Make Our Copycat Starbucks Pink Drink at Home!
Starbucks never tasted so sweet!
Skip the long line at Starbucks and save money by making the famous Starbucks Pink Drink at home with our easy copycat recipe! It’s the perfect sweet and fruity drink recipe everyone in the family will enjoy this summer.
Hip Tip: If you’re trying to cut carbs, be sure to check out our keto Starbucks-inspired pink drink recipe.
I am a huge fan of making copycat recipes. 🙌
Not only is it fun to try whipping up our fave treats, but making recipes at home can save you big money. Using Tazo passion tea is great because you get over 25 servings in one box!
Did you know the Starbucks Pink Drink costs $4.95 at Starbucks while our homemade recipe costs less than $1 per 16 oz.! SAY WHAT?!
Here are a few recipe tips to keep in mind when making a copycat Starbucks Pink Drink:
- You can use any type of milk for this recipe: I’m a fan of coconut milk (and it’s what Starbucks uses for their infamous drink), but almond milk or regular dairy milk will work great for this recipe as well.
- Did you know that you can buy Starbucks Vanilla syrup at your local grocery stores? If you don’t want the hint of vanilla, classic simple syrup (just sugar and water) or even honey work all the same to give the sweetened taste to this drink.
- As a fun idea, you can add more strawberry sweetness to the drink by mashing up some of the berries into the tea.
- Have you had a chance to grab one of the new Starbucks reusable cups? They’re perfect for sipping your Starbucks copycat drink in style!
- You can find Tazo Iced Tea pitcher bags at your local Target if you’d like to brew up 64 oz. of tea all at once!
Copycat Starbucks Pink Drink
yield: 1 SERVINGS
prep time: 20 MINUTES
total time: 20 MINUTES
Slightly sweetened tea gets a creamy twist from a splash of coconut milk.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup brewed Tazo Passion Tea, Chilled
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons simple syrup or vanilla syrup
- 3 strawberries, thinly sliced (optional)
- Ice
Directions
1
Brew the tea according to Tazo’s brewing guidelines. I used 1 tea bag in 8 oz. of boiling water and removed the tea bag after 5 minutes of steeping. Let the tea cool by chilling in the fridge for 20-30 minutes or until you're ready to make your keto pink drink.
2
Fill 16 oz. glass with ice, placing sliced strawberries throughout the ice cubes.
3
Pour in the chilled Passion tea, coconut milk, and simple syrup. *If you have a shaker, you can shake the drink to mix or just stir with a spoon or straw.
4
Best served and enjoyed ice cold!
Refreshing and summer-ready!
So long, Starbucks! We’re making our own Pink Drink at home for less money and in less time than it takes for us to head to the cafe.
Summer days are now a whole lot sweeter. 😍
Check out the low carb version of this drink over on Hip2Keto!
Can you clarify – is the strawberry açaí refresher all of the ingredients listed minus the milk? I love the refresher and would love to make it at home. Thanks!
You’re so welcome!! You can take our recipe and just sub water for the coconut milk. We would suggest not doing the full 1/4 cup at once, just add it a little at time until its the desired taste. Hope this helps!
Wanted to use this for my glass drink dispenser for future get togethers. Not a fan. This drink is very tasteless and comes out a yucky purple color. 🙁
No. The Refesher you get in-store is actually made from green coffee extract (it contains caffeine and is not an herbal tea).
Many people think the refreshers are made from tea, when in fact, they are not.
Awesome! I have all the ingredients already, gonna try this. I might just pick up a cup so I can sip in style as you said. Thx for the recipe.
Yay! You’re welcome, Mendy! Hope you love it!
Perfect timing. I usually start my day off with one of Star’s fruitier drinks. Some thing told me to check some e-mails first. Of course I first check out H2S. This is the first thing I see. YES! I can make this & I already have all the stuff. Thanx H2S now I have more the reason to stay in my PJ’s while I do yard work.
Woohoo! Sounds like a fun plan! You’re SO welcome!
If using coconut milk then this is great for breastfeeding.
Are you using sweetened or unsweetened coconut milk?
Hi Tina! You can use any milk you like. This was made with the Original Silk Coconut Milk, pictured above. Hope this helps!
Thank you for posting this! I am Going to get the ingredients for this today!
Awesome! You’re welcome, Allison! Enjoy!
My kids love their ALDI version of a “pink drink”- strawberry dragonfruit juice and vanilla almond milk 😉
That sounds yummy too, Cassandane! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve tried so many different recipes and nothing is truly the same as the Starbucks original 😩 I’m thankful we don’t have a Starbucks any closer than 30mins away, so I only splurge on Pink Drinks occasionally.
Sounds great will try it in my vitamix with frozen strawberries, thanks
You’re welcome, Marion!
Anyone know how to get free plays to the Starbucks Match Two game? This is the first game of theirs I have seen without a link for plays without purchase.
Thanks!
I tried to look into this. Seems there is no free entries. Also seems only certain people got the offer for this game. I followed a link and signed in and it said it was not available to me. Read this about others also.
For some reason ours came out purple
Mine too!! Lol.. I didn’t refrigerate the steeped tea for 30 mins as mentioned, thinking probably that might be the reason.
The pink drink is made from a green tea extract and strawberry mixed with coconut milk.
I made this today and It came out purple but it was soooo good! The sweetener is very important!! Or it will have no taste to it. I used agave syrup and it was so yummy. Definitely my go to drink from now on. Thank you for this!