Spiced Pumpkin Cold Foam Recipe
This pumpkin cold foam recipe is creamy, and slightly sweet, and gives any iced coffee instant fall vibes with the first sip and it’s a great way to welcome in pumpkin season. The foam tastes like pumpkin pie filling with a big dollop of whipped cream – in the best way possible. Pour the pumpkin spice cold foam over your favorite iced coffee or espresso, over an iced latte, or use it in a pumpkin cream cold brew. If you want to be a bit extra, use it as a topping for an iced pumpkin spice latte. Extra is always good in my opinion and it’s delicious on almost all of your favorite fall drinks.
If you love a Starbucks copycat recipe, be sure to try my tomato mozzarella panini, turkey pesto panini, iced lavender cream matcha, shaken brown sugar espresso, pink drink, or sweet cream cold foam next time.
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
What You’ll Love About Pumpkin Spice Cold Foam
- Lightly sweetened and adjustable
- Delicious way to welcome in the fall season
- Cozy spiced pumpkin flavors
- Perfect addition to any cold coffee
- Made with real pumpkin puree and simple ingredients
- Easy-to-make
Ingredients
- Heavy cream – This gives major whipped cream vibes and is SO good. It also helps the foam have a thick and strong structure (so that the foam doesn’t deflate right away).
- Milk – You can use skim milk, low-fat milk (2%), or whole milk. The combination of cold milk with heavy cream helps lighten the foam up a bit and also prevents it from turning into whipped cream.
- Pumpkin spice syrup – Once you have a batch of this syrup, you’ll find so many delicious ways to use it. It is ready in minutes and you’ll have coffee drinks for weeks. It’s the perfect way to use up leftover pumpkin puree and you can use it in so many different drinks.
- Coffee – You can use iced espresso, cold brew, or your favorite cold coffee.
How to Make Pumpkin Cold Foam
This is an overview on how to make pumpkin cream cold foam, the detailed instructions can be found below in the recipe card.
How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
If you want a Starbucks pumpkin cream cold brew copycat, here’s how you’ll make it:
- Mix cold brew. Sweeten your favorite cold brew coffee with vanilla syrup (buy it here or find a recipe here) or some maple syrup and pour over ice.
- Make pumpkin cold foam. See the exact recipes below in the recipe card. Pour over the vanilla cold brew for the perfect copycat recipe.
FAQs
What is pumpkin foam made of?
You can see the Starbucks pumpkin cream cold foam ingredients below, but this simple diy pumpkin cold foam is made with heavy whipping cream, milk, pumpkin simple syrup (sugar, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, and pumpkin pie spice).
What is in Starbucks pumpkin cream cold foam?
Here’s the ingredient list from the Starbucks version:
[Cream (Cream, Mono And Diglycerides, Carageenan), Milk, Pumpkin Spice Sauce (Sugar, Condensed Skim Milk, Pumpkin Puree, Contains 2 Or Less Of Fruit And Vegetable Juice For Color, Natural Flavors, Annatto, Salt, Potassium Sorbate), Vanilla Syrup (Sugar, Water, Natural Flavors, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid)]
Does cold foam have sugar?
Yes, most cold foams are sweetened. This pumpkin version is sweetened with the spiced pumpkin sauce, made with brown sugar.
How many calories in pumpkin cream cold foam?
Each serving of this pumpkin cold foam recipe has about 109 calories. The full nutrition stats can be found below. If you want to cut back on the calories a bit, you could always use more milk and less heavy cream.
Can I make a dairy-free pumpkin spice cold foam?
Yes, you can make dairy-free cold foam. It doesn’t hold up structurally as well as using heavy cream, but it definitely still works, so if that’s your preference, you can use oat, almond, or soy milk.
Can you add cold foam to hot coffee?
Yes, you can add cold foam to hot coffee! It will melt into the hot coffee and add creaminess and sweetness, plus a little layer of foam.
Storage Instructions
Top iced coffee with pumpkin sweet cream cold foam and serve immediately.
What to Serve with Pumpkin Cold Brew
Coffee is not breakfast. I repeat, coffee is not breakfast! Try some of these easy and delicious breakfast recipes along with your morning coffee:
- Toast – Avocado toast, ricotta toast, tomato toast, hummus toast
- Fruit – Acai bowl, peanut butter and chocolate smoothie, Greek yogurt parfait
- Eggs – Scrambled eggs, breakfast tostadas, English breakfast
More Fun Coffee Drinks
If you like this coffee recipe, you might also like some of these other fun drinks:
Spiced Pumpkin Cold Foam
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Total Time: 1 minute
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
- Category: Drink
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
One sip and you’ll want to add this pumpkin cold foam to every iced coffee drink! It’s slightly sweet, slightly spicy, and majorly creamy.
Instructions
- In a small glass, combine heavy cream, milk, and pumpkin spice syrup.
- Froth mixture for 15-25 seconds until light and foamy. Be careful to not over froth or it will turn to (the most delicious) pumpkin whipped cream.
- Serve immediately and pour cold foam over your iced drink and garnish with a dusting of cinnamon sugar.
Notes
- Add more pumpkin spice syrup if you want a sweeter and stronger flavor
- Nutrition facts do not include iced coffee
Food styling and photography by Loren Runion.
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can i use something else instead of heavy whipping cream?
You can use half & half or even a milk, if you use a milk alternative, definitely look for the “barista” blends as they will whip up better. The whipping cream whips to a really nice consistency, but it’s still good, even if it’s not as foamy!