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!
- 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!
- Fill a tall glass half way with ice cubes. Don’t use crushed ice as it melts too fast, causing watery coffee!
- Fill your glass half-3/4 of the way with coffee and finish off with milk of choice.
- 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
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Ingredients
For the caramel:
- 1/2 Cup Coconut sugar, packed
- 1/4 Cup Unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 4 tsp Ghee (or vegan butter for vegan)
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
For the coffee:
- 3 Cups Chilled, brewed coffee
- 1 Cup Unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- Ice
Instructions
- In a SMALL pot, stir together all of the caramel ingredients on medium heat. Bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, cook until the caramel reduced by almost 1/2 and deepens in color, stirring constantly so that it doesn't burn, this takes about 5-6 minutes.
- Immediately transfer to a measuring glass (you should have just over 1/3 cup of caramel) and let sit for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until nice and thick.
To assemble:
- Fill 3 highball glasses 1/2 way with ice cubes. Pour 1 cup of cold coffee into each glass, followed by 1/3 cup of almond milk. Add 2 Tbsp of the caramel * syrup into each glass and stir well, until the caramel is dissolved and well mixed.
- DRINK!
Tips & Notes:
Nutrition Info:
Recipes written and produced on Food Faith Fitness are for informational purposes only.
FOR THIS RECIPE, I RECOMMEND:
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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justyna Mróz says
I love it <3
Taylor Kiser says
I’m so glad!
Morgan @ Gowell Health Tips says
I truly appreciate this blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Great.
Taylor Kiser says
Glad you like it!
Autumn says
Love the use of coconut sugar in this!
Taylor Kiser says
I’m so glad!
Sarwar k. says
Hi taylor, you don’t believe me its amazing and i am now addicted to it and i’m loviiiiiiigggg it.
Taylor Kiser says
Yay!
Hot chocolatey milk says
Good morning, I was wondering if you might be able to tell me where I went wrong. I followed the exact quantities. I did stir until my vegan butter melted to combine everything, maybe I wasn’t supposed to? My caramel never deepened too much in color, but I took it off the heat when it reduced in volume anyway. After just a couple short minutes, it became pretty solid and I’m definitely gonna have a hard time cleaning out that glass later. I’ve never had luck with caramel so I know it’s human error somewhere. Any idea?
Taylor Kiser says
Sounds like you might have overcooked it. It firms up a lot once cooled.