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 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!
Disclaimer: I have not had an official (or unofficial) Starbucks Pink Drink since it is full of sugar. 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 version that was more drink than smoothie. Then I was thinking how nice this would be as a sipper 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.
Pink Drink:
8 oz boiling water
1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
2 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend)
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 of 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 Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend)
1/2 cup ice
1/4 cup full fat coconut milk
4 fresh strawberries
pinch of xanthan gum (helps avoid separation)
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.
Pink Drink Sipper:
8 oz boiling water
1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
2 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener blend)
1/2 cup ice
1 cup cold water
1 1/2 tbsp full fat coconut milk
2 fresh strawberries
pinch of xanthan gum (helps avoid separation)
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.
Save RecipeIngredients
- 8 oz boiling water
- 1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
- 1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
- 2 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet(or my sweetener blend)
- 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 of xanthan gum (helps avoid separation)
- 4 oz boiling water
- 1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
- 1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
- 2 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet(or my sweetener blend)
- 1/2 cup ice
- 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk
- 4 fresh strawberries
- pinch of xanthan gum (helps avoid separation)
- 8 oz boiling water
- 1 Lipton Berry Hibiscus tea bag
- 1 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea bag
- 2 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet(or my sweetener blend)
- 1/2 cup ice
- 1 cold water
- 1 1/2 tbsp full fat coconut milk
- 2 fresh strawberries
- pinch of 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.
- Sipper 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.
Nutrition facts for the drink and smoothie:
Nutrition facts for the sipper:
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