Starbucks’ holiday menu is here as of November 5, with a new Tiramisu Velvet Latte and a Bearista Cake Pop, and the original Bearista Glass Cold Cup, which sold out in less than a day last holiday season, comes back to select coffeehouses on December 1. Mystery Bearista cups in surprise boxes arrive November 10, and Red Cup Day is November 17.
Every other chain’s holiday menu, from Dunkin to Dairy Queen, is in my Holiday Fast Food 2026 guide.
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What’s on the Starbucks Holiday Menu
- Tiramisu Velvet Latte (New): inspired by the Italian dessert, hot or iced, and topped with a velvet mascarpone cold foam and a dusting of cocoa and coffee.
- Tiramisu Velvet Cold Brew (New): cold brew under the same mascarpone cold foam and cocoa and coffee dusting.
- Apple Pomegranate Refresher (New): crisp apple flavors with popping pomegranate-flavored pearls. The Snowy Apple version is made with coconut milk.
- Returning drinks: Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulée Latte, Sugar Cookie Latte and Gingerbread Chai.
- Iced Caramel Brulée Cream Chai and Iced Sugar Cookie Cream Matcha (New): chai with caramel brulée sauce and caramel brulée bits, and matcha under a sugar cookie cream cold foam with red and green sprinkles.
- Bearista Cake Pop (New): inspired by the Bearista Glass Cold Cup, for a limited time.
- Hot sandwiches: the new Braised Short Rib Grilled Cheese and the Turkey & Stuffing Sandwich, which has a new recipe.
- Returning treats: Cranberry Bliss Bar, Snowman Cookie and Sugar Plum Cheese Danish.
I tried the hot Tiramisu Velvet Latte, which was delicious and did taste like tiramisu, but it was a little sweet for me. My favorite was the Bearista Cake Pop, because it’s so adorable.
Is the Chestnut Praline Latte Coming Back?
Neither Starbucks’ October 5 holiday announcement nor its November 4 menu-day story lists the Chestnut Praline Latte or the Eggnog Latte. Last year’s announcement, on October 6, 2025, said both would return later in the season. The Chestnut Praline flavor is in grocery stores now as a Starbucks Chestnut Praline Latte-inspired dairy creamer.
When Is the Bearista Cup Coming Back?
The original Bearista Glass Cold Cup, Starbucks’ bear-shaped glass cup with a green hat, returns to select coffeehouses on December 1, while supplies last. On November 10, the Glass Bearista Cold Cup Surprise Box Edition arrives in U.S. coffeehouses first, with a mystery Bearista cup design in each box, and Starbucks says more details are coming. The cup “went viral and sold out in less than a day” during the 2025 holidays, Starbucks global chief brand officer Tressie Lieberman wrote on July 17. The Pink Bearista Glass Cold Cup this summer “mostly sold out by 7 a.m. across North America on the day it went on sale,” she wrote.
Starbucks’ $39.95 Snoopy Glass Cold Cup from its Peanuts collection also sold out at many U.S. stores on its September 15 launch day, with a two-per-customer limit, in my Snoopy cup story.
Starbucks Holiday Merchandise and Release Dates
Starbucks’ holiday merchandise comes in four collections, at select U.S. coffeehouses while supplies last and online at the Starbucks Shop.
- Holiday Bearista (Nov. 5): drinkware, a collectible plush keychain and accessories with the Bearista, the plush bear Starbucks introduced in its coffeehouses in 1997. The Bearista Plush Bag Charm is $14.95, the Glass Bearista Ornament, a mini Bearista cup, is $16.95, the Bearista Bow Tumbler with a gift-bow lid is $29.95, and the 24-ounce Owala Bearista Water Bottle is $34.95.
- Holiday Village (Nov. 5): mugs, ornaments, a snow globe and a ceramic coffeehouse modeled after the original Pike Place store in Seattle, where Starbucks began in 1971. The ceramic coffeehouse is $29.95, the snow globe is $24.95, and the Holiday Village glass garland mug and ceramic mug are $19.95 and $24.95.
- Peppermint Mocha (Nov. 5): a $32.95 glass Christmas tree cold cup, a $29.95 handled travel tumbler in jade and a $12.95 ceramic striped espresso cup.
- Winter Wonderland (Nov. 17): cool-toned drinkware, including a quilted light-blue cold cup, iridescent water bottles and statement tumblers.
What Do the 2026 Starbucks Holiday Cups Look Like?
Starbucks’ 2026 holiday to-go cups, shown on November 4, come in four hot-cup designs and one cold cup, all with bows on them. A holiday tree with twine garland on red and white is on two of the hot cups, the holiday bow design has bows, garland and stars, and the cold cup has evergreen boughs and red bows. The colors pair Starbucks green, red and cream with pale mint green, antique gold and deep cranberry. Starbucks also has its first holiday pup cup, a 3.5-ounce cup with a beagle based on a real dog named Junie, at company-operated coffeehouses for a very limited time while supplies last.
When Is Red Cup Day?
Red Cup Day is November 17. Customers who buy any handcrafted holiday drink that day get a collectible, reusable red cup, at participating stores while supplies last.
Starbucks Holiday Coffees at Home
Starbucks’ holiday coffees and creamers are in grocery stores and online now. Peppermint Mocha flavored coffee comes in Starbucks by Nespresso for Vertuo pods for the first time and returns in K-Cup pods and ground coffee, and Holiday Blend and Hazelnut Cocoa flavored coffee are back. The creamers include Peppermint Mocha, a non-dairy Sugar Cookie Latte creamer and the Chestnut Praline Latte-inspired creamer.
Amazon sells four of them itself: Peppermint Mocha K-Cup pods on Amazon, Peppermint Mocha ground coffee on Amazon, Holiday Blend ground coffee on Amazon and Holiday Blend K-Cup pods on Amazon.
More Starbucks This Season
- Halloween: the Black Cat Frappuccino and a shareable black cookie arrived October 22, in my Starbucks Halloween story.
- Fall: the Pumpkin Spice Latte returned on August 25, in my Starbucks fall menu story.
