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STARBUCKS has announced its brand new Christmas menu for 2024 with plenty of festive drinks available.

The coffee chain will be brimming with festive cheer with a brand new menu featuring warming drinks and delicious bite-sized treats.

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However, Starbucks members will get exclusive early access to the festive menu a week early on October 31.

Designed to be the perfect festive bite for your holiday order, Starbucks has introduced a Polar Bear Cake Pop.

It features a vanilla flavoured sponge with digestive biscuit crumb, as well as chocolate icing and frosting to create the adorable face of a polar bear.

Also returning to stores across the UK is the Toffee Nut Latte, Gingerbread Latte, Caramel Waffle Latte and Eggnog Latte.

The cosy Toffee Nut is perfect for Christmas.

With spiced notes of Gingerbread, customers can savour the festive coffee moment.

The Toffee Nut is available hot, iced, or as a Frappuccino blended beverage.

For those after a taste of true Holiday tradition, the returning Eggnog Latte – available hot or iced – brings all the festive warmth of the season with hints of spiced nutmeg.

The full list of 2024 Christmas menu items is below:

• Toffee Nut Latte Espresso combined with toffee nut flavour syrup and steamed milk, finished with whipped cream and toffee nut flavour sprinkles. Available hot, iced, or as a Frappuccino® blended beverage.
• Caramel Waffle Latte Espresso combined with caramel waffle flavour syrup and steamed milk, finished with whipped cream and a spiced caramel waffle crunch topping. Available hot, iced, or as a Frappuccino® blended beverage.
• Gingerbread Latte  Espresso combined with gingerbread flavour syrup and steamed milk, topped off with gingerbread infused whipped cream and a cinnamon topping. Available hot, iced, or as a Frappuccino® blended beverage.
• Eggnog Latte A classic Holiday flavour, espresso combined with eggnog and delicately topped with ground nutmeg. Available hot or iced.
• Polar Bear Cake Pop Bitesize vanilla flavour cake, digestive biscuit crumb and frosting fully enrobed in a white chocolate flavoured compound with white chocolate ears, black icing eyes and a dark chocolate nose.

Starbucks rewards members can get the first taste of the iconic Holiday menu from select Starbucks stores.

Customers can find their nearest store on Starbucks Store Locator.  

For those who are not yet Starbucks® Rewards members and don’t want to miss out, simply download the Starbucks® UK app today and sign up.

From November 7, the Holiday range will be available for all to enjoy, in store and on Starbucks Delivers.

You can order through Starbucks Delivers via Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats across 1000 stores across the UK, while stocks last.

Meanwhile, Starbucks has promised to make major changes to its menu and prices in an attempt to win back customers and boost dwindling sales.

In a video message, Starbucks chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol said the company will simplify its “overly complex menu”.

He added that the coffee chain will fix its “pricing architecture” and “ensure that every customer feels Starbucks is worth it”.

He also outlined said he wants the chain to return to the welcoming atmosphere of its early locations.

The strategy is a bid to win back customers who are visiting less often, which has caused sales to tumble.

To succeed Niccol said the chain will address staffing issues in its cafes, remove bottlenecks and simplify things for baristas.

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