Butter Pecan Cinnamon Vanilla Latte

A butter pecan cinnamon vanilla latte pairs our Butter Pecan Latte with our Cinnamon Vanilla Latte — toasted pecan-and-butter flavor against a cinnamon-vanilla sugar syrup, a pairing that leans straight into pecan-pie territory. No third jar to build: just 1 tablespoon each of two bases you may already keep on hand.

Make Both Bases First (Just Once)

This recipe assumes you already have a jar each of Butter Pecan Syrup and Cinnamon Vanilla Syrup in the fridge. They don’t keep the same length of time: the butter pecan syrup has real browned butter in it and only lasts about a week, but the cinnamon vanilla syrup keeps a full 2 weeks. If you’re building your first jar of either, go make that one first, then come back here.

Building the Drink

1. Pull a double shot of espresso (about 2oz) directly into your cup, or brew a strong coffee/moka pot equivalent.
2. Stir in 1 tbsp of the butter pecan syrup and 1 tbsp of the cinnamon vanilla syrup while the espresso is still hot — same 2 tbsp of total flavoring as any single-flavor latte on this site, just split between the two jars instead of doubled up on one.
3. Steam or froth 8oz of milk to about 150°F (see How to Make a Latte at Home for the full technique) and pour it over the espresso mixture.
4. Top with whipped cream and a pinch of cinnamon or chopped toasted pecans if you want the full café look.

Café grande butter pecan cinnamon vanilla latte (specialty-menu pricing, tax included)$6.25

Home butter pecan cinnamon vanilla latte (espresso, milk, both bases)~$0.95

Savings per drink$5.30

Both bases together cost about $2.20 total to make (~$1.60 for the Butter Pecan Syrup batch, ~$0.60 for the Cinnamon Vanilla Syrup batch). The butter pecan syrup is both the smaller batch (8 servings vs. cinnamon vanilla’s 12) and the shorter-lived one (1 week vs. 2), so plan to use it within a week and expect to remake it more often than the cinnamon vanilla syrup.

Assumptions: grande-size drink, national-average specialty-menu pricing for a two-flavor combo drink, dairy milk, $16/lb specialty beans or equivalent grocery beans. No seasonal ceiling on this one — at 5 butter pecan cinnamon vanilla lattes a week over the site’s standard 48-week year, that’s roughly $1,272/year back in your pocket versus the café version.

Swaps & Notes

• No espresso machine? A moka pot or strong AeroPress shot works fine.
• Want it more nutty or more spiced? Shift the ratio — 1.5 tbsp butter pecan + 0.5 tbsp cinnamon vanilla leans nuttier, or the reverse leans more toward cinnamon-vanilla. The cost and calorie math above assumes an even 1:1 split.
• Only have one of the two bases made? This drink genuinely needs both — if you’re out of one, make the plain Butter Pecan Latte or plain Cinnamon Vanilla Latte instead rather than doubling up on whichever jar you have.
• Watching sugar? See the Sugar-Free Butter Pecan Cinnamon Vanilla Latte for the same 1 tbsp each method with a lower-sugar build.
• Iced version: use the Hot/Iced toggle above the ingredients to switch — less milk (about 4oz cold over ice instead of 8oz steamed), same method as every other iced drink on the site.

Recipe Card Summary

Butter Pecan Cinnamon Vanilla Latte

• 2oz espresso + 8oz steamed milk + 1 tbsp Butter Pecan Syrup + 1 tbsp Cinnamon Vanilla Syrup (both made ahead)
• Prep time: 5 minutes (after both bases are made) · Total: 5 minutes
• Cost: ~$0.95/drink vs. $6.25 café equivalent

FAQ

Do I need to make a whole new syrup for this?

No — it uses 1 tbsp each of the Butter Pecan Syrup and Cinnamon Vanilla Syrup you’d make for our plain Butter Pecan and Cinnamon Vanilla Latte recipes, so if you already keep either on hand, you’re most of the way there.

Is butter pecan and cinnamon vanilla a real flavor pairing?

Yes — both flavors show up together constantly in pecan pie and fall-baking recipes (brown butter, toasted pecans, cinnamon, vanilla), so this combo leans on a genuinely familiar dessert profile rather than an invented café mashup.

Do both syrups keep the same length of time?

No — the Butter Pecan Syrup has real browned butter in it and only keeps about a week, while the Cinnamon Vanilla Syrup keeps a full 2 weeks. Plan your butter pecan batch size around using it within a week, and expect to remake it more often than the cinnamon vanilla side of this combo.

Can I make this without an espresso machine?

Yes — a moka pot, AeroPress, or even strong drip coffee works. See How to Make a Latte at Home for the no-machine method.