Brown Sugar Boba
Indulge in the sweet and chewy delight of homemade Brown Sugar Boba, a crowd-favorite topping for bubble tea and desserts! This recipe walks you through crafting perfectly chewy tapioca pearls coated in a luscious, caramel-like brown sugar syrup. With minimal ingredients—just tapioca starch, brown sugar, and water—you'll create a rich and glossy boba that rivals your favorite café’s version. The step-by-step process includes kneading the dough for optimal texture, boiling the pearls to chewy perfection, and simmering them in a velvety brown sugar syrup for that signature flavor. Serve your warm, glossy boba pearls in classic milk tea or get creative with iced lattes and desserts. Perfect for beginners, this 40-minute recipe makes enough to share, or savor all to yourself!
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Recipe Information
Ingredients
- 100 grams Tapioca starch
- 50 grams Brown sugar
- 60 milliliters Water
- 100 grams Brown sugar
- 100 milliliters Water
Instructions
In a small saucepan, combine 50 grams of brown sugar and 60 milliliters of water. Heat over medium heat and stir the mixture until the brown sugar dissolves completely and the liquid begins to boil.
Once boiling, remove the saucepan from heat. Gradually add 100 grams of tapioca starch into the hot sugar syrup. Stir quickly with a spatula until a sticky dough forms.
Transfer the dough onto a clean surface dusted lightly with tapioca starch. When cool enough to handle, knead the dough until smooth and pliable.
Divide the dough into small pieces and roll each piece into a small ball, approximately 1 cm in diameter. Dust them with tapioca starch to prevent sticking.
Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil. Add the tapioca balls and cook them for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
After cooking, cover the pot with a lid, turn off the heat, and let the boba sit for an additional 10 minutes. This ensures full cooking and a chewy texture.
Drain the cooked boba and rinse them under cold running water to stop the cooking process.
In another saucepan, combine 100 grams of brown sugar with 100 milliliters of water. Heat over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the syrup thickens slightly.
Add the drained boba pearls to the brown sugar syrup. Simmer for about 5 minutes, allowing the pearls to absorb the syrup and achieve a glossy brown coating.
Remove the boba pearls from the heat. Serve them warm in your favorite drinks or refrigerated for later use.
Nutrition Facts
Calories |
928 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
% Daily Value* |
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| Total Fat | 0.0 g | 0% | |
| Saturated Fat | 0.0 g | 0% | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.0 g | ||
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% | |
| Sodium | 48 mg | 2% | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 235.7 g | 86% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.9 g | 3% | |
| Total Sugars | 148.8 g | ||
| Protein | 0.2 g | 0% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.0 mcg | 0% | |
| Calcium | 154 mg | 12% | |
| Iron | 2.6 mg | 14% | |
| Potassium | 210 mg | 4% | |
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
