Starbucks copycat pumpkin cream cold brew topped with velvety pumpkin cold foam! Make this seasonal favorite right at home, it's a must for fall and super easy.
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Happy pumpkin season! My pumpkin spice sauce recipe was published over 5 years ago today and I can barely believe it. 🎃
It's great for iced pumpkin spice lattes and can be drizzled on french toast, ice cream, pancakes or cheesecake!
This year I've found a new use for it: pumpkin cold foam.
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Why Homemade?
Save money: Buying pumpkin drinks from the coffee shop can really start to add up! This homemade version is cheaper and tastes SO similar.
Great taste: I mean it. This recipe is such a great dupe. You won't feel like you're missing out on that amazing pumpkin foam.
Real pumpkin: This recipe uses real pumpkin puree. Such a nice way to celebrate autumn!
What You'll Need:
- Cold brew coffee: I like the Stok Cold Brew brand and prefer unsweetened, but they do offer a sweet option if that's your jam. You can find Stok at most grocery stores, I get mine at our local Kroger.
- Half & half: Makes cold foam creamy!
- Heavy whipping cream: Makes cold foam fluffy and airy!
- Pumpkin sauce: I make my homemade pumpkin sauce with sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves & salt. If your spice collection is lacking you can use cinnamon only (or pumpkin pie spice). *NOTE* You can also buy pumpkin sauce if preferred. Torani Pumpkin Sauce is highly rated.
- Optional sweetener: Starbucks adds vanilla syrup to their cold brew, though I order mine without any vanilla. I feel the pumpkin foam is sweet enough! If you like extra sweetness, add vanilla or maple syrup to your cold brew.
Pumpkin Cold Foam Recipe
Keep scrolling for the full recipe card and measurements. We’ll start here with a quick overview! List number correlates to the image number below:
- Drizzle pumpkin sauce into a small jar or cup.
- Add half & half and heavy whipping cream.
- Combine ingredients with a frothing wand. Blend for 30-45 seconds to get the perfect texture. If you froth too long the mixture can become a little too stiff. It'll still taste good, it just won't melt into your cold brew the way that Starbucks cold foam does.
- Fill a 16 ounce glass or mason jar with ice.
- Add cold brew until the glass is about three quarters full. You can add some maple or vanilla syrup to your cold brew if desired. Starbucks does this! I personally think the cold foam makes the drink plenty sweet.
- Pour velvety pumpkin cold foam on top and sprinkle with cinnamon. Enjoy!
Stacey's Top Tips 🎃
- Don't over froth your cold foam! To get the perfect texture you only need 30-45 seconds of froth time.
- You can add cold foam ingredients to a jar and shake if you don't have a handheld milk frother, but the texture won't be as luscious. Frothing wands are cheap, you should get one!
Save Some Time!
Make a batch of homemade pumpkin sauce ahead of time and refrigerate it in a mason jar or airtight container. This makes for easy pumpkin coffee drinks on demand. ☕🎃
Frequently Asked Questions
Cold foam is a mixture of half and half or milk and heavy whipping cream frothed together with a sweetener or sauce and sometimes spices. You can make all sorts of flavors to put in your coffee drinks (iced or hot)!
Technically, yes! This cold foam recipe is made from a mixture of heavy whipping cream and half & half, sweetened with pumpkin sauce. Starbucks refers to it as pumpkin cold foam but it's really similar to their vanilla sweet cream.
You can totally add cold foam to hot coffee. However, it will melt quickly just like whipped cream would. But, it will still add sweetness and delicious fall flavor to your drink.
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Pumpkin Cold Foam Cold Brew
Equipment
- 1 Frothing wand *Highly recommended for perfect cold foam. You can also shake ingredients in a lidded jar for similar texture, but it won't be quite as creamy and fluffy.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin sauce *see note below
- 2 tablespoons half and half
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- ⅔ cup cold brew coffee *or iced coffee
Recipe Notes:
Pumpkin sauce: I make homemade pumpkin sauce with pumpkin purée, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves & salt. You can use ground cinnamon only if that's what you've got on hand. You can also buy pumpkin sauce if you don't want to make your own! This Torani Pumpkin Sauce is highly rated.Instructions
- Drizzle pumpkin sauce into a small glass cup or jar.1 tablespoon pumpkin sauce
- Add half & half and heavy cream to the pumpkin sauce.2 tablespoons half and half, 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- Use a frothing wand to blend ingredients. Froth 30-45 seconds for the perfect texture. Over blending can create a stiff mixture, rather than a creamy cold foam that melts into your coffee.
- Add ice to a 16 ounce cup and fill approximately three quarters full with cold brew.⅔ cup cold brew coffee
- Pour pumpkin cold foam on top of the coffee and sprinkle with cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice. Enjoy!
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