Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino Starbucks: A Useful Guide

Have you ever tried Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino Starbucks? 

The other day, I was at Starbucks near my house with my girlfriend and we decided to try out a Starbucks brew that haven’t tried before. While looking at the menu, we stumbled upon the Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino and without thinking about it twice, we ordered one each. Stick around, I’d like to share my opinion on this unique Starbucks drink.

Let’s jump straight into it.

Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino Starbucks Review

Much like all the drinks at Starbucks, it comes in 3 different sizes: 

• Tall 12 fl oz
• Grande 16 fl oz
• Venti 24 fl oz 

It’s a delicious drink made with Frappuccino Roast coffee peppermint-flavoured syrup, Mocha sauce, milk (of your preference), and ice and served with whipped cream and chocolate curls that really elevate this fantastic brew. 

Calories: 430

Sugar: 63g

Fat: 16g

You’ll be able to find it on Starbucks holiday menu as it’s been an all-time favourite. 

What does Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino Starbucks 

Overall is a refreshing, delicious drink with the 3 main flavours of coffee, chocolate, and peppermint combined together creating a unique drink. Drinks that blend coffee and chocolate together are most of the times great as the taste of these 2 are similar and go together so well while peppermint adds a refreshing and cool spin to this drink. And on top, you can taste the whipped cream and Mocha sauce that make the drink more appealing.

If you taste it and find it too sweet for you, I suggest you take a look at the Frappuccino menu at Starbucks as there are other plenty of options lower in calories and less sweet.

Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino caffeine content & calories per size

The below grid shows the amount of caffeine and calories each size contains: 

Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino	Caffeine (mg)	Calories
Tall	75	300
Tall Crème	5	270
Grande	110	430
Grande Crème	10	390
Venti	140	530
Venti Crème	15	480

As you can see the lowest option in calories and caffeine is Tall Crème, great if you’re on a strict diet or tolerant to caffeine. 

Can you customise a Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino at Starbucks? 

Let’s chat about a couple of ways you can customise your Frappuccino and really relish each sip of it. 

Order decaf

One of the great things at Starbucks is that you can customise your brew and order the way you really like it. 

For example, if you are tolerant of caffeine and find it difficult to go to bed at night, it’s wise to order decaf coffee. 

You can also ask for a different coffee roast and choose between light, medium or dark roast coffee beans. As you might have guessed, each roast type produces coffee that tastes different from the other roasts. For instance, light roast coffee beans produce more tangy and fruity coffee, while dark roast coffee beans brew more complex coffee with notes of chocolate or cocoa. 

Less calories

Another way you can customise your Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino is to order the lighter version. Because it contains peppermint syrup, whipped cream, and Mocha sauce it’s high in sugar and by ordering the lighter version you’ll still be able to enjoy a delicious drink with less sugar and calories. 

Alternatively, you can ask for fewer syrup pumps. For example, the typical recipe of this Starbucks Frappuccino has 2 peppermint and Mocha sauce pumps. Why not order yours with just 1 of each? This will reduce the amount of calories of your brew; considering that each pump contains 10 calories your brew now is going to have 410 (430 – 20). 

Choose milk

Ordering the milk of your preference is another way to order this decadent Starbucks drink the way you like it. 

More specifically, you can order the milk you like between: 

• Heavy Cream 
• Vanilla Sweet Cream
• Nonfat Milk
• Full fat Milk 
• Breve (half and half) 
• Almond
• Coconut 
• Oat milk 
• Soy

Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino recipe

Let’s go over how to make Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino at home to impress family and friends. 

The preparation time is only 5 minutes. 

Ingredients for Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino at home

• 16 gr of coffee grounds for 2 cups of coffee
• 1 cup of milk (of your preference)
• 3 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cocoa powder
• 2 pumps of peppermint syrup (or 5 to 7 drops of peppermint extract)
• 1 serving of whipped cream
• Chocolate chips or curls

Execution

Let’s go over the steps: 

• Use the coffee grounds to brew 2 cups of coffee and pour it over a glass full of ice to make your brew cold
• Put the iced coffee (with the ice cubes), milk, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and peppermint syrup into a blender 
• Blend the mixture until the ice cubes are crushed
• Pour the blend into a glass and top it with whipped cream and chocolate and you’re good to go

Top tip: your blender might find it difficult to crush the ice completely in the first go. If you see your device struggling to do so pause it, give it a break for a couple of minutes, and go back again. Repeat the process if your blender keeps on struggling with the ice.

Let’s wrap it up 

That’s a wrap, this is all I’ve learned from my visit the other day at Starbucks to try out Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino. I hope you found this article useful to make up your mind about whether to give this unique drink a shot. Stay tuned, more articles about coffee and Starbucks brews are coming soon. 

FAQ

Let’s take a look at a couple of frequently asked questions to help you get a better understanding of the topic. 

Is Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino a seasonal Starbucks drink? 

Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino at Starbucks is a drink that you can get all year round and enjoy the chocolate curls at Christmas. 

Does Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino have coffee? 

Yes, it does, Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino contains coffee. If you don’t like caffeinated coffee, why not go for decaf coffee at Starbucks? 

Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino Starbucks Price

You can find the Grande size at $5.75 to $6.65 depending on the addition or special milk coffee or toppings you ask your coffee should have.