Healthier Café Frappe: Blended, Frozen Coffee You Can Feel Good About

It’s no secret that many – if not most – coffee shop blended drinks are more dessert than actual coffee. It may come as a surprise, however, just how sugary these blends can be. A ‘medium’ 16-ounce blend can easily pack in more than 60 grams of sugar; that’s three days’ worth of added sugar.

Here are four nutritious-yet-still-delicious frozen blended coffee solutions that are rich in protein and low or no added sugar.

4 healthier blended frozen coffee options

DIY Collagen Café Frappe as featured in the Eat Fit Cookbook. This creamy frappe can pull triple-duty as a breakfast, snack or pre-workout energy boost.

Per serving: 120 calories, 7 grams carbohydrate, 5 grams fiber, 1 gram sugar, 10 grams protein.

Makes 1 serving

• 8 ounces unsweetened almond milk
• 1 scoop collagen peptides
• 1 shot espresso or coffee concentrate (2 shots for stronger version)
• Ice

Smoothie King frozen blended coffee-style smoothies:

The Activator® Coffee

• 220 calories, 23 grams carbs, 2 grams fiber, 15 grams sugar (0 added sugar), 29 grams protein
• Cold Brew Coffee, Gladiator® Protein Chocolate, protein blend, bananas, coconut water, nonfat milk

Keto Champ™ Coffee

• 430 calories, 19 grams carbs, 6 grams fiber, 1 gram sugar (0 added sugar), 23 grams protein
• Wild blueberries, raspberries, Keto protein blend, almond butter, 100% cocoa, Califia Farms® Almond Milk

Vegan Coffee Mocha – Launching Aug. 30, 2022

• Made with choice of cold brew or espresso, Sunwarrior ® organic plant-based protein, bananas, dates, Califia Farms ® oat milk and 100% cocoa.

Starting Aug. 30, 2022, Smoothie King will offer the choice of cold brew or espresso for all coffee smoothies.

• Cold brew has a milder, smoother flavor with 83 mg caffeine per 20-ounce smoothie
• Espresso has a stronger robust coffee flavor with 159 mg caffeine per 20-ounce smoothie

Editor’s note: Registered dietitian Molly Kimball offers brand-name products as a consumer guide; she does not solicit product samples, nor is she paid to recommend items. This originally appeared on WGNO’s “Get FUELED with Molly” segment