Keto Pink Drink
My Keto Pink Drink is light, fruity, and delicious! You won’t have to miss out on this Starbucks coffee shop favorite when you can make your own low carb pink drink at home. This easy recipe is also dairy-free, sugar-free, and Trim Healthy Mama friendly.
The official (or unofficial) Starbucks Pink Drink is full of sugar. To make my own I just went with the strawberry coconut combination and played around. I really love the results.
My first attempt looked a lot thicker than the Starbucks photos. So I went back to the kitchen to make a Starbucks pink drink recipe that was more drink than a smoothie. Then I was thinking how nice this would be as an FP for the Trim Healthy Mama diet, so I made one more variety. The 1 1/2 tbsp of full-fat coconut milk has 5 grams of fat which keeps it in Fuel Pull territory.
I have a few different options for this easy Keto Pink Drink so you can make it to your preference! Why not try all the ways to make your own original pink drink right at home? I love all the simple ingredients!
Be sure to check out my Starbucks Sugar Free Vanilla Latte and this Starbucks Skinny Vanilla Latte & Frappuccino Recipe for more fun drinks.
Ingredients
Water – Cold water works best.
Berry Hibiscus tea bag – I love the flavor that this herbal tea gives.
Raspberry Zinger tea bag – This is what gives this favorite drink that pop of raspberry taste.
Sweetener – While you can use any sweetener for this famous pink drink, I like to use my own.
Coconut milk or heavy cream – The blend of coconut milk gives this popular drink a bit of a creamy texture.
Strawberries – Fresh strawberries are so flavorful for this delicious keto drink. Perfect for hot summer days.
Xanthan gum (optional) – Adding a pinch of xanthan gum helps prevent frozen or blended drinks from separating.
How To Make a Keto Pink Drink
You need to brew some tea, add sweetener, coconut milk, and strawberries, and cool it with ice. That’s it! See the ingredients and complete instructions in the recipe card below.
Substitutions
Fruit-flavored tea – You can change a bit of the taste of this creamy pink beverage by using different types of tea. You can make it a stronger tea flavor as well.
Almond milk – Instead of using coconut milk for this delicious pink drink, almond milk can also work.
Be sure to try my Healthy Matcha Latte Recipe as well!
Variations
Use sugar-free syrups – A little bit of syrup can add some fun flavors to this drink!
Common Questions
If you are on social media at all chances are you’ve seen photos floating around of the Starbuck’s secret menu “Pink Drink.” I’ve been drooling over them for days. It is a Strawberry Acai Refresher combined with vanilla syrup, coconut milk, and chunks of fresh strawberries. It is not sugar-free or low carb. The Refreshers have sugar and so does the coconut milk Starbucks uses. Bummer. So, I made up my own copycat in this Keto Pink Drink Recipe!
Update! You can actually order a Starbucks Keto Pink Drink nowadays. Just ask for iced passion tea with no sugar, sugar free vanilla syrup, heavy cream, and ice. I still prefer my homemade dairy-free versions, but it’s nice to be able to order one when out as well.
Yes! I like the combination of a berry teabag and a raspberry teabag but you can really use any strawberry, raspberry, mixed berry tea bags you have already. Passion tango or passion tea bags are great too.
I think so – and to be honest, I like my keto version of the pink drink better! It’s delicious any time of year and a great way to save money while getting that fruity flavor at home. You don’t have to stress out about driving to your local Starbucks any longer as you can make this secret menu item easily right at home!
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Keto Pink Drink
Ingredients
Pink Drink:
- 8 oz boiling water
- 1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
- 1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
- 2 tbsp Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 1 cup cold water + ice cubes to equal 1 1/2 cups ice water
- 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk
- 3 fresh strawberries
- pinch xanthan gum helps avoid separation
Pink Drink Smoothie:
- 4 oz boiling water
- 1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
- 1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
- 2 tbsp Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 1/2 cup ice
- 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk
- 4 fresh strawberries
- pinch xanthan gum helps avoid separation
Pink Drink (Trim Healthy Mama Fuel Pull version):
- 8 oz boiling water
- 1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
- 1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
- 2 tbsp Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 1/2 cup ice
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 1/2 tbsp full fat coconut milk
- 2 fresh strawberries
- pinch xanthan gum helps avoid separation
Instructions
- Drink Directions: In a large glass measuring cup pour boiling water over the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes. Add the sweetener and stir to dissolve. Add 1 1/2 cups ice water. Stir to melt the ice. Blend this with the coconut milk and strawberries. Blend in the xanthan gum. Pour over additional ice and strawberry chunks.
- Smoothie Directions: In a glass measuring cup pour boiling water over the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes. Add the sweetener and stir to dissolve. Add ice to make this equal 1 cup. Stir to melt the ice. Blend this with the coconut milk and strawberries. Blend in the xanthan gum.Pour over additional ice and strawberry chunks.
- Trim Healthy Mama Fuel Pull Directions: In a glass measuring cup pour boiling water over the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes. Add the sweetener and stir to dissolve. Add ice and cold water. Stir to melt the ice. Blend this with the coconut milk and strawberries. Blend in the xanthan gum. Pour over additional ice.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition facts for the drink and smoothie are above in the recipe card. Nutrition facts for the fuel pull version are below:
Originally Published July 10, 2016. Revised and Republished April 19, 2024.
Can frozen strawberries be used instead of fresh?
Yes. Enjoy!
This is so good! I had hibiscus tea bags but not Raspberry zinger. I used a strawberry lemon teabag and frozen strawberries instead and it turned out great. Since I want to make this often, I decided to keep a pint jar of the tea brewed in the fridge to always have ready. Thank you for the recipe!
Can a big batch of tea be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator? This would make it more convenient. Second question, you mentioned using flavored sugar fee syrups. How would this work? TY!
Yes, you would just need to shake it or mix it.
If you want to use a syrup omit the added sweetener and just add the syrup to taste.
I can’t find the hibiscus tea, could I use something else with the raspberry zinger? Like wild berry or black cherry berry?
Sure! It might not taste just like Starbucks but all of those sound like good choices.
Could I use almond milk instead of coconut milk? I’ve never had coconut milk but I’m also not a coconut lover either.
Sure!
I have never had the original from Starbucks, but this one is delish!
This Starbucks drink is so good and tastes like the actual drink!! AND it’s Keto! Even better!!
My very skinny 17 year old eats a very unhealthy diet. When she latched on to the pink drinks I was excited because it is WAY better than her usual energy drinks! I had a sip and knew I needed to make it healthy. She usually turns up her nose and my attempts to feed her healthy🙄I am very excited to try this. My hope is that it’s awesome and she switches (Starbucks has been incredibly inconsistent with this particular drink and dissappoints her as she puts down $5 of her hard earned dollars and leaves it undrunk on my counters; I am hoping for a win!!) thank you so much!!!
Wow, this looks soooo pretty and perfect for summers. I’m going to try them soon.
What a great idea to combine those tea flavors. They’re some of my favorites. Yum.
When you say coconut milk, do you mean canned? Or in a container like cashew milk?
I used canned.
Just curious the carb amount for this? Thanks!
I just added a nutrition box.
sound yummy, but what categories do these fall in??
For THM? They are an S because of the coconut milk.
Looks deliciously refreshing!!