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White chocolate macadamia cream cold brew in Starbucks cup.

White Chocolate Macadamia Cream Cold Brew

Who knew that white chocolate and macadamia nuts could come together to make the most delicious cold brew? This copycat recipe for the Starbucks White Chocolate Macadamia Cream Cold Brew is packed with a light sweetness, a little nuttiness, and lots of bold coffee flavor.
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Course: Drink
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Coffee Drinks, Iced Coffee, Starbucks Copycat, Starbucks Drinks
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Makes: 1 drink
Author: Sues

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Ingredients

  • 10 oz. cold brew
  • Ice
  • 1 oz. macadamia nut syrup (store-bought of homemade with recipe below)
  • cup white chocolate macadamia cream cold foam (recipe below)
  • Sugar cookie crumbles, for topping

Macadamia Nut Syrup

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup roughly chopped toasted macadamia nuts (or 2 teaspoon macadamia nut extract)

Macadamia Cream Cold Foam

  • ¾ cup 2% milk
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla syrup*
  • 1 tablespoon macadamia syrup
  • 1 tablespoon white chocolate mocha sauce (store-bought or recipe below)

White Chocolate Mocha Sauce

  • 4 oz. white chocolate, roughly chopped
  • ½ cup fat-free sweetened condensed milk**
  • ½ cup 2% milk (or dairy/non-dairy alternative of your choice)

Instructions

  • Pour cold brew into an ice-filled glass. Stir in macadamia nut syrup.
  • Top drink with macadamia cream cold foam and sprinkle on sugar cookie crumbles.

Macadamia Nut Syrup

  • Put water, sugar, and chopped macadamia nuts (or extract) in a medium saucepan and bring mixture to a boil.
  • Once boiling, lower heat and let simmer for about 10 minutes, until sugar is completely dissolved and mixture has thickened a bit. Remove from heat. If using nuts, I recommend letting the syrup rest for about 30 minutes to let the macadamia nut flavor continue to steep into the syrup. Strain the mixture into a bowl, leaving the nuts behind.
  • Keep mixture in bowl or transfer into a mason jar and place in fridge to cool completely. Syrup will continue to thicken as it cools.

Macadamia Cream Cold Foam

  • Mix milk, cream, vanilla syrup, macadamia syrup, and white mocha sauce in a bowl until well combined. Or place all ingredients in a mason jar and shake. This is your macadamia cold cream... Keep it in the fridge until you're ready to turn it into cold foam right before using.
  • To turn into foam, you can either use an electric frother, hand mixer, or blender. Alternatively, you can shake the mixture in a mason jar until it's frothy.

White Chocolate Mocha Sauce

  • Put roughly chopped white chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl.
  • In a small saucepan, combine sweetened condensed milk and 2% milk over medium-low heat until it's just coming to a simmer.
  • Pour milk mixture over white chocolate and let sit for a minute. Then, stir until chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
  • Pour sauce into a heat-proof jar or bowl and let cool. Keep in the fridge until ready to use.

Notes

  • Feel free to omit the vanilla syrup and use a little extract instead along with an additional tablespoon of macadamia syrup.
** If you can't find fat free sweetened condensed milk, you can use full-fat and skim milk instead of 2%. Or feel free to use the dairy combination of your choice for the sauce.
(prep and cook times for this recipe will depend on if you make all the drink components or purchase them) 
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