Images and text by Ginger.
Like many of you, I’ve seen the article about the 19 Secret Starbucks Drinks You Didn’t Know About.
Here are the tantalizing drinks mentioned in the article:
1. Cotton Candy Frappuccino
via Secret Starbucks Menu
A vanilla frap with 2 pumps of raspberry. My favorite summer beverage!
2. Banana Chocolate Chip Frappuccino
via Jolt 24
A Vanilla Bean Frap with java chips and a banana blended in.
3. Pumpkin Hot Chocolate
via Secret Starbucks Menu
It’s just a hot chocolate with pumpkin syrup.
4. Teddy Graham Frappuccino
via Buzzfeed
Order a Coffee Frap with cinnamon dolce syrup, honey and a pump of vanilla!
5. Mint Chocolate Chip Frappuccino
via My Fat Pocket
A Green Tea Frap with peppermint syrup and java chips.
6. Neapolitan Frappuccino
via My Fat Pocket
A Strawberries and Cream Frap with java chips and mocha syrup.
7. Warm Sugar Cookie Hot Chocolate
via Starbucks Secret Menu
White Hot Chocolate with hazelnut and vanilla syrup.
8. Candy Cane Frappuccino
via Starbucks Secret Menu
Order a Vanilla Bean Frap with peppermint syrup.
9. Fruity Pebbles Frappuccino
via Starbucks Secret Menu
Start with a Strawberries and Cream Frap, and add raspberry, vanilla, and classic syrup.
10. Ferrero Rocher Frappuccino
via Jolt24
Chocolate Chip Frap, with hazelnut and mocha syrup blended in.
11. Peach Ring Tea
via My Fat Pocket
A half cup of Valencia Orange Refresher with peach syrup will taste just like a gummy peach ring!
12. Blackberry Cobbler Frappuccino
via My Fat Pocket
A Vanilla Bean Frap, white mocha syrup, blended with freeze dried blackberries.
13. Cake Batter Frappuccino
via Starbucks Secret Menu
Blend a Vanilla Frap and some hazelnut syrup. Or go the extra mile and see if they will blend a Vanilla Frap and a Birthday Cake cake pop.
14. Iced Raspberry Latte
via Secret Starbucks Menu
Order an Iced Latte and have them make it with raspberry syrup instead.
15. Cha Cha Latte
via Starbucks Secret Menu
Get a Green Tea Latte, and add chai syrup.
16. Caramel Popcorn Frappuccino
via Jolt 24
Get a Toffee Nut Frap and top it with sea salt to taste.
17. Red Velvet Frappuccino
via My Fat Pocket
Just ask for a half White Chocolate Mocha, half regular Mocha Frappuccino with raspberry syrup.
18. Harry Potter’s Butterbeer
via Diana Wrote
A Creme Frap, some caramel syrup, some toffee syrup and some caramel drizzle.
19. S’mores Frappuccino
via Jolt 24
Order a Java Chip Frappuccino or Double Chocolate Chip Frap with toffee nut syrup, cinnamon dolce syrup and whipped cream blended in.
Collage Source: 1. Secret Starbucks Menu 2. Starbucks Secret Menu
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Being the Starbucks junkie that I am (yes all the baristas at my local Starbucks know me, my husband and our kids), I knew I had to run over there and show them this article, to ask if it’s true that they have this “Secret Menu”.
So I asked them. Is it true? Well… NO. They do NOT have this secret menu where you can ask for a Cotton Candy Frappuccino and they will know what you are talking about. Do they have “in-house” drinks that baristas have come up with on their own? Sure. But this isn’t it.
HOWEVER, if you are a regular Starbucks customer, you will know that they often customize drinks for you. You can ask for a “grande half-caff, no whip, triple shot mocha frappuccino”, and they will do it. And the same goes for these drinks. They do NOT know the names of these drinks in this article. But if you ask them for a Vanilla Frappe with two shots of Raspberry, they can do that, and then you will have your “Cotten Candy Frappuccino”.
So what did I order? I was GOING to order a Banana Java Chip Frappuccino. But after talking with the baristas, and learning the truth from them, I asked if they could make me a Vanilla Bean Frappe with java chips and a banana added in (as described below the drink in the article). The barista said he’d never made it before, but he would make it for me. Due to the volume of the added banana, I got a grande in a venti cup. (and I don’t like whip, so I asked for it without.) What did I end up with??? This yummy drink that I will definitely ask them to make again!!!
As I was leaving, one of the other baristas asked me what name they called this drink in the article, and I told them Banana Java Chip Frappuccino. They are obviously curious about this news going around as well.
So… this is NOT a secret Starbucks menu, but if you want them to customize a drink for you, bring the article with you so you have the recipe to tell them what you want. And please be nice to the baristas by waiting for a time where they are not so busy. No one wants a rushed custom drink the barista is making for the first time.
I’ve already tried the Banana Java Chip Frappuccino from the list, and I rate it a 5 star drink, as in I will definitely order that again.
Now here’s the REAL question: Do you want me to try the rest of the drinks on the menu and rate them?
OR… Do you want me to try the rest of the drinks on the menu and rate them? *wink*
