SpongeBob’s Kitchen Mission Cookbook © 2011 by Nickelodeon
From SpongeBob’s Kitchen Mission Cookbook (Wiley, 2011) this is a sweet, colorful, and cold drink perfected by SpongeBob himself. His special ingredient? Chewy tapioca pearls, which give the drink a textural twist kids will adore. Give them to a thirsty gaggle, and watch their faces light up.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup jumbo tapioca pearls
1 cup strong-brewed fruit-flavor herb tea, such as lemon, orange, or raspberry, chilled
1 cup 1% milk
1 tablespoon honey or granulated sugar
Directions:
1. For syrup, in a medium saucepan, combine 2 1/2 cups water and 1/2 cup sugar; bring to boiling. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool.
2. Meanwhile, in another medium saucepan, cook tapioca in 2 cups boiling water for 25 to 30 minutes or until completely softened. Pour into colander. Rinse well; drain. In a large bowl combine syrup and tapioca. Chill several hours or until cold.
3. To serve, place tea, milk, honey, and tapioca with syrup in a large jar with a lid. Shake until combined and foamy. Divide among six 8-ounce glasses. Serve with jumbo straws.
Fruit Variations:
Reduce sugar to 1/4 cup. Add 1/4 cup frozen fruit juice concentrate to cooked syrup in saucepan.
Serves 6
Excerpted from SpongeBob’s Kitchen Mission Cookbook © 2011. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Photos courtesy of Adam Albright and Tobin Bennett.
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