Laravel 5.2 Elixir with Foundation Sites & Font Awesome JS Babel

app.scss

@import 'foundation';
@include foundation-everything;

// Font Awesome
@import "../../../node_modules/font-awesome/scss/font-awesome";

gulpfile.js

var elixir = require('laravel-elixir');

elixir(function(mix) {
    // Options
    var options = {
        includePaths: [
            'node_modules/foundation-sites/scss',
            'node_modules/motion-ui/src'
        ]
    };

    // Sass
    mix.sass('app.scss', 'public/css/foundation.min.css', options);

    // Javascript
    var jQuery = '../../../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js';
    var whatInput = '../../../node_modules/what-input/what-input.js'
    var foundationJsFolder = '../../../node_modules/foundation-sites/js/';

    mix.scripts(jQuery, 'public/js/jquery.js');
    mix.scripts(whatInput, 'public/js/why-input.js');

    mix.babel([
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.core.js',

        // Optional Components
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.util.mediaQuery.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.util.*.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.tabs.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.abide.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.accordion.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.accordionMenu.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.drilldown.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.dropdown.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.dropdownMenu.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.equalizer.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.interchange.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.magellan.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.offcanvas.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.orbit.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.responsiveMenu.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.responsiveToggle.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.reveal.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.slider.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.sticky.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.toggler.js',
        foundationJsFolder + 'foundation.tooltip.js',

        // This file initializes foundation
        'start_foundation.js'
    ], 'public/js/foundation.min.js');

    // Version Files
    mix.version([
        'public/css/foundation.min.css',
        'public/js/foundation.min.js'
    ]);
    // Font Awesome
    mix.copy('node_modules/font-awesome/fonts', 'public/build/fonts')
});

Larval Elixir Foundation Sites

npm install jquery --save
npm install foundation-sites --save
npm install motion-ui --save
npm install font-awesome

start_foundation.js

$(document).foundation();