Photo: Starbucks. Tiramisu Velvet drinks from its 2026 holiday preview.
Latest confirmed dates: Dutch Bros’ holiday menu is available November 1, 2026, with new Merry Magic and Sprinkle Cookie drinks and a tree-shaped cake pop. Starbucks’ holiday menu starts November 5, 2026. Dunkin’s newly confirmed holiday menu and separate Avengers collaboration both arrive November 4, with returning Cookie Butter Cloud Latte and Toasted White Chocolate drinks. And the new Tiramisu Velvet drinks come with mascarpone cold foam. Okay, that is a reason to pay attention.
Christmas coffee season does not start on the same day everywhere. Here are the confirmed 2026 dates and menus for Starbucks, Dunkin and Dutch Bros. Dunkin confirmed its full holiday lineup October 28; older rumors should not be presented as current uncertainty.
For the full Starbucks announcement, cup news and the remaining unconfirmed theories, head to our separate Starbucks Holiday 2026 tracker.
When do holiday drinks come out in 2026?
| Chain | Date and current status |
|---|---|
| Starbucks | November 5, 2026: confirmed holiday-menu launch. |
| Dunkin | November 4, 2026: full holiday drinks announced October 28, including Cookie Butter Cloud Latte and Cloud Dunkalatte, Toasted White Chocolate flavors and Donutcracker cups. A separately announced Avengers collection also launches November 4. |
| Dutch Bros | November 1, 2026: Merry Magic, Sprinkle Cookie, Holiday Sugar Cookie Cake Pop, returning Hazelnut Truffle and Candy Cane are available while supplies last. |
For Starbucks drinks, see the full Starbucks holiday menu guide. For the other chains, jump to Dunkin’s November menu or Dutch Bros’ 2026 holiday lineup.
What is officially confirmed for holiday 2026?
Starbucks announced its holiday preview on October 5. The menu starts November 5, 2026, with returning Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulée Latte, Sugar Cookie Latte and Gingerbread Chai. New arrivals include a hot or iced Tiramisu Velvet Latte and Tiramisu Velvet Cold Brew, both topped with mascarpone cold foam and a cocoa-and-coffee dusting.
There is also an Apple Pomegranate Refresher with pomegranate-flavored pearls and a coconut-milk Snowy Apple version. The food preview includes a Bearista Cake Pop, Braised Short Rib Grilled Cheese and Turkey & Stuffing Sandwich with a new recipe. Our Starbucks Fall 2026 guide still covers the pumpkin-season lineup before that holiday switch.
Dunkin’s October 28 official holiday-menu release confirms returning Cookie Butter Cloud Latte, Cloud Dunkalatte and Toasted White Chocolate seasonal drinks for November 4, plus Donutcracker-themed packaging. The separately announced Avengers menu arrives the same day. Dutch Bros’ November 1 announcement confirms its holiday lineup is available now.
Holiday drink photos: current products and archive ideas
The first photo shows a 2026 at-home coffee product. The remaining photos are from earlier seasons. They are useful for drink inspiration, but they do not establish what a coffee shop is serving in 2026.
A closer look at the new Starbucks holiday arrivals
- Starbucks’ New Apple Pomegranate Refresher Has Popping Pearls
- Starbucks Turned Its Glass Bear Cup Into a Bearista Cake Pop
- Starbucks’ Holiday Bearista Collection Has a Plush Keychain, and the Glass Bear Is Coming Back
- Starbucks Is Adding a Braised Short Rib Grilled Cheese to Its Holiday Menu
Quick 2026 holiday drink tracker
- Starbucks holiday menu: confirmed to begin November 5, 2026, with new Tiramisu Velvet drinks and an Apple Pomegranate Refresher.
- Starbucks Eggnog Latte 2026: the focused tracker for whether the fan-favorite eggnog drink returns.
- Starbucks Caramel Brulée Latte 2026: the focused tracker for the recurring holiday latte.
- Dunkin Cookie Butter 2026: returning Cookie Butter Cloud Latte and Cloud Dunkalatte plus the separate Avengers Clobbered Cloud Latte are confirmed for November 4. Older Cookie Butter Cold Brew was not named in the 2026 holiday release.
- Dunkin Holiday Menu 2026: the chain-specific tracker for the full Dunkin holiday lineup.
When does the Starbucks winter menu start in 2026?
Last year, Starbucks announced its 2025 holiday launch date on October 6 and brought the menu to stores on November 6. The lineup included Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulée Latte, Iced Sugar Cookie Latte and Iced Gingerbread Chai, with Chestnut Praline Latte and Eggnog Latte returning later in the season.
