DQ’s Peppermint Hot Cocoa Blizzard and Frozen Hot Chocolate are returning on Nov. 25
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Dairy Queen’s holiday treats
The weather is cooling off and so are hot chocolate treats at Dairy Queen.
The ice cream chain is bringing back two beloved winter-inspired goodies on Nov. 25: the Peppermint Hot Cocoa Blizzard Treat and Frozen Hot Chocolate.
The former is coming back as December’s Blizzard of the Month. The dessert blends candy cane pieces, chocolate chunks and chocolate fudge with soft serve before being topped with whipped cream and candy cane sprinkles.
The latter combines chocolate fudge, vanilla soft serve and Dairy Queen’s Misty Slush. The treat is decked out with a whipped topping and chocolate drizzle.
DQ’s Frozen Hot Chocolate stirred up TikTok earlier this year when a Dairy Queen employee revealed that the seasonal item can be made anytime.
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“It’s been off and on the menu since then, but technically we can make it year-round,” TikTok creator @DairyQueenShelbyTwp, whose real name is Miranda, said in a video.
Throughout the clip, Miranda, who has amassed over 2 million followers sharing her creations as a Dairy Queen worker, shared the process of making one of the chocolatey desserts from start to finish. Misty Slush, vanilla soft serve and chocolate fudge are available all year so customers can recreate the festive choice outside of the holiday season.
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Starbucks’ Cran-Merry Orange Refreshers
Starbucks has its own chilled holiday menu items. On Nov. 7, the coffeehouse launched a holiday Refresher: the Cran-Merry Orange Refresher.
The drink comes in three varieties — the original, Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher and Cran-Merry Drink — and each has the same juicy flavor but with a different base. All three drinks have flavors of orange, cranberry and warm spices, plus green coffee extract for a slightly caffeinated kick, according to a press release. They are topped with dried cranberries for a festive look. The original Cran-Merry Orange Refresher is stirred with water, the Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher is combined with lemonade and the Cran-Merry Drink is mixed with coconut milk.