This Iced Banana Bread Matcha is a Starbucks-inspired iced matcha recipe made with matcha, milk, sugar-free vanilla syrup, and an easy banana cream cold foam made with sugar-free French vanilla coffee creamer and banana cream pudding mix. Designed for anyone who wants to make the viral café-style drink at home, it’s ready in about 5 minutes.
Creamy banana cold foam balances the earthy flavor of the matcha and gives this drink its banana bread-inspired flavor. This homemade version uses just a small amount of sugar-free banana cream pudding mix, so you don’t need banana extract or specialty banana syrup.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Quick and easy: This iced matcha takes about 5 minutes to make.
- Easy banana cream cold foam: Sugar-free banana cream pudding mix adds both banana flavor and a little extra body to the foam.
- No banana syrup needed: You don’t need to buy a specialty syrup or banana extract.
- Starbucks-inspired: An easy way to make an iced banana bread matcha at home.
- Customizable: Adjust the milk and sugar-free vanilla syrup to your preferred sweetness.
Ingredients
Method
- Sift 2 teaspoons of matcha powder into a small bowl or cup. Add 2–3 ounces of hot water and whisk until completely dissolved and frothy.
- Let the prepared matcha cool slightly while you assemble the rest of the drink.
- Fill a tall glass with ice. Add 6–8 ounces of your milk of choice followed by 1–2 teaspoons of sugar-free vanilla syrup. Stir to combine.
- Pour the prepared matcha over the milk and ice.
- Add 2 ounces of cold sugar-free French vanilla coffee creamer and 1½ teaspoons of dry sugar-free banana cream Jell-O pudding mix to a milk frother.
- Froth until the mixture becomes creamy and airy.
- Pour or spoon the banana cream cold foam over the iced matcha. Serve immediately and sip through the foam to get some banana cream and matcha in each sip.
Nutrition
Notes
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Let us know how it was!Tips for Best Results
Use cold coffee creamer. The colder the creamer is, the easier it is to create a creamy cold foam.
Sift the matcha first. Matcha tends to clump. Sifting it before whisking makes the finished drink smoother.
Don’t overdo the pudding mix. The dry pudding mix contains thickeners. Adding significantly more than 1½ teaspoons can make the topping too thick rather than foamy.
Adjust the sweetness after tasting. The French vanilla creamer and banana cream pudding mix already add flavor, so start with a smaller amount of sugar-free vanilla syrup and increase it if needed.
Serve immediately. The banana cream cold foam has its best texture right after frothing.
Variations & Substitutions
Brown sugar syrup: For an even stronger banana bread-inspired flavor, add a small amount of brown sugar syrup. A sugar-free brown sugar syrup can also be used.
Different milk: Use your preferred dairy or unsweetened plant-based milk. Keep in mind that the milk you choose can change the creaminess, flavor, and nutrition of the drink.
Stronger matcha: This recipe already uses 2 teaspoons of matcha, which gives it a noticeable matcha flavor. You can slightly adjust the amount to suit your preference.
Sweeter cold foam: Add a small amount of sugar-free vanilla syrup directly to the cold foam if you prefer a sweeter topping.
An Iced Banana Bread Matcha is an iced matcha drink topped with a creamy banana-flavored cold foam. The combination of earthy matcha with sweet banana and vanilla flavors creates a drink reminiscent of banana bread.
Yes. This recipe uses sugar-free banana cream Jell-O pudding mix to flavor the cold foam, so you don’t need banana syrup or banana extract.
Yes. I use 2 ounces of sugar-free French vanilla coffee creamer for this recipe. Frothing it cold with the banana cream pudding mix creates a creamy topping for the iced matcha.
This is a Starbucks copycat recipe, not the exact Starbucks formula. It recreates the banana cream and matcha flavor combination using ingredients that are easy to prepare at home.
Serving Suggestions
Serve this Iced Banana Bread Matcha immediately after adding the cold foam for the best texture.
It works especially well as a morning or afternoon drink when you want something a little different from regular iced coffee. For a café-style breakfast at home, pair it with a lower-carb breakfast or one of your diabetic-friendly baked treats.
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