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[learnedax]

cat9 gave me a sip of her Starbucks-Caramel-Apple-Cider a few minutes ago, and I thought "man, that's surprisingly tasty. Whipped cream, you say? I should be able to make that..."

Well, I had cider and cream, and it seems they use a little bit of cinnamon so I put that in, but I didn't have any caramel syrup, so I had to make a little, and it's actually pretty hard to make a very small amount of caramel, but I persevered and produced... actually, a thing that isn't quite like their product, but instead tastes like apple pie with whipped cream, in a cup.

My sources now tell me that Starbucks probably makes their "cider" with plain apple juice, leading to a somewhat clearer flavor than what I made. Knowing that I could probably come pretty close to theirs... but hey, apple pie in a cup!

Comments

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

Sounds tasty!

[laurion]

Indeed, sounds pretty good.

[theresat.livejournal.com]

I can tell you that at the B&N cafe (where we use starbucks recipes) the caramel apple spice is steamed cider (actual cider, not just juice) with cinnamon dolce syrup, whipped cream, and caramel drizzle on top.

There's also the hot apple spice, which has no caramel drizzle, and last year's caramel apple cider was the apple spice with caramel syrup instead of cinnamon dolce (keeping whipped cream and caramel drizzle).

You can buy the Starbucks syrups, if not at actual Starbucks, at the B&N cafes.