TrendPulse|Starbucks holiday menu 2024 returns with new refreshers, food items: See the full menu

Starbucks unveiled its 2024 holiday menu Wednesday and TrendPulseit includes the return of popular seasonal beverages like the Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulée Latte and Chestnut Praline Latte, in addition to new refreshers and pastries.

The new items will be available beginning Thursday, Nov. 7 at Starbucks locations across the country, the company said in a news release, includes:

• Cran-Merry Orange Refresher: Flavors of sweet orange, tart cranberry and warm spices, including notes of cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg, shaken with ice, water and real cranberries.
• Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher: Combines the Cran-Merry Orange Refresher shaken with ice, lemonade and real cranberries.
• Cran-Merry Drink: Features the Cran-Merry Refresher with creamy coconut milk poured over ice and real cranberries.

Some popular beverages returning to the holiday menu include:

• Peppermint Mocha: Features Starbucks Signature Espresso combined with steamed milk, mocha sauce and peppermint-flavored syrup, topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate curls; Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino blended beverage.
• Caramel Brulée Latte: Combines Starbucks Signature Espresso with steamed milk and rich caramel brulée sauce, topped with whipped cream and caramel brulée topping; Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino blended beverage.
• Chestnut Praline Latte: Features Starbucks Signature Espresso, steamed milk and flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices, topped with whipped cream and spiced praline crumbs; Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino blended beverage.
• Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte: Sugar cookie flavored syrup combined with Starbucks Blonde Espresso, ice, and almond milk, topped with red and green sprinkles; Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino blended beverage.
• Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Chai: Combines warm chai spices, creamy oat milk and ice, and topped with nondairy gingerbread-flavored cold foam and a spice topping.

The holiday menu also features a variety of food items, including:

• Turkey Sage Danish: A flaky savory pastry filled with turkey sausage and a creamy béchamel sauce.
• Dark Toffee Bundt: Deep toffee flavor notes swirl together in a personal-sized bundt cake.
• Penguin Cookie: A buttery shortbread cookie adorned with a merry penguin design.
• Snowman Cake Pop: Vanilla cake mixed with buttercream, dipped in white chocolaty icing.
• Sugar Plum Cheese Danish: Cream-cheese filling is surrounded by a fluffy Danish, topped with a spiced sugarplum spread.
• Cranberry Bliss Bar: A blondie cake with dried cranberries, finished with a layer of cream cheese icing flecked with orange zest and a sprinkle of dried cranberries.

Starbucks also offering holiday cold foams and seasonal whole bean coffee

In addition to the new and returning beverages, customers can also enjoy a "variety of new and returning" cold foams to complement Starbucks Cold Brew or iced coffee, the company said in the announcement.

These cold foams can be made non-dairy and added as a customization for an additional charge, according to Starbucks. The flavors are listed below with a description provided by the company.

• Gingerbread Cream Cold Foam: Sweet and deliciously spicy gingerbread flavors blended with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
• Peppermint Chocolate Cream Cold Foam: Peppermint-flavored syrup and chocolate malt powder blended with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
• Sugar Cookie Cold Foam: Sugar cookie-flavored syrup blended with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
• Chestnut Praline Cream Cold Foam: Festive flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices blended with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
• Caramel Brulée Cream Cold Foam: Rich caramel brulée sauce blended with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream; Not available as a non-dairy cold foam.

Starbucks also unveiled three exclusive, limited edition seasonal blends that will be available throughout November and December.

The Starbucks Thanksgiving Blend is "an expression of gratitude to the world's most distinctive coffee regions", according to the company, and is described as "elegantly flavorful and aromatic." The blend features notes of candied pecan, sage and dried fig, Starbucks said in the news release.

The Starbucks Christmas Blend returns for the 40th year, according to the company, and combines Latin American beans and mellow Indonesian coffees. The finishing touch, according to Starbucks, was the addition of spicy Sumatra beans that were aged for three to five years for a "full-bodied, spicy and rich cup of coffee."

The Starbucks Holiday Blend is a "balanced, sweet and toasty blend" of bright Latin American beans and rich Sumatran coffee, according to Starbucks.

All three blends are available for purchase as whole bean throughout the holiday season while supplies last at participating stores.

Starbucks unveils 2024 holiday cups

Starbucks has released a new holiday cup collection as the company prepares to start the holiday season. 

Just ahead of the holiday season kickoff at Starbucks on Nov. 7, the company wants to bring their customers joy as they sip on their favorite hot or cold beverages.  

“We love finding these genuine moments of joy and coffee to inspire the creative,” Kristy Cameron, Starbucks’ creative director, said in a statement. “Whether that’s coffee trees growing, beans roasting, cups toasting, or lights glowing – we wanted to share the warmth of our coffeehouse and the anticipation of the red cups arriving with our customers and partners.”  

To achieve the color of the new cups, the company decided to incorporate the traditional Starbucks green color as well as adding cranberry red to set the festive tone, Starbucks said.

“We're really excited to lean into greens this year,” Cameron said. “The jade green is so vibrant and bright, and we love how it references our brand colors in a way that brings a spark of joy to our holiday cups this season.” 

This year’s theme, “Merrier Together”, is a recognition of community the holidays bring as people unite through song.  “We kept thinking about this notion of voices coming together, like our siren singing,” Cameron said. “It feels musical in a way.”  

Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at [email protected].

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