P & C Fitness NJ

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Pumpkin spiced everything season is just about here and I’m really struggling to contain my excitement. Fall is easily one of my favorite seasons. One of my favorite fall activities is to sip a pumpkin spiced latte while heading over to the local apple farm and pumpkin patch. We recently started switching to making our own healthier version of pumpkin lattes. A small pumpkin spiced latte from a coffee shop can contain a minimum of 25g of carbohydrates most of which are from added sugars. I don’t know about you but I never want a small, I at least want a medium and that is A LOT of added sugars to consume. Our latte comes in at under 200 calories, the complete macro breakdown can be found at the bottom of the page.

We’ve been making our pumpkin spiced latte iced, but this recipe would be great served hot as well! If you have one, I would recommend using a small blender either a nutribullet or cuisinart one. It will blend all the ingredients together much easier rather than just mixing it. Plus, we always like to add ice to ours so the blender really helps to crush it up finely! We usually keep the coffee chilling in the fridge for at least one hour prior to making it. We also have the pumpkin pre-chilled but again that is totally up to you and preferences!

We included our favorite protein powder in the latte. Our current brand of choice is Naked Nutrition because the protein is so clean! Naked Nutrition advocates having minimal ingredients and grass fed whey protein. Most of the other protein powders on the market contain several ingredients, preservatives, and chemicals. The specific protein we used for our latte was Less Naked Chocolate Whey and there are only three ingredients! We always recommend this protein to anyone who asks what kind they should use.

If I’m not taking my latte to go, I ALWAYS drink it out of a pumpkin mug. I highly encourage you to do the same as well. There is just something about drinking a pumpkin spiced latte out of a pumpkin spiced mug that just makes it taste better. If you are a pumpkin fanatic like I am, stay tuned we will be debuting several macro-friendly pumpkin spiced recipes this fall. If you missed our last one, be sure to check out our Macro-Friendly Pumpkin Spiced Muffins recipe here. Anyways, lets get on to the recipe!