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Closeup view of an Orange Cream Frappuccino in a Starbucks cup with sliced orange and whole orange.

Orange Cream Frappuccino {Starbucks Copycat}

This Copycat Starbucks Orange Cream Frappuccino blends orange vanilla syrup into a creamy, frosty drink that tastes just like a Creamsicle. It comes together in your blender in about five minutes!
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Course: Drink
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Frappuccino Recipe, Orange Drink, Starbucks Copycat, Starbucks Drinks
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Makes: 1 drink
Author: Sues

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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup whole milk
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 4 tablespoon orange vanilla syrup (recipe below OR 3 tablespoon store-bought orange syrup and 1 tablespoon store-bought vanilla syrup)
  • ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum (can substitute with ½ teaspoon cornstarch)
  • 1 cup ice
  • Whipped cream

Orange Vanilla Syrup

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 ½ tablespoon finely grated orange zest (grated with microplane) from about 2 large oranges
  • 2 vanilla bean pods split and scraped with seeds and pod reserved (OR 2 teaspoon vanilla extract as a swap)

Instructions

  • Add milk, heavy cream, 4 tablespoon orange vanilla syrup (or 3 tablespoon orange syrup and 1 tablespoon vanilla syrup), xanthan gum (or cornstarch), and ice to a blender and process until smooth and frothy.
  • Spoon about ⅓ cup of whipped cream into the bottom of a glass, coating the lower walls.
  • Pour the blended Frappuccino over the whipped cream layer in the glass.
  • Top drink with more whipped cream.

Orange Vanilla Syrup

  • Combine water, sugar, orange zest, and vanilla bean seeds and pod in a small saucepan (if using vanilla extract instead of vanilla beans, stir this in at the end after zest has been strained out). Bring just to a bare simmer (not a rolling boil), stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove saucepan from heat.
  • Let the zest and vanilla bean steep into the syrup, off heat, for about 15 minutes. Strain out the zest and vanilla pod and let syrup cool completely before using.
  • Pour syrup into a mason jar or other airtight container and store in fridge for up to a month.

Notes

  • The orange vanilla syrup makes about 1 ¼ cups, enough for roughly 5 Frappuccinos. The recipe uses 4 tablespoon per drink.
  • If you want to use store-bought syrups, use 3 tablespoon orange syrup plus 1 tablespoon vanilla syrup.
  • Don't boil the syrup; bring it just to a bare simmer. A hard boil can make the orange zest taste bitter.
  • If using extract instead of vanilla beans, stir in 2 teaspoon at the very end after straining, off the heat, so you don't cook off the flavor.
  • If you're using the homemade syrup in the recipe, your drink will be a very pale orange. To make it more vibrant, you can either add orange food dye, orange powder, carrot powder, or turmeric.

Useful Products

Orange Syrup
Orange Syrup
Vanilla Syrup
Vanilla Syrup
Xanthan Gum
Xanthan Gum
Grade B Vanilla Beans
Grade B Vanilla Beans
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