Macchiatos

7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato

Sweet cake flavors with robust espresso

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$3.00

Price

220

Calories

Protein

38g

Sugar

✓ Exact Match

Customizations Included

+ Extra Flavor + Alternative Milk + Whip Cream + Extra Shot

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41g

Carbs

Fat

140mg

Sodium

About This Drink

Funnel Cake Macchiato

The 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato is a layered espresso drink built from salted caramel syrup, vanilla syrup, and white chocolate sauce over milk, with freshly pulled espresso poured on top and a caramel drizzle finish. A Medium (24oz) Iced Funnel Cake Macchiato has 330 calories, 47g of sugar, and 120mg of caffeine, while a Large (32oz) jumps to 370 calories and 240mg of caffeine from four espresso shots. Pricing runs $3.00 for Kids (10oz), $4.50 for Small (16oz), $5.50 for Medium (24oz), and $6.50 for Large (32oz).

What makes this one different from the rest of the 7 Brew lineup is the macchiato build. At this Rogers, Arkansas drive-thru-only chain, a macchiato is not stirred at the window - the syrups and milk go in first, then the espresso is floated on top so you get that dark ring bleeding into pale caramel-colored milk. That means your first few sips through the straw or lid are noticeably more espresso-forward than a latte, and the drink gets sweeter as you work down the cup. If you stir it immediately, you essentially convert it into a salted caramel white chocolate latte, which is a completely valid move and one a lot of regulars make.

The flavor concept is a fairground funnel cake translated into liquid: the salted caramel stands in for the caramelized fried edges, the white chocolate provides that thick powdered-sugar sweetness, and the vanilla rounds everything into a warm bakery note. Because it is built on milk rather than 7 Brew half-and-half breve like the 7 Originals, it lands lighter in fat than you might expect for how dessert-like it tastes - a Small carries only 6g of fat. It is available hot, iced, and as a Chiller (blended), and like every drink on the menu it can be run half-sweet, sugar-free, or with alternative milk.

QUICK FACTS

Funnel Cake Macchiato — Quick Facts

Drink Type Macchiato

Served

Hot Iced Chiller

Main Flavors See description below

Sweetness Medium-High

Coffee Strength Medium

Standard Dairy Half-and-half (breve)

Caffeine Contains espresso

Best For See first-timer guide below

Customizable

Yes

Nutritional Facts

7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato Nutrition Facts

Per serving · Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Total 220 kcal

protein

4g 8%

Carbohydrates

41g 15%

fat

4g 5%

Nutrient Amount % DV

Calories

220 kcal

11%

Total Fat

4 g

Saturated Fat

3 g

15%

Trans Fat

0 g

Cholesterol

15 mg

Sodium

140 mg

Total Carbohydrates

41 g

15%

Dietary Fiber

0 g

Total Sugars

38 g

Protein

4 g

Calories by Size

Kids

220 cal

Small

250 cal

Medium

330 cal

Large

370 cal

Quick Insights

Here's what your drink looks like in simple, everyday terms

Caffeine

≈ 0.6 cups of coffee

Sugar

≈ 10 teaspoons

Calories

11% of daily intake

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Dietary Info

Dietary & Health Tags

Information for Funnel Cake Macchiato

Contains Milk

Milk is the only listed allergen. It comes from both the milk base and the white chocolate sauce, which is dairy-based.

Not Vegan

Cannot be made fully vegan. Swapping to oat or almond milk removes the dairy base, but 7 Brew white chocolate sauce contains milk solids. For a plant-based approximation, order it with oat milk, salted caramel, and vanilla only - no white chocolate.

Not Keto Friendly

A Medium has 50g carbs and 47g sugar. A closer keto-style order is a sugar-free vanilla and sugar-free caramel iced macchiato with heavy cream or unsweetened almond milk and no white chocolate sauce - roughly 5-8g carbs.

Vegetarian

Suitable for vegetarians - no meat or gelatin-based ingredients in the syrups, sauce, or espresso.

Nut Free (verify locally)

No nut ingredients in the standard build, but alternative milks including almond are handled at the same station. Ask the crew to rinse the pitcher if you have a severe tree nut allergy.

Gluten Free Ingredients

Despite the funnel cake name there is no flour or fried dough involved - the flavor is entirely syrup-driven, so the ingredients are gluten free. 7 Brew is not a certified gluten-free facility.

High Sugar

38g to 49g of sugar depending on size. The American Heart Association daily added-sugar limits are 25g for women and 36g for men, so even a Kids size exceeds one of them. Order half-sweet if that matters to you.

Contains Caffeine

60mg Kids, 120mg Small, 120mg Medium, 240mg Large. Can be made fully caffeine-free by ordering it with no espresso - it becomes a steamed or iced funnel cake milk.

Allergen Notice

Allergen Information

This product contains the following known allergens. All drinks are prepared in a shared facility.

