Hazelnut Protein Latte

This is our regular Hazelnut Latte with a scoop of whey blended into the milk — one of the most classic, year-round flavors on this site, now built to also carry a real protein number.

Building the Latte

1. Make a batch of Hazelnut Syrup ahead of time if you don’t have one.
2. Whisk 1 scoop of whey protein into 8oz of cold milk until completely smooth.
3. Pull a double shot of espresso into your cup and stir in 2 tbsp of the syrup while it’s hot.
4. Steam or froth the protein-milk mixture and pour it over the espresso-syrup mix.

Café hazelnut latte with a protein add-on~$7.05

Home protein hazelnut latte~$1.79

Savings per drink$5.26

Assumptions: grande-size drink, national-average café pricing for a hazelnut-flavor latte plus a protein add-on, dairy milk, $16/lb specialty beans or equivalent grocery beans, whey protein at ~$0.88/scoop. No seasonal ceiling on this one. At 5 drinks a week over the site’s standard 48-week year, that’s roughly $1,262/year back in your pocket versus the café version.

Swaps & Notes

• Iced version: use the Hot/Iced toggle above the ingredients for less milk (4oz cold, shaken with the protein, instead of 8oz steamed).
• Want a mocha-hazelnut combo? See our Hazelnut Mocha Latte for the non-protein two-flavor version — a protein take works the same way, add a whey scoop and use half portions of each syrup.
• Protein total: about 24g from the whey scoop, plus roughly 8g from the 8oz of dairy milk — around 32g total (28g on the iced 4oz-milk version).

Recipe Card Summary

Hazelnut Protein Latte

• 2oz espresso + 8oz steamed milk (protein blended in) + 2 tbsp Hazelnut Syrup
• Prep time: 5 minutes · Total: 5 minutes
• Cost: ~$1.79/drink vs. ~$7.05 café version · ~32g protein

FAQ

Does the hazelnut flavor come from real nuts?

See Hazelnut Syrup for the full ingredient breakdown — the syrup recipe uses hazelnut extract rather than whole nuts, which keeps the cost and prep time down while still delivering a real hazelnut flavor.

Will the protein powder make the drink taste chalky?

Not if you whisk it into cold milk first and steam it in properly — the most common cause of a chalky protein latte is stirring powder directly into a finished hot drink instead of blending it into the milk beforehand.

Can I use a hazelnut-flavored protein powder instead of plain whey plus the syrup?

Yes, though most hazelnut-flavored proteins taste noticeably more artificial than the real syrup — we’d recommend the syrup version for a better flavor payoff, but the flavored-powder shortcut works if you’re optimizing for speed over taste.