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No barista experience required! With just four ingredients, you can create a delicious and less expensive Iced Caramel Mocha Latte at home.

Two Iced Caramel Mocha Lattes sit on a tray with ice flanked by a towel.

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Original content posted June 2015.  Updated May 2021.

I’ve repeatedly noted that I’m not a coffee person whatsoever.  Tea, on the other hand, is a different story.  I love it iced, chai, green, black – pretty much any way you can think to serve it.  

But one day about two years ago, a McDonald’s employee handed me an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte that they had made as a duplicate order.  I took it to be polite, thinking that I would be handing it over immediately to my coffee loving husband in the parking lot.  

Let’s just say I took that first sip and was instantly hooked.

A hand reaches for an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte sitting on a black tray.

Because really, a mocha latte is chocolate.  CHOCOLATE, people.  Coffee + chocolate = mocha.  And then you go and throw caramel into the mix and well, who wouldn’t think this was the greatest caffeine pick-me-up of all time?  

But friends, shelling out $3+ at a drive-thru every time I want to indulge in an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte is not an option.  Instead, I’ve found an easy and more cost effective way to treat myself any time of day in the comfort of my own home.  No loading all four of my children into the car required!

An overhead view of an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte on a black tray and the ingredients needed to make it.

My Iced Caramel Mocha Latte recipe is incredibly easy.  I need only four ingredients and each one is something that I always have on hand – coffee, hot cocoa mix, milk and caramel ice cream topping.  I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to figure out just how easy it was to create this mocha at home!  

Coffee is poured into a glass of ice to prepare an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte.

What is an Iced Caramel Mocha?

First up?  Coffee.  I simply steal one of my husband’s K-Cups and brew a cup of coffee.  Or if I have a few minutes and I’m thinking ahead, I like to brew a pot of coffee and store it in a mason jar in the fridge so I’m Iced Caramel Mocha Latte ready for the week ahead.

You then whisk the hot chocolate mix and caramel ice cream topping into the coffee and you’re ready to pour over ice. 

TIP:  Want to insure your drink doesn’t become watered down from melting ice?  Make your own coffee ice cubes!  Simply freeze coffee in ice cube trays – I love these silicone ones.

Milk is poured into an iced glass of coffee to make an Iced Mocha Latte.

If you want to be fancy – and don’t we all! – you can choose to pour the milk into the coffee mixture so you get the swirly clouds of white throughout.

TIP:  Want to go the fast and easy route?  Totally understand!  Simply add the milk to the coffee, hot chocolate and caramel mixture and whisk together.  In less than two minutes, you’re slowly sipping your drink and leaving your worries behind. 

Suddenly things like your baby not napping don’t seem so bothersome.  (For a few minutes anyway…)

Milk swirls in a glass of iced coffee resting on a black tray with ice.

And because you’re making your drink at home, you also get to make the important barista decision of how much whipped cream is too much?  As if there were such a thing!  

Top your latte with a mountain of whipped cream and a few additional swirls of caramel and you’ll be patting yourself on the back for an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte well done!

How to prepare an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte, steps 1-4.

How to Make an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte at Home

[1]  Brew eight ounces of coffee.

[2]  Add hot chocolate mix and caramel ice cream topping to coffee.

[3]  Whisk together to combine.

[4]  Pour coffee mixture into a glass over ice.

TIP:  Want to insure your drink doesn’t become watered down from melting ice?  Make your own coffee ice cubes!  Simply freeze coffee in ice cube trays – I love these silicone ones.

How to prepare an Iced Caramel Mocha Latte, steps 5-6.

[5]  Pour milk into glass over coffee.

[6]  Garnish glass with whipped cream and additional caramel ice cream topping.

An Iced Caramel Mocha Latte rests on a black tray with the ingredients used to prepare it behind it.

Since I’ve come to the realization that mocha simply means more chocolate in my life, I’ve mocha-fied many recipes!  My decadent Peanut Butter Mocha Poke Cake is always a crowd favorite.  And you’ll love how easy my no bake Mocha Coconut Frappuccino Pie is.  

I also love filling our cookie jar with these festive Mocha Peppermint Crunch Cookies that are not only delicious, but pretty, too!

Two Iced Caramel Mocha Lattes with stainless steel straws.

