You can always count on us to share the best Starbucks drinks to order but… what if you don’t want to spend all your hard-earned coin there? In this second curated series, we’re bringing you Starbucks copycat recipes straight from our barista and home cook partners.
These recipes are here to help you whip up your fave drinks without draining your wallet because being a Starbie shouldn’t = financial ruin.
20 Starbucks Copycat Recipes You’ll Love
Think coffees, Refreshers, chai, and Frappuccino. We’ve got all the Starbucks recipes you need! There are also options for every diet, from keto and vegan to kid-friendly favorites.
Let’s get started!
1. Undertow Coffee
Sounds like a fancy coffee shop, but the Undertow Coffee is really a super-layered drink.
You pour multiple shots of espresso over the back of a spoon so they stay separate from the pool of cold, sweetened milk below.
What does that mean for you? A strong shot of coffee followed by a sweet, creamy milk chaser that’s totally gorg!
RECIPE: Undertow Coffee
2. Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte
Pumpkin spice season never has to end with this dairy-free take on the fall OG. It’s a vegan version of a PSL, made with plant-based milk real pumpkin purée, and spices.
It’s warming, delicious, and WAY CHEAPER on a per-latte basis than an actual PSL.
RECIPE: Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte
3. Lavender Oat Milk Matcha
If you need a caffeinated beverage inspired by spring, DO THIS ONE.
This Starbucks Copycat Iced Lavender Cream Oat Milk Matcha takes matcha and blends it with lavender syrup, oat milk, and an incredible lavender cold foam.
The result is refreshing, smooth, and slightly sweet—a perfect drink for a warm spring day.
RECIPE: Iced Lavender Cream Oat Milk Matcha
4. Summer Berry Refresher
This Starbucks Copycat Summer Berry Refresher is fruity + antioxidant-full and perfect for spring even though it’s not ACTUALLY summer yet!!
It’s a blend of mixed berries, green tea, and lemonade and the combination of tart and sweet is excellent.
It’s a little more involved, but the beautiful color, taste, and popping boba make it worth it.
RECIPE: Summer Berry Refresher
5. Iced Pumpkin Spice Coffee Recipe
This is a refreshing and modern way to drink the world’s most iconic fall beverage.
It’s made with cold brew or chilled coffee, pumpkin spice syrup, and some milk and it tastes very much like its OG inspiration but won’t cost you an arm and a leg!
RECIPE: Iced Pumpkin Spice Coffee Recipe
6. Iced Mocha
This one is for chocolate lovers and caffeine addicts. You are both going to want this drink!!
This glorious Starbucks Copycat Iced Mocha is made with coffee, choc syrup, milk, and ice and is just super smooth and also addictive.
The cocoa-to-caffeine ratio is perfect, meaning you will probs want to drink it multiple times a week.
RECIPE: Iced Mocha
7. Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew
This gorgeous, and glorious homemade Starbucks Copycat Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew is unreal.
You have your cold brew, your salted caramel cold foam, a little bit of vanilla, and you are basically a barista in the making.
OH, and it’s perfectly acceptable to make this drink in your jammies.
RECIPE: Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew
8. Iced Starbucks Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso Recipe
This Copycat Starbucks Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso is THE morning drink of our time. It’s beyond delightful!!
Shake up espresso shots, brown sugar, and cinnamon together, top it with oat milk, and you’re in business. Smooth sweet (but not too sweet!.)
RECIPE: Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso Recipe
9. Caramel Macchiato
This Caramel Macchiato recipe is low-key perfect and also kind of addictive!!
Espresso, vanilla, steamed milk, a HEAVY drizzle of caramel and you are in business.
Sweet, strong, so much cheaper—no wonder it’s a classic from Starbucks that you absolutely should recreate in your kitchen.
RECIPE: Caramel Macchiato
10. Easy Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade
This Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade mixes peaches, green tea, and lemonade and is so delicious and totally summer.
It’s fruity and has the perfect citrusy balance so you may enjoy drinking it more than is entirely reasonable.
It’s also incredibly easy to make (5 ingredients!!) so keep it handy for when you can’t make it to Starbucks.
