Add a decadent topping to your iced coffee with this salted caramel cold foam that can be made at home in just 2 minutes!
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Homemade Salted Caramel Cold Foam
Salted caramel cold foam is cold cream, milk, caramel sauce, and salt frothed together without heat or steam. It’s perfectly sweet and salty and delicious on top of iced drinks.
Cold foam is velvety and smooth and it can be added to cold drinks instead of milk or cream.
All cold foams at Starbucks are made in a special blender that uses a circular disc to achieve fluffy cold foam but it can easily be recreated at home using a French press.
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Recipe Highlights
- Salted caramel cold foam is a flavored topping for iced drinks using caramel sauce, milk, heavy cream, and salt.
- This salted caramel cold foam is sweet and salty and tastes delicious on top of iced coffee.
- This quick and easy recipe is made with 4 ingredients in just 2 minutes.
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Ingredient Notes
- Heavy cream: Heavy cream is needed to get the right consistency to fluff up the cold foam.
- 2% Milk: Starbucks uses 2% milk but you can use any milk you like.
- Caramel sauce: This sauce will flavor and sweeten the cold foam. Use store-bought caramel sauce because it’s much easier than making your own.
- Sea salt: Salt brings out the sweetness of caramel.
For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Put all ingredients into a French press. Stir to make sure the thick caramel doesn’t sit at the bottom of the French press.
Step 2: Place the lid and move the plunger up and down. The cold foam will increase in volume.
Pour onto an iced drink and serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Best cold foam has tiny bubbles.
Cold foam is made by adding air to the cream and milk, creating little bubbles. The more uniform and tiny bubbles you can create in your foam, the more velvety the cold foam texture will be.
Use half & half as a shortcut.
If you want cold foam with less calories or to make things easier, replace the heavy cream and milk with ⅓ cup of half & half. Half & half is half cream and half milk.
Don’t overfill or underfill the French press.
Cold foam will increase in size so don’t overfill the French press. Don’t underfill the French press either, or it won’t froth properly. Make sure the French press filter is touching the liquids before moving the plunger.
Expert Tips
- Try cold foam on top of a cold brew, iced Americano, or iced latte.
- A handheld milk frother will also make cold foam, but the French press does a better job. Or, you can use an electric milk frother, like an Aeroccino, on the cold setting.
- Cold foam can be made ahead and stored in the fridge for 2 days. It will deflate over time, so give it a stir or a shake before serving.
Questions You May Have
Each Starbucks has a special Vitamix blender that can aerate liquids and it’s only used to make cold foam.
Yes, just shake ingredients for a few minutes in a large jar with a tight lid. The more you shake, the more froth you’ll create.
Yes, cold foam can be customized with any flavored syrup, matcha, or puree. Customized cold foams can only be ordered in person. Ask the barista to add 2 pumps of any syrup available to be blended into the cold foam.
Related
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- Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
- Salted Caramel Latte
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Salted Caramel Cold Foam
INGREDIENTS
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons 2% milk
- 1 tablespoon caramel sauce
- 2 pinches sea salt
INSTRUCTIONS
- Put heavy cream, milk, caramel sauce, and salt into a French press. Stir to combine.Stir to make sure the caramel mixes well with the cream and milk.
- Place the lid and move the plunger up and down 40 times.The cold foam will increase in volume.
- Pour cold foam on top of an iced drink.Serve immediately.
EQUIPMENT
NOTES
- Salted caramel cold foam can be poured on top of any iced drink, replacing milk or sweeteners. Try cold foam on top of a cold brew, iced Americano, or iced latte.
- The more uniform, tiny bubbles you can create in your foam, the more velvety the cold foam texture will be.
- A handheld milk frother will also make cold foam, but the French press does a better job. Or, you can use an electric milk frother, like an Aeroccino, on the cold setting.
- 1/3 cup of half & half can replace with heavy cream and milk in the recipe if you want a lighter version of the cold foam.
- Cold foam will increase in size so don’t overfill the French press.
- Don’t underfill the French press either, or it won’t froth properly. Make sure the French press filter is touching the liquids before moving the plunger.
- Cold foam can be stored in the fridge for 2 days.
so yummy!!!!
Almost as good as the real thing! Thanks!