‘Tis the season for holiday-themed drinks at cafes.
Dunkin’ Donuts officially unveiled its holiday menu on Wednesday, which features a new Spiced Cookie Coffee and several returning seasonal flavors including Brown Sugar Cookie Frozen Coffee, Peppermint Mocha and Cookie Butter Cold Brew.
The Large Brown Sugar Cookie Iced Coffee ranks as the most caloric cookie at 1,030 calories, according to Dunkin’s Official Nutrition Facts. guide.
FYI, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend somewhere between 1,800 and 3,000 calories depending on gender, age, and activity level. For someone consuming 2,000 calories a day, this could mean just over half of their daily allowance.
In addition, the drink is packed with 153 grams of sugar. That’s more than six times your daily sugar intake recommended for women by the American Heart Association and more than four times the amount recommended for men.
Dunkin’ has not made the caffeine content of any of its holiday beverages available online. (Dunkin’s did not return a request for comment about the amount of caffeine these drinks contain.) Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires chains to post menu nutrition facts, it doesn’t have the same rules for disclosing caffeine levels.
While other seasonal drinks contain significantly less calories and sugar, they still have high amounts of both. For example, the Peppermint Mocha Signature Latte contains 74 grams of sugar—roughly the equivalent of eating two and a half Snickers bars. And Cookie Butter Cold Brew has more sugar than an entire bag of skittles.
Here’s a closer look at the Brown Sugar Cookie Iced Coffee, as well as a nutritional breakdown for four other Dunkin’ holiday coffee options.
Brown Sugar Cookie Iced Coffee
Ingredients: Light cream, liquid cane sugar, coffee swirled syrup, brownie flavored syrup, whipped cream, caramel flavored swirled syrup
Nutritional information for a large (20 oz) drink:
- Calorie: 1030
- Total Fat: 39 g
- Saturated fat: 23 g
- Trans fats: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 125 mg
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 162 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Sugars: 153 g
- Protein: 8 g
Spiced coffee cookie
Ingredients: Coffee, swirling mint-flavored syrup, light cream
Nutritional information for a large (20 oz) drink:
- Calorie: 180
- Total Fat: 1 g
- Saturated fat: 0 g
- Trans fats: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Sodium: 55 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Sugars: 34 g
- Protein: 1 g
Cookie Butter Cold Brew
Ingredients: Iced coffee, brown sugar flavored syrup, butter flavored cold foam, dry frosting (contains soy and wheat)
Nutritional information for a large (20 oz) drink:
- Calorie: 390
- Total Fat: 16 g
- Saturated fat: 9 g
- Trans fats: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
- Sodium: 160 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 56 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Sugars: 53 g
- Protein: 3 g
Peppermint Mocha Signature Latte
Ingredients: Skimmed milk, brewed espresso coffee, mint flavored swirl syrup, light whipped cream, mocha flavored swirl syrup, dressing (contains milk and soy)
Nutritional information for a large (20 oz) drink:
- Calorie: 440 g
- Total Fat: 6 g
- Saturated fat: 4 g
- Trans fats: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
- Sodium: 240 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 81 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Sugars: 74 g
- Protein: 14 g
Toasted White Chocolate Signature Latte
Ingredients: Skimmed milk, brewed espresso coffee, white chocolate flavored toast syrup, light cream, swirled caramel flavored syrup
Nutritional information for a large (20 oz) drink:
- Calorie: 430
- Total Fat: 6 g
- Saturated fat: 3.5 g
- Trans fats: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
- Sodium: 240 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 77 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Sugars: 71 g
- Protein: 16 g