RECIPE: Easy Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade
11. Starbucks Hot Chocolate
That incredible Starbucks hot chocolate?? The stuff of legends?? Turns out you can make it at home.
This version is crafted with real chocolate and whole milk, YES REALLY.
So smooth, so tempting, so good on cold nights and mornings and afternoons.
RECIPE: Starbucks Hot Chocolate
12. Starbucks Chai Tea Latte Copycat
This homemade Chai Tea Latte is the warmest blend of black tea, warming spices, and frothy milk.
The cinnamon/cardamom/cloves situation gives it an aromatic, sweet, and spicy vibe that is outright comforting. It is a delish (and much less spendy!) stand-in for the Starbucks version.
RECIPE: Starbucks Chai Tea Latte Copycat
13. Copycat Starbucks Pink Drink
The Starbucks Pink Drink is a fan fave, and you can make it at home!!
Coconut milk, strawberries, and acai mixed for your pleasure. Sweet-ish, creamy, fruity, refreshing feeling.
And also good for Insta. Best with sunshine, but really, whenever.
RECIPE: Copycat Starbucks Pink Drink
14. Peppermint Hot Chocolate Recipe
The ultimate winter drink is peppermint hot choc, the end!!
It is indulgent, smooth, and is made with the same amount of peppermint as in the Starbucks offering, so same taste levels.
If you want something fancy without the hassle, this is that fancy thing.
RECIPE: Peppermint Hot Chocolate Recipe
15. Skinny French Vanilla Latte
This Skinny French Vanilla Latte is the lightened-up version of a classic French Vanilla Latte, and it is made using good things like plant-based ingredients.
It’s sweet, warm, and frothy so you still get that comforting feeling without all the extra cals. And you only need five minutes and four ingredients to make it at home!
RECIPE: Skinny French Vanilla Latte
16. Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea
This Medicine Ball Tea will solve all your problems (it will not solve all your problems, but it does help with afternoon slumps and stuffy noses).
It’s made with peach tea, green tea, honey, lemon, and steamed lemonade for a soothing and cozy combo.
Way easier to make it yourself than to drive to Starbucks, especially when you’re feeling ick.
RECIPE: Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea
17. Starbucks Iced Gingerbread Latte Copycat Recipe
Boom, a bomb Starbucks Iced Gingerbread Latte copycat recipe you can drink over ice whenever you want. No lines, no judgment.
It has the warm flavor of gingerbread mixed with espresso and milk so it tastes very much like the real thing (yum!!).
RECIPE: Starbucks Iced Gingerbread Latte Copycat Recipe
18. Copycat Starbucks Strawberry Acai Refresher
A homemade Strawberry Acai Refresher is coming at you if you want it!! This Starbucks copycat recipe is fruity and antioxidant-y.
Made with a blend of acai, strawberries, and green coffee extract; it’s refreshing, pretty, and perfect as a daytime pick-me-up.
RECIPE: Strawberry Acai Refresher
19. Easy Vanilla Frappe Recipe
Craving a creamy vanilla frappuccino? This copycat recipe is made with three ingredients.
Milk, vanilla ice cream, and ice come together into a refreshing Frappuccino that’s thick, frothy, and icy.
Skip the cafe and customize yours by adding whipped cream, caramel drizzle, or cinnamon.
RECIPE: Easy Vanilla Frappe Recipe
20. Vegan Unicorn Frappuccino
Remember the Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino? This is its vegan cousin and it is just as epic without using any artificial dyes or pumps of syrup to deliver the color.
Plant-based milk, natural, fruit-derived dye, tropical-inspired flavors—mix it all together, and you have a dreamy, swirly frapp that’s WAY more fun to make than it is to drink (although it’s also fun to drink).
RECIPE: Vegan Unicorn Frappuccino
Wrapping It Up
I hope you’re feeling our series of curated homemade series of Starbucks copycat recipes! Stay tuned because we have more coming.
Snacks, pastries, baked goods, literally everything you would want to eat with your fancy drinks!