Milk

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What's Inside

Coffee

Whole Milk

Ice

180

Calories

14g

Sugar

60mg

Caffeine

Fat

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What Does the 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato Taste Like?

Pop the lid and the aroma hits first - toasted sugar and warm vanilla, closer to a cinnamon-sugar donut stand than a coffee shop, with a faint cocoa-butter sweetness from the white chocolate sauce underneath.

The first sip, if you do not stir, is the espresso layer: bright, slightly roasty, a little bitter at the edges, cut by whatever caramel has already drifted upward. It is a genuinely coffee-tasting mouthful, which surprises people who expect instant dessert. Two or three sips in, the milk and syrups start mixing and the drink transforms. Salted caramel arrives with real butteriness and a clear pinch of salt that keeps the sugar in check, then the white chocolate coats your tongue with a thick, creamy sweetness that lingers. Vanilla ties the two together into that unmistakable fried-dough-with-powdered-sugar impression.

Texture-wise, the iced version is silky and medium-bodied - the white chocolate sauce gives it more weight than a plain vanilla latte, and the caramel drizzle adds sticky streaks as the ice melts. The hot version is the most authentic funnel cake experience, because warmth pushes the caramelized sugar aroma right up your nose. The Chiller turns it into a frozen coffee milkshake, thicker and colder, where the salt reads stronger and the espresso reads softer.

The finish is long, sweet, and slightly salty, with a faint espresso bitterness on the back end that stops it from being cloying. At 47g of sugar in a Medium, though, it is unquestionably a dessert drink.

INGREDIENTS

What's Actually in the 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato?

Espresso 1 shot Kids, 2 shots Small and Medium, 4 shots Large - poured last so it floats on top and creates the macchiato layering

Salted Caramel Syrup A buttery caramel syrup with added salt - this is the component doing the fried-sugar, carnival-food heavy lifting

White Chocolate Sauce A thick cocoa-butter-based sauce, not a thin syrup - it adds body and the powdered-sugar sweetness, and it is the reason the drink coats your tongue

Vanilla Syrup Rounds out the salt and white chocolate into a bakery note - sugar-free vanilla is available at no charge

Milk Standard dairy milk base filling most of the cup - swappable for almond, oat, coconut, or half-and-half breve on request

Caramel Drizzle Finishing drizzle on the lid side or over the top, adding roughly 15-25 calories of extra sugar per pump

Ice Used in the Iced build and blended into the Chiller version - hot orders skip it entirely and use steamed milk

Ingredients may vary by location. Always confirm with your barista.

Caffeine

Caffeine Content

kids

60mg

small

120mg

medium

120mg

large

240mg

All caffeine comes from espresso shots. Kids = 1 shot (60mg), Small = 2 shots (120mg), Medium = 2 shots (120mg), Large = 4 shots (240mg). Available decaf on request.

1 cup of coffee ≈ 95mg

First Time?

How to Order the Funnel Cake Macchiato for the First Time

Start with a Small (16oz) Iced for $4.50. It is the sweet spot on this drink because the Small and Medium both get 2 shots of espresso - so the Small gives you the same 120mg of caffeine in 8 fewer ounces of milk and syrup, meaning better coffee-to-sugar balance and 80 fewer calories at 250 instead of 330.

Order it half-sweet on your first try. At full sweetness the Small runs 41g of sugar, and the majority of first-timers who dislike this drink say the same thing - the white chocolate sauce buries the espresso. Half-sweet keeps every flavor note but lets the salted caramel and roast come through instead of just sugar.

Know what you are drinking: because it is a macchiato, the espresso is floated on top and not stirred. Your first sip will be strong and slightly bitter, and the drink gets sweeter as you go. If you would rather have it consistent from top to bottom, just say "can you stir that for me" at the window - the crew does it constantly and it is not a strange request.

If you want the fullest funnel cake experience rather than the most balanced coffee, get it hot in a Medium. Heat carries the caramelized sugar aroma and makes the white chocolate feel like a warm dessert.

Pro tip: Don't be afraid to ask your brewista for recommendations — they love helping first-timers!

ORDERING OPTIONS

Available Ways to Order

See how you can customize your Funnel Cake Macchiato.

HOT

ICED

CHILLER

SUGAR FREE

DECAF

HALF CAF

EXTRA SHOT

ALT MILK

Healthier Choices Make Your Drink Lighter

Small tweaks you can ask for at the window — same flavor, fewer calories

Go Sugar-Free 4 cal

Same great taste, way less sugar

Ask for sugar-free syrup in any flavor

⚡

Add an Extra Shot 5 cal

More energy with barely any extra calories

Ask for an extra shot of espresso

Save 6% fewer cal

Before 72 cal

After ~68 cal

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Equivalent Drinks

Starbucks & Dutch Bros Equivalent

How to get a drink similar to the Funnel Cake Macchiato at other coffee chains

Similar flavored espresso drink

How to Order

Order a Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato and ask them to swap 2 of the vanilla syrup pumps for White Chocolate Mocha sauce, keep the caramel drizzle, and add a pinch of the salt topping if your store carries it seasonally. Starbucks does not have a salted caramel syrup year-round, so the salt is the hardest element to replicate.

