Krispy Kreme Adds Hot Cocoa and Sugar Cookie Doughnuts for the Holidays

Krispy Kreme has started selling its Holiday Seasonal Collection in the United States, with three new doughnuts built around hot cocoa, sugar cookies and caramel toffee cheesecake. The company also brought back its Sugar Cookie Latte. According to the chain’s announcement, the collection is sold for a limited time at participating shops nationwide and is the fifth and last seasonal release Krispy Kreme has planned for 2026.

What is in each new doughnut

Two of the three start from the chain’s Original Glazed doughnut, and the third uses an unglazed shell with a filling. The company describes them this way:

• Hot Cocoa Doughnut: an Original Glazed doughnut dipped in chocolate icing, then topped with a dollop of frosting made with Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa, small marshmallow pieces and a dusting of the same cocoa.
• Sugar Cookie Doughnut: an Original Glazed doughnut dipped in vanilla-flavored icing and finished with a holiday sugar cookie topping.
• Caramel Toffee Cheesecake Doughnut: an unglazed shell filled with a cheesecake-style cream, dipped in caramel icing, then finished with a crunchy topping flavored like toffee and graham cracker plus a caramel drizzle.

The returning Sugar Cookie Latte comes hot or iced. Krispy Kreme says it uses a syrup inspired by sugar cookies and is topped with whipped cream, a cookie and a sprinkle of holiday sanding sugar (the coarse, sparkly sugar often used on cut-out cookies).

Where and how to buy them

The doughnuts are sold one at a time or by the dozen. Customers can buy them in shops or order pickup or delivery through the Krispy Kreme app and website. The company says the collection is available only while supplies last, and not every location takes part, so it is worth checking with a local shop first.

Alison Holder, the company’s Chief Brand and Product Officer, pitched the dozen as an easy holiday gift. In the release she said a box of doughnuts means “you’ve already said, ‘I was thinking of you.'”

What it means for home bakers

For people who bake at home, the lineup is mostly a signal of which flavors the big chains expect to sell this season. Hot cocoa, sugar cookie and caramel toffee are the same flavors that show up at cookie swaps and on holiday dessert tables, and Krispy Kreme’s own release names office parties and cookie swaps as places to bring a box.

The flavor ideas are simple to borrow. A chocolate glaze, a cocoa-flavored frosting, a crushed graham topping and a caramel drizzle are all familiar finishes for home muffins, cupcakes and baked doughnuts. Krispy Kreme has not published recipes, ingredient lists or nutrition details in the announcement, so any home version would be your own interpretation and not a copy of the chain’s product.

The release also does not give prices for single doughnuts, the dozen or the latte. Shoppers who want to compare the cost of buying a box against baking a batch at home will need to check prices at their local shop or in the app.

What happens next

Krispy Kreme has not said when the holiday collection will end beyond calling it a limited-time offer. Because the company describes it as its final seasonal drop of 2026, it is likely the last new flavor release from the chain this year, though the announcement does not say what comes after the holidays. The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, operates in more than 40 countries, but this release only describes availability at participating shops nationwide in the US. Readers in the UK, Canada and Australia should check with their local Krispy Kreme to see whether the same flavors are on sale.

Source: Yahoo Finance