Starbucks Pink Drink Copycat Recipe

By HeatherApril 28, 2020October 13, 202197 Comments3min read

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If you’ve never had a Pink Drink from Starbucks, you have been missing out! According to the Starbucks website, Pink Drink is a light and refreshing beverage that features the sweet flavors of Strawberry Acai Refreshers® with accents of passion fruit and acai combined with coconut milk, and topped with a scoop of strawberries. While our “usual” is an iced caramel macchiato, sometimes you have to switch it up. Our girls have been huge fans of the pink drink since their first sip and since we can’t go out these days, we promised to come up with a Starbucks Pink Drink copycat recipe at home, to hold them over until we can go back. According to our teen, we nailed it (and that doesn’t happen often)! I should start by mentioning that although the Starbucks description mentions that it includes passion fruit, our copycat recipe doesn’t. I’m honestly not a huge fan of passion fruit. But the good news is, if you are a fan, you won’t miss it.

girl and her dad blending a drink in a nutribullet

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Before we get to our Starbucks Pink Drink copycat recipe, let me share a few tips about the ingredients. We’ve found that the best way to slice the strawberries is into semi-thin slices (at least for the 1/2 cup that will be placed in the cup. For the strawberries that you’ll be blending, it really doesn’t make a difference. I usually chop those in quarters just to make it easier to blend. You want to get the coconut milk that can be found in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store. We use sweetened, vanilla-flavored coconut milk. Since they don’t sell the Strawberry Acai Refreshers in the store, we substituted it for the very berry hibiscus. If you can’t find the Very Berry Hibiscus Refreshers® you can probably use an açaí berry tea powder as an option as well. Just make sure it’s a powder so it will dissolve easily.

mixing coconut milk and strawberry juice

What’s in the Starbucks Pink Drink?

The Starbucks Pink Drink features Strawberry Acai Refreshers® with accents of passion fruit and acai combined with coconut milk, and topped with a scoop of strawberries.

Is the Pink Drink Healthy?

The pink drink is only 100 calories for a grande, which compared to other options, is actually pretty healthy compared to other options that you can get at Starbucks.

Is the Pink Drink the Same as The Pinkity Drinkity?

Yes, “Pinkity Drinkity” is the same as the Pink Drink. It was named Pinkity Drinkity by the famous YouTuber, James Charles.

Why Don’t the Copycat Recipes Taste Exactly Like the Pink Drink?

We tried a number of the copycat recipes before we created our own and while they all had a unique flavor, none were exactly the same. That’s because even though Starbuck’s sells a number of their VIA instant refreshers, they do not sell the Strawberry Açaí Refreshers® which is a main ingredient in their Pink Drink.

little girl enjoying a drink in her starbucks cup

Our insta-friend Laura, @bump.tobaby, is known for loving her Starbucks Pink Drink with vanilla cold foam. She has an entire Instagram story highlight professing her love for it. You can add this as well by putting some non-fat milk and vanilla syrup into an immersion blender and blending until it’s nice and foamy. Make sure to leave some room at the top of your cup for it. If you try our version of the Starbucks Pink Drink copycat recipe, we’d love to hear your thoughts. Don’t forget to check out all of our family-friendly recipes! More of a coffee fan? Make sure to check out our homemade creamer recipes!