It’s the merriest time of year at Starbucks — the holiday food and drink menu, along with the disposable iconic red cups, have returned.
The coffee giant recently announced that holiday beverages and food officially return on Thursday to the Starbucks menu. These include the Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulée Latte, Chestnut Praline Latte, non-dairy Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte and Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Chai.
Starbucks is also introducing a trio of new Cran-Merry Orange Refreshers, which capture the essence of the season with flavors of sweet orange, tart cranberry and warm spices, including notes of cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg, shaken with ice, water and real cranberries.
Customers can enjoy a variety of new and returning cold foam flavors this holiday season to top off their beverages.
In the bakery case, Starbucks is adding a new Turkey Sage Danish, new Dark Toffee Bundt, new Penguin Cookie, new Snowman Cake Pop (to replace the former Snowman Cookie) — which all join the returning Sugar Plum Cheese Danish, Cranberry Bliss Bar.
While Starbucks debuted new designs for its disposable coffee cups on Thursday, it will also unveil its free and limited edition reusable red cup this month on Starbucks Red Cup Day.
It’s one of the most popular days of the year, as the coffee giant encourages its customers to try a drink from its holiday beverage lineup. Over the last few years, the event was held on a Thursday during the third week of November. It was held on Nov. 16 in 2023, Nov. 17 in 2022 and Nov. 16 in 2021.
According to guesses online about this yearly trend, the annual cup day this year is likely slated for Thursday, Nov. 14.
Starbucks hasn’t yet confirmed or released the date.
Holiday drinks
In addition to the new Cran-Merry Orange Refresher, there are two more drinks added to the holiday menu. Like all Starbucks Refreshers, Cran-Merry Orange Refreshers are infused with green coffee extract from unroasted arabica coffee beans.
The new Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher combines the Cran-Merry Orange Refresher shaken with ice, lemonade and real cranberries.
The new Cran-Merry Drink features the Cran-Merry Refresher with creamy coconutmilk poured over ice and real cranberries.
The beloved Peppermint Mocha features espresso combined with steamed milk, mocha sauce and peppermint-flavored syrup, topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate curls.
Espresso, steamed milk and rich caramel brulée sauce are combined and topped with whipped cream and caramel brulée topping to create the Caramel Brulée Latte.
The Chestnut Praline Latte features espresso, steamed milk and the flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices topped with whipped cream and spiced praline crumbs.
The Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte combines sugar cookie syrup, Starbucks Blonde Espresso, ice, creamy almondmilk, and is topped with festive red and green sprinkles.
The Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Chai combines warm chai spices, creamy oatmilk and ice, and is topped with nondairy gingerbread-flavored cold foam and a spice topping.
Additionally, customers can add holiday cold foams to beverages with flavors including: Gingerbread Cream Cold Foam, Peppermint Chocolate Cream Cold Foam, Sugar Cookie Cream Cold Foam, Chestnut Praline Cream Cold Foam, and Caramel Brulée Cream Cold Foam.
Festive treats
The new Turkey Sage Danish is a flaky savory pastry filled with turkey sausage and a creamy bechamel sauce.
The Dark Toffee Bundt includes deep toffee flavor notes swirl together in a personal-sized bundt cake.
The new Penguin Cookie features a buttery shortbread cookie adorned with a merry penguin design and the Snowman Cake Pop is vanilla cake mixed with buttercream, dipped in white chocolaty icing.
The Sugar Plum Cheese Danish features cream cheese filling surrounded by a fluffy Danish and topped with spiced sugar plum spread.
A blondie cake with tart dried cranberries, garnished with a layer of cream cheese icing, orange zest and a sprinkle of dried cranberries make up the beloved Cranberry Bliss Bar.
