You can now have your Dubai Chocolate and drink it, too — at least, if you’re in Starbucks.
As Food & Wine reports, an iced Dubai Chocolate Mocha and Dubai Chocolate Matcha will be available on café menus starting January 6, the company announced this week. The trendy duo, inspired by this year’s viral treat, features pistachio cold foam on a classic iced mocha and chocolate cold foam on the matcha.
Both drinks started as fan-made custom orders last winter, according to Starbucks, prompting its development team to formalize the “secret menu” options for the winter lineup. This encourages even more customization — in distinctly 2025 fashion, you can enjoy the sweet-and-nutty combination by ordering a layer of high-protein chocolate cold foam over a pistachio latte.
On that note, a new Caramel Protein Matcha and Caramel Protein Latte will also be launching in January to support Starbucks’ focus on high-protein options. (This follows the highly anticipated launch of protein-enriched cold foams and lattes in September, which sparked plenty of discussion on social media.)
On Instagram, the Seattle-based coffee giant teased a potential collaboration with Khloé Kardashian’s high-protein Khloud Popcorn. That news remains unconfirmed, but we can imagine the newly launched snack-sized treat as a convenient afternoon pick-me-up.
Old favorites are also making a comeback on the winter menu — hello, Pistachio Latte! — with drinks like the Pistachio Cortado and Pistachio Cream Cold Brew, launching on January 6. A sugar-free caramel syrup will also be added permanently to the menu.
Over in the deli case, Starbucks says it’s revamping its Turkey Bacon, Cheddar, and Egg White Sandwich to include cherrywood-smoked turkey bacon and a “more flavorful” sharp cheddar. A Truffle, Mushroom, and Brie Egg Bite also debuts in January for your breakfast consideration — another item on the seasonal menu. And of course, we can’t forget the timely Valentine Cake Pop.
It’s been a year marked by structural changes, strategy overhauls, and menu innovations for the company. Starbucks is riding high off the reported success of the holiday menu launch on November 6, which CEO Brian Niccol writes was the “biggest sales day ever in North America” in an employee letter.
As the trend cycle ebbs and flows through 2026, there will probably even more iterations on the trend. Does Dubai-style chocolate, in all its gooey and crunchy glory, have true longevity in the dessert space? Only time will tell.
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