Skinny Peppermint Mocha Recipe - The Girl on Bloor (2024)

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What makes a skinny Peppermint Mocha? ›

Skinny Peppermint Mocha

The beverage can be prepared with sugar-free peppermint syrup, nonfat milk and skinny mocha sauce and chocolate curls without whipped cream. A Skinny Peppermint Mocha is just 100 calories for a Tall beverage.

Just skip the whipped cream and chocolate curls on top, and order yours made with nondairy milk like almond, coconut, soy, or oat milk.

The low carb version of the Starbucks Peppermint Mocha comes out to 7 net carbs which is high for anyone on Keto and strict to their daily 20 net carbs.

As for the syrup, the company once offered a Skinny Mocha Sauce, which was available in its Skinny Mocha drink, among other sugar-free flavors like cinnamon dolce syrup. However, much to the chagrin of many Starbucks regulars, these sugar-free options, as well as the Skinny Mocha itself, have since been discontinued.

Bittersweet skinny mocha sauce, espresso and steamed non-fat milk are lightly topped with foam. Sip on the lighter side of sweet.

Starbucks discontinued their skinny mocha sauce in 2020, which means it's no longer available on their menu. The company said that light syrup, along with a handful of other sugar-free syrups, weren't as popular as the regular flavors made with sugar.

From there, the team refined the recipe, finding the perfect combination of rich Starbucks espresso with bittersweet mocha sauce, peppermint syrup, and steamed milk, topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of red sugar sprinkles.

Tall Peppermint Mocha: 3 pumps peppermint syrup, 3 pumps mocha sauce. Grande Peppermint Mocha: 4 pumps peppermint syrup, 4 pumps mocha sauce. Venti Peppermint Mocha: 5 pumps peppermint syrup, 5 pumps mocha sauce.

And no, it's not just ordering a skinny peppermint mocha, which clocks in at 160 calories and still contains dairy, which I try to stay away from. It's even better than that. I have figured out a way to replicate the taste of a peppermint mocha at Starbucks for 76 calories. Plus, it's cheaper.

Is a skinny mocha keto? ›

7. Skinny Mocha. Typically, Starbucks' Caffè Mocha combines espresso with mocha sauce, steamed milk, and whipped cream. However, ordering this version, which uses sugar-free skinny mocha sauce, and swapping the milk for equal parts heavy whipping cream and water drastically cuts the carb content.

The skinny mocha syrup has reduced sugar but is not sugar free. Also the skinny mocha latte has nonfat instead of 2% milk and only foam on top not whipped cream like the regular mocha does. We don't have a reduced sugar white mocha syrup, but you could do the nonfat milk and leave off the whipped cream.

When trying to lose weight, the types of café coffees you should keep to a minimum are: Cappuccino, Mocha, Café latte, Coffee with added syrups and Affogato. These coffee's generally have a high sugar content as well as fat content if ordered on full cream milk.

Starbucks Peppermint Mocha Whole Milk No Whipped Cream (1 tall) contains 45g total carbs, 42g net carbs, 9g fat, 9g protein, and 300 calories.

It's a hot, minty, chocolate, coffee treat…Starbucks makes their dreamy, skinny holiday drink with espresso, steamed nonfat milk, sugar-free mocha sauce, and sugar-free peppermint syrup.

Peppermint Flavor: to add peppermint flavor you can use: 1) mint extract, 2) half of a peppermint candy cane, or 3) peppermint syrup. Vanilla Extract: provides a touch of extra sweetness and adds some flavor depth. Toppings: we're topping our Peppermint Mocha off with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

From there, the team refined the recipe, finding the perfect combination of rich Starbucks espresso with bittersweet mocha sauce, peppermint syrup, and steamed milk, topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of red sugar sprinkles.