Starbucks dragon drink is a tropical fruit drink low calorie and lower in sugar than the store-bought version. It is made in your blender with real mango, coconut milk and dragonfruit and creates an iced 3-ingredient drink that is a spectacular pink.
Starbucks dragon drink is a popular tropical drink made at the famed coffee shop with coconut milk. Make the same drink only lower in calories and lower sugar at home using real fruits and refrigerated coconut milk. The result is a fresh tropical drink in the same gorgeous pink you'll get if you order at the store.
Do you want to add cold foam to your dragon drink? I have included that in the recipe below!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Fresh & healthy ingredients. No need to use expensive powders or freeze dried fruits, or bottled syrups. They add carbs and chemicals; instead use fresh fruit and a coconut milk from the refrigerator section, not canned.
Easy with a blender. You can add your ingredients to a blender and pour over ice so your Starbucks copycat dragon drink is ready in minutes.
Lower in calories and sugar. This homemade dragon drink recipe contains 101 calories and 13 grams of sugar, while the store-bought Starbucks Dragon Drink using syrup contains far more of both. Also the sugar from the store-bought version is refined, while the sugar in this recipe is from the fruit, thus healthier because dragonfruit sugar is low GI and will not spike blood sugar.
Ingredients
Frozen Dragonfruit. I use frozen dragon fruit packets to have access to the pink dragon fruit. I live on the East Coast and we only have access to fresh white dragonfruit (pink shell but white inside). They taste the same, but the pink dragonfruits create that gorgeous pink color.
Mango. Use fresh or frozen.
Coconut milk. Use boxed or refrigerated version such as this one. I use a light version and add water to it. Don't use canned coconut milk, it is too thick and high in fat.
Lemon juice. To add a refreshing bright flavor. Lime juice also works.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Steps to Make Dragon Drink
For more detail, visit the complete recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
Step 1: Add ingredients to a blender. You'll need two packets of the frozen pink dragonfruit.
Step 2: Blend for about 30 seconds. To thin out, add more coconut milk, or even water.
Step 3: Taste-test and if you want to a sweeter flavor, add white grapes and blend again, or add white grape juice to taste. Pour over ice and serve!
Dragon Drink vs Pink Drink
The difference between the dragon drink and the pink drink is that the dragon drink is pink from dragonfruit, while a pink drink is pink from strawberries. I have a low calorie recipe for a Starbucks Pink Drink with Cold Foam you might enjoy.
💡Make Different Starbucks Dragonfruit Drinks
You can use this dragon drink recipe to make other low calorie Starbucks drinks at home.
To make the Starbucks Mango Dragonfruit Refresher, replace the coconut milk in this recipe with water or even white grape juice for a sweeter version.
To make a Starbucks Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade, replace the coconut milk in this recipe with lemonade - your favorite or use my single serve lemonade.
FAQS
The fresh or frozen dragonfruit actually makes up most of the fruit texture. You could use 2 tablespoon of powder and add that to more mango fruit, and it will be pink but the powder has little flavor, so you'll taste mostly mango.
The Starbucks dragon drink contains a fruit syrup with mango and dragonfruit flavors, but this homemade recipes uses real mango and real dragonfruit. Both versions contain coconut milk.
The pink drink tastes like strawberries, its primary fruit base, while the dragon drink has a more tropical taste with dragonfruit and coconut milk.
The Starbucks dragon drink is considered high in sugar - it contains 23 grams nearly the daily limit of 25 grams as is recommended by the American Heart Association.
More Low Calorie Starbucks Drinks
Starbucks Pink Drink with Cold Foam
Starbucks Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino
Starbucks Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte
Starbucks Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade
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📖 Recipe
Starbucks Dragon Drink
Equipment
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup pink dragonfruit fresh or frozen fruit (2 pkgs froz)
- ¼ cup coconut milk from refrigerated section cartoned milk, not canned
- ¼ cup mango frozen
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ cup ice cubes
Lemon cold foam
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
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Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender.⅔ cup pink dragonfruit, ¼ cup coconut milk from refrigerated section, ¼ cup mango, 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- Blend about 30 seconds until creamy. If it is too thick for you, add more milk or even water.
- Taste-test. If you want it sweeter, add white grapes and blend or white grape juice to taste.
- Pour over ice. Serve as is or with lemon cold foam.½ cup ice cubes
- To make lemon cold foam, blend up milk, maple syrup, lemon juice, and lemon rind. Dollop on top.½ cup milk, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, ½ teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon lemon zest
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