A drink you may have seen around social media, the pink Strawberry Cold Brew is a ‘Secret Menu’ item you can try to get at Starbucks… or better yet, here’s how to make it at home!
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If you’ve seen your friends ordering pink Starbucks drinks on social media, here’s how you can make one of them at home. This is inspired by the Strawberry Cold Brew – a chocolate covered strawberry (or raspberry) flavored coffee.
It is cold brew coffee topped with a layer of pink cold foam and a sprinkle of chocolate shavings.
If your local Starbucks can make you a customized drink, you’ll need to ask for cold brew coffee with pumps of white chocolate and raspberry. Then get cold foam with strawberry puree. And top it with chocolate shavings.
This is what we’ll be doing here at home for our homemade Starbucks Secret Menu Strawberry Cold Brew. Here’s how.
Secret Menu Strawberry Cold Brew Ingredients
- ½ cup cold brew coffee
- 1 tbsp white chocolate sauce
- 1 tsp raspberry syrup
- ¼ cup oat milk
- 1 drop of strawberry syrup
- Chocolate curls, mini chocolate chips or chocolate shavings
Tips for Making Secret Menu Strawberry Cold Brew
Cold Brew Coffee
If you like cold brew coffee, it’s a good idea to keep a mason jar of it stored in the refrigerator so you can have it prepared ahead of time to make cold brew coffee recipes like this one.
Because cold brew coffee takes about 15 hours to make, I will frequently make a batch of cold brew coffee concentrate at the beginning of the week and store it in a mason jar for the week.
Check out our guide to making cold brew coffee (with 3 easy methods!)
I used my French press, which I find very convenient. This is what I do:
- Grind coffee beans coarsely. I buy whole bean coffee and grind it myself using a Capresso Burr Grinder. (Note you don’t have to buy coffee beans that are labeled as cold brew coffee beans. You can use any of your favorite coffee beans. For this recipe, you can use a Starbucks one like the Starbucks House Blend.)
- Place ground coffee in the French press. I use a 1 cup of ground coffee to 3 parts water ratio.
- Cover the French press with the plunger but do not push the plunger down just yet. Set aside for 12-15 hours.
- When the time has passed, press the plunger down to strain the cold brew coffee. Pour this into a mason jar to store in the refrigerator.
White Chocolate Sauce
I used Torani White Chocolate Sauce.
I use Torani sauces for most of my coffee recipes as they are great for mixing in both hot or cold coffee and also are versatile and work for topping desserts like ice cream. I even used in my caramel coffee pancakes too.
Raspberry and Strawberry Syrup
I used Torani Raspberry Syrup.
This will be mixed in the cold brew coffee. While Starbucks offers a strawberry puree, which is used in the cold foam, you can replicate this by using Strawberry Syrup.
And if you don’t want to have to purchase two different syrups, you can just choose one and use it for both the cold brew coffee and cold foam. I actually just used raspberry syrup because I prefer the raspberry and white chocolate mix.
Milk
I made my Strawberry Cold Brew dairy free by using oat milk and frothing it in a Miroco Milk Frother.
Some dairy free milk alternatives don’t froth as well as regular milk, so you may want to try a barista blend milk, like Califia Farms Barista Blend Oat Milk.
And if you want your cold foam to hold together and stay on top of your cold brew coffee for as long as possible, my preferred combination (a dairy version) is 3 tbsp skim milk plus 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream.
Check out my cold foam for cold brew coffee guide for other combinations you can try.
Toppings
Top your Strawberry Cold Brew with chocolate. I used a Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate bar and shaved it using a lemon zester.
How to Make Secret Menu Strawberry Cold Brew
- Make cold brew coffee.
- Pour cold brew coffee, white chocolate sauce and raspberry syrup in a glass. Mix and add ice.
- Froth milk in a milk frother. While frothing, add in a drop or two of strawberry syrup.
- Pour pink cold foam on top of cold brew coffee.
- Top with chocolate curls or mini chocolate chips.
In pictures…
Step 1
Make cold brew coffee. You’ll need to do this in advance as making cold brew coffee takes around 15 hours as the coarsely ground coffee needs this amount of time to steep in water.
I make it in advance and store it in the refrigerator to use throughout the week.
Step 2
Mix cold brew coffee, white chocolate sauce and raspberry syrup in a glass. Stir to mix and add ice.
Step 3
Froth milk in a milk frother. While the milk is frothing, add a drop or two of strawberry syrup.
Step 4
Top with chocolate curls, mini chocolate chips or chocolate shavings.
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Secret Menu Strawberry Cold Brew Recipe
Strawberry Cold Brew
A drink you may have seen around social media, the pink Strawberry Cold Brew is a ‘Secret Menu’ item you can try to get at Starbucks… or better yet, here’s how to make it at home!
Materials
- ½ cup cold brew coffee
- 1 tbsp white chocolate sauce
- 1 tsp raspberry syrup
- ¼ cup oat milk
- 1 drop of strawberry syrup
- Chocolate curls, mini chocolate chips or chocolate shavings
Instructions
1. Make cold brew coffee.
2. Pour cold brew coffee, white chocolate sauce and raspberry syrup in a glass. Mix and add ice.
3. Froth milk in a milk frother. While frothing, add in a drop or two of strawberry syrup.
4. Pour pink cold foam on top of cold brew coffee.
5. Top with chocolate curls or mini chocolate chips.
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