Twisted Bean

• Caramel Toffee Crunch Frappe
  • “Loads of caramel, espresso, toffee, milk & ice blended – topped with whip cream & toffee bits
  • Coffee flavor is on the strong side for me
  • I feel like this has more caffeine than some others
  • small: 16 oz

Dunkin’ Donuts

• Frozen Dunkaccino
  • “Treat yourself to the creamy, chocolatey, coffee indulgence of the Frozen Dunkaccino”
  • I love this
  • I’ve tried the Frozen Mocha Coffee Coolatta; I can’t really pin down the difference, but I like the dunkaccino better. It’s richer, or  chocolaty-er, or something.
  • Very mild coffee flavor
  • caffeine: 13mg in coffee coolatta, 56mg in 12 dunkaccino
  • small: 16 oz, 400 calories (300 cal/12 oz)

Cold Stone

• Mocha
  • “An iced blended coffee drink with fudge and whipped topping”
  • Good, very rich
  • small: 427 g, 460 calories

Dairy Queen

• Midnight Mocha Ultimate Frappe
  • “Coffee blended with ice, soft serve, cocoa fudge and choco chips with whipped topping and a garnish.”
  • I was hoping for more ice cream from Dairy Queen
  • The chocolate chips were good, more shavings that chips so they weren’t hard
    • maybe too many chocolate chips (blasphemy, I know – but there were a bunch left a the bottom of the cup, and they kept clogging my straw)
  • Barely taste the coffee
  • I think I’d go for this if I wanted chocolate chips, but not if I just wanted a drink
  • small: 12 oz, 490 calories
• Oreo Cookie Ultimate Frappe
  • “Coffee blended with ice, soft serve and OREO^® cookie pieces with whipped topping and a garnish.”
  • Very, very rich. Can really taste the oreo. Maybe too rich/sweet.
  • I just tasted it, I’m not sure I’d want to drink a whole serving
  • small: 12 oz, 490 calories
• Mocha Moolatte
  • “Coffee and rich fudge blended with creamy DQ^® vanilla soft serve and ice, and garnished with whipped topping and a chocolaty drizzle.”
  • Very rich. Almost too rich. I don’t think I’d order again.
  • It was less like a smoothie or milk shake, and more like melted ice cream with too much chocolate sauce
  • small: 12 oz, 460 calories, 35mg(16oz)

Mc Donald’s

• McCafe Frappe Chocolate Chip
  • “Made with an indulgent blend of sweet caramel, chocolate chips and a hint of coffee. Topped with whipped topping and a double drizzle of chocolate and caramel.”
  • I’ll be honest, this is how I got started on frappes, and coffee drinks in general
  • The chocolate chips used to be awesome when they started, but now they just use regular mini chocolate chips
  • small: 500 calories
• McCafe Frappe Mocha
  • “Made with rich chocolate flavor and a hint of coffee, our Frappé Mocha is blended with ice and covered with whipped topping and chocolately drizzle. Available in Small, Medium, and Large.”
  • Too strong coffee flavor
  • small: 420 calories
• McCafe Frappe Caramel
  • “Made with rich caramel flavor and a hint of coffee, blended with ice, and topped with whipped topping and caramel drizzle. Available in Small, Medium, and Large.”
  • Not bad, I like the chocolate chip better
  • small: 420 calories

Panera

• Frozen Mocha
  • “Chocolate and an icy coffee blend topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.”
  • Not bad. A bit more coffee flavor than I prefer.
  • 16 oz, 540 calories, 199mg caffeine

Scooter’s

• Patriot Blender
  • “Show your patriotism by savoring this caramel, white mocha, and mocha blender in pride. Bald Eagles may fly overhead while you sing “I’m Proud to be an American” in between sips.”
  • Stronger coffee flavor than I like, but that might be my fault – they asked if I want espresso and I said yes
  • small: 348 calories
• I intend to try them again

Caribou Coffee

• Chocolate Cooler
  • “Coffee blended with ice and premium chocolate – dark, milk or white. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate drizzle.”
  • I tried this once and I did not like it at all, way too strong coffee flavor, I didn’t even finish it.
  • small: 550 calories

