Gingerbread Cream Cold Foam (Starbucks Copycat)

Gingerbread cream cold foam on an iced latte with cinnamon and a mini gingerbread cookie

Starbucks has added five new cold foams to its 2026 holiday menu, and Gingerbread Cream Cold Foam is the one I keep coming back to. It is sweet cream whipped with molasses and warm gingerbread spices until it turns thick, glossy, and pourable — like a gingerbread cookie in foam form. At the café, it … Read more

Homemade Sugar Cookie Syrup for Coffee (Starbucks Copycat)

Homemade sugar cookie syrup for coffee with sugar cookies and vanilla

This is the sugar cookie syrup behind Starbucks’ Sugar Cookie Latte — and the new Sugar Cookie Cream Matcha. It is buttery and vanilla-almond, with that unmistakable taste of the edge of a frosted sugar cookie, and it turns an ordinary coffee into a holiday drink in seconds. Bottled coffee syrups cost $8–12, but this … Read more

Copycat Starbucks Tiramisu Velvet Latte (Hot & Iced)

Copycat Starbucks tiramisu velvet latte, hot and iced, with mascarpone cold foam and cocoa dusting

Starbucks launched the Tiramisu Velvet Latte with its holiday menu on November 5, 2026 — espresso, steamed milk and a cloud of mascarpone “velvet” foam dusted with cocoa, like tiramisu in a cup. A grande costs about $6.50; this homemade version costs about $1.25, takes 15 minutes, and you can make it hot or iced. … Read more