Starbucks Holiday Drinks: Menu, Calories and Lighter Orders

October 14, 2026

What is on the Starbucks holiday menu?

This is the Starbucks holiday menu lineup announced on November 5, 2025. Holiday menus tend to return with the same core drinks, but check the Starbucks app for the 2026 list.

Drink	What Starbucks says it is	Available as
Peppermint Mocha	Espresso, steamed milk, mocha sauce and peppermint syrup, topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate curls	Hot, iced, Frappuccino
Caramel Brulée Latte	Espresso, steamed milk and caramel brulée sauce, topped with whipped cream and caramel brulée topping	Hot, iced, Frappuccino
Iced Sugar Cookie Latte	Blonde espresso, ice, 2% milk and sugar cookie syrup with red and green sprinkles	Iced (also hot, Frappuccino)
Iced Sugar Cookie Breve	The same drink made with half-and-half; it became an official menu item in 2025	Iced
Iced Gingerbread Chai	Chai spices, 2% milk and ice with gingerbread cold foam and a spice topping	Iced
Eggnog Latte	A holiday classic that returns later in the season	Hot, iced
Chestnut Praline Latte	Another classic that returns later in the season	Hot, iced

Starbucks also lists four holiday cold foams: Gingerbread Cream, Peppermint Chocolate Cream, Sugar Cookie Cream and Caramel Brulée Cream, all blended with its vanilla sweet cream. Every holiday drink can be made with non-dairy milk at no extra charge, and protein-boosted 2% milk can replace the milk for a fee, adding 12 to 16 grams of protein to a hot or iced grande.

When do Starbucks holiday drinks start?

In 2025 the festive cups were revealed on November 5 and the holiday drinks and food launched on November 6. Red Cup Day, when a handcrafted holiday drink comes with a reusable red cup, was November 13. Starbucks has not published 2026 dates for the holiday menu in the sources we checked. Based on last year, expect an announcement in the first week of November, with the Eggnog Latte and Chestnut Praline Latte arriving a little later.

Starbucks holiday menu calories: what to expect

Official Starbucks holiday menu calories appear on launch day, so these are ballpark figures. Each row starts from an official Grande drink and adds peppermint or sugar cookie syrup at 20 calories and about 4.7 g of sugar per pump, the value we use for flavored syrups in the Starbucks calorie calculator. Most Grande lattes use four pumps, so the high end is the likely one.

Holiday-style build (Grande)	Official base drink	Estimated calories with 2 to 4 pumps	Estimated sugar (g)
Peppermint Mocha-style (hot)	Caffè Mocha, 370 cal	410 to 450	44.4 to 53.8
Peppermint Mocha-style (iced)	Iced Caffè Mocha, 350 cal	390 to 430	39.4 to 48.8
Iced Sugar Cookie Latte-style	Iced Caffè Latte, 130 cal	170 to 210	20.4 to 29.8

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Starbucks Peppermint Mocha calories

A Grande hot Caffè Mocha is 370 calories with whipped cream, so Peppermint Mocha calories, with peppermint syrup added to the mocha sauce, should land between about 410 and 450 calories. The iced version runs a little lower, at 390 to 430. Check the official number on launch day, because the real recipe may use fewer mocha pumps than the base mocha.

Caramel Brulée, Gingerbread Chai and Eggnog

We do not give a number for these three. Caramel brulée sauce, gingerbread cold foam and eggnog are not in the Starbucks data we hold, and a guess would mislead. For scale, a plain Grande Caffè Latte is 190 calories and an Iced Chai Latte is 190 calories, and the sauce, whipped cream and cold foam on top of them add more.

Starbucks holiday drinks: lighter orders

The same builds with one change set, nonfat or almond milk, two pumps instead of four and no whipped cream, from the calculator model:

Build (Grande)	Lighter change	Standard (3 pumps) cal	Lighter cal
Peppermint Mocha-style, hot	Nonfat milk, 2 peppermint pumps, no whip	430	285
Peppermint Mocha-style, iced	Nonfat milk, 2 peppermint pumps, no whip	410	284
Iced Sugar Cookie Latte-style	Nonfat milk, 2 pumps	190	133
Iced Sugar Cookie Latte-style	Almondmilk, 2 pumps	190	115

Ask for two pumps and no whipped cream and you keep the flavor with far fewer calories. Open the Iced Caffè Latte or Caffè Mocha in the calculator, add a flavor and change pumps to see your own order. Our Starbucks secret menu guide shows how pump counts change a drink.

What changes the calories in a holiday drink?

• Syrup pumps: most Starbucks holiday drinks use them, at about 20 calories and 4.7 g of sugar each, and a Grande usually gets four. See Starbucks cup sizes for pumps per size.
• Whipped cream and toppings: holiday drinks come with whipped cream by default, so skipping it is the biggest single saving.
• Milk: 2% is standard. Starbucks says non-dairy milks cost nothing extra on holiday drinks.
• Size: a Venti has more pumps and more milk than a Grande.

Holiday treats: what we can say now

Starbucks named five seasonal bakery items for 2025: the Snowman Cookie, Polar Bear Cake Pop, Cranberry Bliss Bar, Sugar Plum Cheese Danish and the Cinnamon Pull-Apart. Only one is in the current menu data, because Starbucks keeps it year-round.

Item	Calories	Sugar (g)	Protein (g)	Status
Cinnamon Pull-Apart	300	13	6	Official, year-round
Snowman Cookie, Polar Bear Cake Pop, Cranberry Bliss Bar, Sugar Plum Cheese Danish	–	–	–	Added on launch

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Holiday drink questions people ask

What are the Starbucks holiday drinks?

Starbucks listed the Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulée Latte, Iced Sugar Cookie Latte, Iced Sugar Cookie Breve and Iced Gingerbread Chai for 2025, with the Eggnog Latte and Chestnut Praline Latte returning later.

How many calories are in a Peppermint Mocha?

Starbucks publishes the official number at launch. A Grande should be about 410 to 450 calories with whipped cream, based on the Caffè Mocha plus peppermint syrup.

When does the Starbucks holiday menu come out?

The 2025 menu came out on November 6, with cups revealed on November 5. The 2026 date has not been announced in the sources we checked.

Can I get holiday drinks with non-dairy milk?

Yes. Starbucks says all holiday beverages can be made with non-dairy milk at no additional charge. Caramel Brulée Cream Cold Foam is not available as a non-dairy foam.

How much protein can I add to a holiday drink?

Starbucks says protein-boosted 2% milk adds 12 to 16 grams of protein to a hot or iced grande, and holiday cold foams can be made with protein for about 15 extra grams.

Sources

The Starbucks holiday menu names, descriptions, dates and protein details are from the Starbucks newsroom post Celebrate the season: Starbucks holiday menu returns (November 5, 2025). Official base drink nutrition comes from the Starbucks US menu data collected on October 14, 2026 at starbucks.com/menu. Calories for holiday-style builds are our estimates, not Starbucks figures. PrintSheetLab is not affiliated with Starbucks.

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Last updated: October 14, 2026. This page is updated with official nutrition when the holiday menu launches.