Krispy Kreme Debuts Hot Cocoa, Sugar Cookie And Caramel Toffee Cheesecake Doughnuts For The Holidays
Krispy Kreme’s holiday doughnuts are here. The chain’s Holiday Seasonal Collection, three new doughnuts built on hot cocoa, sugar cookies and caramel toffee cheesecake, went on sale Wednesday, November 4, at participating shops nationwide, the company said in a release. Its Sugar Cookie Latte is back alongside them.
The three new holiday doughnuts
- Hot Cocoa Doughnut: an Original Glazed dipped in chocolate icing, then finished with a dollop of frosting made with Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa, marshmallow bites and a dusting of the same cocoa.
- Sugar Cookie Doughnut: an Original Glazed dipped in vanilla-flavored icing and covered in a holiday sugar cookie topping.
- Caramel Toffee Cheesecake Doughnut: an unglazed shell filled with cheesecake Kreme, dipped in caramel icing, then topped with a toffee graham-flavored crunch and a caramel drizzle.
Two of the three borrow straight from the cookie tin. Bakers who want the hot cocoa idea at home can try our Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa Cookies, which take the same marshmallow route with mini marshmallows pressed on while the cookies are still warm. For the sugar cookie side, our Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies are a simple vanilla cookie with the option of a roll in sugar before baking.
The Sugar Cookie Latte returns
The release lists the Sugar Cookie Latte hot or iced, made with a sugar cookie-inspired syrup and topped with whipped cream, a cookie and holiday sanding sugar. Krispy Kreme’s homepage menu also lists a frozen version.
The doughnut chain gets a day’s head start on the coffee chain. Starbucks brings back its own Sugar Cookie Latte on Thursday, November 5, as part of its holiday menu.
How to get them
The collection is sold in shops and for pickup or delivery through Krispy Kreme’s app and website, one at a time or by the dozen, while supplies last. For parties, the homepage offers two holiday catering bundles: a Holiday Specialty Dozen paired with an Original Glazed dozen, and two Holiday Specialty Dozens to share.
Krispy Kreme hasn’t said how long the holiday doughnuts will stay or what they cost. Not every shop has to take part, so the shop finder on Krispy Kreme’s site is the place to check before a trip.
“A holiday dozen is the easy part,” Alison Holder, Krispy Kreme’s chief brand and product officer, said in the release.
The last seasonal menu of Krispy Kreme’s year
The release calls this the fifth and final seasonal drop of 2026. It takes over from the Autumn Seasonal Collection, which Krispy Kreme’s promotions page says ran from August 11 through November 2.
It also caps a busy few weeks of deals. In October the chain brought back Chocolate Original Glazed for three days in a $5 Taz dozen, then gave a free doughnut to anyone in costume on October 30 and 31. On November 3 it handed out a free Original Glazed on Election Day to guests who said they voted.
Photo: Krispy Kreme.