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McDonald’s USA has introduced a limited-edition festive beverage collection across participating restaurants nationwide, launching a seasonal drinks platform headlined by energy drinks, crafted sodas, and speculoos-inspired McCafé coffee lines.

Rolling out from early November 2026 for a limited operating window, the seasonal menu introduces the Red Bull Frosted Cranberry Energiser (formulated with classic Red Bull or Red Bull Zero), the caffeine-free Frosted Cranberry Splash with Sprite, and a trio of Cookie Butter coffee builds comprising an Iced Coffee, Latte, and Frappé. The beverage rollout marks one of the fast-food giant’s most diversified seasonal drink deployments to date, pairing seasonal dessert and fruit flavours with contrasting cold foam and crunchy toppings.

Frosted Cranberry Drinks

The primary fruit and functional innovation within the collection adapts seasonal citrus and berry profiles across energy and carbonated soft drink bases:

⚡ Red Bull® Frosted Cranberry Energiser: Pairs classic Red Bull Energy Drink with a festive cranberry-orange syrup and ice, delivering 80mg of caffeine. The beverage is crowned with an aerated layer of velvety cold foam and finished with tart cranberry sprinkles.

🪽 Red Bull® Zero Frosted Cranberry Energiser: Combines calorie-free Red Bull Zero with cranberry-orange syrup over ice, topped with sweet cold foam and cranberry sprinkles to offer a functional, lower-calorie energy alternative.

🍋 Frosted Cranberry Splash with Sprite®: A caffeine-free carbonated refresher pairing crisp Sprite lemon-lime soda with cranberry-orange syrup over ice, layered beneath a topping of cold foam and cranberry sprinkles.

Developing the Frosted Cranberry lineup marks a notable technical and sensory departure for the QSR chain's soft drinks fixture. By layering rich, aerated cold foam and candied cranberry crystals over carbonated soda and functional energy matrices, the formulation bridges the tactile mouthfeel of speciality coffeehouse drinks with effervescent daytime refreshment.

McCafé Cookie Butter Drinks

To capture consumer demand for holiday bakery indulgence, McDonald's has concurrently rolled out a three-strong Cookie Butter McCafé platform, translating the spiced notes of European speculoos biscuits into hot, iced, and blended formats:

🧊 Cookie Butter Iced Coffee: Brewed Premium Roast 100% Arabica coffee served over ice with light cream and spiced cookie butter syrup, garnished with sweet vanilla whipped topping and crunchy caramel cookie crumbs.

☕ Cookie Butter Latte: Formulated espresso with steamed frothed milk and cookie butter syrup, finished with a crown of whipped light cream and caramelised biscuit crumb pieces.

🥤 Cookie Butter Frappé: A blended frozen coffee treat pairing a rich Arabica coffee and creamy dairy base with cookie butter syrup, blended with ice and finished with vanilla whipped topping and crunchy cookie crumbs.

By pairing the signature spiced brown sugar and cinnamon profile of speculoos with crunchy cookie crumb inclusions, the McCafé recipes deliver multi-textured indulgence designed to drive sweet afternoon snacking traffic and lift beverage attachment rates across drive-thru and front-counter channels.

Availability

McDonald’s festive drink lineup is commercially available across participating company-operated and franchised restaurants throughout the United States for a limited operating window during the 2026 holiday trading period.

The offerings are merchandised across small, medium, and large serving sizes, supported by in-app mobile ordering, drive-thru merchandising displays, and nationwide home delivery via the McDelivery platform.