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On November 14, 2024By Littum

Texas is about to say goodbye to fall and welcome winter — despite what the temperatures may suggest. While it may not quite be fur weather yet, Starbucks is helping us get into the holiday spirit with its winter flavors.

Here’s what you need to know about the coffee chain’s 2024 winter menu.

What’s Starbucks’ Winter 2024 Menu Coming Out?

Starbucks announced its 2024 holiday menu would launch on Nov 7.

What’s on Starbucks’ Holiday Menu in 2024?

Starbucks is bringing back classic holiday flavors and merchandise as well as some new surprises this winter.

Classic drinks returning include:

Peppermint Mocha: Contains 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 mixed drink.
Caramel Brulee Latte: Combines Starbucks Signature Espresso with steamed milk and rich caramel brulee sauce, topped with whipped cream and caramel brulee topping; Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino mixed drink.
Chestnut Praline Latte: Contains Starbucks Signature Espresso, steamed milk and flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices, topped with whipped cream and spiced praline crumbles; Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino mixed drink.
Iced Sugar Cookie Almond Milk Latte: Sugar-flavored syrup combined with Starbucks Blonde Espresso, ice cream and almond milk, topped with red and green sprinkles; Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino mixed drink.
Iced Gingerbread Oat Milk Chai: Combines warm chai spices, creamy oat milk and ice cream, and topped with dairy-free gingerbread flavored cold foam and a spice topping.

New items this winter include a trio of new Cran-Merry Orange Refreshers:

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 cranberry.
Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher: Combines the Cran-Merry Orange Refresher shake with ice, lemonade and real cranberries.
Cran-Merry Drink: Contains Cran-Merry Refresher with creamy coconut milk poured over ice and real cranberries.

Several holiday foods are also making their debut this year. The items on the winter menu are as follows:

Turkey sage danish: A flaky, spicy pastry filled with turkey sausage and a creamy béchamel sauce.
Dark Toffee Bundt: Deep toffee flavors swirl together in a personal-sized bundt cake.
Penguin Cookies: A buttery shortbread cookie adorned with a cheerful penguin design.
Snowman Cake Pop: Vanilla cake mixed with buttercream, dipped in white chocolate glaze.
Sugar plum cheese Danish: Cream cheese filling is surrounded by an airy danish, topped with a spicy plum sugar spread.
Cranberry Bliss Bar: A blondie cake with dried cranberries, finished with a layer of cream cheese frosting flecked with orange peel and a sprinkle of dried cranberries.

Holiday cold foam, seasonal whole bean coffee returns to Starbucks

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 release.

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

Gingerbread cream cold foam: Sweet and delicious spicy gingerbread flavor mixed with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
Peppermint chocolate cream cold foam: Syrup with peppermint flavor and chocolate malt powder mixed with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
Sugar Cookie cold foam: Sugar flavored syrup mixed with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
Chestnut praline cream cold foam: Festive flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices mixed with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.
Caramel Brulee Creme Cold Foam: Rich caramel brulée sauce mixed with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream; Not available as a non-dairy cold foam.

Starbucks also revealed 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 press release.
The Starbucks Christmas Blend returns for its 40th year, according to the company, and combines Latin American beans and smooth Indonesian coffee. The icing on the cake, according to Starbucks, was the addition of spicy Sumatra beans 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 can be purchased as whole beans throughout the holiday season, while supplies last at participating stores.

Starbucks unveils 2024 Christmas cups

Starbucks has released a new one holiday cup collection as the company prepares to start the holiday season. The company wants to bring joy to its customers when they sip their favorite hot or cold drinks.

“We love finding these genuine moments of joy and coffee to inspire the creative,” Kristy Cameron, Starbucks’ chief creative officer, said in a statement. “Whether it’s coffee trees growing, beans roasting, bowls roasting, or lights shining – 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 add cranberry red to set the festive tone, Starbucks said.

“We’re really excited to lean into the greens this year,” Cameron said. “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,” recognizes the community that the holiday brings when people unite through song. “We kept thinking about this notion of voices coming together as our siren song,” Cameron said. “It feels musical in a way.”