Star Wars Blue Milk (no artificial colors)
May the 4th celebrations wouldn't be the same without some Star Wars blue milk! Forget blue #2, use this secret ingredient, a natural tea to bring that bantha blue color to the creamy drink. Make this quick and easy blue milk for your next Star Wars party!
Servings: 2
Calories: 24kcal
Cost: $1
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 heaping tablespoon dried butterfly pea flowers whole flowers, sold as a tea
- 6 ounces boiling water (¾ cup or 175 ml)
- 1 teaspoon sugar or other sweetener, optional
- 8 ounces milk (1 cup or 235 ml) choose your favorite milk. I recommend dairy-free milk, like soy milk, oat milk, almond milk or coconut milk. Vanilla milks work well, too!
- ice cubes to fill glasses
Instructions
- To a heat-proof cup, add butterfly pea flower tea. Pour boiling water over the tea. Allow to steep for 5 minutes.1 heaping tablespoon dried butterfly pea flowers, 6 ounces boiling water
- After the tea has steeped, it should be a dark blue color. Strain the tea from the leaves/flowers using a fine mesh tea strainer. Stir in sugar or other sweetener, if using it, until it dissolves.1 teaspoon sugar
- In a drinking glass, add ice cubes. Pour the blue tea over the ice cubes. Then, add plant-based milk until it turns a medium-light blue color. Stir and enjoy!8 ounces milk, ice cubes
Notes
If you're using a plant-based milk that's already sweetened, you might want to skip the added sugar (or not!). Just keep that in mind when deciding how sweet you want the final drink to be.
If you're making this ahead for a May the 4th or Star Wars party, make the blue milk and store it in the refrigerator without the ice added. Serve the milk over ice when the party starts.
Nutrition
Serving: 16ounces | Calories: 24kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 152mg | Potassium: 3mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 2g | Calcium: 139mg
