This Strawberry Virgin Pina Colada Recipe is the best Non-alcoholic Pina Colada Recipe. It's made with frozen pineapple, strawberries, loads of coconut flavor, and blended to perfection. It's the perfect summertime smoothie recipe and an amazing Pina Colada drink recipe.
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Best Pina Colada Recipe
This virgin Pina Colada recipe is perfect for the whole family. It's perfect for movie and popcorn night or a refreshing summertime drink by the pool.
It's such an easy pina colada recipe and can be made at home with just a few ingredients. The Coconut flavor in this recipe is balanced perfectly with all the other tropical flavors we all love. The frozen pineapple is the perfect addition and really makes a perfectly slushy frozen pina colada recipe.
Virgin Pina Colada Recipe
This recipe will also work great for a regular, non-strawberry pina colada. Just leave out the strawberries and you've got the best non-alcoholic pina colada the entire family can enjoy.
How to Freeze Pineapple
To Freeze a pineapple, simply Cut the bottom of the pineapple off, use a sharp knife to cut away the skin of the pineapple, and then using a sharp knife, cut close to the core of the pineapple on all sides.
Cut the pineapple into 1" chunks and put in a freezer Ziplock bag. Lay the Ziplock bag flat in the freezer.
When you're ready to add the frozen pineapple to a smoothie, just break the pineapple chunks apart with your hands or lightly drop on a countertop. Add them to your smoothie and blend away.
This easy pina colada recipe is the perfect way to use up leftover pineapple. It'll stay good in the freezer for up to a few months. When adding it to a smoothie recipe, it really gives it an almost dole whip consistency. It's so delicious!
Ingredients
- Frozen Pineapple- When we can find pineapple on sale or if there are leftovers from dinner, we like to cut it up and freeze for later. It's the perfect addition to get that tart and tropical flavors we love.
- Frozen Strawberries- You can find this in the freezer section of your supermarket. If you only have fresh strawberries on hand, those will work too. You just may need to add a little ice at the end to get more of a slush consistency.
- Cream of Coconut- You can find this in the supermarket by all the mixed drinks, close to the wine aisle. It comes in a can or a handy squeeze bottle. You won't regret the squeeze bottle! I'm sure you'll find all kinds of places to add amazing coconut flavor.... Oatmeal, ice cream, tea, there are so many possibilities.
- Orange Juice- We like to add a splash of this, it gives it even more of a fruity and fun flavor. You can use any kind of orange juice here. Also, if you're wanting to make this dairy free, just sub the milk for more OJ.
- Milk- You can use coconut water or more orange juice if you want to keep this dairy-free. Really any tropical juice would taste amazing in this recipe.
- Vanilla Extract- 100% vanilla is best but you can switch it up and add a splash of coconut flavoring here too.
- Lemon Juice- Adding just a couple Tablespoons of lemon juice will balance out the sweet with the tart flavors in this creamy pina colada recipe. It adds just the right amount of wa-lah to this smoothie.
- Ice- Add a handful of cubes at the end if your smoothie is a little runny. This blended pina colada recipe is the best when it's a tab bit slushy.
What is the best blender for smoothies:
There are a handful of great blenders for smoothies. I've owned most of them at one time or another. There are two that are fantastic and up for the job, the Vita-mix and Blendtec.
I've used them both a lot and I keep coming back to my Vita-Mix blender. It's a workhorse in the kitchen is always up for the task of blending up frozen fruit or chopping nuts or anything I ask it to do. I'm not being sponsored for this, it's just really that good.
Drink Recipes you'll love...
- Homemade Mint Lemonade
- Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
- Slow Cooker White Hot Chocolate
- Nutella Hot Chocolate
If you're a coconut fan, you're gonna want to check out these amazing Coconut Dessert Recipes too.
- Coconut Power Balls
- Caramel Coconut Magic Bars
- Coconut Cookie Bars
- Amazing Coconut Lime Sugar Cookie Bars
- Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Incredible Coconut Caramel Popcorn
Virgin Strawberry Pina Colada Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Frozen Pineapple Chunks
- 2 Cups Frozen Strawberries frozen work best but fresh will do too. You may just need to add more ice to make it slushy
- ½ cup Sugar optional
- 1 Cup Cream of Coconut The bottle or the can works great.
- 1 Cup Orange Juice
- 2 Cups Milk any will do
- Splash Vanilla Extract
- 2 Cups Ice
- 3 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
How to make homemade Pina Colada Smoothie
- Add the frozen pineapple chunks, frozen strawberries, and sugar in to the blender. Add the cream of coconut and orange juice. Blend
- Add the vanilla, lemon juice, and half the milk. We love really slushy pina colada smoothies. Depending on how well your blender works, add the remaining milk as you blend to get the desired consistency.
- Blend until smooth. Add an umbrella and drink with a straw, enjoy!
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This Strawberry Virgin Pina Colada Recipe is the best Non-alcoholic Pina Colada Recipe. It's made with frozen pineapple, strawberries, loads of coconut flavor, and blended to perfection. It's the perfect summertime smoothie recipe and an amazing Pina Colada drink recipe.
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