Craving a Salted Caramel Mocha, but not near a Starbucks? Then make my version of their delicious, sweet and salty drink in under 10 minutes!
There was a time when I could not even manage one mouthful of coffee.
What the heck was wrong with me?! I loved the smell, but that was it.
Then something magic happened and suddenly I could drink a pretty weak coffee, then it got stronger and stronger. And now I’m addicted and can’t get through a day without a mug of freshly brewed coffee.
And if I walk past a Starbucks? I HAVE to go in and either have a Caramel Macchiato, Pumpkin Spice Latte or a Peppermint Mocha. I’m a creature of habit. Depending on the season I like to stick to the same drink.
My Dad will tell you I grew up, that’s why I like coffee now. But maybe not, I still don’t like Mushrooms and he told me my entire childhood that I’d grow up and like them! 😉
Anyway. I’ve seen and heard about the Salted Caramel Mocha for such a long time, but it has toffee nut syrup, so even though some people say there aren’t any nuts in it, I still like to err on the side of caution. I spend half my life at the Doctors or hospital anyway, so I’d rather avoid going any more than I already have to.
So, what’s a girl to do when she just has to try caramel, salt, coffee and chocolate together?
Make her own of course!
I started my Saturday with this blissful, rich and coffee spiked drink and it was DIVINE.
To start, you need a shot of freshly brewed coffee… OK, tell a lie, I actually had a double shot. It was a Saturday morning.
You can have one shot or two, it depends on how much you love your coffee. 🙂
Then I started making some cocoa. I placed milk, cocoa powder and sugar into a saucepan and brought it to a simmer.
Once the cocoa mixture was warm, I placed some salted caramel sauce into the bottom of a mug and mixed it whilst slowly pouring in the shot of coffee.
Continuing stirring, you then add the cocoa mix and stir until smooth and combined.
There’s your drink. Pretty darn amazing on its own. But, because it was the weekend I felt like it needed something extra… an extravagant top.
I don’t normally like cream, but with this drink, it totally pushed it over the edge awesome. I used squirty cream, then drizzled more salted caramel sauce on top and finished it with some sprinkles.
Then I face planted the whole thing. So. That was a morning.
So, there we have it; a Starbuck’s copycat Salted Caramel Mocha, in under 10 minutes.

Salted Caramel Mocha
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tbsp aslted caramel sauce*
- 1-2 shots freshly brewed Espresso; 30ml per shot
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 cup (240ml) milk
- Sweetener/sugar to taste; I used 2tbsp sugar
- Squirty cream, sprinkles and more salted caramel to garnish, optional
Instructions
- Place salted caramel sauce into the bottom of your mug and slowly add in the shot of Espresso, whilst stirring the mixture together. Leave to one side.
- Place cocoa powder, milk and sugar into a small saucepan, over a low-medium heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring frequently until your mixture is smooth with no lumps of cocoa powder.
- Remove from heat and gradually pour into the mug with your caramel and coffee mixture, stirring to combine as you pour the milk mix in.
- To garnish (optional): Squirt desired amount of cream on top of your mocha, then drizzle some extra salted caramel sauce on top. Finish with some chocolate sprinkles and serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
*I used an ice cream topping Salted Caramel Sauce

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What time should I be over to drink? It looks DELISH – love it!
every time i visit your blog, my mouth waters!!! your recipes and photos are the best- this is right up my alley! yum 🙂
This recipe is a little dangerous! 😉 Looks tasty and simple to prepare, so thanks for the great idea!
This looks delicious! It’ll sure save me a lot of money at Starbucks – it’s one of my favorite flavors, but they run out of the salted caramel all the time.
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This is a great recipe and it looks so so good.. Oh my goodness! Saving this one 🙂
I’m not a coffee person, but I think I could gulp this salted caramel mocha down! Looks so good!
That’s serious. That sounds so frickin’ good!
Oh GOSH. I’ve had the SB’s caramel maccihato and the mocha before but never both of them smashed into one amazing drink! This seriously looks SO darn awesome, Annie! I can never get enough salted caramel in my life. 🙂
Oh, yes! I can’t resist a salted caramel mocha and wish I had this right now. Happy Friday, Annie!
