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Whip up a deliciously fruity Starbucks Pink Drink at home and recreate all that refreshing magic for a fraction of the cost.
What started as a secret menu item and then exploded into fame, the Pink Drink is a combination of a strawberry acai base with coconut milk instead of water. She was once ‘Strawberry Acai Refresher,’ now she is reborn as Pink Drink. So, maybe you’ve tried it, maybe you’ve wanted to, either way, this drink has been on all of our minds at some point. It has a delicious sweetness with a wonderful smooch of strawberry. It’s refreshing, it’s pretty, it’s pink. Now you can make it whenever you want! All you need are a few ingredients and a blender, and you’ve got yourself a homemade Pink Drink. See below the recipe for helpful tips and more.
Pink Drink
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Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 6 large fresh strawberries, hulled
- 3 tablespoon sugar
- ¾ cup Ocean Spray White Cran-Strawberry Juice
- 1 cup fresh coconut milk, divided
- ¼ cup freeze-dried strawberries, for topping
- ice, for serving
Instructions
- Gather all your ingredients.
- Blend strawberries, sugar, and juice in a blender on high for 60 seconds.
- Fill 2 (16-ounce) cups halfway with ice. Top with freeze-dried strawberries.
- Pour half of the strawberry mixture in each cup. Add ½ cup coconut milk to each cup and stir well.
- Top with freeze-dried strawberries.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Variations
Another juice I’ve heard is similar to the Starbucks strawberry acai base is white grape juice. It’s worth a try!
If you want to make your beverage lower in sugar, here are some options:
- Welch’s Light White Grape Juice
- Ocean Spray Zero Sugar Mixed Berry
- Use a monkfruit sweetener instead of sugar
Recipe Tip
- Use other flavors of cranberry juice for more variety.
- This recipe makes two 16-ounce drinks.
- Make sure you use the refrigerated coconut milk, not the canned coconut milk.
- Top your drink with whipped cream for even more creamy goodness!
Questions About This Drink
A 16 oz. Pink Drink from Starbucks has between 35-45 mg of caffeine. This is considered a lightly caffeinated beverage. The Starbucks version has caffeine because their strawberry acai refresher base has green tea extract.
Our Pink Drink recipe is caffeine-free.
Because of its coconut milk content, it can be hydrating. Coconut milk contains 50% water, as well as healthy fats. A note: this drink also contains Vitamin C!
Your coconut milk is separating from the other ingredients because it wasn’t mixed well enough. Give it a good stir and it should go back to normal, it won’t taste any different.
This can also happen if you place your drink in the fridge and the ingredients settle. It just needs a stir.
so so good only thing i didn’t like was the chunky strawberry’s in it
I really enjoyed this drink and think it’s more flavorful than a Pink Drink. I used white grape juice, 2 Tbsp of Swerve, and a Tbsp of honey. I appreciated the tips at the end of the recipe, too! Thank you!
So glad you liked it and great tips!
Starbucks Pink Drink is my favorite drink! I’m so glad to have found this recipe because it works! So delicious just like my fave storebought drink.
This is so nice and adorable! Love its bright flavor! Keeping this for summer!
this was such a great recipe, I never thought that I would be able to make this iconic drink from home! thank you so much for sharing this recipe!