The Best Iced Coffee Recipes {Caramel, Vanilla & Mocha} - The Girl on Bloor (2024)

These Iced Coffee Recipes (iced vanilla latte, mocha & caramel machiatto) are AMAZING! Keep the homemade syrups in the fridge all summer!

Ingredients and substitutions

• Ice cubes – use crushed ice, medium-sized ice cubes or large blocks of ice.
• Espresso shots – you can also used brewed coffee for a regular iced coffee.
• Milk – use any dairy or non-dairy milk of your choice.

Simple syrup

• Sugar – substitute for a cup-for-cup sugar substitute like stevia.

Vanilla latte syrup

• Vanilla extract – pure vanilla extract, artificial vanilla extract or vanilla bean will all work.
• Simple syrup – you can try just using sugar, but it won’t dissolve as well.

Iced mocha syrup

• Simple syrup – see substitution notes above.
• Cocoa powder – chocolate syrup, chocolate syrup or Nutella would also be good variations, but will have a higher calorie count. Add some mint extract for an iced peppermint mocha!

Iced caramel macchiato syrup

• Simple syrup – see substitution notes above.
• Dulce de leche – if you don’t have any dulce de leche at home, boil a can of sweetened condensed milk for 3 hours in a large pot of boiling water.

How to make iced coffee

1. Make the syrup.
2. Brew the coffee.
3. Pour everything over ice.
4. Serve and enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions

The Best Iced Coffee Recipes

These are three of my favourite iced coffee flavours. Of course, you can mix and match with different flavour options! Just stick to the basic formula of ice, coffee and flavoured syrup.

Making the Iced Caramel Macchiato

The trick to this Iced Caramel Machiatto recipe is making the rich dulce de leche caramel syrup and layering the espresso and milk; it’s way easier than you think too!

Start with an empty cup full of ice, then add a couple tablespoons of the syrup. Brew your espresso, and pour it very delicately over the milk of your choice – I usually go with 2% but whole milk makes this drink extra creamy and over the top.

If you don’t have dulce de leche at home (you can usually find it with the jams or in the ice cream isle of your local grocery store), simply boil a can of sweetened condensed milk for 3 hours in a large pot of gently boiling water.

Making the Iced Vanilla Latte

Vanilla lattes are so easy to make and you don’t need to splurge on an expensive vanilla bean to get good flavour with this syrup. Like the rest of the syrups here, the formula is pretty straightforward. Make a plain simple syrup by mixing boiling water and sugar together, then add in your flavouring of choice.

For this vanilla latte, I used plain old artificial vanilla extract but you could use the more expensive pure extract or opt for the vanilla bean if you can find them. But really, the vanilla latte is the easiest of all to make. Like the machiatto, start with an empty cup full of ice. Brew two espresso shots and pour them over the ice, then stir in 1 cup of milk and add vanilla syrup to your taste. Yum!

Making the Iced Mocha

This chocolate iced mocha is made very similarly to the vanilla latte, and you probably already have the main ingredient at home: cocoa powder! Make the simple syrup from the Vanilla recipe above, mix in a tablespoon of cocoa, and you’re good to go. Start with an empty cup full of ice, pour your espresso shots overtop, mix in some milk and some chocolate syrup. Super easy!

If you really want to take this iced mocha over the top, you could also use chocolate milk, or even add in a little mint extract to make it an iced peppermint mocha. Amazing combo right?! There are so many ways to get creative with iced coffee!

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