Key Difference

7 Brew uses a breve (half-and-half) base while Starbucks uses 2% milk by default. 7 Brew is typically creamier and sweeter.

Similar flavored drink

How to Order

Order a Large (32oz) Iced Golden Eagle - it is already vanilla, caramel, and caramel drizzle on a breve base - and ask them to cut the vanilla to half pumps, add white chocolate sauce, and add a pinch of sea salt on top. Ask for milk instead of half-and-half if you want to stay close to the 7 Brew macchiato build.

Key Difference

Dutch Bros tends to run slightly sweeter. Both are drive-thru only chains with a similar vibe.

7 Brew Large (32oz): $6.50, about $0.20 per ounce. Starbucks Venti Iced (24oz): roughly $5.95 plus about $0.80 for the sauce substitution, about $0.28 per ounce. You get 8 more ounces at 7 Brew for roughly $0.25 less total.

Best Time to Enjoy

This is a mid-morning to early-afternoon drink. With 120mg of caffeine in a Small or Medium and 240mg in a Large, ordering after about 3pm risks interfering with sleep - caffeine has a half-life of roughly 5 to 6 hours, so a 4pm Large still leaves around 120mg in your system at 10pm. It shines best as a 10am treat run or an afternoon dessert substitute. Because it carries 47g of sugar in a Medium, it works far better after food than on an empty stomach - drinking it alone will spike and crash you within about 90 minutes. Pair it with something with protein if it is standing in for breakfast.

Ordering Guide

How to Order

Follow these simple steps at your nearest 7 Brew drive-thru

Visit any 7 Brew drive-thru

Pull up to any 7 Brew location — no need to leave your car.

Ask for a Funnel Cake Macchiato

Simply tell your brewista you'd like a Funnel Cake Macchiato. They'll know exactly what it is.

Choose hot or iced

This drink is available both hot and iced — pick your preference.

Pick your size

Choose from Kids (10oz), Small (16oz), Medium (24oz), or Large (32oz).

Customize your milk

Swap to oat milk, almond milk, coconut milk, or half-and-half — all available.

Adjust sweetness

Ask for sugar-free syrup, half-sweet, or extra pumps to match your taste.

Enjoy your drink

Your freshly made drink will be handed right to your car window.

Pro Tip: Download the 7 Brew app to save your order as a favorite and easily earn rewards with every visit.

For Parents

Is the Funnel Cake Macchiato Suitable for Kids?

Not Recommended for Kids

Contains significant caffeine. Not suitable for children or adolescents per AAP guidelines.

Try Instead: Try a caffeine-free option instead: a Kids Vanilla Shake, any lemonade, or a 7 Fizz Soda are all 0mg caffeine and kid-friendly.

Customer Reviews

Reviews for Funnel Cake Macchiato

4.0

3 reviews

Brooke Hannigan2 weeks ago

I get the hot Medium Funnel Cake Macchiato every Saturday morning and it is the only drink that actually tastes like the thing it is named after. The salted caramel and white chocolate together genuinely taste like the crispy edge of a funnel cake with powdered sugar on it. Pro tip from the crew at my location - ask for it half-sweet and it stops being syrupy and starts tasting like real caramel. 120mg of caffeine in a Medium is plenty for me too.

Derek Ambrose1 month ago

Really good iced, and I like that the espresso is floated on top so the first sip is strong. Only knock is that if you let it sit in the cupholder for twenty minutes without stirring, the bottom third is basically caramel sauce. I now ask them to stir it before handing it over and it is perfect. Large is 370 calories which is not bad for how dessert-like it tastes, but 49g of sugar is a lot so I usually stick with the Small.

Alicia Restrepo3 months ago

Tastes exactly as advertised, I just personally found it too sweet even for a treat drink. The white chocolate sauce is what pushes it over the line for me - it kind of buries the coffee. I ordered it again half-sweet with an extra shot and liked it a lot more, so it is more of a customization thing than a bad drink. If you already think the Blondie is too sweet, this one will be too.

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Copycat Recipe

How to Make the Funnel Cake Macchiato at Home

5 minutes

Ingredients

2 shots (2oz) espresso, freshly pulled and hot
1.5 tbsp Torani Puremade White Chocolate Sauce
1 tbsp (1/2 oz) Torani Salted Caramel Syrup
2 tsp Monin Vanilla Syrup
10oz whole milk (or oat milk for a lighter version)
1.5 cups ice
Caramel sauce for drizzling (Ghirardelli or Torani Caramel Sauce)
Optional: tiny pinch flaky sea salt and a light dusting of powdered sugar on the lid rim

Instructions

Add the white chocolate sauce, salted caramel syrup, and vanilla syrup to the bottom of a 16oz glass and stir them together into a single syrup base - this prevents the thick white chocolate from clumping.

