The most time-consuming part of this recipe is frothing the milk, so as long as you have the patience for that you can whip up one of these bad boys in no time. So while I could use cocoa powder and sugar for the “mocha” additives, but since I have a couple boxes of Swiss Miss hot cocoa mixes lying around I figured this would be a great way to use them.Īnd by golly, I was right! It worked out perfectly. The point of this recipe was to make it quick and easy. You know how sometimes the flavor and/or scent of peppermint can be a bit much? That’s not a problem with this Torani sauce in the least. This turned out to be the perfect addition to give the drink it’s creamy peppermint flavor, without being overpowering. This is when Torani flavored sauces come in to save the day again! I had purchased all their seasonal flavors recently and I was eager to use the Peppermint Bark flavored sauce. My bank account can’t survive a holiday season at Starbucks, so it was yet another opportunity to come up with a homemade version to save some moolah. My other holiday addiction is the Starbucks’ Peppermint Mocha, and while I might convince myself that the calories don’t count, the money spent on them surely does. This happens most often around Christmas, when I’ve convinced myself calories don’t count and I can eat as many cookies as I want without any consequences.Īs you may remember, I have a weakness for Starbucks’ Cranberry Bliss Bars and that I found a way around the seasonal limitation on those. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories.I don’t know about you, but when a seasonal item appears at my favorite restaurants or coffee shops, I can’t help but feel like I need to inhale as much of that item as possible until it disappears until the following year.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Now, you only need steamed milk, whipped cream and peppermint candy pieces for topping! Or top with chocolate candy curls like these from Walmart. For a yummy variation, you can also make a chocolate mint syrup with this recipe from Good Cheap Eats. If you don’t have fresh mint available to you, you can also use peppermint extract (find it in the baking aisle). You can flavor your simple syrup any way you wish (think vanilla, caramel or almond), but for the peppermint mocha drink, you would of course want to flavor with it mint leaves. You only need to dissolve sugar in boiling water on the stove with an easy-to-remember 1:1 ratio. You can also easily make simple syrup at home. You can also substitute with peppermint syrup from other brands, such as Torani or Monin. You can use any unsweetened cocoa powder for baking, such as Hershey’s, Ghirardelli, or similar.īrew espresso, either with an espresso maker (or a combo espresso/coffee machine such as this one on Amazon for $179.99) or by using this handy guide for making espresso at home without an espresso maker.įor the signature peppermint syrup from Starbucks, you can purchase the syrup direct from your local store or online. With this copycat recipe from, you can recreate your favorite coffee shop treat right at home.įirst, you make a rich mocha syrup by combining baking cocoa with warm water. Made with mocha sauce and peppermint-flavored syrup, then topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate curls, it’s a sweet and decadent way to celebrate the season.īut you don’t have to drive to Starbucks to satisfy your peppermint mocha craving. That’s right: While pumpkin spice lattes might be the darling of fall, nothing beats the winter blues quite like a peppermint mocha from Starbucks. No, we aren’t talking about White Walkers in Westeros, we’re talking about peppermint mocha at Starbucks!
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