Starbucks

I don't love Starbucks frappuccinos, honestly. But when I have a sore throat from allergies I like to get a coffee frappuccino, nonfat milk & no whipped cream. It's excellent and around 200 calories for a grande. Way better than a lot of their frappuccinos...still tons of sugar, though! And I'm guessing it would be a sad sub for the drink you named.

Usually at Starbucks I like to get black coffee or plain hot green tea and a cake pop. About the same calories but I really like the cake pops when I want to indulge there. I think most of their food/treats are just bleh.

I love Starbucks but I rarely get a frappucino. Replacing them seems like a hard thing to do, since they come with so much sugar and cream and...well, how do you get that without the calories? You could only try to alter them a bit and say bye bye to a few things that make them so calorie-heavy like getting one with only half the syrup, soy milk and no whipped cream.

I'm all about their lattes, Pumpkin Spice, Vanilla, etc. and I also like those iced, with soy milk. If I wanna go really low in calories, I'll get an iced Americano with half a pump of vanilla but I rarely do that.

Iced skinny latte with sugar free syrup!
An iced skinny latte is 63 kcal for a Grande, which is very doable.
Sugar free syrup is 2 kcal for 4 pumps which is plenty to add flavour.
Caramel topping is 15 kcal which is also ok (but I don't know if this is drizzle or what). Sprinkles are 4 kcal!
(All UK nutrition values - https://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/f2e0c66179274bfd96dc9e3c3ffa660e.pdf )

Iced latte is lower cal than a hot one as half the cup is filled with ice (zero cal!) rather than milk...
I started out with a single shot in a Grande which is more Frappuccino like, but am now up to a double. Eh.

Also, soy milk is more calorific than skimmed, so if you're really trying to squeeze the cals out then soy is not necessarily your friend.

Sitting in a Starbucks right now! LOL! I stick with the tall blonde - it has 5 calories - and I do not put any creamer of any sort in it. Stevia in place of sugar and some cinnamon and one packet of honey. Not quite the goodness that you are considering replacing but does my body good!

I'm another one of those who orders a 16 ounce iced skinny vanilla latte with sugar free syrup. I'm sure they have sugar free caramel syrups, too.

Whole milk latte, and not from Bucky's.

SmithsonianEmpress wrote: »

CWShultz27105 wrote: »

Sitting in a Starbucks right now! LOL! I stick with the tall blonde - it has 5 calories - and I do not put any creamer of any sort in it. Stevia in place of sugar and some cinnamon and one packet of honey. Not quite the goodness that you are considering replacing but does my body good!

^^^THIS!...I never deviate....Until it's free drink time....then I get a venti of whatever yummy goodness I want

Amen to free drink time. I usually get a venti green tea soy latte or some crazy iced mocha...I feel like their iced mocha is 60% ice, 15% whipped cream, and a bajillion calories

I've replaced my afternoon iced caramel frappaccino with a mocha protein shake (chocolate whey protein, instant coffee and soy milk). Halves the calories and is full of protein instead of processed carbs, but still get a cold frothy coffee fix.

I get a cold brew, two splenda and a splash of nonfat milk. I estimate that to be about 20 cal on account of the milk.

If I want to splurge, I get a grande vanilla sweet cream cold brew with sugar-free vanilla. It still has some sugar and cream but less than when they had regular vanilla syrup, which is 70 cal on its own. I estimate that to be 40 cal on account of the cream. It's delicious!

kayeroze wrote: »

Hot drinks:
- Tall Vanilla/Hazelnut Flat White with Almond Milk
- Hot Tea
- Black Coffee

Cold Drinks:
- Cold Brew with Coconut Milk
- Grande Iced Passion Tea, unsweetened
- Coconut Lime Refresher
- Skinny Iced Vanilla Latte

And I highly recommend going on their website or app to see the calories.

I swear you are my drink twin, these are all my favorites!! I have never got a flavor in a flat white, will try that next!!


I like the macchiatos! They have that killer sweetness like the fraps

I just adjust my calories to make it fix. I am in Oregon so I am all about dutch bros

Ugh Starbucks is the devil. The fact that they have drinks that have the same caloric density as one of my meals AND no real nutrients for those calories is so irritating to me. So far I've been able to avoid Starbucks just because of that fact. I've seen several pins on Pinterest of people who have come up with lower calorie, lower sugar, healthier versions of Starbucks drinks that you can make at home! I would check those out if I were you because you can save on the unnecessary carbs AND some money! Win win!