Dragon Drink
A refreshing homemade DIY copycat Starbucks Drink, Dragon Drink, made with fresh ingredients like Dragonfruit. A tasty Mango Dragonfruit combination mixed with coconut milk.
Equipment
- Starbucks Cup optional
Ingredients
- ¾ cup dragon fruit, frozen or fresh I used frozen
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup mango nectar
- ⅓ cup white grape juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
- ¼ cup coconut milk more or less, to taste
Instructions
- Place the dragon fruit, sugar and water in a high speed blender. I like to use the smoothie cup attachment for this recipe. Blend on high for 1-2 minutes. It's important to blend it long enough to make it nice and smooth. If you don't have a high speed blender, run the liquid through a fine mesh sieve to strain out any chunks or bits.
- Pour the dragonfruit mixture into a cup and add the mango nectar, white grape juice and lemon juice. Give it a stir, then pour in the coconut milk. Add a bunch of ice and/or some frozen dragonfruit cubes. Enjoy!
Notes
- Feel free to use whipping cream, milk, almond milk, or oat milk in place of the coconut milk, if desired.
- Make sure to blend the dragonfruit mixture until completely smooth or run through a sieve for a smooth drink. I found while making it that the blender got it smooth enough, as long as I blended it long enough.
- The taste testers loved the frozen dragonfruit cubes instead of ice cubes in the drink, they thought it added a nice touch.
- Make it into an icy drink by adding extra ice then blending it.
- I tested this recipe with fresh, frozen and freeze dried dragonfruit. I didn't have a preference for which one was better, so just get whatever is available to you.
- Be warned if you use fresh dragonfruit that a lot of dragonfruit is white on the inside, so you may end up with a white one and your drink may miss that vibrant pink color.
Nutrition
Serving: 12ozCalories: 168kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 0.2gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 84mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 293IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 2mg
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