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UPDATE: This Starbucks Pink Drink Copycat recipe has been updated as of 10/27/22 due to the discontinuation of the Starbucks Very Berry Hibiscus Refreshers®.
You have been missing out if you’ve never had a Pink Drink from Starbucks! 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 going to Starbucks on a regular basis is a little out of our budget these days, we promised to come up with a Starbucks Pink Drink copycat recipe at home, to hold them over until we can get them the real thing.
According to our teen, we nailed it (and that doesn’t happen often)!
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Before we get to our Starbucks Pink Drink copycat recipe, let me share a few tips about the ingredients.
strawberries: 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. BTW, they blend super fast in our Nutribullet. If you don’t have fresh strawberries, you can also use frozen or freeze-dried.
coconut milk: 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.
iced passion tea concentrate: Since Starbucks discontinued the Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher packs that we used to use, we have found an alternative in Tazo Iced Passion Tea Concentrate. This one also gives the passion fruit flavor that Starbucks uses in its Pink Drink.
white grape juice: We also added white grape juice to match the ingredients on the website.
sugar: Sugar is needed to sweeten the drink up. You can try simple syrup as well, though I find that sugar works best.
What’s in the Starbucks Pink Drink?
According to their website, 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 option 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 Starbucks sells a number of their VIA instant refreshers, they do not sell the Strawberry Açaí Refreshers® which is the main ingredient in their Pink Drink.
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 room at the top of your cup.
We are always working on new copycat recipes in the kitchen, so make sure to visit often for new Starbucks Copycat Recipes!
We’d love to hear your thoughts if you try our version of the Starbucks Pink Drink copycat recipe. 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!
We are finally able to make one of our favorite Starbucks drinks at home. Starbucks Pink drink is a refreshing blend of ingredients including strawberries and coconut milk.
Slice your strawberries and place 1 cup in a blender with the water, white grape juice, Tazo iced passion tea concentrate and sugar. Blend on high until combined.
Set the rest of the strawberries aside for now.
Add 1/2 cup of coconut milk and a handful of ice to each cup.
Divide your strawberry blended mixture evenly into each cup and stir.
Top with remaining sliced strawberries!
(optional) Combine non-fat milk and vanilla syrup and with an immulsion blender, blend until foamy. Add to the top of each drink and serve!
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Just made this. I realized we were out of strawberries after I started so had to sub freeze dried strawberries, and my coconut milk was unsweetened vanilla, so I added 1/2 tbsp more of sugar. I thought it was pretty close! My fifteen year old always orders the pink drink at Starbucks and he thought it was really good (and a close match). Next time I might try 1/2 grape juice 1/2 water and omit the sugar (Starbuck’s site says the pink drink ingredients include white grape juice). Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for your feedback! Where did you see white grape juice? On their site it says “Starbucks 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 Coconutmilk, and topped with a scoop of strawberries.”
It says it in the ingredients list on their açai concentrate. You can actually buy them on eBay. I had them show it to me once because I wanted to know exactly what they put in it. But the ingredients are listed on that Acai carton 🙂
Awesome! Now I can make this at home every time I crave for it and not have to drive to Starbucks! Strawberries always remind me of my mom (she passed away last year), so I will make this drink and lift a glass up to her. I am sure she will be smiling down from heaven.
So good!! I used frozen strawberries instead of fresh because that’s all I had, and I used unsweetened coconut milk and added 1/2 tsp of vanilla. I’m going to try it again but add the passion fruit extract 🙂
Do you think this recipe is good? I really want to recreate this but all the recipes I found say “it tastes nothing like the pink drink” and it’s really throwing me off.
Hi Ariana,
I can only suggest that you try it and see. I’ve heard more positives than negatives on this particular recipe and my oldest daughter, who drinks the Pink Drink on a regular basis, helped me with this one. I can tell you that no copycat recipe will taste exactly the same because Starbucks doesn’t sell the Strawberry Refresher powder needed to make it. Also, as I mention in the post, I’ve left out passion fruit as it’s not something I personally love. If you do try it, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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This looks legit. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Thank you so much for this- it looks amazing. Am going to give it a try right now!
This looks really good. I’ll try this on the weekend. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Just made this. I realized we were out of strawberries after I started so had to sub freeze dried strawberries, and my coconut milk was unsweetened vanilla, so I added 1/2 tbsp more of sugar. I thought it was pretty close! My fifteen year old always orders the pink drink at Starbucks and he thought it was really good (and a close match). Next time I might try 1/2 grape juice 1/2 water and omit the sugar (Starbuck’s site says the pink drink ingredients include white grape juice). Thanks for posting this!
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Thanks for your feedback! Where did you see white grape juice? On their site it says “Starbucks 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 Coconutmilk, and topped with a scoop of strawberries.”
It says it in the ingredients list on their açai concentrate. You can actually buy them on eBay. I had them show it to me once because I wanted to know exactly what they put in it. But the ingredients are listed on that Acai carton 🙂
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Thanks for sharing! I will definitely check it out!
Awesome! Now I can make this at home every time I crave for it and not have to drive to Starbucks! Strawberries always remind me of my mom (she passed away last year), so I will make this drink and lift a glass up to her. I am sure she will be smiling down from heaven.
So good!! I used frozen strawberries instead of fresh because that’s all I had, and I used unsweetened coconut milk and added 1/2 tsp of vanilla. I’m going to try it again but add the passion fruit extract 🙂
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I love the substitutions! Please let me know how it turns out with the passion fruit extract!
Do you think this recipe is good? I really want to recreate this but all the recipes I found say “it tastes nothing like the pink drink” and it’s really throwing me off.
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Hi Ariana,
I can only suggest that you try it and see. I’ve heard more positives than negatives on this particular recipe and my oldest daughter, who drinks the Pink Drink on a regular basis, helped me with this one. I can tell you that no copycat recipe will taste exactly the same because Starbucks doesn’t sell the Strawberry Refresher powder needed to make it. Also, as I mention in the post, I’ve left out passion fruit as it’s not something I personally love. If you do try it, I’d love to hear your thoughts.