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Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew (Starbucks Copycat Recipe)

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October 10, 2019 By Laura Ligos, MBA, RD, CSSD Leave a Comment

Have you heard about the latest and greatest drink from Starbucks? The Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew? Well, while I love to hit up the ‘bucks let me tell you, you can make this delicious seasonal drink for yourself at home at a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of the sugar. Make this #sassyapproved Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew and have your friends jealous that you get to drink this Starbucks Copycat drink daily. 

Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

What is this Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew you ask?! It is one of Starbucks many seasonal drinks. Here is what a Grande (their medium) drink entails:

  • 16 oz. cold brew 
  • Ice
  • 2 pumps vanilla syrup (in the cold brew)
  • ~1/4 cup cold foam
  • 2 pumps pumpkin sauce (in the cold foam) 
  • Pumpkin spice topping (ingredients: Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Clove)

The cool thing is if you just ask your local barista what is IN your drink they will happily tell you. If you are comfortable doing so, just reach out and I’ll do it for you. This Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew was brought to my attention so I took the liberty of asking what is in it and MAN was I shocked to see how much sugar was in it, yikes! 

For a grande:

  • 250 calories
  • 12 g fat
  • 31 g sugar/carbs
  • 3 g protein

Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

Starbucks Seasonal Drinks

This isn’t anything knew, right? We’ve known for a while that any flavored drink at Starbucks or any coffee shop for that matter is loaded with sugar. I even made a homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte for you.

The interesting this to me is HOW MUCH flavor & syrup they put in. It’s like they are asking for you to swear it off once you find out how much sugar is in their drinks.

I decided instead of telling you to not drink your favorite seasonal (or regular) drinks that I wanted to take it upon myself to improve the drink options so you could have your cake and eat it too. Why not have the best of both worlds? A seasonal Starbucks drink in hand (for the ‘gram obvi) AND a #sassyapproved drink that you don’t feel like complete crap after when your blood sugar tanks.

I’m going to make this a regular thing, so submit your favorite drinks and I’ll do in store and at home makeovers for you! 

Pardon the Substitution

Before I give you the homemade version of the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, I want to give you an in-store option in case you are on the go and have a hankering for the drink. I’ve been doing a few makeovers on Instagram, so follow along for more of your favorites! 

To make this Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew more #sassyapproved when at Starbucks, I recommend  ordering the following:

Grande Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew with NO vanilla syrup and
1/2-1 pump pumpkin sauce in the cream with pumpkin spice topping. 

Just tell your barista your order and if they give you a hard time it’s them being frustrated with having to type extra things in the computer. You are allowed to customize your order, people add stuff to their drinks all the time, no reason you can’t subtract things from your order. Go ahead, show me your order and tag me @thesassydietitian 

Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew CopyCat Recipe

Alright now for your homemade Pumpkin Cream. This recipe makes four servings. I personally meal prep the cream on Sunday and then make the actual drink at time of during my hectic week. It’s super simple to make and lasts in the fridge for 4-5 days, just make sure to whisk or shake it up before you make your drink. 

I personally love using the Chameleon Cold Brew Vanilla Concentrate because it’s so tasty and full of flavor, but you can either use your favorite cold brew of choice or use iced coffee that you have leftover from your trusty coffee pot. I hope you enjoy this recipe and know that I’m cheers-ing you with my own cold brew over here.

Pro Tip: Grab yourself a frother, they are inexpensive and incredibly easy to use. I use mine all the time and I just love it! 

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Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Drinks
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Ingredients

  • 16 ounces milk (of choice)
  • 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 32 ounces cold brew or strongly brewed chilled coffee

Instructions

Pumpkin Cream

  1. In a small sauce pan, combine milk, pumpkin puree, maple syrup & pumpkin pie spice. Whisk to combine. Bring to a slow simmer and simmer on low for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
    Note: you can whisk this cold and opt out of heating it through, the heat just allows the flavors to meld together.
  2. Allow to cool, then place in a glass sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

  1. In a 20 oz. glass, pour 8 oz. cold brew over ice per serving. Set aside.
  2. Place 4 oz. (per serving) of milk in a medium bowl and using a frother, froth for 30 seconds or until foam forms. Alternatively if you don't have a frother, place milk in a small glass sealed container (like a mason jar) and shake vigorously for 30-60 seconds or until foam forms.
  3. Pour foam over cold brew & enjoy! Sprinkle with extra pumpkin pie spice if desired.

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I want to know what your favorite drink is at Starbucks (or anywhere) and I’ll gladly give it a makeover at Starbucks and/or you might see a brand new recipe like this Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew. Enjoy! 

xoxo,

Sassy

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We’ve made it over a week together and it feels We’ve made it over a week together and it feels like it’s always been this way.

