Starbucks UK has launched its 2026 festive menu and holiday merchandise range, with peppermint taking centre stage as the standout flavour across the drinks selection this year. The Peppermint Collection, priced from £5.40, features the Peppermint Mocha, Peppermint Hot Chocolate, Iced Peppermint Mocha, and Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino.
Returning Favourites and UK First
Fan favourites making a comeback include the Gingerbread Frappuccino/Latte and the Eggnog Latte finished with spiced nutmeg. In a UK first, Starbucks has introduced specially designed Holiday Cold Cups to complement the traditional Red Cups, bringing festive flair to iced coffees, cold brews, and Frappuccinos.
The food offering features warming savoury options and Christmas-themed baked goods. There's a £6.15 Festive Deli Flatbread, consisting of soft sourdough flatbread loaded with sliced roast turkey, sage & onion stuffing, maple bacon, gravy, cranberry sauce, and spinach. Alternatively, customers can opt for the Pigs Under Blanket Roll or Festive Feast Toastie, which features sourdough bloomer filled with chicken, bacon, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and melted cheese.
Sweet Treats and Festive Bakes
Sweet options include a Sticky Toffee Pecan Cake (£4.50), Chocolate Orange Cake Cube (£4.50), Reindeer Cake Pop (£3.05), Christmas Tree Brownie (£3.90) and a Red Velvet Scroll (£4.50), which comprises swirled red-and-plain croissant dough filled with red velvet chocolate custard. Also on offer is a Santa Bearista Gingerbread Cookie (£3.10) and Mini Panettone (£3.70).
Festive Merchandise Collection
The retail shelves carry a strong nod to retro charm, wintry pastel tones, and the beloved Bearista mascot. Items include Bearista Drinkware and Collectibles such as a Bearista Glass Cold Cup, a Bearista Bow Tumbler featuring a sculpted gift-bow lid, double-wall glass mugs, and plush apron-wearing bag charms. There are also Surprise Box Glass Bearistas, a limited-run blind-box collectible format where customers unpack a mystery glass Bearista tumbler.
Other merchandise includes a Glass Christmas Tree Cold Cup, a sculpted tree-shaped cold cup with festive textured drinkware styling, and the Winter Wonderland Line with quilted light-blue cold cups, iridescent travel tumblers, and co-branded water bottles. The Pike Place Holiday Village offers ceramic display pieces, tree baubles, and snowglobes modelled after the original Seattle coffeehouse draped in holiday garland.
Fan Reaction
Popular food account News Foods UK offered followers a sneak peek at some of the seasonal offerings on its Instagram and Facebook pages today (November 5), with the post drawing hundreds of likes as shoppers expressed their excitement. "I want it all," exclaimed one person, while another added: "I feel like I need this barista bear in my life." A third wrote: "Love the merch," and a fourth said: "Loving the cold cup with Buddy on and the bow cup."
