Homemade Caramel Vanilla Iced Coffee

This Homemade Caramel Vanilla Iced Coffee tastes better than the coffee shop and is SO easy to make! Paleo and vegan friendly and gluten/grain/dairy/refined sugar free too!

PIN Homemade Caramel Vanilla Iced Coffee

Coffee snobs, errr CONNOISSEURS, LOOK AWAY.

To you, this caramel iced coffee might be ADULTERATING your beloved cup of joe. But to me?

COFFEE ANGELS ARE SINGING.

When someone asks if I “like coffee.” I have to preface with “I like MY coffee.” AKA. I only like the coffee I drink at home.

AKA, the sequel: it has to be flavored coffee grounds and then I add (an embarrassing amount) of this homemade caramel sauce. This is how I start my morning and it makes me SO happy about rolling out of bed at the ungodly hour of 5am.

But, fancy-people beans that are toasted and roasted JUST to the perfect amount and may even be from the droppings of a cat (have you seen that expensive coffee?) JUST NOT FOR ME.

I mean, I’m still drinking white Moscato sangria over here and pretending I like wine because – HI – I have the taste buds of a 5-year-old.

This vanilla iced coffee though.

Considering it’s eleventy million degrees outside, I wake up and my face is basically already melting off my head, and I CANNOT DO hot coffee even though I want it SO BAD, the frosty-cold sensation of this homemade caramel vanilla iced coffee? MHM MHM MHM . I DIG IT.

And, I feel like you wake up with the same FACE METLING BADNESS as I do which means you are gonna be ALL UP IN ITS BUSINESS, slurpety-slurp-slurping, just like meeeeee.

Unless you are too fancy and just like your iced coffee BLACK. <– I want to be you when I grow up.

How to make iced coffee at home.

This method of making iced coffee at home is actually SO SIMPLE. All you need is brewed, chilled coffee, ice, almond milk and caramel!

1. Brew your coffee and place it in the freezer for 30 minutes to an hour until cold. If you do not need it RIGHT NOW, you can just refrigerate it. I like to just make a huge pot in the morning and then pour the extra into a jar, and refrigerate to have on hand all week!
2. Fill a tall glass half way with ice cubes. Don’t use crushed ice as it melts too fast, causing watery coffee!
3. Fill your glass half-3/4 of the way with coffee and finish off with milk of choice.
4. Add your sweetener (if you’re not a fancy person) and drink!

If you want a Frappuccino-style iced coffee, you could totally stick this all in your blender!

AND, if you’re, liiike, SUPER prepared, you can even freeze excess coffee into ice cubes, so your  iced coffee doesn’t get diluted AT ALL as the ice melts! NIFTY. OR, if you have extra, make it into some latte overnight oats with Greek yogurt!

Now, this paleo caramel sauce. You may recognize it from the caramel stuffed paleo banana bread muffins, healthy ginger snap recipe with caramel and apple and apple paleo cheesecake with caramel.

We even drizzled it on healthy gluten free samoa scones with Greek yogurt. Obsessed with it and not mad about it.

I just swapped almond milk instead of coconut milk, as the lower-fat content keeps this caramel thinner and pourable! Have no fear, if you over-cook it, and it become too sticky and thick, just throw ‘er in the microwave for a FEW seconds to make it perfectly-pourable!

This EASY homemade caramel vanilla iced coffee is going to be getting you through the Summer, my internet friends. It’s:

• Sweet but not TOO Sweet
• Swirled with a PUNCH of creamy vanilla
• Refined sugar and dairy free!
• Coffee

THERE COULD BE NOTHING BETTER.

FOR THIS RECIPE, I RECOMMEND:

• Small pot
• Coconut sugar
• Ghee
• Measuring cups

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Caramel Vanilla Iced Coffee

Amount Per Serving

Calories 192 Calories from Fat 66

% Daily Value*

Fat 7.3g11%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g

Monounsaturated Fat 0.6g

Cholesterol 13mg4%

Sodium 67mg3%

Potassium 182mg5%

Carbohydrates 32.4g11%

Fiber 0.4g2%

Sugar 32g36%

Protein 0.7g1%

Vitamin A 295IU6%

Calcium 190mg19%

Iron 0.3mg2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Weight Watchers Points Per Serving: Freestyle SmartPoints: 10. Points+:5. Old Points: 4

(per 1 coffee – based on the recipe making 3)

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