If you’ve tried this Iced Caramel Mocha Latte or any other recipe on Melanie Makes, please let me know your thoughts in the comments below.  I love hearing from you and respond to each and every comment!

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5 from 16 votes

Iced Caramel Mocha Latte

No barista experience required! With just four ingredients, you can create a delicious and less expensive Iced Caramel Mocha Latte at home.
Prep Time5 mins
Total Time5 mins
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 drink
Calories: 157kcal
Author: Melanie Bauer | Melanie Makes

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces coffee prepared
  • 2 tablespoons hot chocolate mix
  • 1 tablespoon caramel ice cream topping
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • whipped cream and additional caramel to garnish

Instructions

  • Brew eight ounces of coffee.
  • Add hot chocolate mix and caramel ice cream topping to coffee.
  • Whisk together to combine.
  • Pour coffee mixture into a glass over ice.
    TIP:  Want to insure your drink doesn’t become watered down from melting ice?  Make your own coffee ice cubes!  Simply freeze coffee in ice cube trays – I love these silicone ones.
  • Pour milk into glass over coffee.
  • Garnish glass with whipped cream and additional caramel ice cream topping.

Notes

TIP:  Want to go the fast and easy route?  Totally understand!  Simply add the milk to the coffee, hot chocolate and caramel mixture and whisk together.  In less than two minutes, you’re slowly sipping your drink and leaving your worries behind. 

Nutrition

Calories: 157kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 103mg | Sugar: 27g

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Comments

  8. Sara Welch says

    This was just like ordering my favorite drinks through the drive-thru at Starbucks! Not only will this save me a trip, but money too! Glad I can make this anytime of the day I please!
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  10. Demeter says

    This looks like the perfect afternoon pick me up! Love that I don't even have to leave my house for it.
    Reply

  11. Denise says

    You should load everyone up into your car and go to McDonald's and order you a large caramel frappe and drive around the block slowly enjoying every sip of it! ????☕ This looks delicious too, too bad I'm allergic to chocolate. ???? Have a great day!
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  13. Corinne says

    This sounds delicious!! I have three words for you: cold. brewed. coffee. Seriously, it's amazing, much better flavor than hot brewed coffee, and you can make a whole french press full and leave it in the fridge and it's always ready to be iced coffee!!
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    • melanie says

      Hi, Denise - I've never tested the recipe with chocolate milk mix so I can't say for sure. Let me know how it works if you give it a try!
      Reply

  15. Loretta says

    Yours even looks prettier than the drive through version ;) Also, coffee ice cubes are the best thing ever, I don't think I'd survive summer without them. I need to try a silicone mold like you have though, mine are just standard "came with the freezer" type ice cube trays and my coffee cubes come out cracked and odd sometimes.
    Reply

  18. Meg says

    My husband gets caramel coffee everyday from mcdonalds. It frustrates me to no end. I have given up trying to get him to see its too much money. So i cringe to myself when he goes to get it. I have tries to make a coffee here. And his mom has tried. I dont know what it is about mcdonalds. Maybe i will give this a try. I dont think it will work..
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    • melanie says

      Diet, schmiet! Today definitely called for one of these to get me through my afternoon. You deserve one too, my friend!
      Reply

    • melanie says

      Napping?! I'm trying to get the baby on a napping schedule this week since school is out for the summer and we aren't in the car so much. Sometimes this mocha is the only thing that gets me through the afternoon!
      Reply

  30. Kay says

    This isn't a latte, or a mocha. A mocha is espresso plus chocolate, and a latte is espresso plus milk. What this is, is coffee spiked hot chocolate. Looks like the coffee house is still in need. :)
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    • melanie says

      Perhaps I should've called it my imposter Caramel Mocha Latte, Kay! When you have four small children, loading them all up to go get an actual one is never going to happen so my homemade version will have to do!
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    • Angela Fishburn says

      Kay, I wonder if you have problems getting along with people and don't understand why. The way you clarified Mocha & Latte was actually quite rude. You could have approached it; I looked it up and Mocha is *blah blah*. or my understanding is a Latte is blah blah.... The way you said it was just kind of bluntly rude and said in a way to make someone else feel stupid. I'm proud of the way Melanie handled your comment. I wouldn't have had that much patience.
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    • melanie says

      Thanks so much, Courtney - means so much coming from you! This has become my afternoon pick-me-up of choice!
      Reply

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