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Dunkin’ Spring 2025: Dunkalatte & Pistachio Coffee Return – New Sliders Debut

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Dunkin’ has unveiled its Spring 2025 menu, introducing a blend of returning favorites and new offerings that cater to a wide array of tastes. This seasonal update not only brings back cherished beverages but also introduces innovative food items, ensuring there’s something for every palate.

Dunkalatte Returns

Making a much-anticipated comeback is the Dunkalatte, a beverage that seamlessly blends rich espresso with Dunkin’s proprietary coffee milk. Described as tasting like a “melty milkshake,” this drink offers a creamy and indulgent experience, available both hot and iced. Its initial debut in late 2024 was met with overwhelming demand, leading to stock shortages. Fans will be delighted to see its return this spring. 

Pistachio Coffee Revival

Another highlight is the reintroduction of the Pistachio Coffee. This beverage features a pistachio swirl combined with cream, delivering a sweet and nutty flavor profile. Previously launched in 2018, its return caters to those seeking a unique twist to their regular coffee routine. 

New Culinary Creations

Expanding beyond beverages, without their donuts of yesteryear, Dunkin’s spring menu introduces the Ham & Swiss Pretzel Sliders. These sliders are crafted with Black Forest ham, Swiss cheese, and a touch of honey mustard, all nestled within pretzel-style King’s Hawaiian Slider Buns. This fusion offers a delightful balance of sweet and savory flavors. 

Additionally, the Chicken & Bacon Croissant Stuffer makes a return, featuring a buttery croissant filled with chicken, bacon, and Colby Jack cheese, topped with everything bagel seasoning. The Sweet Black Pepper Bacon items, known for their harmonious blend of sweet and savory notes, are also back on the menu. 

Special Offers and Updates

Dunkin‘ continues its $6 Meal Deal throughout the spring season. This value meal includes a medium hot or iced coffee, hash browns, and a Sausage, Egg & Cheese breakfast sandwich, providing a satisfying option for those on the go. 

Dunkin’ has also eliminated the surcharge for non-dairy milk alternatives, aligning with industry trends and catering to a broader customer base. 

Looking Ahead

While the current menu offers an array of enticing options, Dunkin’ has hinted at additional seasonal items expected to roll out before Easter. Fans are encouraged to stay tuned for further announcements as the season progresses. 

Dunkin’s Spring 2025 menu reflects the brand’s commitment to innovation while honoring classic flavors, ensuring that both new and returning customers find something to enjoy this season.

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Gingerbread coffee drinks – the simple version

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It’s getting close to the holiday time of year. We know this because the rains have started and we are staying in the 40s over night instead of the 70s before. With the windows open overnight to let the fresh air in, it means the morning coffee had double duty.

We have our normal espresso pulls for your ‘wake up’ coffee, but after that we turn to our trusty K-Cups to fill in through the day before the afternoon break cappuccinos. The K-Cups have really expanded their bean and flavor choices over the last couple years. The bigger Coffee Shop, Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks are all putting their beans in the little cups.

A recent find, for us, is the Gingerbread K-Cup coffee option. We can enjoy our coffee with a hint of gingerbread, that isn’t actually overpowering sweet or spicy. The Green Mountain folks producing these holiday flavors claim it is one of their ‘fair trade’ coffees.

As luck would have it, when going to order a new box this morning, we found the Green Mountain Gingerbread flavor listed as out-of-stock. Guess we will have to try the Donut House Cinnamon Roll K-Cups this time.

We’re up for a challenge so we’ll see what we can do to put a list together of all of the ‘winter’ and ‘holiday’ flavored K-Cups. As they come in, we’ll post up how the flavors where. You know how some things sound good on the wrapper and don’t stand up in reality, we’ll see!

 

Ben let us know that the Starbucks Caramel Via is SWEET

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My first thoughts on Starbucks’ new flavored Via coffee (Caramel, in this case) are that it’s sweet.  Really, really sweet.  Sweet like watching a toddler playing in a room full of puppies and kittens.  You don’t even need to add the water and start drinking to experience this; the pre-brewed blend itself assaults your nose with a caramel/sugar aroma as soon as the packet is opened.  I am surprised that there are only 60 calories in a serving, because it sure seems like the entire output of the U.S. sugar industry is distilled into each individual package.

I’m not saying that it isn’t tasty, once you’ve quickly and easily mixed 8 ounces of hot water with the coffee.  I have become so used to the over-roasted taste of Starbucks’ drip coffee that this was a welcome change.  It may also be that I’ve been taking my coffee black for close to a year, and that this is too great of a contrast to not mention it.

That sweet flavor does capture the hint of a caramel macchiato (my previous “regular” drink at Starbucks, before I switched to dry cappuccinos).  As I love all things caramel, it goes without saying that I enjoy the taste.  I dare say that if you’re not a huge fan of coffee, but do like flavored espresso drinks, you’ll probably like the new flavored Via.  It’s certainly easy to make, and for coffee junkies like me it’s perhaps a bit less like the punch in the face that is the regular office coffee/swill and more like drinking the milk left behind from a sugary cereal.  It’s an efficacious caffeine-delivery system.

Furthermore, with Via, you don’t have to worry about making the communal coffee or being ostracized for taking the last cup without replenishing the carafe.  Overall, I recommend it unless you are the kind of person who thinks that a tablespoon of half-and-half and packet of sugar makes coffee too unbearably sweet.