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Starbucks releases new seasonal menu lineup and holiday cup designsStarbucks releases new seasonal menu lineup and holiday cup designs

Starbucks’ new holiday menu items include a new ‘Cran-Merry Orange Refresher’ and new Gingerbread Cream cold foams

Joanna Fantozzi, Senior Editor

November 6, 2024

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Starbucks added three new versions of refreshers to the holiday menu this year.Starbucks

Put down the pumpkin spice latte: the holiday season is back at Starbucks. Starbucks announced this week its new holiday beverages and food items, alongside returning favorites like last year’s Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Chai.

Here are the new holiday menu items, available Nov. 7 through the end of 2024:

  • The Cran-Merry Refresher -flavors of orange, cranberry, cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg, shaken with ice, water, and fresh cranberries, infused with green coffee extract

  • The Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher - adds Starbucks’ lemonade to the original Cran-Merry Refresher

  • The Cran-Merry Drink - adds coconut milk to the Cran-Merry Refresher

  • Gingerbread Cream Cold Foam- Sweet and spicy gingerbread flavors infused into Starbucks’ signature vanilla sweet cream foam; available in non-dairy varieties and can be added as a customization to any drink

  • Turkey Sage Danish- A savory pastry filled with turkey sausage and bechamel sauce

  • Dark Toffee Bundt- A mini toffee-flavored bundt cake topped with red and green sprinkles

  • Penguin Cookie- A penguin-shaped shortbread cookie

  • Snowman Cake Pop- Vanilla cake dipped in white chocolate icing shaped like a snowman

In addition to these new menu items, returning menu items include the classic Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulee Latte, Chestnut Praline Latte, Iced Sugar Cookie Almond Milk Latte, and the return of last year’s Iced Gingerbread Oat Milk Chai.

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Customers can also customize their holiday beverages with Peppermint Chocolate Cream Cold Foam, Sugar Cookie Cream Cold Foam, Chestnut Praline Cream Cold Foam, and Caramel Brulee Cream Cold Foam.

At Starbucks Reserve stores, customers will be able to order new beverages as well, including the Iced Caramel Brulée Eggnog Latte, Eggnog Espresso Martini, and Fog Nog Tea Latte.

Starbucks customers will, of course, also get their new holiday drinks in the new holiday cup designs, which include this year a new color palette of red, pink, white, and two shades of green. The designs include interconnected dots, circular patterns, alternating colorful bands, and swirling stripes, as well as a new holiday-themed cold cup.

“We’re really excited to lean into greens this year,” Kristy Cameron, Starbucks creative director 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.” 

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Joanna Fantozzi

Senior Editor

Joanna Fantozzi is a Senior Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She has more than seven years of experience writing about the restaurant and hospitality industry. Her editorial coverage ranges from profiles of independent restaurants around the country to breaking news and insights into some of the biggest brands in food and beverage, including Starbucks, Domino’s, and Papa John’s.  

Joanna holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature and creative writing from The College of New Jersey and a master’s degree in arts and culture journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Prior to joining Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group in 2018, she was a freelance food, culture, and lifestyle writer, and has previously held editorial positions at Insider (formerly known as Business Insider) and The Daily Meal. Joanna’s work can also be found in The New York Times, Forbes, Vice, The New York Daily News, and Parents Magazine. 

Her areas of expertise include restaurant industry news, restaurant operator solutions and innovations, and political/cultural issues.

Joanna Fantozzi has been a moderator and event facilitator at both Informa’s MUFSO and Restaurants Rise industry events. 

Joanna Fantozzi’s experience:

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (August 2021-present)

Associate Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (July 2019-August 2021)

Assistant Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (Oct. 2018-July 2019)

Freelance Food & Lifestyle Reporter (Feb. 2018-Oct. 2018)

Food & Lifestyle Reporter, Insider (June 2017-Feb. 2018)

News Editor, The Daily Meal (Jan. 2014- June 2017)

Staff Reporter, Straus News (Jan. 2013-Dec. 2013)

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