I love all salted-caramel flavored things! Also, your food photography is fantastic!
Oh, wow, this is so decadent!! Delicious!
This looks like the perfect treat for this Friday, or next Monday, or anytime! Yum!
Gah! So yummy!! This looks a little too dangerous for the coffee addict in me…;) Now that you’ve got me making this at home though, I’ll be saving the $$ by not going to Starbucks…so it’s ok to have one like every day, right?
Since there is still no Starbucks here in Italy this is something I will have to try for sure. Looks delicious.
Salted caramel and peppermint mochas are the only drinks I order from Starbucks, but this looks so good, that I’m going to try making my own!
I loved this recipe. I’m such a coffee hog. I am featuring this on Wonderful Wednesday blog hop this week. Thanks for sharing
Can we be best friends? This looks so delicious…I’m off to the kitchen to make this! 🙂
Looks amazing to me. I will definitely be giving this a shot. I totally understand about growing into coffee. I couldn’t drink it until I had a job that required me to work the midnight shift while going to school all day. I learned first to tolerate coffee and then later to love it.
This looks FANTASTIC! 🙂 I would definitely love one of these today that’s for sure! Thanks for sharing this!
This puts my cup of green tea to shame!
This looks unbelievably rich and delicious. 🙂 mmmm…
Oh how I wish I could have a mug of this delicious coffee. And it’s 10:23pm… lol I just gotta have one now!
This looks so delicious, I could almost taste it! Seriously, I want to ditch my black coffee right now and try one of these!
Wow! This looks scrumptious! I think I am drooling over my keyboard. Found you from Kathe’s party. Pinning!
I have just three words for this recipe … YES, YES, YES!
Seriously, it’s getting chilly where I live so this would be the perfect evening treat!
oh Yum!! Great idea! Visiting from the Wake Up Wednesday hop!
Dreamy! I love salted caramel and mocha…brilliant combining the two together!!
Haha, any time, my door is always open! Thanks so much Heather! 🙂
Definitely anytime! Or is that just because I’m a coffee addict haha?!
I like the way you think! I’ve certainly been having way too many, but saving $!
Thanks so much Rosemary! 🙂
Oh, that Peppermint Mocha; OMG it’s amazing!! That’s all I get at Christmas, thanks Dee! 🙂
Thanks so much for the feature Tammy! 🙂
OF course! Thanks so much Wajeeha! 🙂
I went through those phases too! Buy yup, I am totally addicted now haha, thank Jenn! 🙂
Thank you so much Ariel! 🙂
Haha, it is rather decadent! But I do love a mug of tea too!
Thanks so much Stacey! 🙂
I believe in coffee all day every day LOL, so 10pm or 10am, I want coffee! 😀
Thanks so much Sherri! 😀
Thanks so much for sharing Raquel! 🙂
Same here, it’s definitely a great way to warm up! 😀
Thanks so much Helen! 😀
Thanks so much Steph! 😀
Thanks so much! 🙂
Very dangerous lol! Thanks so much Lisa! 😀
Ugh, hate it when they run out! Such an anti-climax! I thought it would save me money, but now I keep getting PSLs!
Thanks so much Samantha! 🙂
It’s an easy way into coffee haha, not too overpowering!! Thanks Marsha! 🙂
Thanks so much!! 😀
Thanks so much Sarah! I’m the same, salted caramel is so addictive!!
Thanks so much Ashley! 🙂
Thank you so much Chelsie! 🙂
Thanks so much Julia! 😀
HI Annie! I just wanted to let you know that you are this week’s MEGA Rockstar from Creativity Unleashed! I will be shouting you out on all my social media outlets and will have tons of pins going up tonight on my biggest boards starting around 7:00EST. I’ll also be featuring you in my weekly newsletter on Friday. I hope you get LOTS of love this week! You totally deserve it, girl!!!
This looks amazing! I can’t wait to try to make my own salted caramel mocha.