This sweet and creamy keto Starbucks copycat drink is easy to make at home. Save your money with this keto copycat recipe!
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Have you heard about the F A M O U S K E T O pink drink at Starbucks?
Have you had one and thought to yourself “oh my lanta, where have you been my whole life?”
Yeah, that happened to me too. It was love at first sip, I tell ya.
(*disclaimer: this is NOT the “pink drink” on the Starbucks menu. This drink has been dubbed the “keto pink drink” on Instagram. It’s NOT on the menu so if you go into Starbuck’s and order a “keto pink drink” they’ll have no clue what you’re talking about. Baristas- please take no offense! We know you get some whackadoodle orders occasionally!)
Then reality sat in. I paid over $4 for a glass of iced tea. What?! It didn’t taste so great after that.
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I like to save money!
I love coffee shops for the ambiance but I cringe when I see the costs and know what it really costs to make those drinks.
Some (my mother) say I’m too practical but I’d rather spend my money on fun stuff like vacations, manicures, and date nights!
When you go through the Starbucks drive-thru on the way to work, you’re paying (literally and figuratively) for the convenience.
Well, I’m here to tell you that you can make an entire pitcher of your favorite keto pink drink at home for the same cost as 1 Venti keto pink drink at Starbucks.
Another thing I’d like to mention is that by making this at home, you can control your carbs much more easily!
(If you do order this at a Starbie’s, ask for the heavy cream on the side so you can control the amount/carbs. A “splash” means different things to different baristas.)
If you’ve never had a keto pink drink, let me enlighten you!
It is iced Passion Tea with a splash of heavy cream and a few pumps of sugar free vanilla syrup.
Seems pretty basic, right? Wrong.
It’s magic in a cup. Rainbows will literally flow out of your ears.
Since this “recipe” isn’t really a recipe at all, I’m just going to walk you through the steps with pictures. You don’t need a recipe card for this one!
no. 1: the ingredients
With the exception of water, these are the only 3 ingredients you need.
Make sure you buy the box of passion tea bags and not the concentrated passion tea at the grocery store. The concentrated stuff has sugar in it!
no. 2: the directions
Brew the tea according to the directions on the package.
It’s approximately 1L of water boiled, steep the tea bag for 5 minutes, and pour over 1L of cold water.
Isn’t this the prettiest, girliest drink you’ve ever seen?!
no. 3: the mix-ins
This is where you can doctor it up as much or as little as you want.
I like to add 1 tablespoon of heavy cream and 2 tablespoons of sugar free vanilla syrup.
I recently experimented with adding a tiny splash of sugar free raspberry syrup and it took this keto pink drink over the moon, if that was even possible.
You can either throw everything in a mason jar, screw the lid on tight, and shake the fury out of it OR you can stick everything in a blender and give it a good swirl.
The goal is to really emulsify the heavy cream in the cold tea. It will want to separate (even as you drink it).
I’m too lazy to wash my blender bowl so I just get a good arm workout in and use a mason jar. Plus, it doubles as my glass. Woot!
Macros for this will vary based on how much heavy cream you use, what brand of syrup you use, and how much syrup you use.
The tea itself doesn’t have any carbs.
If you’re dairy free, you can always use almond milk or coconut milk in place of the heavy cream and it will be just as good!
Or, if it’s a super hot summer day and the thought of cream makes you want to gag, skip it and just add the syrup!
Better yet, turn it into a frappé!
Shoot, with the amount you’ll save by making this home, have one of each!
I have to give a huge thank you to the sweet folks over at Stroller Envy for designing this fun graphic for me! Not only are they fantastic graphic designers, but they are an amazing resource for anyone with stroller needs!
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This looks so good! I can’t wait to make it before I head out in the morning!
Great way to start the day! 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Could I make a pitcher of this and keep it in the fridge or will it separate?
You will have a whole pitcher of tea to keep in the fridge but only add the mix-ins as you make a glass. 🙂
How do you get the cream to not curdle in the herbal tea?
Hi! I addressed this in the post. The cream will naturally want to separate from the tea, it’s not really curdling. You just need to shake, shake, shake or stick it in a blender.
I use an emulsifier wand…works great for hot and cold drinks!!
Yes! Those work too!
I tried 1 cup of this made from the directions on the box but I want to make a whole pitcher now. How many tea bags per 2 liters do you use?
Hi! I talked about this in the post. The bags I purchased made a pitcher, they were the larger bags, and I followed the directions on the box. I haven’t tried using the small/individual size bags.
Did you add ice? Looks amazing!
Yes, there is ice in the glass.
I love all your recipes Thanks
Thank you so much, Mary!
At Starbucks it comes out frothy. When I make it at home I cant get that will the blender give me that texture?
Per my peroanal research and working at Starbucks, the sugar free syrups are not actually Keto due to the type of artificial sweeteners used. The Skinny Mocha sauce is and its also dairy free.
Thanks so much for posting this recipe! This is by far my favorite drink at Starbuck’s and this will save me a fortune!
I tried this today and even used a mason kart! So yummy!!! I did add a splash of raspberry !
Where can I buy the pink tea
I find it in the tea/coffee aisle at Kroger, Target, Wal-Mart, etc. It’s in a box, just like in the picture. 🙂
Would vanilla extract work instead of the syrup?
No, that would be much too concentrated. Any sugar free vanilla syrup would do fine though!
I need dairy-free. Would coconut milk work?? Just don’t want to waste ingredients if someone has already experimented.tia
If you like that taste, then yes, you could. That would be similar to another Starbucks drink I believe.
You boil one liter of water. Then steep the bags.
Confused on next part. Pour over 1 liter of cold water. Do you end up with 2 liters?
In the end, it is 2 liters of tea. These are simply the directions on the tea bag box.
All I could get was the individual bags, so I did 1 cup boiling water to 2 bags in a quart mason jar. Let it steep. Add 1 cup cold water. Add your TBS cream and I used a cordless frother to beat the heck outta the cream which worked great. Add your 2 TBS vanilla syrup and some ice and BAM! It’s soooooooooooooo good!!!
Thanks for the “recipe”, Anna!