Starbucks Fakeuccino

I had a Starbucks Frappuccino and LOVED it the minute i had it, but it cost me about $2.50?  This does not taste like the actual Frappuccino but is a way to reuse the bottle and make your own "Fakeuccino".

Step 1: Label (optional)

 de-cap the lid of the bottle and look closely at the bottle. de-label (back side) the bottle and take a closer look at this label (ingredients or Contains:)

The pictures will explain!

Comments

[divedaddy03]

Very nice instructable. I really like this idea as I'm highly addicted to amazing coffee and GREAT IDEAS! :)

[rbohringer]

Could you replace the hot coco mix and cream for chocolate milk?

[Pizzapie500]

What's a "30% Certified Blend"? I wonder why the other 70% isn't certified...

[suayres]

Boy, I sure hope your coffee isn't (sic) flavorless! Don't you want it to be at least coffee-flavored?

[J@50n]

Nah because if you go by the instructable and use flavored coffee with hot chocolate mix that would taste pretty bad in my opinion...

[suayres]

This is true. I usually use the DaVinci coffee flavorings, Irish cream or hazelnut are my favorites. I use sugar-free syrups. I was buying the creamers such as coffee mate etc, but have you ever read the ingredient list on that stuff? EWWWW! I now just have my coffee with milk & the syrup of choice. (I know, I know, what are the magic ingredients in THAT, but I have to do something.....).

[supertoria12]

oh, i thought it was caribou flavored! silly me :D

[1990cujo]

I have been doing this for a while only i put coffee,milk,sugar,and some times creamer in it and put it in the fridge wait 4 hours and then drink it.

[NatureGeek24]

Great instructable!  I always need more excuses to drink coffee. 

Pectin is usually sold in little liquid pouches for canning jellies.  Interesting it's in coffee.  I wonder what "xanthan gum" would do as the missing "gelling agent" in the original formula.  I buy it in powdered format at health food stores- used to replace the "gluten" properties in wheat free breads.  I'll post the results if I try it out soon.

[J@50n]

 ok, please share your results!

[NatureGeek24]

I could not get the xanthan gum to work as a thickener. It clumped and was not a tasty result.

[imajem]

It would be nice if your pictures were big enough to see!!! Why so small???

[J@50n]

my pictures are normal sized...?

[imajem]

Your pictures are too small to see!!!!!!!

[beehard44]

maybe you're looking at the thumbnails

[imajem]

That's all I see....

[counterpoint621]

Did you try clicking on the thumbnail?

[apolo1]

i tried this with my parents espresso machine, and it was sooo good. - by the way you can get Starbucks fraps at costco 12 for $14

[jcudal32]

wow what a waste of money O_O

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

Because getting them for $.85 each is really a waste when you could just pay $2.50 instead. I TOTALLY follow your logic there...

[shostakovich]

thanks...have a nice day

[timothymh]

 The thumbnail image looks like you're using a paper towel to shield your hand from the heat. :)

[J@50n]

i spilled coffee on the sides of the bottle and it was still burning hot and i didnt want to burn my hand :P

[timothymh]

...he says, 2 1/2 months later. :) just kidding. I understand now.

[J@50n]

ya sorry i haven't gone on instructables in like ever haha even the update is new to me :P

[eulaliaaaa!]

I made one for my mom for Mother's Day, and she said that it was better than a Starbucks frappuccino. I have to agree, because when I made the coffee, there was a little extra, so I tried some. It was great!

[J@50n]

Glad she and you liked it!

[eulaliaaaa!]

Great idea! I am going to make this for my friends, because I don't like coffee! 

[J@50n]

Haha thanks!

[Onkei]

Hey, just wondering why you used hot cocoa mix instead of just plain cocoa? I just made some with it, but it's in it's cooling stage. I tried a few different things. I will tell you if it came out good.

[J@50n]

Hot cocoa mix has sweeteners already in it.

[eel laup]

yeah good job n nice tutorial :)

[J@50n]

Thanks!

[the_kcar]

Double-strength coffee in standard coffee maker. While that's brewing, make a double-strength dose of cocoa [2 parts coffee to one part cocoa], using powdered cocoa, sugar or sweetener of choice, vanilla extract, and milk [microwave ovens are *so* much easier to deal with!] The vanilla extract - and I don't know why - just makes it taste better. Both are going to be thick. Sick thick. Put in coffee creamer to the coffee - enough that it will turn the approximate shade that you are accustomed to in your regular cup of coffee. As it's a doubled recipe, double your sugar or sweetener of choice. You have two doubled concoctions. Fill a pitcher with ice, to the top, and pour both hot containers together atop the ice. Refrigerate. You can reuse your standard Starbuck's bottles, your favorite go-cups, or whatever your choice of container.

[KillerNathan96]

late at night so I didnt really feel like going througha ll the exact measurements or finding my grandmas coffee maker from when she was here last summer so i grab some filters microwaved some water and make coffee that way. then I added about 2 heaping tbs of Tim Hortons hot cocao mix. 1tbs of sugar and around a cup of milk. by the time it was all done i tasted it and it was good luke warm! Cant wait until tomarrow morning to drink it! Thanks Alot!

[Phydeaux]

Economics of scale:

We've been making cold coffee for a while now... brew an entire pot, put in a big pitcher, mix in milk and sugar, and put it in the fridge overnight.  Can be easily distributed from there into spent frap bottles, or to-go mugs or whatever.  Great for a summer afternoon!

[StratosVX]

I've found a simple combination that gives a taste similar to the bottled stuff, but it is a different consistency. Just mix coffee flavored ice cream with non-flavored coffee. Not a very original idea, but it tastes great.

[Onkei]

Alright guys, mine turned out okay. I made a mocha drink. I think I know a few things I will change next time. please go ahead and try mine. I did a cup of brewed coffee, Folgers. I used a regular spoon not tsp for my other measurements. I put a spoon of just cocoa, you know the kind you use for cookies. But I think I would put a little less, maybe a tsp. We really had like only one spoonful of sugar left. It needs more sugar then that. Maybe two or whatever you feel comfortable putting in. Probably could use splenda or some other sweetener if you want. I think 1/4 cup of milk should be good I put like half. it was to much. Maybe some chocolate syrup for extra taste of mocha. I only put mine in the fridge for like 20 minutes. That wasn't long enough. Plus I don't have a Starbucks glass right now. Also just to add I put all this stuff on the stove, and used one of those whisk things to mix it up good.

[H4x0r13]

Not to be pedantic, but i just wanted to interject that "Chai tea" is tautology. "Chai" is Hindi for "tea", therefore the instructions are for tea tea (thanks wikipedia!). I just think that particular word we Americans use is funny.

"Would you like more tea tea, sir?" =]

But people wouldn't understand if you just said a masala or masala chai recipe

awesome 'structable btb, sounds tasty

[kkarn]

I had an Armenian patient and his family left a board with words in Armenian, then the same word in English so that he could point to and make his needs known when they were not with him. Chai was the Armenian word for Tea.

In Korea the word for tea is cha.