• 2 oz Espresso
• 1 teaspoon Caramel sauce

Photo by Morgan Nielsen.

Step 1

Add vanilla syrup into your cup or glass. I used Starbucks brand vanilla syrup, which you can get for around $12 for a one-liter bottle. You can get it from any Starbucks store, as long as the store has enough on hand to spare one. Otherwise,  you can use any vanilla flavored coffee syrup.

Photo by Morgan Nielsen.

Step 2

On top of the syrup, pour in the milk of your choice. I used soy milk, but you can use whatever suits your fancy.

If you’re using espresso, eight ounces of milk is perfect. If you’re using regularly brewed coffee, then I’d go with four ounces of milk to up the coffee:milk ratio.

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Step 3

Add ice.

Step 4

This is where it may get tricky. Starbucks obviously uses shots of espresso pulled from a multi-thousand dollar machine that literally no one can buy, but we can make due without. If you do happen to have an espresso machine or a pod-style coffee machine that can pull shots of espresso, then congrats! Just pour two shots over the icy vanilla milk mixture. Here, I used espresso pods from Starbucks’ Verismo machine.

 

Don’t have an espresso machine? No worries. As I mentioned above, just use half of the milk and top off the cup with strongly brewed regular coffee.

 

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Step 5

Drizzle with one teaspoon of caramel sauce. I used this recipe because it’s dank af, but any kind of thick caramel sauce will do.

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Step 6

Enjoy your awesome “Starbucks” beverage from the comfort of your own home!