Iced White Chocolate Mocha (Better Than Starbucks!)

This Frozen White Chocolate Mocha is a revelation! It’s the perfect combination of white chocolate, bitter espresso and creamy milk.

Here’s a coffee drink you absolutely must make at home: the Iced White Chocolate Mocha! This homemade version is way better than Starbucks in our opinion. Something about sweet earthy white chocolate combined with bitter espresso and creamy milk is a epiphany. Take a sip and you’ll raise your eyebrows in approval (we did!). It’s even better than the classic Iced Chocolate Mocha… but we’ll let you judge. Here’s how to make this easy drink at home using a covered glass and your favorite espresso method!

What’s in an Iced White Chocolate Mocha?

The iced white chocolate mocha is a Starbucks coffee beverage made with espresso, milk, and white chocolate served over ice. It’s a variant of hot mocha or mocha latte, made with espresso, frothed milk, and chocolate.

A Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha uses a white chocolate sauce for sweetening. But if you do it yourself, try it real white chocolate mixed with espresso! The result is a beautifully rich and nuanced flavor that far outperforms Starbucks. You can top an icy white mocha with whipped cream or cold mousse (we prefer cold mousse). Here are the ingredients you need to make an iced white mocha at home:

• espresso
• milk (Use oat milk for vegans or dairy-free; it’s the best non-dairy milk for frothing)
• simple syrup
• White chocolate chips
• Cold mousse or whipped cream

espresso methods

The only part in making an iced white chocolate mocha that requires some engineering? Make the espresso. The best option for taste is an espresso machine, but it’s expensive and not available to everyone. Fortunately, there are many alternative ways to make espresso without a machine! Here is our best

1. espresso machine: The taste of espresso with a countertop espresso machine is top notch! Go to How to make an espresso for instructions.
2. Manual espresso machine: The next best option? A small manual espresso machine: It’s cheaper and portable.
3. French press: French Press Espresso has great flavor with this inexpensive and accessible coffee maker.
4. Mocha pot (series): Moka pot coffee is like a cross between filter coffee and espresso, and it works well here.

How to make a white chocolate mocha

Besides espresso, what can you make a white chocolate mocha at home? A covered glass! You shake hot espresso with white chocolate and the heat melts the chocolate. Here’s an overview of what to do (or jump to the recipe below):

• In a covered glass, shake hot espresso and white chocolate chips together. This will melt the chocolate in the coffee. Add the milk and pour into the ice-filled glass.
• Make the cold mousse or whipped cream. We prefer cold foam; see below!

How to make cold foam

Traditionally, a Starbucks Iced White Chocolate Mocha is topped with whipped cream, but you can also order it with cold foam. Cold mousse is lighter and fluffier, only slightly sweet and low in calories. We prefer whipped cream, which is rich and heavy. But you can use whatever you want! Here are some tips for making memory foam at home:

• cold foam is frothed skim milk used for topping up cold coffee beverages such as iced coffee, cold brew, etc. This Starbucks invention simulates frothing frothed milk in a latte, but at a cold temperature so it doesn’t melt when it hits the beverage.
• What do you need to produce cold foam? skimmed milk and milk frother. You can also use a French press, but the milk frother works best. At $12, it’s totally worth buying at our book.
• How do you? Go to Make Cold Foam.

And that’s it! We hope you love this Iced White Chocolate Mocha as much as we do: it’s a favorite iced coffee here. Let us know what you think in the comments below!

More iced coffee

Do you like a good iced coffee? They’re perfect for any time of year, although they’re especially refreshing in summer. Here are some popular iced coffee drinks that we love:

This Frozen White Chocolate Mocha recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten free. For vegans, plant-based and dairy-free, use oat milk and vegan whipped cream.