It’s looking a lot like “Chestnuts roasting by the open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose” season. ☃️ Do you hear it too?
We may be anticipating Halloween as our next event, but it’s getting a little bit more colder at Starbucks. It looks like they’ll be brewing their next coffee creation and baking some warm pastries just in time for the winter season. Buckle up; it will be quite a ride as Starbucks is coming to town with their speculated holiday menu for 2024!
Seasonal Starbucks releases are one of the most anticipated chain releases for every season of the year. Menu leaks also come out for fans to get excited and plan what they want to order as soon as Starbucks makes a huge drop. Be first in line as you take a peek at the speculated holiday menu for 2024. What’s even more exciting is that they’re rumored to be released on November 7, 2024, so you can mark the date.
Holiday Beverages
Our holidays will never be complete without sipping on some seasonal Starbucks drinks. To accompany you in the chilly weather ahead, Starbucks has released some drinks that will give you a holiday chill. Choose from hot, iced, or blended to enjoy these seasonal beverages. Act fast, as you can only get them brewing over the holidays.
- Cran-Merry Orange Refresher (New) – If you want a break from your usual coffee or frappuccino beverage, then get this refreshing fruit drink instead. It’s infused with oranges, tart cranberry, and warm spice. There are hints of cranberry bits that are mixed with lemonade or coconut milk.
- Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Chai – Starbucks is also offering their Chai drink with a twist for a tea-based seasonal drink. It’s got warm chai spices in creamy oatmilk and ice. It is also topped with a nondairy gingerbread cold foam for extra gingerbread taste and pumpkin spice topping for a little fall flavor.
- Peppermint Mocha – To enjoy this festive peppermint drink, you can choose hot, iced, blended, or hot chocolate.
- Peppermint White Chocolate – Make it a peppermint drink blended with white chocolate barks for a new flavor. You can get it hot, iced, blended, or infused in your favorite hot chocolate drink.
- Caramel Brûlée Latte – Your favorite Brûlée dessert served as a latte drink. You have an option to choose it hot, iced, or blended.
- Chestnut Praline Latte – Would you even call it a holiday drink selection without our favorite chestnuts that are roasted on an open fire? Yup, Starbucks will also be serving this chestnut drink in a latte form! You can even get them hot, iced, or blended.
- Salted Pecan Cold Brew (New) – Pecan nuts are known to be sweet and crunchy, and Starbucks is introducing them as one of their new festive drinks! It features a cold brew that is made sweetened with vanilla. It is topped with silky-smooth salted pecan cream cold foam and some pecan crunch as brew toppers.
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Holiday Cold Foams
Cold coffee on winter days perfectly pairs with cold foams. There’s something warming in these two blends that would make any cold drink in the winter season bearable. Now, if you’re one of those who likes your coffee cold and creamy, then the Holiday Cold Foams are made for you! Starbucks will be adding six new cold foam flavors that you can choose from. It’s inspired by their holiday beverages that you can add as an extra to your drink.
- Peppermint Chocolate Cream
- Sugar Cookie Cream
- Chestnut Praline Cream
- Gingerbread Cream
- Caramel Brûlée Cream
- Salted Pecan Cream
Pastries
Looking for a pastry to pair with your holiday drink? Look no further with Starbucks’ holiday-themed desserts that features holiday character cookies such as snowman and penguin. But if you’re looking for a filling pastry meal, then they have them in-store just for you. You can choose from these new and seasonal pastries that will arrive real soon.
- Turkey Sage Danish (New) – This Danish adds a twist to your favorite breakfast sausage sandwich. It features a turkey sausage that is smothered with creamy béchamel sauce, all wrapped in pastry bread.
- Dark Toffee Bundt (New) – If you’re looking for a pastry to grace your mornings, then you can get this new Dark Toffee Bundt. It features a toffee bundt topped with holly and berry-shaped sprinkles.
- Penguin Cookie (New)
- Snowman Cake Pop (New) – Starbucks is back with their fan-favorite cake pops and this time, it’s in a snowman form. It features a vanilla inner cake with chocolate and icing hardened top for its face.
- Sugar Plum Cheese Danish
- Cranberry Bliss Bar
While these drinks and treats may delight you, they’re even better as Starbucks is releasing Surprise Silicon Straw Toppers in fun items such as a wand, mushroom, rose, and many more. Taking from the popularity of blind boxes, Starbucks also has its own, as fans get to open a mystery cup with random straw toppers. There are six designs in which fans can collect.
Wicked-Inspired Drinks
While we’re excited about these new holiday releases, Starbucks is introducing a limited-time Halloween menu inspired by the movie Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the Elphaba and Glinda actresses of the movie! Now that Starbucks in in a magical realm, they are rumored to release beverages that are highly inspired by two of the leading Wicked characters!
In case you missed it, Wicked is one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and Starbucks, being in the know, wants to celebrate its release. The first rumored drink is Glinda’s Pink Potion which is a Mango Dragonfruit Refresher. It’s made of coconut milk and scooped dragonfruit. It is also topped with Strawberry Cream Cold Foam.
There’s also an Elphaba drink which is called Elphaba’s Green Elixir. It features Starbuck’s Cold Brewed with Sweetened Peppermint Syrup. To finish off the drink, there’s also a non-dairy Matcha Cream Cold Foam and sprinkles of colorful candy sprinkles to top it all off. While they may be unofficial, the rumored beverages are said to be released on October 22, 2024, so you might have to wait until then.
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From The Club
I’m excited about Starbucks’ holiday releases, as this marks one of my favorite times of the year! I just love the excitement and the chilly air that will wrap us up. Good thing Starbucks is complimenting the weather with their cold holiday beverages. I’m excited to try the Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Cha with Sugar Cookie Cream cold foam on top. As for the pastries, give me one of those Snowman Cake Pop as I’m ready to dig in on some vanilla goodness.
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