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Banana Milk Bubble Tea

By Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

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banana milk bubble tea recipe

Three cheers for homemade bubble tea! My sister gifted us with a do-it-yourself bubble tea kit, including these awesome reusable metal straws. Having just had bing soo at a local Asian desserts spot, I washed the cups out with hot soapy water like a NERD so our homemade bubble tea would look just like the shops. For some weird reason, Rich, Teddy and I ALL LOVE a banana-flavoured thing. Real banana, faux banana, any old banana flavour – we are fans! This banana milk bubble tea is so simple to make, it’s really just a banana milkshake smoothie type thing, and you can control the consistency by adding ice, or adding more ice cream, or more milk. Plus, you can even easily make this vegan by using oat milk and plant based ice cream! So yes, blending up a bunch of ingredients in a smoothie is very simple. Making the “bubbles” aka pearls aka tapioca PARTY BALLS is also very easy! The dried brown tapioca pearls kind of look like little rabbit turds. BUT FEAR NOT! Once you cook them, they will look like… glutinous black tadpoles. BUT FEAR NOT AGAIN! Once you soak them in a simple syrup, and then spoon them into the bottom of your cup, then fill with delicious icy creamy banana milk, they become those chewy-sweet satisfying bubbles once again. Hehe.

banana milk bubble tea

banana milk bubble tea recipe
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Banana Milk Bubble Tea

By: Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land
Makes: 3 servings

ingredients

For the pearls

  • 3 tablespoons of dried tapioca pearls, for each serving
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water

For the banana milk

  • 3 medium bananas, ripe, unpeeled and frozen
  • 3 cups + of whole milk, or plant based milk
  • 3 generous scoops of vanilla ice cream, or plant based ice cream
  • Ice cubes, if desired

instructions

Make the pearls

  • In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and the water to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
  • Remove from heat and allow to thicken and cool.
  • In a small saucepan, boil water. Add the dried tapioca pearls, and cook on medium heat for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally so pearls don’t stick to the pot.
  • Drain the pearls in a colander over the sink; let cool slightly.
  • Add the cooked pearls to the simple syrup, allowing them to soak up the syrup, about twenty minutes. I put mine in the fridge for this time period.

Make the banana milk

  • Place the ripe, frozen bananas, milk, ice cream and ice, if using, in a high powered blender and… BLEND!
  • Add more milk if you want a looser consistency, or more ice if you want a more slush-like consistency.
  • Spoon syrup-soaked pearls into the bottoms of three large cups.
  • Pour the banana milk on top, plunk in a reusable bubble tea straw and enjoy immediately!

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  1. Nancy

    June 25, 2020 at 12:38 am

    wow, I love bubble tea, the combination of banana and bubbles are good ,i want to taste that.

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      June 25, 2020 at 9:56 am

      It’s so easy, you should give it a try! :)

  2. SongMonk

    November 22, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    That sounds really good, but you can’t really call it bubble tea if there is no tea!

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      January 5, 2021 at 1:55 pm

      You’re right!! I’ll try it next time with a caffeine kick and report back.

    • Ryan Huisenga

      February 2, 2024 at 9:21 pm

      Bubble tea is basically a milk drink it’s technically called BOBA TEA and it has been called this for ages upon ages. People call it different things I call it bubble tea cause the tapioca pearls represent bubbles.

  3. Ryan Huisenga

    February 2, 2024 at 9:19 pm

    5 stars
    Mmmm definitely can’t wait to try this but I’m going to add a secret ingredient to this recipe. Nesquik banana powder add more banana flavor and give it that yellow color where ya see it goes BAM like chef emirel 😂😂

    Reply
    • Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

      February 12, 2024 at 1:51 pm

      Ryan!! Brilliant idea! I need to try that too!

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