Starbucks Holiday Drinks To Try This Season

Starbucks transitions from pumpkins to peppermint as effortlessly as we transition from cake to pie. As we step into winter, Starbucks holiday drinks are here to keep us caffeinated. Or at the very least, on a sugar high.

On the nice list is the new Sugar Cookie Latte, hot and cold. The Peppermint Mocha and Chestnut Praline Latte are also back. And, there are plenty of other winter drinks on the official and secret menus. All of which we will be ordering warm, because did we mention it’s winter?

Official Starbucks Holiday Drinks

1. Peppermint Mocha

The Peppermint Mocha is back for its 19th year, and you can only get it during the holiday season. It’s made with espresso, steamed milk, mocha sauce, and peppermint syrup, topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate curls. It’s delicious in hot, iced, or Frappuccino form.

Get all three if you want to have a really eventful day of clicking between tabs on your computer but not retaining anything.

2. Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte

Joining the festivities, is a brand new plant-based drink, the Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte. It’s made with sugar cookie syrup, blonde espresso, and almond milk, and topped with red and green sprinkles. Apparently adding an actual sugar cookie was over the top.

3. Caramel Brulée Latte

The Caramel Brulée Latte is available hot, iced, or as a Frappuccino and combines espresso, steamed milk, and a rich caramel brulée sauce. It’s then topped with whipped cream and caramel brulée topping. In case it wasn’t clear where the name came from. (Its grandparents, duh.)

4. Chestnut Praline Latte

The Chestnut Praline Latte is for all you who can’t pass up the spiced nuts vendor. That first quarter of the bag is delicious.

The holiday latte is made by combining espresso, steamed milk, and flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices and then topped with whipped cream and spiced praline crumbs.

5. Irish Cream Cold Brew

If you want your iced drinks pried from your frostbitten fingers, the Irish Cream Cold Brew has returned. It’s made with Starbucks Cold Brew, Irish cream syrup, and topped with vanilla sweet cream foam and cocoa powder.

6. Toasted White Chocolate Mocha

This holiday drink is basically an upgraded White Chocolate Mocha as the white mocha syrup is – you guessed it – toasted. We’re not sure how they got the syrup drunk, but they topped with whipped cream, holiday sugar sparkles, and crispy white pearls. Not real ones. You have to go somewhere else for those.

Starbucks Holiday Secret Menu Drinks

1. Ferrero Rocher Frappuccino

• Order a Java Chip Frappuccino
• Add hazelnut syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Add toffee nut syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Top with whipped cream
• Drizzle with caramel

2. Candy Cane Frappuccino

• Order a Vanilla Bean Crème Frappuccino
• Add peppermint syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Top with whipped cream

3. Christmas Cookie Frappuccino

• Order a Crème-based Frappuccino
• Add Peppermint Syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Add Toffee Nut Syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Top with whipped cream and a raw sugar packet sprinkled on top
• Drizzle with caramel

4. Holiday Spice Cold Brew

• Order a Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew
• Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and one raw sugar packet into the cold foam
• Top with cinnamon and nutmeg

5. White Chocolate Cinnamon Chai Latte

• Order a Chai Tea Latte
• Add cinnamon dolce syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Add white mocha syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Top with whipped cream
• Drizzle with cinnamon dolce

6. Candy Cane Cold Brew

• Order a Venti Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew
• Ask to remove the vanilla syrup
• Add 4 pumps of white mocha syrup
• Add 2 pumps of peppermint syrup
• Ask for 2 pumps of peppermint syrup be added to the cold foam
• Top with holiday topping

7. Christmas in a Cup Latte

• Order a Grande Cinnamon Dolce Crème
• Add 2 pumps of white mocha syrup
• Add 1 pump of peppermint syrup

8. The Ultimate Christmas Drink

• Order a Venti Passion Tango Tea
• Ask for ¼ of the cup to be filled with strawberry puree
• Add two pumps of raspberry syrup
• Add two pumps of liquid cane sugar
• Top with cold foam made with nonfat milk and two scoops of matcha powder

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Ashley Hubbard is a freelance writer and creator. As a Let's Eat Cake contributor, she covers all things related to Starbucks, nails, entertainment news, pop culture trends, and more. Additionally, she regularly writes interview-based celebrity stories for Coping with Cancer magazine and has written for other publications, including Roadtrippers, Greatist, and Healthline. She has also been featured by Impact Travel Alliance as a creative who is transforming travel, and by Matador Network as a vegan travel blogger you should be following on Instagram. 

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