Pret A Manger, Starbucks and Costa Coffee share festive food and drinks menu for 2020

Pret A Manger, Starbucks and Costa Coffee release festive menus each year. With the return of some classics as well as some new additions to their menus, the popular coffee chains will stay open throughout England’s lockdown although they will only be selling food and drinks to go.

Pret’s menu this year will include its first ever Christmas hot food range including Pigs in Blankets served in a pot, or in a hot crusty roll with a layer of caramelised onion chutney.

Veggie Pret will also be launching two exclusive new vegan recipes, the Vegan Christmas Lunch Baguette and the Vegan Christmas Lunch Hot Roll. 

Their entire menu will also be available for delivery so customers can enjoy the food from the comfort of their own home.

For those after sweet treats, the Christmas Tiffin and Melvin, Pret’s Melting Gingerbread Snowman, will return alongside their Mince Pie which will be an exclusively vegan product this year, available for 99p with any takeaway hot drink. 

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Three band new drinks have been added to the menu including the Gingerbread Latte, the Salted Caramel latte and the S’mores Hot Chocolate, which will all be served in limited edition Christmas takeaway cups. 

The indulgent hot chocolate includes a biscuit syrup, topped with whipped cream and a sprinkling of dark chocolate curls. 

Briony Raven, UK Food & Coffee Director at Pret said: “As it continues to be a challenging year, we’re more excited than ever to launch our Christmas menu, which we hope will bring joy to our customers. 

“Not only are we bringing back our much loved iconic items, like our Christmas Lunch and Christmas Tiffin, but we’ve worked hard to add some extra indulgence to spread joy in a way that only Pret can, with pigs in blankets, three new vegan items and a S’mores hot chocolate, topped with Melvin, our marshmallow Christmas mascot.

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“And to make sure our customers can enjoy their favourite tastes of Christmas, wherever they are during lockdown, our food menu will be available via all our delivery partners for the first time.”

Quality Street lovers will be happy to learn that the new additions to the Costa menu include a Quality Street Purple One Latte and a Quality Street Purple One Hot Chocolate. 

The festive twist on Costa’s classic handcrafted latte has a rich caramel chocolate sauce and roasted hazelnut syrup which is topped with a light dairy swirl and drizzled with caramel chocolate sauce inspired by the Quality Street Purple One chocolate. 

Other festive drinks include the After Eight Hot Chocolate and the Terry’s Chocolate Orange hot chocolate.

All drinks will some with a segment of chocolate and will also be available at Costs Express machines nationwide.

A Costa Coffee spokesperson said: “We are incredibly excited to bring together the festive icons that are Quality Street, After Eight and Terry’s Chocolate Orange for our limited-edition drinks range to truly capture the taste of Christmas in a cup. 

“This year, more than ever, we wanted to ensure we make Christmas feel that little bit more magical, every sip of the way, so we’re exceptionally pleased to offer returning and new Costa Coffee lovers these soon-to-be iconic additions, plus their classic favourites too. Now to the tough decision of choosing which to try first!”

Available in Starbucks stores nationwide from November 5 to January 4, three festive drinks are returning to the menu this year.

The Toffee Nut Latte, Gingerbread Latte and Eggnog Latte are back for the festive season with prices starting at £3.15.

New to the menu this year is the Truffle Deluxe Hot Chocolate which is a delicious blend of steamed milk and chocolatey mocha, finished with whipped cream and a chocolate truffle flavour topping. 

For those with a sweet tooth, the Christmas Tree Brownie is making a comeback this year as well as the launch of the Raspberry and Pistachio Linzer Cookie and a delicious Sea Salted Caramel and Pecan Swirl hitting Starbucks stores nationwide.

All customers who bring their red cup into store will receive 25p off of their order. 

source: express.co.uk