Starbucks has two new holiday beverages — the Toasted White Chocolate Mocha and Chestnut Praline Chai Tea Latte.
The new espresso beverage is available hot, cold, or as a Frappuccino. It features espresso, steamed milk, and toasted white mocha sauce that’s topped with whipped cream and candied cranberry sugar.
A hot grande-sized Toasted White Chocolate Mocha with 2% milk and whipped cream has 420 calories, 15 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 45 milligrams of cholesterol, 380 milligrams of sodium, 58 grams of carbohydrates, 32 grams of sugar, and 13 grams of protein.
The Chestnut Praline Chai Tea Latte is made up of black tea infused with warming spices, steamed milk, and chestnut praline sauce topped with spiced praline crumbs.
A grande sized latte with 2% milk has 240 calories, 4 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 15 milligrams of cholesterol, 105 milligrams of sodium, 42 grams of carbohydrates, 42 grams of sugar, and 7 grams of protein
If you’ve tried either one, let us know what you think of it in the comments.
(Images via Starbucks.)
I’d like to try that toasted drink but I’m not big on coffee flavor. If I get it without the espresso will it not taste like coffee or will the mocha sauce still have a strong coffee flavor? Cranberry sugar sounds neat too!
Mocha sauce is just chocolate. Without the espresso, it’d be a toasted white hot chocolate. No coffee taste at all. Might be really sweet though! You might try like a grande with only 1 shot–it’ll balance out the sweetness a bit but you really won’t taste the coffee.
Thanks I’ll give that a shot!
I tried it yesterday (the toasted mocha) and was disappointed. The first few sips were ok, but it got very heavy (for lack of a better word) really quickly. It also has a nutty taste that I didn’t like and couldn’t figure out, though that might appeal to those who like that. All in all, five out of ten with the only thing saving it is the novelty of the cranberry sugar (which didn’t actually add any flavor, but it added a uniqueness akin to Unicorn farts 😀