Homemade Starbucks Butterbeer Latte Recipe (2024)

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Does Starbucks have a Butterbeer Latte? ›

To get your hands on a butterbeer latte, you should order a whole milk steamer with two shots of espresso, two shots of caramel syrup, three shots of toffee nut syrup and three shots of cinnamon dolce syrup.

Craving a Harry Potter Butterbeer Latte? Try this hot drink found on the secret starbucks menu. Ask for it in store, or try to make it at home!

There's no alcohol (or caffeine) included in this tasty drink, just three pumps of caramel and three pumps of toffee nut syrup in a grande Vanilla Bean Creme Frappuccino.

To order a Butterbeer Latte, order a latte with whole milk. Then add one pump each of caramel syrup, toffee nut syrup, and cinnamon dolce syrup. Finally, top the drink with whipped cream and salted caramel bits.

Starbucks is the slash ship between James Potter and Sirius Black from the Harry Potter fandom.

The Unicorn Frappuccino was a viral drink created by Starbucks, introduced in April 2017. It is made with ice, milk, pink powder, sour blue powder, crème Frappuccino syrup, mango syrup, and blue drizzle. In the 24-oz. size, it contains 500 calories, 18 grams of fat, 76 grams of sugar, and 55 milligrams of cholesterol.

To order a Butterbeer Frappuccino: Ask for a Creme Frappuccino with three pumps of caramel syrup and three pumps of toffee nut syrup. Add a dusting of cinnamon on top.

The charming concoction starts with a purple blend of “toad's breath” and orange crème Frappuccino and a swirl of green “bat warts” (made with chia seeds). A topping of vanilla whipped cream and dusting of green “lizard scale” powder finishes the beverage.

My recipe is basically hot caramel-butterscotch sauce with hot milk. You take butter, cream, white and brown sugar and make a basic caramel sauce, then mix in hot milk. You can add a pinch of clove, nutmeg and ginger to make it more like the historical version but it's optional. Don't skip the salt!

While all butterbeers at Universal are non-alcoholic, you can order other alcoholic drinks and mix them on your own! You can order alcohol at The Hogs Head Pub and try making a butterbeer potion of your own.

What flavor is universal Butterbeer? ›

“With a flavor reminiscent of butterscotch and shortbread, Butterbeer is a perfectly fine-tuned Wizarding World treat that includes cold, frozen, hot and non-dairy Butterbeer beverages along with Butterbeer fudge, potted cream and ice cream,” Universal described the fan-favorite treat.

Butterbeer may be based on Buttered Beer, which was a real drink. The earliest reference to Buttered Beer was from, The Good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin published in London in 1588 A.D., made from beer, sugar, eggs, nutmeg, cloves and butter back in Tudor times.

A simple brown sugar and butter syrup gets topped with cream soda and a dollop of cream in this wildly popular drink. Next time you are having a Harry Potter movie marathon, book club meeting, or even a Halloween party, pull out all the stops with this sweet drink that even Harry, Ron, and Hermione would approve of.

Butterbeer had a slight alcoholic content and although was safe for children to drink, it could affect creatures (such as house-elves) if consumed in to high a quantity. Harry enjoyed his first Butterbeer in Hogsmeade.

According to Starbucks, the Reserve Latte is made from steamed milk and foam like its other latte offerings, but the small-lot Starbucks Reserve espresso is what makes it unique. Another similar offering, Starbucks Reserve Hazelnut Bianco Latte, is made with house-made hazelnut-infused milk.

Coconutmilk Cascara Latte with Starbucks® Blonde Espresso.

But now it appears that Starbucks is (secretly) getting in on the Butterbeer action too, because there's an actual Butterbeer Frappuccino that you can order from the coffee chain — and it's easy AF to make.