Motherhood is a wild ride & it’s only getting started. I have never been so tired & simultaneously so fulfilled in my life. That’s not to say it’s not filled with tears, worries and doubts but what fun would it be if it were all sunshine and roses anyway?

Going into this all I have felt so supported by friends going through this with me BUT I felt so unsupported by the general public. It seems like we want to fear and shame moms because misery loves company, right?!

The focus quickly shifts from mom to baby (still shocked that I only have an appointment at 6 weeks even though my body went through the biggest event of its life) and there also seems to be this shift from joy to shame & guilt.

Here’s some of what I heard from people:

😕Sleep when baby sleeps. You’ll never sleep again.
😕Don’t let baby sleep in a car seat, or a bouncer, or anywhere but their crib EVER. 
😕You’ll never have time to shower again, enjoy it now. 
😕Cry it out is cruel and harmful to the baby. 
😕Get baby on a schedule/never put baby on a schedule.

These are all things I heard and that truly led me to believe I was going to lose all sense of who I was and my life as I knew it.

What I wish people had said instead were:

🥰Your heart will grow bigger than you could imagine.
🥰You’ll cry the happiest tears you’ve ever cried.
🥰You’ll feel like a giant hole was filled that you didn’t even know was there.
🥰You won’t feel guilty about cleaning your house, it just won’t matter anymore.
🥰Babies pooping will make you laugh so hard you will feel like a kid again.
🥰You will have time to eat and shower and you don’t have to neglect yourself.

We need to do a better job of building each other up, supporting one another and our decisions while refraining from offering unsolicited advice and opinions. 

So for all you future mamas and new mamas out there, I see you, I’m proud of you and I cannot wait to share our stories with one another and the world.

Let’s stop fear mongering (just like the diet world) and start building one another up.

Xoxo,
Sassy & lil sassy man
🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s b 🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s been a long year of loss, unknowns and worry but it’s all been worth it to get to meet my lil man🥰
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Now time to introduce this sassy human who is already so well loved to the world...
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Introducing 

💙 Connor James Ligos 💙
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After an almost 24 hour labor, Connor joined us over a week past his due date on 2/12/21 at a whopping 9lb2oz & 22.5 inches long with a full head of hair and lungs to scream hello to us with.
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We are so in love already and cannot wait to share him with the world. Thank you for all the love and support from friends and family and to all those that helped us in the hospital. Holy cow labor & delivery teams are truly magical and I cannot imagine doing it without all of their support.
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Now back to snuggling this human of mine and trying not to cry at every last thing he does 🥰 
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Mom, Dad & Bode are all doing well!
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I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk t I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk to others about what worked for us. That's great!
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What's not great is when we push our nutrition and eating behaviors onto others ESPECIALLY when we are not qualified to do so.
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So often when people meet me for the first time they are worried to eat around me and/or buy groceries around me. My friends can attest I am not judgemental around food and will gladly eat that cake, queso dip or sip on that glass of wine right alongside of you. I am not the food police and do not offer unsolicited nutrition advice unless it's a client who is paying for my help OR on Instagram and other social media platforms where my goal is to educate.
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Why do I share this? 
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Because I see far too many people diving down diet rabbit holes, finding success & then claiming to be nutrition experts purely because something worked for them. 
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I've also seen this alot being pregnant, everyone wants to tell you what worked for them. IF you use that stipulation of "this worked for me" then fine, share away but if you start doleing out advice please pause, take a breath and think about NOT doing it.
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People are OVERWHELMED by diet culture and some so badly want to change but YOUR way is not the only way and it most likely is not what will work for your friend/coworker/cousin/neighbor so please, stop trying to be an expert in something you aren't.
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Got it!?! 
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Ok, carry on.
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xoxo,
Sassy
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#nutrition #nutritiontips #nutritionist #dietitianapproved #rdapproved #rdchat #dietitiansofinstagram #dietitian #dietitiansofig #albanyny #albanynutrition #albanynutrition
Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. I'm not saying you have to find perfect balance (does that even exist?) but I am saying that we shouldn't feel like either we have to eat perfectly or that we might as well give up.
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Instead we should look to the grey area in between for our nutrition guidance. 
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What do I mean?
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I mean that we need to realize that we can still eat cookies but we probably should throw some veggies in there. 
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We can have a glass or 2 of wine but we should probably also drink some water. 
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We can take rest days but we should also find ways to move our bodies regularly.
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And the list goes on.
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It's not about all or nothing it's about doing something daily to help your health and nutrition without it feeling like a set of rules or a free for all.
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How do we find that grey area in between?
👉🏻 stop hopping on and off fad diets
👉🏻listen and trust your self, not your coworkers and cousins 
👉🏻focus on the simple things (ie drinking water instead of worrying about supplements)
👉🏻work to remove guilt and shame around food & body
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Where do you currently fall Right now?!
🤪 all
👍🏻in between 
🙅🏻‍♀️ nothing 
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