This sweet cream cold foam recipe is perfectly sweet, cold, creamy, thick, and delicious. Yep it's all that. Sweetened with regular sugar or a sugar substitute and optionally flavored with vanilla - this is an easy copycat Starbucks sweet cream cold foam to make at home every day!
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You'll love Sweet Cream Cold Foam at Home
"One of my favorite things about cold brew is the foam. This is my take on Starbuck's vanilla cold foam. It's tastes amazing + it's quick and easy!" 🙂 -Kori
- It's Easy. Only three ingredients and a couple of minutes are all you need to make this vanilla sweet cream cold foam recipe!
- Versatile. The beautiful thing - you can easily adapt this to your tastes. See my notes under the Variation section.
- It's cheap to make. This is considerably cheaper than store-bought cold foam - even if you invest in an electric frother. Over time it will pay for itself.
- Make it Healthy! This recipe is gluten free, low carb, and keto. If you use a sugar substitute, it will also be sugar-free. Hooray for that!
Cold Foam Recipe Ingredients
Here what you'll need to make this vanilla sweet cream cold foam recipe. For full details please see the recipe card below.
- Heavy Whipping Cream - If using an electric milk frother it is very easy to whip up whole milk, or even oat milk.
- Sweetener - to sweeten use powdered sugar or a sugar substitute with a sugar ratio of 1:1. I also use a sugar substitute usually Swerve, monk fruit, erythritol, or allulose. Cold foam does not need to be sweetened if you prefer it better that way.
- Optional Vanilla Extract - you do not have to flavor your cold foam with any extract if you don't want to. If you do use vanilla make sure you use pure vanilla extract.
Be sure to see the recipe card below for ingredient quantities and full instructions!
Sweet Cream Cold Foam Recipe Variations
- Make this cold foam unsweetened if you'd rather.
- Make it dairy-free with oat milk. Oat milk froths up like a dream in the electric milk frother.
- To make a low carb and keto cold foam use a sugar substitute such as erythritol or monk fruit.
- If you prefer it plain omit the vanilla.
- Use a different extract to create different flavors - mint, almond, and so on...
- Use store-bought sweetened syrups to flavor the cream.
- Add 1 tablespoon of pumpkin puree to make a pumpkin cold foam.
- Add 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup to make chocolate cold foam.
Equipment for Sweet Cream Cold Foam at Home
Equipment and tools needed to make this vanilla cold foam recipe:
- Electric milk frother - for busy people this is absolutely the way to go especially when it's a hectic morning!
- or, use a handheld milk frother, a whisk or an electric mixer - the hand mix method works like a charm only it takes a little longer.
- Bowl - you'll need a bowl if you hand mix your cream.
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Cup
How To Make Sweet Cream Cold Foam
Making sweet cream cold foam is easy and there are two ways to go about it - hand mix it or use an electric frother.
Hand Mixed Method
- Add cold heavy cream to a medium-sized bowl.
- Using a whisk or electric hand mixer whip the mixture until the cream reaches a consistency of pourable thick foam - or your desired thickness.
- Mix in sweetener and optional vanilla until blended.
Electric Frother Method
- Add cream to an electric milk frother and set to the cold setting. Push start and froth until the cream reaches a foamy consistency that is still pourable.
- Add sweetener, and optional vanilla to the frother and frother for a few seconds until blended.
- Serve cold foam over iced coffee, or other iced beverages.
How To Serve Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam
- Pour it over just about any iced drinks.
- Fruit - sweetened cold foam makes an amazing topping for berries or other fruit.
- Add it to smoothies.
- Top off with chocolate milk or strawberry milk.
- Top off a cocktail with it. Pour it over your favorite iced liqueur over ice such as irish cream, Rumchata, Bailey's, Chocolate Liqueur, etc. FYI that this vanilla cold foam over iced lemon Rumchata is amazing!!
Make honey almond milk cold brew or salted caramel cream cold brew then top them off with this delicious foam recipe. 🙂
Top Tips For Making This Cold Foam Recipe
- Make sure your cream is very cold before frothing.
- Sweeten and flavor this cold foam to your own tastes so it will be perfect for you!
- Mix the foam to your desired thickness. If you like it extra thick go for it. Be sure not to overmix though, or the cream will start to break down.
- It really doesn't matter whether you use an electric milk frother, a whisk, or a mixer - the cream comes out the same.
- This recipe makes 1 serving and for the best foam consistency use right away.
- To save time, make your coffee in batches and have it ready to go over ice.
Sweet Cream Cold Foam FAQs
Cold foam will turn runny if it sits. It is best to use it right away. If you want to make it in advance, mix the cream, vanilla, and sweetener together - but do not whip it ahead of time. Froth when you are ready to serve.
Unwhipped cold foam will keep for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator.
Cold foam is a mixture of heavy cream, with or without sweetener, and flavoring that has been whipped to a pourable thickness. It is usually served over ice drinks and cold brew coffee.
Cold foam is frothed (whipped) but can be made using heavy cream, milk, or even oat milk. It is also sweetened and flavored in a variety of ways.
Sweet cream cold foam can be made from dairy such as cream and milk, but oat milk is a common ingredient for those avoiding dairy.
The easiest milk to foam is heavy cream but whole milk may also be used.
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📖 The recipe.
Sweet Vanilla Cold Foam Recipe
Equipment
- 1 electric milk frother (or, a handheld milk frother, whisk, or an electric mixer.)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 4 teaspoons powdered sugar (regular powdered sugar or a sugar substitute)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Hand Mixed Method
- Add cold heavy cream to a medium-sized bowl.
- Using a whisk or electric hand mixer whip the mixture until the cream reaches a consistency of pourable thick foam - or your desired thickness.
- Mix in sweetener and optional vanilla until blended.
Electric Frother Method
- Add cream to an electric milk frother and set to the cold setting. Push start and froth until the cream reaches a foamy consistency that is still pourable.
- Add sweetener, and optional vanilla to the frother and frother for a few seconds until blended.
- Serve cold foam over iced cold brew, coffee, or other iced beverages.
Kori's Tips
- Don't miss all of our helpful hints, substitution ideas, cooking tips, and other delicious recipes that can be found in our post. Check it out!
- VARIATIONS: Make this cold foam unsweetened if you prefer it that way. If you prefer cold foam plain omit the vanilla. Use a different extract to create different flavors - mint, almond, and so on. Use store-bought sweetened syrups to flavor the cream.
- TOP TIPS: Make sure the cream is very cold before frothing. Whipped cold foam does not store well. Only whip what you will need. You can make the sweetened and flavored cream ahead of time, store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 or 4 days, then froth when you are ready to serve.
- SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Top off any iced drink or coffee. Serve it over fruit for a dessert, add it to smoothies, make a cocktail and serve over iced liqueur. Make salted caramel cream or honey almond milk cold brews.
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