Starbucks Crème Frappuccino Menu USA

Take the Frappuccino Roast out of a coffee Frappuccino and you have a crème: whole milk, ice, the crème base syrup and a flavor, blended, with sweetened whipped cream on top. Seven of the eight builds here carry 0 mg of caffeine, which makes them the milkshake-style drink parents order for children and the one adults order in the evening.

The exception is the Matcha Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage, which carries 65 mg from the green tea. Everything else is caffeine free as built.

Vanilla Bean Crème Frappuccino

The Vanilla Bean Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage is vanilla bean powder, milk and ice with whip, and it is the crème people mean when they say Frappuccino for a kid. 380 calories, 52 g of sugar, $6.05 for a Grande.

• Why choose it: a vanilla shake with no coffee and no caffeine.
• Nutrition tip: a Tall with no whip is the usual kids order at 260 calories before the whip comes off.

Strawberry Crème Frappuccino

The Strawberry Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage blends strawberry puree with milk and ice. 370 calories and 51 g of sugar, at $6.55.

• Why choose it: the fruit option, pink and popular in summer.

Orange Cream Frappuccino

The Orange Cream Frappuccino Blended Beverage is a creamsicle in a cup and the lightest crème at 320 calories and 39 g of sugar in a Grande.

• Best for: the lowest-sugar Frappuccino on the board.

Matcha Crème Frappuccino

The Matcha Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage blends matcha with milk and classic syrup, 320 calories and the only crème with caffeine at 65 mg.

• Why choose it: green tea flavor in a blended cup; not the one for a caffeine-free order.

The Seasonal Crèmes

The Pumpkin Spice Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage (360 calories, fall), Horchata Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage (380, summer), Lavender Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage (370, spring) and Pistachio Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage (360, winter) are the caffeine-free versions of the seasonal coffee builds, all at $6.95 for a Grande.

• Why choose them: the seasonal flavor for a child or an evening, without the coffee.

On calories the two families overlap almost exactly; the coffee adds nothing to the count. A Grande Vanilla Bean Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage at 380 sits alongside a Grande Caramel Frappuccino Blended Beverage at 380. The differences are caffeine, 0 mg against 90 mg, and price, with the crèmes about fifty cents cheaper flavor for flavor.

• For a child: it is the standard Starbucks drink for kids, with no caffeine in seven of the eight builds and a Tall size that most children cannot finish.
• In the evening: the same texture and flavor as a coffee Frappuccino without the caffeine to keep you up.
• For anyone who dislikes coffee: the seasonal flavors, pumpkin, lavender, pistachio, are all here without the roast.
• As a dessert: a Venti with whip is a full dessert and priced like one; it is not a drink to have alongside a pastry.

No, and they do not claim to be. A Grande carries 39 to 53 g of sugar and 16 g of fat with whole milk and whip. They are milkshakes. The useful framing is that a Tall crème with no whip is a reasonable treat for a child, and a Venti with whip is a dessert for an adult.

• No whip: the first and largest saving on every build, and the change that makes the biggest difference for a child's order.
• Half the flavor: the vanilla bean powder or strawberry puree can be reduced; the drink is paler and less sweet.
• Nonfat or almond milk in place of whole.
• Light base: fewer pumps of the crème base syrup.
• Tall size: a Tall vanilla bean is 260 calories with whip.
• Kids size: most stores will blend a crème in a Short cup on request, though it is not on the board.

Crème Frappuccinos declare none declared beyond dairy; the pistachio build contains pistachio flavor and the blenders are shared with the coffee and nut Frappuccinos. The whipped cream is dairy, so a nondairy milk alone does not make one vegan.