I am a starbucks addict. I am addicted to caramel frappucinos. I have at least made the better decision lately of getting frappucino lights, but I know they still have alot of sugar. Plus, $4 a day is alot of money! So, I looked around online and found some frappucino recipes and I played around and I have come up with the perfect light frappucino you can make at home!! I am drinking one right now and it is OH SO GOOD!

Directions :

Brew some STRONG coffee, and freeze it in a ice cube tray.

Then put 4 coffee ice cubes, 6 regular ice cubes, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 tablespoon splenda, and one tablespoon sugar free caramel in blender, and blend.

Viola, a delicious sugar free low cost low guilt frappucino at home!

:update:

here's another receipe that Ive tweeked to my personal taste.

2 heaping Tbls of General Foods cafe' mocha (the powder mix - in a can)

1/4 tea of Folgers instant coffee

1 C skim milk

blend. then add about 10-12 ice cubes.

General foods coffees has several s/f low carb flavors. I prefer the mocha flavor.

anyway, I just wanted to share. hope you enjoy.

:update:

here's another receipe that Ive tweeked to my personal taste.

2 heaping Tbls of General Foods cafe' mocha (the powder mix - in a can)

1/4 tea of Folgers instant coffee

1 C skim milk

blend. then add about 10-12 ice cubes.

General foods coffees has several s/f low carb flavors. I prefer the mocha flavor.

anyway, I just wanted to share. hope you enjoy.

I love General Foods. Have you tried their Chai Latte???? (tea) its my new fav....fatty of course, so i only get it for special occasions...lol.

I also am addicted to Starbucks. Did you know that a Grande Mocha Light Frap is only 180 calories? Woohoo!

I love my coffee! I roast my own beans and I have an espresso machine to make my own Iced mochas which is extremley cheap! I use non fat milk and 1 tablespoon of hershey's chocolate. you can buy the flavorings just about anywhere now, just moved to east TN (1906, I think is the yr here) from Seattle. Couldn't find ANYWHERE for coffee except Starbucks, :mad: and they are 25 miles from my house. So once again I had to take matters into my own hands, just like my surgery (insurance co. refused). Seems to be a trend in my life?

Call me a tight a$$, I just can't bring myself to pay that price for a cup of coffee. Plus, I'm so intimidated by all the fancy names and the types of coffee, yikes, how do you know what to chose?

I had a girl working for me and every morning she would walk in at least 8-10 minutes late, yep you guessed it, always had time to get that Starbucks coffee, yet she always claimed poverty, never had a dime to her name, go figure, LOL.

Call me a tight a$$, I just can't bring myself to pay that price for a cup of coffee. Plus, I'm so intimidated by all the fancy names and the types of coffee, yikes, how do you know what to chose?

I had a girl working for me and every morning she would walk in at least 8-10 minutes late, yep you guessed it, always had time to get that Starbucks coffee, yet she always claimed poverty, never had a dime to her name, go figure, LOL.

ha ha ...you so are funny. I think its a status thing. I am holding out till its cool to drink Wawa Iced Mocha Mint....then I will be cool too.

two of my daughters are baristas at coffee stands in Wa state. They know how to whip out those *&&^%%*(_)^%$# drinks that people order! I guess I am just simple, they don't drink starbucks at all. No one in Seattle really does, their coffee tastes burnt to me. I know I should be drinking sf chocolate, but the small amount I put in there only has 50 calories and with the NF milk, (my dairy for the day) it's maybe 125 cal.

My first post...yippie.

I love Starbucks. I've tried other iced coffees but I always go back to theirs. The closest Starbucks is over an hour - so it is a real treat when I do get one. I get the coffee light frap w/out whip - I believe it is around 1 gram of fat. I realize once I have the band done I won't be drinking the Starbucks ones - to much sugar. Thanks for the recipe - it sounds great.

YUP HUGE FAN!!! Love the stuff. I can't get enough.