The Best Holiday Menu Items From Your Favorite Restaurant Chains

With 2020 coming to a close and the holiday season in full swing, many restaurants have updated their menus with Christmas or Winter themed options — arguably the best part of December! We compiled a list of our favorite specials that you absolutely must try. Read on!

Chick-fil-A

Peppermint Chip Milkshake

“Hand-spun the old-fashioned way, this festive peppermint flavored milkshake is made with Chick-fil-A Icedream® dessert and features chips of peppermint bark, topped off with whipped cream and a cherry (except when served via delivery).”

Shake Shack

Christmas Cookie Milkshake

Sugar cookie frozen custard topped with whipped cream, crumbled shortbread, and holiday sprinkles

Candy Cane Marshmallow Milkshake 

Peppermint and marshmallow blended with vanilla frozen custard, topped with whipped cream and crumbled candy canes

Chocolate Spice Milkshake

Holiday-spiced chocolate frozen custard blended with crumbled chocolate cookies, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon 

Dairy Queen

Peppermint Hot Cocoa Blizzard

A Blend of our of DQ® Soft serve, peppermint candy pieces, choco chunks, cocoa fudge and garnished with whipped topping

Friendly’s

Peppermint Stick Lava Cake

Three scoops of peppermint stick ice cream topped with scrumptious chocolate Bundt lava cake, filled with warm, gooey hot fudge and topped with whipped topping, hot fudge drizzle and-for extra fun- chocolate sprinkles.

IHOP

Milk ‘n’ Cookies Pancakes

Fluffy buttermilk pancakes filled with OREO® Cookie pieces and layered with sweet milk mousse, then topped with more mousse, vanilla sauce drizzle, more cookie pieces, powdered sugar & festive sprinkles.

Panera Bread

Mitten Cookie

Freshly baked, mitten-shaped shortbread cookie decorated with icing.

Krispy Kreme

Santa Belly Donut

A  Chocolate Kreme filled doughnut, dipped in red icing and sanding sugar, and decorated with chocolate icing and a sugar piece belt

Present Donut

A Sugar Cookie Kreme Filled doughnut, dipped in green icing, decorated with a red icing bow and topped with a “Nice” sugar piece

Festive Tree Donut

A Red Velvet Cake Batter filled doughnut, dipped in cream cheese icing and hand decorated with a tree and star

7 Eleven

Candy Cane Hot Cocoa

The rich cocoa is blended with cool peppermint flavor and can be topped with chocolate sauce and International Delight Peppermint Mocha flavored creamer.

Dunkin’

The Signature Gingerbread Iced Latte

The Signature Peppermint Mocha Latte from Dunkin’

Starbucks

Peppermint Mocha flavored beverages 

Caramel Brûlée flavored beverages 

Toasted White Chocolate flavored beverages 

Chestnut Praline flavored beverages 

Eggnog flavored beverages 

Enjoy!