This is our favorite Piña Colada recipe. It’s smooth and creamy and made with coconut milk instead of coconut extract or cream of coconut. It is a great drink recipe to make on a warm summer day!
I am a total sucker for a good virgin piña colada. We went on a Caribbean cruise two years ago and let’s just say that a good chunk of our play money went towards virgin piña coladas. There’s something about them that makes you feel carefree and relaxed while drinking them!
I have made them before with the Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut that everybody rants and raves about and as great as that stuff is, like in our Frozen Coconut Limeade, it wasn’t very fitting for a Virgin Piña Colada. It’s too sweet. I wanted a recipe that uses coconut milk instead and tastes like an authentic Piña Colada and this recipe is it. I have a feeling that with the warmer weather that is headed our way {YAY!}, I’m going to be making a lot of these here soon. Enjoy!
-Sarah
Virgin Piña Colada
Ingredients
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1 cup canned coconut milk {I use full fat}
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 8 cups cubed ice
Instructions
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Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
This looks so good Sarah! I just love pina coladas too!
I LOVE PINA COLADAS, as well! I just wanted to say is that instead of using brown sugar or granulated sugar, replace that with bananas!
Oh yum! I would totally have this for breakfast..then adult it up with a cheeky addition in the afternoon!
Maybe late morning?
Now tis is my kinda drink! I will take a double 😉
I can’t wait to try this! This is my favorite drink!
Mmmmm. Coconut milk, coconut cream…any way you make it, pina coladas are my faaaaavorite cocktails! I like the idea of lightening it up with milk and no rum, though, as more of a summery breakfast smoothie, almost. Looks super tasty!
This is my number one favourite drink in the world. I have had them with alcohol and without. The best Virgin Pina Colada I have ever had was the one served to me on the roadside on the way to Havana, Cuba. I am going to try your recipe. Thank you for sharing your recipe. I can hardly wait.
Umm, on the roadside in Cuba? That sounds amazing. I’m going to have to get me one of those sometime. Haha It’s definitely my favorite drink in the world. too! 🙂
Hey if I also add pineapple chunks to your recipe, will it change it dramatically? Like possibly make it way too pineappley lol, or could I just replace the juice with the chunks?
This looks so good! I also love virgin pina coladas. We are in Mexico this last winter and I had them every day. So, do you use the canned coconut milk, or do you use the kind you find in the refrigerated section? Thanks.
Great question! I use canned coconut milk. 🙂 I’ll edit that now. Thanks!
what brands did you use for these?
pineapple juice
canned coconut milk
granulated sugar
heavy whipping cream
Yea! What brands did you use? I’ve heard dole is the best for the pineapple but I don’t know about the rest
Great Drink
Thank you very much for the recipe 🙂
Can it be served over ice?
I think you should use frozen pineapple pieces so the drink doesn’t dilute.
Yummy! I can’t wait to try this.???? It sounds like the best treat ever! Thank you for sharing?
This recipe tastes so good!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing! ????
A little different than how I was taught to make it. But I’m going to try it this way.
That sounds like a delicious drink! Definitely, want to give this a try.
This recipe was a big hit at dinner the other night! Will be perfect all summer long, thanks!
This is so refreshing! Love to sip on these all summer long!
Great recipe, I substitute the ice for fresh frozen pineapple instead. Everyone always ends up chugging these down, thanks for the recipe!
simple but great recipe!
Thank you for this recipe. I have been searching for a non alcoholic drink for our New Zealand summer. I will serve this at lunch end to friends .
Tried this the other day and it was just amazing. I will keep making it in the summer. Thank you so much