Make your own chocolate boba at home with this easy Chocolate Bubble Tea. It is sweet, rich, and creamy with chewy chocolaty tapioca pearls.
This Chocolate Bubble Tea elevates chocolate milk to another level. It is sweet and rich.
Plus it is fun to drink with an oversized boba straw to suck up the chewy tapioca pearls.
I made it with black tea to add an energy boost, but you don't need to. Black tea doesn't add a lot of flavor because chocolate overpowers the drink.
Another bubble tea drink is my Vegan Boba Milk Tea. For that recipe, I used brown sugar simple syrup to soak the boba.
Kombucha with Cacao is another chocolate drink to try. If you like cacao nibs, try my Chocolate Covered Cocoa Nibs recipe.
Other chocolate recipes to try are my Chocolate Overnight Oats with Coffee and Easy Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream recipe.
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🧾 Ingredients
Chocolate Simple Syrup
- Brown sugar: You could also use white sugar.
- Water
- Cacao powder (or cocoa powder): Adds a chocolaty flavor.
- Vanilla extract: Enhances flavors.
Chocolate Milk Tea
- Soy milk: You could also use oat milk, cashew milk, almond milk or your favorite plant-based milk.
- Cacao powder (or cocoa powder): Adds a chocolaty flavor.
- Chocolate chips: Adds a sweet rich chocolaty flavor.
- Black tea (optional): I couldn't taste it much, but I like the added caffeine. You could leave it out.
Chocolate Boba
- Tapioca boba: Tapioca balls are the common type of topping for boba tea. You could use another type.
- Water
- Chocolate simple syrup: Adds a sweet chocolaty flavor to the boba. You could also use regular simple syrup to sweeten it.
This is an overview of the ingredients. To see the full list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, see the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
📖 Variations / Additions
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Peppermint extract
- Almond extract
- Coffee
- Vegan whipped cream or coconut cream
- Coconut milk
- Vegan creamer
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🔪 Instructions
Chocolate simple syrup: In a saucepan combine water, brown sugar, cacao powder, and vanilla extract. Heat on the stove on medium heat until both the cacao powder and brown sugar dissolve.
Whisk to get all the lumps out. Let cool and pour into a glass jar. Place in the fridge.
Chocolate Milk Tea: In a saucepan combine soy milk, cacao powder, and chocolate chips. Bring to a boil, whisking to get the lumps out.
Turn off the heat and add the black tea bags, if using. Let steep for 5 minutes and remove tea bags.
Let cool, then pour into a glass jar and place in the fridge.
Chocolate Boba: Cook boba pearls as per package directions.
My package directions said to boil water. Then add the boba to the boiling water and cook for 30 minutes. (Your boba may have a shorter cooking time.)
Drain the water by pouring boba into a fine mesh strainer. Pour boba into a bowl.
Pour the chocolate simple syrup over it so that you create chocolate-flavored boba. Let marinate 15-20 minutes.
Serving: Scoop about ¼ cup of cooked boba each into a glass along with some of the chocolate syrup.
Pour chocolate milk tea on top. Serve with a boba straw.
Don't throw out the chocolate simple syrup! Save whatever you have left for drizzling on ice cream, pancakes, or coffee.
💭 Tips
- Shake the chocolate simple syrup before each use.
- Don't throw the chocolate simple syrup out! Use the leftover syrup for coffee, tea, pancakes, or ice cream.
- If you want to store leftover cooked boba, you can store it in the chocolate simple syrup.
🥡 Storage
If you don't use all the cooked boba, store it in the chocolate simple syrup mixture for up to 3 days. The chocolate milk tea will last 3 days in the fridge.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe FAQs
This chocolate milk tea is made with cacao powder, chocolate chips, soy milk, black tea, and tapioca boba pearls.
Tapioca balls are made from tapioca starch, which comes from the roots of the cassava plant. There are other ingredients like brown sugar and flavor, depending on which brand you buy.
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📋 Recipe
Chocolate Bubble Tea
Equipment
- Fine mesh strainer
Ingredients
Chocolate Simple Syrup
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate Milk Tea
- 2 cups soy milk
- ¼ cup cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 2 black tea bags (optional)
Chocolate Boba
- ½ cup tapioca boba
- 3 cups water
- Chocolate Simple Syrup
Instructions
Chocolate Simple Syrup
- Pour water, brown sugar, and cacao powder into a small saucepan. Simmer on medium heat until brown sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes. Whisk until all the solids have dissolved.
- Turn off the heat and add vanilla extract. Let cool and pour into a mason jar. Store in the fridge.
Chocolate Milk Tea
- Pour soy milk, cacao powder, and chocolate chips into a small saucepan. Bring soy milk to a boil. Whisk to get the lumps out. Shut off the heat and add tea bags. Steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags.
Chocolate Boba
- Bring water to a boil. Add tapioca boba and cook 30 minutes on medium heat, stirring every few minutes. (Cooking time will vary depending on the type of boba you get - check directions on package.)
- Turn off the heat. Pour boba through a fine mesh strainer to drain the liquid. Pour boba into a bowl. Pour the chocolate simple syrup mixture over the top. Let marinate 15-20 minutes.
For serving
- Scoop chocolate boba into two glasses.
- Pour chocolate milk tea over boba.
Notes
Nutrition
*Note: Nutrition information should be considered an estimate only. Different nutrition calculators give you different results.
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