This Homemade Iced Caramel Coffee recipe tastes just like McDonald’s iced coffee, but you can make it right at home! It’s made with simple ingredients like cold brew coffee, caramel syrup, cream, and milk. The best part? You get to enjoy it from the comfort of home—no need to even get dressed to make a coffee run!
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Method: No-cook recipe.
Key Ingredients: Coffee, caramel syrup, cream, milk, and ice.
Ease: Such an easy homemade iced coffee to make!
Top Tip: Use homemade coffee and caramel simple syrup to make this recipe super affordable.
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Lee and I are both huge coffee lovers, and while I’m all for supporting our local coffee shop now and then, I love making a homemade version because I can adjust the ingredients to make it just the way I like it. Iced coffee is the perfect refreshing treat for hot summer days when a cup of hot coffee just feels to heavy. It’s cool, creamy, and full of that rich coffee flavor without the coffee shop price tag!
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Ingredient Notes
- Strong Brewed Coffee: Use any cold coffee you have. I use my homemade cold brew, store-bought cold brew or use your leftover coffee that’s cooled to room temperature or chilled can be used. You can even used instant coffee if you want.
- Caramel Syrup: I use my homemade caramel syrup in this recipe, it’s an easy recipe using only sugar, vanilla extract, and water. Any store-bought caramel syrup works great too!
- Heavy Cream: This gives ours that creamy consistency just like the coffee shop version.
- Whole Milk: We like the coffee to be slightly creamy so we use a mixture of cream and milk.
Step-By-Step Instructions
- Add the coffee, cream, milk, and caramel syrup to a tall glass and stir to combine.
- Fill to the top with ice cubes. For a decadent caramel coffee add a little whipped cream and drizzle of caramel sauce to the top of each glass.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! Just swap the heavy cream for a plant based version and swap the regular milk for a dairy-free alternative such as almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, oat milk, or cashew milk.
Yes! Half and half is a great option to use just one ingredient instead of two. Just use two tablespoons of half in half for the one tablespoon of each cream and milk.
Yep, just mix everything together but the ice and store it in an airtight container, like a mason jar, in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. Give it a good stir or shake it up before serving over ice.
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Homemade Iced Caramel Coffee Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups cold coffee
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tbsp whole milk
- 2 tbsp caramel syrup
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Instructions
- Add the coffee, cream, milk, and caramel syrup to a tall glass and stir to combine.
- Fill to the top with ice cubes. For a decadent caramel coffee add a little whipped cream and drizzle of caramel sauce to the top of each glass.
Notes
Tips
- To make this super easy use store bought ingredients, use homemade versions to save money.
- Adjust cream, milk, and syrup to taste based on personal preference so your coffee comes out just perfect.
- For stronger coffee flavor make coffee ice cubes by filling an ice cube tray with coffee and freezing.
- We mix 6 ounces of cold brew with 4 ounces of water so our coffee is strong.
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