8/19/2023 0 Comments Java chip light frappuccinoAnyhoo, I still put it on top of my healthy mocha frap, and mixed in it tastes like the coconut mocha frappuccino they had all summer. I made your vegan cool whip, I had really thick and creamy coconut milk, but when I mixed it up it was more like soupy cool whip instead of fluffy. I added cocoa powder and a bit of chocolate syrup. Oh my, this was super tasty! I made it tonight b/c I was having a Starbucks craving sooo badly, and this hit the spot. If you or anyone else has any tips/advice/miracles up your sleeve, I’d be much obliged. My creations are just flat and dense or they sink like the Titanic in the middle without them =/ I also use bananas often to add moisture, and I read that bananas can hold air the same way egg whites do to give structure, but I’m hesitant to have to choke down another disappointing turn-out (I have limited access to my ingredients, so I can’t afford to NOT eat what I make). Totally unrelated, but question for you, Katie: How the crap do you get vegan cakes to hold together and not sink upon removing them from the oven without eggs? I’ve been trying to veganize my cake-makin’, and I can omit all animal products at this point except eggs/egg whites (though I hate discarding the yolk if I’m gonna use the white anyway seems wasteful). There were none around where I was living until I was in college, and by then I’d gotten past the habit-forming stage, haha. I can’t say I’ve ever had a starbucks frappaccino. I’ll make it with “soymilk” (tofu blended with desired amount of liquid), coconut milk, cocoa, sweetener, cinnamon, etc. I like “doctored” coffee drinks, but I can’t drink black coffee. If you want to try an at-home version, they’re just made with matcha powder, your choice of milk, classic syrup (which is just Simple Syrup - any liquid sweetener would work), Sbux Creme Base (more sweetener, basically), and ice. Or they shouldn’t, if they’re made correctly. Oh, and the green tea frappuccinos don’t have any coffee in them. Don’t even get me started on how unhealthy those are! Fortunately for me (temptation-wise), the only vegan items are the plain and multigrain bagels, so I don’t have to worry about eating anything else in the store. What’s interesting, I think, is that Sbux gets their coffee beans from reputable countries (Kenya, Indonesia, Brazil, etc.) as far as coffee crops go, but it still tastes so much worse than other brands that get their beans from the same places! And as for all the sugar-laden superdrinks, even something like a “skinny” vanilla latte is still about 150 calories for a grande (medium size)! It’s a little over-the-top, for sure, but like other people have mentioned, it’s okay to indulge every once in a while. However, I can’t drink any of the drip coffee I can swallow the dark roasts if I add a generous amount of coconut milk creamer (haha!), but other than that, I think it all tastes weirdly bitter. I just started working at Starbucks this summer and it’s been a very eye-opening experience! I enjoy the job, mostly because it’s fun to talk to the customers and make all the different kinds of drinks. I know this thread is a few months old, but I just stumbled across it and thought I’d offer my two cents. Perhaps I will modify your frappuccino recipe and try to make a green tea one… I’m sure this will be super tasty to those that like coffee, though! I have a longstanding grudge against them for closing down my one favourite ice cream store in Vancouver and taking over the location, despite that ice cream store being extremely profitable and despite the fact that there is another Starbucks RIGHT on the opposite corner of the street, and four more Starbucks within six blocks. I’m not the only one that doesn’t like coffee, I think, but I’ll probably be the only one who DOESN’T like Starbucks. It was also my first and last Starbucks, ever. That was my one and only Starbucks purchase, and it wasn’t even me buying it, actually. I’ve had the green tea frappucino from Starbucks. Love my green tea in all forms (bancha, matcha, genmaicha, sencha…), rooibos, and green tea. Any other commenters out there with me on that?! I have tried it on a couple of occasions, and, honestly, I LOVE the smell of coffee… You’d think that since the senses of smell and taste are linked that I’d like the taste too, but I can’t stand it! I’m a tea-lover, and probably always will be. I hope I’m right when I say that, well, I don’t think I’m the only one who doesn’t like coffee… I have met a few others who don’t.
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