The confirmed 2026 Starbucks holiday-menu launch is November 5. Red Cup Day will return later in the season, but Starbucks has not announced its date in the October 5 preview. The original Bearista Glass Cold Cup is also coming back, with its timing still to be announced. Those are separate dates to watch.
Dunkin’s November 2026 drinks arrive November 4
Updated October 30: Dunkin’s 2026 holiday lineup is officially confirmed, not merely extrapolated from 2025. Its October 28 announcement names six Cookie Butter drinks (Cloud Latte, Cloud Dunkalatte, Hot Chocolate, Matcha, Iced Cookie Butter Oat Chai Latte and Spiced Cookie Iced Coffee), plus four Toasted White Chocolate options (Cloud Latte, Signature Latte, Almond White Chocolate Shakin’ Espresso and Raspberry White Chocolate Matcha). Donutcracker packaging joins them November 4. See our updated Dunkin Holiday Menu 2026 guide for all the details.
In its October 6 announcement, Dunkin confirmed the Avengers: Doomsday menu for November 4, 2026, at participating restaurants nationwide while supplies last. Its Clobbered Cloud Latte has espresso, whole milk and toasted white chocolate flavor with Cookie Butter Cold Foam and crumbles.
The Avengers Clobbered Cloud Latte is different from the now-confirmed returning Cookie Butter Cloud Latte on the regular holiday lineup. The older Cookie Butter Cold Brew and Peppermint Mocha were not named in Dunkin’s October 28 announcement. Our Avengers collection guide covers that collaboration and its collectibles.
Dutch Bros’ 2026 holiday menu is here
Dutch Bros got an early start: its November 1 holiday announcement confirms the lineup is available at all 1,225-plus locations, while supplies last. Here is what to order.
- Merry Magic: blackberry, peach and cherry with holiday candy on top. Order it as an iced or blended Rebel Energy Drink, Myst Energy Refresher or lemonade.
- Sprinkle Cookie: sugar-cookie-inspired flavor with Soft Top and holly sprinkles, offered as a Freeze, iced latte or iced chai.
- Holiday Sugar Cookie Cake Pop: a tree-shaped, sugar-cookie-flavored cake pop coated in white chocolate with drizzle and sprinkles. The cookie theme now comes on a stick, too.
- Hazelnut Truffle: returning hazelnut and chocolate milk with Soft Top and caramel drizzle, offered as a hot or iced mocha or mocha Freeze.
- Candy Cane: returning peppermint and chocolate milk with Soft Top and candy cane sprinkles, offered as a hot or iced mocha, mocha Freeze, mocha cold brew or hot cocoa.
Dutch Bros has not given an exact end date in this announcement. Check your local shop for availability.
And then there is the Starbucks Secret Menu situation
TTB has years of Christmas Starbucks drinks in the archive, including Peppermint Mocha Cold Brew, Candy Cane Cold Brew and a whole collection of character drinks. Some of those can still be ordered when the ingredients exist. Some depend on syrups, toppings or seasonal bases that disappear.
Our existing Christmas Starbucks Secret Menu roundup is still the place for the actual recipes. This page is different: it is the 2026 scoreboard for what is official, what is historical and what still needs to be checked against the current menu.
The holiday drinks we are watching hardest
Peppermint is the obvious one. Starbucks had Peppermint Mocha on its 2025 holiday menu, Dunkin brought back Peppermint Mocha, and Dutch Bros returned the Candy Cane Mocha. Starbucks has now confirmed Peppermint Mocha for November 5, 2026. Dunkin’s new collaboration announcement does not name Peppermint Mocha, while Dutch Bros has confirmed Candy Cane for its November 1 holiday launch.
We are also watching gingerbread, sugar cookie, chestnut praline, cookie butter, white chocolate and eggnog-style drinks because those flavors have shown up in recent official holiday menus.
Three questions now have their own answers: whether Starbucks will bring back the Eggnog Latte in 2026, whether the Caramel Brulée Latte is coming back in 2026, and whether Dunkin’s Cookie Butter drinks will return in 2026. Starbucks has now confirmed Caramel Brulée Latte for November 5. Eggnog Latte was not named in its October 5 preview; that is not the same as a cancellation. Dunkin has also confirmed Cookie Butter Cold Foam and crumbles on the Clobbered Cloud Latte for November 4. The individual guides track their own source updates.
What gets added here next
As Starbucks, Dunkin, Dutch Bros and the other big chains start making their 2026 holiday announcements, we will add the exact drinks, launch dates and official sources here. If a rumor is interesting enough to mention before confirmation, it will be labeled as a rumor — not quietly upgraded into “news.”
