For those with an unrelenting penchant for all things sweet, give EAT.’s honeycomb hot choc a go. This traditional hot chocolate blends finely with honeycomb syrup to create a rich, creamy and frothy beverage, brilliant to cosy up with as the temperature drops. In November 2021, Quality Street asked the nation what their favourite retro sweet was. It was revealed that Coffee Creme was the number one most-loved retro sweet. The sweet gained 39% of the vote. This customer-favourite is deliciously warming with gingerbread syrup, whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon. Perfect for getting you in the mood for Christmas. To create orange zest, push the orange down the grater and be sure to turn as you go – try to avoid the white part of the peel as this has less flavour. You can either add it to your brewed coffee and allow the nutrients to settle before you consume or place the orange zest in the filter so the brewed coffee passes over the zest to capture the flavour. 9) Butterscotch This festive latte doesn’t quite deliver the decadent flavour we’ve come to expect from salted caramel, however it’s still a nice change from your usual creamy coffee. But by the final sip, it tastes less like a festive beverage and more like a latte supercharged with sugar.

The caramel waffle latte combines caramel waffle sauce and steamed milk with espresso. The beverage is finished with whipped cream and a spiced caramel waffle crunch topping. New to stores this year, M&S’s praline and cream latte is so impressively nutty and sweet, you can’t even tell it’s a latte (perhaps a letdown for anyone craving caffeine). There’s no doubt it’s flavoured with a rich praline syrup, so if you’re looking for a decadent, super-saccharine drink to sip on throughout the colder months, this is your guy. Topped with cream and golden crunch, this is the sweetest winter warmer going.A minty twist on your regular coffee? Sounds good to us. It’s nice to see a mocha make the line-up; we think it joins the best of both worlds to make something pretty special. Though it needs a touch more mint to make it a proper festive winner, it’s certainly a coffee we’d like to see more of in the coming years.

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The cream of the crop, Pret’s hazelnut hot chocolate is essentially warm, silky Nutella in a cup, making it an unmissable drink for the festive season. If you can handle the sweetness, pair it with Pret’s Christmas tiffin – made of gingerbread biscuit, chocolate, cranberries and chopped pistachio – for a full-blown festive treat. The full list of stores taking part is as follows: Bluewater, Cribbs Bristol, Oxford Street, Cheadle, Kingston, Liverpool, Solihull, Southampton, Milton Keynes, Trafford, Edinburgh, Leeds, Nottingham, Peter Jones Sloane Square, Brent Cross, Westfield WhiteCity, Cardiff, Cambridge, and Newcastle. The new drink from Caffè Nero has a cocoa base, salted caramel notes and a new festive panettone syrup. The drink is balanced out with espresso and finished with whipped cream and a scoop of chocolate chips for added festive indulgence. Nothing says Christmas more than whipped cream on top of a hot beverage,' says Lewis. 'Whipped cream in your coffee is the same as adding ice cream, it's simply cream that has been aerated.'