Starbucks, Dunkin' unveil this year's holiday treats and drinks

Yahoo Finance's Brooke DiPalma, Seana Smith, and Rachelle Akuffo taste test new holiday menu items from Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.

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- All right, the holidays is officially here, at least at Starbucks and Dunkin'. The two coffee chains are back with their holiday menu lineups. Brooke DiPalma is here with the details and some treats. Brooke, I'm eyeing this coffee that we have, but what can you tell us about what we could expect this year?

BROOKE DIPALMA: Right, well, funny enough, you, me, Rachelle, all of us-- we all have cold brews or ice lattes right now. And that just goes to show the larger trend that is the cold beverage. About 2/3 of Starbucks' sales are actually cold beverage right now here in the US. Right here on set, though, we have Dunkin'. We have the new Cookie Butter Cold Brew. Now, this looks pretty intense here. It has sweet brown sugar--

- Sounds intense too.

BROOKE DIPALMA: --baked cookie flavors. It's cold brew with nodes of the sweet brown sugar. But, Rachelle, I know that you have one of my favorite drinks at Starbucks actually.

- It's good. It's sweet.

BROOKE DIPALMA: You have the Iced Sugar Latte over there.

RACHELLE AKUFFO: I do. So this is the Iced Sugar Cookie Almond Milk Latte, which is good because any time I get something, I always do pick the almond milk option. I've been very good and haven't tried it so far. So I'm going to take a little sip as you guys take a sip, too.

BROOKE DIPALMA: It's pretty good.

RACHELLE AKUFFO: And let me know what you think of your holiday drink.

- So this is way too sugary for me, Brooke. I think from your reaction--

BROOKE DIPALMA: It's pretty sugary.

- --and you were a little startled. I think, when you thought it is good, though, I see why people get them, and it does kind of get you in the holiday spirit. It just-- it tastes like the holidays, if that's a taste.

BROOKE DIPALMA: Yeah. Well, I have to say, anecdotally, this morning at Starbucks, there was Christmas music playing.

- Was there?

BROOKE DIPALMA: There was Santa hats--

- They waste no time.

BROOKE DIPALMA: --on all the partners there, which they call their employees. But truly, this just, like, really speaks to not only the beginning of the holiday season, at least for myself, but also for so many customers out there. And it also translates into sales. We saw the Pumpkin Spice Latte sales certainly spike at the end of August. So it seems like these companies-- Starbucks, Dunkin'-- always one step ahead when it comes to getting out those holiday seasonal drinks.

- They are. And it's more reason for people to come into the stores. Rachelle, real quick, what did you think of your drink?

RACHELLE AKUFFO: I love this. This isn't too sweet. This is-- this is just right. I like-- it's made me feel more festive.

BROOKE DIPALMA: That's a game changer.

- All right, gotta go for that one next time. All right, Brooke, as always, thanks so much for breaking down what we could get this holiday season at Starbucks and Dunkin'. Well, that do--