Drizzle caramel sauce in a spiral up the inside walls of the glass.

Fill the glass with ice, then pour in the cold milk, leaving about 1.5 inches of headroom.

Pull 2 shots of espresso and pour them slowly over the ice so they float and create the layered macchiato ring.

Finish with a caramel drizzle across the top and a very small pinch of flaky sea salt. Do not stir if you want the authentic 7 Brew sip progression - stir if you want it to taste like a salted caramel white chocolate latte.

For the hot version, steam 10oz of milk to about 150F, add the syrup base, then pour the espresso through the center of the foam.

Lighter Version

Use sugar-free syrups and skip whipped cream to save 100-150 calories.

DRINK GUIDE

Is This Drink Right For You?

Quick guide to help you decide if the Funnel Cake Macchiato fits your taste and lifestyle

Best For

Afternoon Pick-Me-Up Watching Your Calories Low Sugar Lifestyle Hot Summer Days Cold Winter Mornings

Quick Verdict

Light, refreshing, and easy on the waistline.

Size Guide Find Your Perfect Size

Every 7 Brew drink comes in 4 sizes — here's how they compare so you can pick the right one

10oz

Kids 296 ml

16oz

Small 473 ml

Common Questions

How many calories are in a 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato?

The 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato ranges from 220 calories in a Kids (10oz) to 370 calories in a Large (32oz). A Small (16oz) has 250 calories and the popular Medium (24oz) has 330 calories. Nearly all of those calories come from sugar - 38g in a Kids up to 49g in a Large - contributed by the salted caramel syrup, vanilla syrup, white chocolate sauce, caramel drizzle, and the natural lactose in the milk base. Fat stays relatively low for a dessert coffee at 4g to 12g because the drink is built on milk rather than half-and-half breve. To cut calories, order it half-sweet (saves roughly 70-80 calories on a Medium), swap to almond milk (saves another 60-80), or skip the caramel drizzle.

How much caffeine is in a 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato?

Caffeine comes entirely from espresso shots: 60mg in a Kids (1 shot), 120mg in a Small (2 shots), 120mg in a Medium (2 shots), and 240mg in a Large (4 shots). Note that the Small and Medium both get 2 shots, so if you want the strongest coffee flavor per ounce, the Small is the better pick - a Medium spreads the same 120mg across 8 more ounces of milk. You can add extra shots for about $0.75 each at 60mg per shot, or order it with no espresso for a completely caffeine-free version. For reference, the FDA considers 400mg per day safe for most healthy adults, so a Large uses about 60 percent of that.

What does the 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato taste like?

It tastes like a fairground funnel cake in liquid form - buttery salted caramel standing in for the caramelized fried edges, thick white chocolate sweetness mimicking powdered sugar, and vanilla tying it into a warm bakery note, all over espresso and milk. Because it is a macchiato, the espresso is floated on top instead of stirred in, so the first sips taste noticeably more coffee-forward and slightly bitter, then it turns progressively sweeter as the layers mix. If you like the Blondie or Sweet and Salty from the 7 Originals, this sits in the same territory but sweeter and more dessert-driven. Most drinkers describe it as very sweet at full sweetness, which is why half-sweet is the most common customization.

Is the Funnel Cake Macchiato better hot, iced, or as a Chiller?

All three work, and each changes the drink meaningfully. Hot is the most authentic funnel cake experience because heat lifts the caramelized sugar aroma and softens the white chocolate into a smooth, dessert-like body. Iced is the most popular and shows off the visual layering, with a crisper espresso hit on the first sip and a silkier finish. The Chiller (blended) turns it into a frozen coffee milkshake - thickest texture, the salt reads more strongly, and the espresso gets softened by the ice, so consider adding a shot if you order it blended. Nutrition varies slightly by build; the numbers listed here reflect the standard build for each size.

Can you make the 7 Brew Funnel Cake Macchiato sugar-free or dairy-free?

Partially, on both counts. 7 Brew stocks sugar-free vanilla and sugar-free caramel syrups at no extra charge, which removes roughly 15-20g of sugar from a Medium, but the white chocolate sauce is not available sugar-free - to go fully low-sugar you have to omit it, which costs you the creamy body. For dairy-free, you can swap the milk base for almond, oat, or coconut milk, but the white chocolate sauce contains milk, so the drink cannot be certified dairy-free or vegan with it included. The workable dairy-free order is: oat milk iced macchiato with salted caramel and vanilla, no white chocolate sauce, extra caramel drizzle skipped.

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