This year’s Christmas beverage line-up at Starbucks included the Oatmilk Confetti Cookie Frappuccino, which contained espresso with white chocolate syrup and oat milk, topped with plant-based whipped cream and colourful confetti sprinkles (read: crushed candies).

Maybe the white chocolate was supposed to give it the cookie feel, but I felt that this was closer to a white mocha flavour. Also, the confetti sprinkles were more of an aesthetic feature, and did not value-add to the overall taste actually. The product might have been more amazing if rainbow rice or hundred & thousands were blended into a cream frappuccino, just to make the drink look more fascinating.

Given a choice, Toffee Nut Latte or Gingerbread Latte would have carried greater Christmas-y satisfaction.