Sugar Free Pumpkin Spice Latte

Love a pumpkin spice latte but don’t love the sugar crash that follows a few hours later? Try making your own in a few mins at home by following this easy recipe for sugar free pumpkin spice latte.

I love the autumn (fall to the American readers!).

I find that the seasons usually turn just at a point where I’m tired of the current one and longing for the next, but there is something particularly nice about autumn that makes me look forward to it for far longer than any other season.

The colours are spectacular to behold, my birthday hails a time of soft rain and light winds that make me feel warm and cosy inside, and the flavours… oh, the flavours of fall.

Pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, squash. So much orange, so much warmth.

There is no better season for food in my opinion.

I adore orange veg and warm sweet spices.

I love Thanksgiving, even if it’s only from a distance as a wannabe-American half-French Brit.

I’m a contradiction that way…

With the arrival of autumn, a familiar smell wafts onto high streets in America, and in England now, too. Pumpkin spice.

The smell tempts and teases me, but I am well aware of the amount of sugar present in such the pumpkin spice latte, making it just a very occasional treat, and so I turn to my preferred solution: recreate it at home, sugar free. And better.

Because homemade is always best!

We nearly always have pureed pumpkin, squash or sweet potato in 1 cup servings and ice cube tray (heaped tbsp) servings in our freezer. It can sweeten a lot totally naturally, and is just a gorgeous flavour in anything. Not to mention it is my little boy’s favourite “pudding” when mixed with some coconut milk (also often in ice cubes in our freezer) and cinnamon.

So this drink is something unbelievably easy for me to create whenever I crave it. All the ingredients are already sitting in my house, and I am fortunate enough to have one of the best presents we ever received sitting on my kitchen counters: our espresso machine.

So a yummy, spiced, sweet, foamy, creamy sugar free pumpkin spice latte is only ever a few minutes away.

And oh, it is good.

So for you lovely, tired, hard-working parents trying to keep your family on a low sugar lifestyle, you don’t have to miss out on a classic autumnal twist on your caffeine hit. You can even make it dairy free/vegan if you need to!

Happy Autumn everybody!

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Sugar Free Pumpkin Spice Latte

Prep Time

2 mins

Total Time

2 mins

 

Delicious, warming and perfect for the autumn (fall). This remake of a popular drink is sugar free and actually nourishing as well as enjoyable!

Course: Drinks

Servings: 1 serving

Ingredients

• 1 heaped tbsp pumpkin puree (or squash or sweet potato puree)
• 1-2 tsp xylitol, or stevia to taste
• 3/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice (adjust to personal taste but I found this perfect for us)
• 1 cup full-fat milk, or your favourite dairy-free milk
• 1/2 tsp sugar free vanilla extract, optional
• 1 shot espresso, or strong brewed coffee

Instructions

1. Mix the puree, sweetener and spice with the hot coffee.

2. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a mug. Mix in the vanilla extract, if using. Warm and froth the milk in a coffee machine or by heating on the stove while whisking constantly.

3. Top the coffee with the fresh foamy milk and sprinkle a little extra ground cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice over the top.

Looking for more warming, hearty and healthy autumn/fall recipes? Look no further than here!