Starbucks

• S’more Frappuccino
  • “Returning favorite S’mores Frappuccino® Blended Beverage starts with marshmallow-infused whipped cream and a ribbon of milk chocolate fudge, and adds a creamy blend of milk chocolate, coffee, milk and ice. Finished off with more marshmallowy whipped cream and graham cracker crumbles. It’s yummy, marshmallowy and summery.”
  • Delicious, but insubstantial.
  • I love the flavor and the texture – it has a good balance of chocolate, graham cracker, and marshmallow without the weird texture drinks with graham crackers sometimes get.
  • The perfect amount of coffee flavor for me.
  • On the downside, the amount of fluff from the marshmallow makes the whole drink seem a bit insubstantial.
  • “Tall” 12 oz, 320 cal, 50mg caffeine
• Midnight Mint Mocha
  • “The new Midnight Mint Mocha Frappuccino® Blended Beverage swirls extra dark cocoa with Frappuccino® Roast coffee, milk, ice, and cooling mint sugar crystals, and is cut with a layer of whipped cream. Topped with more whipped cream and a dark cocoa dusting. It’s bold, rich and refreshing.”
  • Confirmed: I do not like mint + coffee
  • “Tall” 12oz, 310 cal, 55mg caffeine
• Caramel Frappuccino® Blended Coffee
  • “Buttery caramel syrup meets coffee, milk and ice for a rendezvous in the blender. Then whipped cream and caramel sauce layer the love on top.”
  • I’m not sure I really like the flavor. I would like it to be more caramel.
  • “Tall” 12 oz, 300 cal, 70mg caffeine
• Mocha Frappuccino® Blended Coffee
  • “Mocha sauce, Frappuccino® roast coffee, milk and ice all come together for a mocha flavor that’ll leave you wanting more.”
  • I like it. Skirting the edge of too much coffee flavor; I think it would depend on my mood.
  • “Tall” 12 oz, 290cal, 75mg caffeine
• Caramel Light Frappuccino® Blended Coffee
  • “Buttery caramel syrup is combined with Frappuccino® roast coffee and nonfat milk, then blended with ice. Sip up the same awesome taste, just with fewer calories.”
  • There was something weird about the taste. Not terrible, but I won’t get again.
  • “Tall” 12 oz, 100 cal, 65mg caffeine
• Java Chip Frappuccino® Blended Coffee
  • “We blend mocha sauce and Frappuccino® chips with coffee and milk and ice, then top with whipped cream and mocha drizzle to bring you endless java joy.”
  • Tasted pretty good at the time, but there was a weird wax aftertaste
  • “Tall” 12 oz, 340 cal, 75mg caffeine
• Caramel Cocoa Cluster Frappuccino
  • Toffee nut syrup, blended with coffee then topped with caramel sauce, whipped cream and a mocha drizzle. More than a classic flavor combo it’s a flavor collision of chocolate, nuts and caramel.
  • I love this
  • Strong toffee flavor – nutty and buttery
  • “Tall” 12 oz, 330 cal, 65mg caffeine
• Mocha Light Frappuccino® Blended Coffee
  • Mocha sauce, coffee and nonfat milk is blended with ice. One sip and your tastebuds will do the mochamotion.
  • Weird, bitter aftertaste. Gets a bit better as I drink it.
  • “Tall” 12 oz, 110 cal, 70mg caffeine

Arby’s

• Jamocha Shake
  • “Before Arby’s hand-crafted the Jamocha Shake, there were no other coffee and chocolate shakes in the world. And now, it’s drizzled with real Ghiradelli chocolate. Just another one of Arby’s many contributions to the world of indulgence. “
  • Delicious shake. Almost no coffee flavor.
  • Small 413g, 540 cal, 11.6mg caffeine (16 oz)

Cinnie Smith

(Iowa State Fair – between Little Hands on the Farm and the baby animal building)

• “Iced Cappuccino” with real ice cream
• It is a lot closer to a milk shake than a coffee drink – but that’s the way I like it.
• The perfect amount of coffee flavor for me. Essentially, this is my ideal.