Pumpkin Spice Drinks You Can Make at Home

So what is “pumpkin spice” exactly? You’ll be surprised to know that there’s no actual pumpkin in it. In fact, the company responsible for popularizing the spice into a fall-season icon, Starbucks, did not put any pumpkin in its best-selling fall latte until it changed the recipe in 2015. The latte was inspired by the classic pumpkin pie recipes which calls for the spice mix. This fall, create your own mix of the iconic fall flavor at home with this super easy recipe. Plus, we’re sharing a two drink recipes you can make from your kitchen — which does call for real puréed pumpkin.

BLAC’s Pumpkin Spice

Pumpkin spice is just a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Here’s BLAC’s own blend of this iconic fall flavor.

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Course Dessert, Drinks

Cuisine American

Equipment

• 1 small bowl make sure it’s dry

Ingredients

  

• 1 tsp cinnamon ground
• ⅔ tsp nutmeg ground
• ⅔ tsp ginger ground
• ⅓ tsp cloves ground

Instructions

 

• Mix the all the ingredients in a small dry bowl.
  1 tsp cinnamon, ⅔ tsp nutmeg, ⅔ tsp ginger, ⅓ tsp cloves
• Store it in an air tight container, if you won't be using it immediately.

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Easy-To-Make Pumpkin Spice Drinks

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Pumpkin spice has been the de facto fall flavor. Whip up your own and customize it to your liking. This recipe calls for pumpkin purée which is available in grocery stores as canned pumpkin, or you can create your own from scratch. You can also subsitute the espresso for strongly brewed coffee or even instant coffee.

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Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Equipment

• 1 small water-tight, mircowave-safe jar
• 1 mug
• 1 microwave
• 1 spoon

Ingredients

  

• ½ cup milk
• 1 tsp pumpkin purée
• 1 tbsp maple syrup adjust to your preferred sweetness
• 1 shot espresso adjust to your caffeine needs
• ⅕ tsp pumpkin spice
• ½ cup ice cubes optional

Instructions

 

• Combine the milk, pumpkin purée, pumpkin spice and maple syrup in an water-tight jar. Mix the ingredients and froth the milk by virgorously shaking the mixture for about 1 minute.
  ½ cup milk, 1 tsp pumpkin purée, ⅕ tsp pumpkin spice, 1 tbsp maple syrup
• Remove the lid and put the milk mixture into the microwave for 30 seconds or until the milk froth rises to the top.
• Pour your espress into your mug.
  1 shot espresso
• Using a spoon, layer your milk on top of your expresso, or you can just mix your pumpkin-spiced milk into your coffee.
• If you want your latte iced, simply pour your expresso and pumpkin-spiced milk over ice.
  ½ cup ice cubes

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Pumpkin Spice Milkshake (Frappé)

Here’s a coffee-free pumkin spice drink you can enjoy. You can also add coffee into this recipe to turn it into a frappé

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Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Equipment

• 1 blender

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups whole milk
• ½ cup pumpkin purée
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp pumpkin spice
• 1 cup brewed coffee optional
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup ice cubes
• whipped cream optional

Instructions

 

• Add the whole milk, pumpkin purée, pumpkin spice, vanilla extract, sugar, ice cubes and coffee (optional) into the blender. Blend until smooth.
  2 cups whole milk, ½ cup pumpkin purée, 1 tsp pumpkin spice, 1 cup brewed coffee, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 cup ice cubes, 2 tbsp sugar
• Pour the milkshake (or frappé, if you added the coffee) into your glasses. Optionally, garnish with some whipped cream, and add a dash of pumpkin spice on top.
  whipped cream

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