Warm Up With These Hot Drinks from Starbucks Secret Menu

With winter here, it’s time to chill on the iced coffee and go for something hot. And since Adam Driver isn’t available (supposedly), then these Starbucks secret menu hot drinks will help you warm up.

From secret menu lattes to teas to fancy hot chocolates, there’s not much more Starbucks could offer aside from an IV coffee hook-up in front of the fireplace. In the meantime, just order your drink of choice following the below directions and not by the name itself. Otherwise you’re gonna risk the cold and annoy your barista for nothing.

15 Starbucks Secret Menu Hot Drinks

1. Butterbeer Latte

• Order a Grande Steamed Milk
• Ask for 3 pumps each of caramel, toffee nut, and cinnamon dolce syrup
• Add 1 shot of espresso (optional)
• Top with whipped cream and caramel crunch topping

2. Sugar Cookie Creme

• Order a a Steamed Milk with oat milk
• Add sugar cookie syrup

3. Toasted Pumpkin Marshmallow Latte

• Order a Pumpkin Spice Latte
• Ask for it made with half and half
• Add toasted white mocha syrup
• Sub cinnamon dolce topping for pumpkin spice topping

4. Snickerdoodle Latte

• Order a Blonde Vanilla Latte
• Ask for white mocha syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Ask for cinnamon dolce syrup (1 pump tall, 1.5 pumps grande, 2 pumps venti)
• Ask to steam cinnamon powder into the milk
• Top with whipped cream and cinnamon dolce topping

5. Caramel Brulee Hot Chocolate

• Order a Hot Chocolate
• Add mocha syrup
• Add caramel brulee syrup

6. Sugar Cookie Hot Chocolate

• Order a Hot Chocolate
• Ask for sugar cookie cold foam

7. Cookie Crumble Hot Chocolate

• Order a Hot Chocolate
• Add mocha syrup
• Add caramel syrup
• Top with cookie crumble topping and caramel drizzle

8. White Chocolate Cinnamon Chai Latte

• Order a Chai Tea Latte with whole milk and no water
• Add cinnamon dolce syrup (1 pump for a tall, 2 pumps for a grande, 3 pumps for a venti)
• Add white mocha syrup (1 pump for a tall, 2 pumps for a grande, 3 pumps for a venti)
• Top with whipped cream and cinnamon powder

9. Pumpkin Chai Latte

• Order a tall Chai Tea Latte (with no water)
• Add 2 pumps of pumpkin syrup
• Add 1 pump of white mocha syrup

10. Nutella Hot Chocolate

• Order a Venti Hot Chocolate with almond milk
• Ask for 2 pumps of hazelnut

11. S’mores Hot Chocolate

• Order a Hot Chocolate
• Ask for chestnut praline syrup (3 pumps tall, 4 pumps grande, 5 pumps venti)
• Top with whipped cream and mocha drizzle

12. Chai Apple Tea

• Order a Caramel Apple Spice
• Add chai concentrate

13. Gingerbread Latte

• Order a grande Cinnamon Dolce Latte
• Add 2 pumps of white mocha syrup
• Add 1 pump of chai tea concentrate
• Ask for a few shakes of nutmeg mixed in
• Top with a sprinkle of nutmeg

14. Cookie Butter Latte

• Order a Chai Latte with Oat Milk
• Add 3 pumps of brown sugar syrup
• Add 2 pump of chai
• Add one shot of blonde espresso

15. Gingerbread Eggnog Chai

• Order a Chai Tea Latte
• Sub eggnog for milk
• Ask for gingerbread syrup
• Top with whipped cream and graham topping

16. Spiced Apple Pie

• Order a ½ hot Passion Tango Tea and ½ Steamed Apple Juice
• Add cinnamon dolce syrup ((3 pumps tall, 4 pumps grande, 5 pumps venti)
• Top with whipped cream, graham cracker, and cinnamon dolce topping

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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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