How To Make Pumpkin Cold Foam At Home

Cold foam is a form of frothed milk that’s made without heat or steam and often comes flavored in a certain way. Pumpkin is a very popular cold foam option, particularly in the fall, when it’s found at popular spots like Starbucks. But you don’t need to spend big to get this treat at your local coffee shop; it can be prepared easily at home.

You can make pumpkin cold foam using homemade pumpkin syrup and frothed milk. The syrup can be made using pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract, sugar, and water. Use pumpkin purée as an optional alternative to pumpkin spice. 

Let’s take a closer look at how to make pumpkin cold foam at home, as well as the tools you’ll need to make it and what it can be used for.

How to Make Pumpkin Cold Foam at Home

Pumpkin spice latte in tall mugs

You can make pumpkin cold foam using your own pumpkin syrup and frothed milk. There are a variety of methods you can use to froth the milk, as well as different kinds of milk that will work well.

2% or low-fat milk is considered best choices because they create the best bubbles, but plant-based alternatives to milk — like soy, almond, or oat milk — will work too.

Ingredients and Tools Needed

You can use one of these three methods to easily make cold foam:

As for the ingredients — you’ll need milk for starters. As we mentioned above, 2% or low-fat is the best for frothing, but plant-based alternatives will also work. Choose your favorite option.

Some people who want the result to be even creamier sometimes choose to use three parts heavy whipping cream to one part milk. This creates a much frothier and lighter result, though it’s more difficult to find a plant-based alternative to use for this method.

For the syrup, you’ll need:

  • Pumpkin spice 
  • Pumpkin purée (optional)
  • Sugar
  • Vanilla extract

If you’ve never made simple syrup, we’ve created a guide here. This will be your base, and you can add other ingredients and flavors to your liking. You’ll also need a pan to boil the syrup and a bottle to store it. You can recycle bottles that you already have or buy new bottles (on Amazon).

Method for Making Pumpkin Cold Foam

There are a few different methods for making pumpkin cold foam. The first thing you need to do, however, is to make the syrup.

Heat up water, sugar, and all of the other syrup ingredients in a pot until well combined, and keep stirring. Once the sugars have melted, you can pour the syrup through a strainer and bottle it.

Now, it’s time to make the cold foam itself (if you’re using oat milk, you can click here for our recipe) . Choose from among the following preparation options:

Using a Blender

If you choose to use a blender, then you’ll pour the milk of your choice and the syrup you just made into it. You should start the blender on a low speed and slowly increase it until the blades are at their fastest. Once the cold foam is nice and frothy, you can remove it.

Using a Hand Mixer

You can also place the ingredients into a bowl and use a hand mixer to make your pumpkin cold foam. Start slow, just as you would with a blender, and slowly increase the speed until you have frothy milk.

Use a Milk Frother

There are also dedicated milk frothers available for sale. Each one has slightly different instructions, so check the packaging before you proceed. These are undoubtedly the quickest and easiest option, but there are other methods that’ll get the job done if you don’t have one.

Use a Jar

Some people may not have the equipment on hand to make cold foam. If this is the case, you can mix up the ingredients in a jar instead and shake it vigorously until the milk becomes frothy.

It’s much harder to get a good result this way, and it requires some power, but the result is certainly decent cold foam if you have the time and patience. 

Ideas for Serving

Paper cups with tasty pumpkin latte and spice on gray table

The most popular way to serve pumpkin cold foam is to use it on top of a coffee, the same way Starbucks might do it. That way, you can mimic a Pumpkin Spice Latte! Simply put some on top of your iced coffee, cold brew, or even hot coffee and let it melt into the drink, sending flavor throughout the beverage.

For best results, the pumpkin coal foam should go with cold coffees.

Overall, pumpkin cold foam is a great whipped topping that goes well with a variety of beverages. If you’re not a coffee drinker, you can add it to other drinks like a hot chocolate.

The cold foam can be made with a variety of different methods, and you can also adjust the type of milk and the other ingredients in the syrup to suit your preferences.

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