Make the Starbucks popular Pink Drink at home! A fruity and refreshing drink made with strawberry flavors and coconut milk, this pretty pink beverage will delight your taste buds and save you a trip to Starbucks.
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Starbucks Pink Drink
Pink Drink is a popular Starbucks Refresher beverage made with ice, Strawberry Acai Base, Coconutmilk (Starbucks coconut milk blend), and freeze-dried strawberries.
It’s a caffeinated drink since there is caffeine in the Strawberry Acai Base but this copycat recipe doesn’t contain caffeine.
It’s sweet, fruity, and refreshing.
This drink is harder than other Starbucks recipes to recreate since it’s difficult to pinpoint what’s exactly in the Strawberry Acai Base.
The first recipe created was made using Very Berry Hibiscus Starbucks VIA Instant Refreshers, but since that has been discontinued, it has been reformulated to this current recipe.
Recipe Highlights
- To get the same Pink Drink taste, strawberry syrup, passion fruit syrup, white cranberry strawberry juice, coconut milk, and freeze-dried strawberries are combined and shaken together.
- There’s no need for special machines to make this drink and all you need is a cocktail shaker or a large jar with a tight lid.
- This recipe makes a grande (16 ounces) Pink Drink.
RELATED: 23 Pink Starbucks Drinks (Including Secret Menu)
Ingredient Notes
- Strawberry syrup
This is a strawberry puree made into a syrup by adding sugar. This will bring out the strawberry flavor that’s in the drink and sweeten it. - Passion fruit syrup
This is the secret ingredient that makes the drink taste like the Pink Drink. - White cranberry strawberry juice
The Strawberry Acai Base is a blend of flavors and this juice does a great job creating the fruity flavor. - Coconut milk
Get coconut milk in the refrigerated section instead of the ones sold in cans. The coconut milk in cans are too thick. Starbucks uses a sweetened coconut milk that’s more like coconut water and the refrigerated versions are the most similar. - Freeze-dried strawberries
Starbucks calls freeze-dried fruit that they put into drinks, inclusions. These add-ins flavor the drink as they rehydrate in the liquid. - Ice
Use filtered water to make ice if possible for a better tasting drink since ice makes up half the beverage.
RELATED: TikTok Pink Drink (Starbucks Secret Menu)
Step-by-Step Instructions
For full ingredients and instructions, scroll down to the recipe.
- Put all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake.
Use a large, wide-mouth jar with a tight lid if you don’t have a cocktail shaker. - Pour drink into a cup.
Expert Tips
- Since the drink uses strawberry syrup, the freeze-dried strawberries are more decorative than for flavoring, so it’s an optional garnishing ingredient and can be taken out. However, it gives the beverage the signature Pink Drink look.
- The passion fruit syrup gives the drink a slightly tangy taste and it’s what makes the drink taste like the Pink Drink. You only need a little bit but it makes a big difference.
- To make the drink decadent, top it off with chocolate cold foam or matcha cold foam.
RELATED: 21 Strawberry Starbucks Drinks
Questions You May Have
Water, Sugar, White Grape Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Natural Green Coffee Flavor, Fruit And Vegetable Juice, and Rebaudioside A makes up the Strawberry Acai Base.
Replace the coconut milk with whatever milk you like! Heavy cream, soy, oat, and almond milk are good substitutes if you don’t like coconut milk but it just won’t taste the same.
The Starbucks secret menu, TikTok Pink Drink, is a customized Pink Drink. To make this at home, replace the coconut milk with heavy cream and add 2 scoops of vanilla bean powder and add whipped cream.
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- TikTok Matcha Pink Drink (Starbucks Secret Menu)
- Starbucks Strawberry Frappuccino Copycat
- Iced Passion Tango Tea
- Starbucks Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew Copycat
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Starbucks Pink Drink Copycat
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tablespoons strawberry syrup
- 1 teaspoon passion fruit syrup
- ½ cup white cranberry strawberry juice
- ⅔ cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons freeze-dried strawberries
- ¾ cup ice
INSTRUCTIONS
- Put all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake 10 times or until well combined.Use a large wide-mouth jar with a tight lid if you don't have a cocktail shaker.
- Pour drink into a cup.
NOTES
- Get coconut milk in the refrigerated section instead of the ones sold in cans. The coconut milk in cans are too thick. Starbucks uses a sweetened coconut milk that’s more like coconut water and the refrigerated versions are the most similar.
- Since the drink uses strawberry syrup, the freeze-dried strawberries are more decorative than for flavoring, so it’s an optional garnishing ingredient and can be taken out. However, it gives the beverage the signature Pink Drink look.
- The passion fruit syrup gives the drink a slightly tangy taste and it’s what makes the drink taste like the Pink Drink. You only need a little bit but it makes a big difference.
- To make the drink decadent, top it off with chocolate cold foam or matcha cold foam.
Your amazing thank you so much can’t wait to try it on my way to the store now it’s way to expensive to pick one up daily