You are going to love this piña colada mocktail recipe! This virgin cocktail is quick and easy to make, and has the most delicious, tropical flavour. Made with just 4 ingredients this non-alcoholic drink is perfect for summer and is kid friendly too!
If you are a fan of easy, refreshing drinks like my lavender mint lemonade, huckleberry lemonade recipe and lemonade smoothie then you are going to love today's recipe.
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What is a virgin piña colada or piña colada mocktail?
A traditional piña colada is a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut or coconut milk, and pineapple juice. It is served either blended or shaken with ice cubes. The virgin or mocktail version of a Piña colada is simply a version made with no alcohol.
Why you will love this recipe:
- The taste! This frozen drink has the most delicious tropical flavour and is so refreshing.
- It is so quick and easy to make and only takes a few minutes to prepare.
- This piña colada mocktail is made with just 4 ingredients that are easily found at any grocery store.
- This tropical drink is healthy, dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, refined sugar free and paleo. It's safe for everyone to drink including kids and those who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- This virgin Piña colada recipe is made without coconut water and without simple syrup.
If you love virgin drinks you will also love my passion fruit martini mocktail.
Ingredients and substitutions:
- Frozen pineapple chunks - these are used to add a delicious pineapple flavour to this drink and help keep it nice and cold and refreshing.
- Full fat coconut milk - I highly recommend using full fat coconut milk to make this drink because it is more thick and creamy and has a stronger coconut flavour. Light coconut milk is more watery and won't give this drink that nice thick texture that you want. Instead of coconut milk you could use coconut cream instead.
- Pineapple juice - fresh pineapple juice adds more natural sweetness and pineapple flavour to this tropical cocktail. I recommend using pure pineapple juice or 100% pineapple juice with no added sugar.
- Maple syrup - to add even more natural sweetness while keeping this drink refined sugar free. You could swap this for honey if you prefer.
- Ice - to make this drink even cooler and more refreshing.
Recipe variations and add ins:
- For an even stronger pineapple flavour: replace the 1/2 cup of ice with another 1/2 cup of frozen pineapple chunks.
- If you are serving a crowd feel free to double or triple this recipe.
- To make this drink with no added sugar, simply omit the maple syrup or honey from the recipe.
- If you do want to make this into a cocktail, add 3 oz of white rum to the recipe.
How to make a piña colada mocktail:
Step 1
First, place all the ingredients into your high-speed blender.
Step 2
Then blend everything well until you have a smooth and creamy texture.
Step 3
Pour the drink into 2 glasses and enjoy!
Top tips:
- You will need a high speed blender to blend this drink. If you want to make it with no blender I recommend using a large food processor instead.
- If you can't find frozen pineapple chunks at the grocery store you can cut up a fresh pineapple and freeze the chunks yourself.
- This recipe is adaptable - if you want an ever thicker pineapple mocktail, add a few more frozen pineapple chunks - if you prefer a thinner drink, add a bit more coconut milk or pineapple juice.
- This drink is best served right away. I don't recommend trying to store it for later or it will lose its thick and creamy texture and become more watery.
How to serve:
You can serve this piña colada mocktail in Pina colada glasses or any other type of cocktail glasses that you have. It is delicious served as is but you could also top it with fresh pineapple wedges, maraschino cherries, whipped cream, or other fresh fruit such as raspberries or blueberries. To make this drink look even more fun you can add a cocktail umbrella.
Piña colada mocktail FAQs:
There are many different virgin piña colada recipes out there but this one is made with frozen pineapple, coconut milk, ice and pineapple juice.
You can use fresh ingredients like pineapple juice, coconut cream, ice or frozen pineapple.
Either coconut milk or coconut cream can be use to make piña coladas. Coconut cream is a little thicker than coconut milk and will have a slightly stronger coconut flavour.
No they are not the same. Piña colada mix is a combination of many different ingredients that can be used to make a piña colada whereas cream of coconut is just pure coconut so you would need to add other ingredients to it to make a piña colada.
If you don't have a blender you can use a food processor to make this drink.
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Recipe
Piña Colada Mocktail
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen pineapple chunks
- 1 cup full fat coconut milk
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup ice
Optional
- 1-2 tablespoon honey or maple syrup (if you prefer a sweeter drink)
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into you high speed blender.
- Blend everything until you have a smooth drink.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Note that the nutritional calculations are estimates and include 2 tablespoon of maple syrup in the calculation. Depending on the exact ingredients you use these values will be different.
- This drink is best served right away.
- This recipe makes two large servings.
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