*UPDATED NOVEMBER 2021*
IT’S CHRISTMAS! So it’s the time where Costa releases its festive hot chocolates and coffees-But are there any Costa dairy-free Christmas drinks you can order?
Although I love Costa’s gluten-free, vegan mince pie, usually festive drinks are packed with whipped cream and milk-leaving us with a lonely peppermint tea on the menu.
Yet, fear not-I’ve got a round-up of the best festive drinks for you to try.
I spoke to Costa this week, who explained the following festive drinks can be made dairy-free/vegan with these adaptations.
- Toffee Penny. If made with dairy-free milk, without the swirl and toffee penny.
- Blackforest Hot Chocolate. You’ll need to ask for no cream or chocolate swirls and use a dairy-free alternative. It’s then safe for vegans.
- Terry’s Chocolate orange and after eight: also suitable without any toppings (so basically the hot chocolate and syrup)
- The Purple one can’t be made vegan/dairy free as the caramel chocolate sauce contains milk.
- Spiced Cappuccino with dairy free milk
- Caramel Cortado (to be honest, I’ve got no idea what that is) is listed as no milk and vegan if made with almond or soya milk.
- Hot chocolate( if made with soya milk) is listed as ‘C’ which means it has no milk ingredients but is potentially a cross contamination milk.
And of course, their gluten and dairy free mince pies are back again-and bloody delicious! If you’ve enjoyed this post, you might want to read my guide to ordering gluten and dairy free online and make sure you follow me on Instagram for the latest dairy-free news, product launches and giveaways
Peppermint mochas at Starbucks are dairy free with milk substitutes too!
Hi,
I saw your blog but wanted to ask Costa if their festive drinks were vegan still. They’re not… the hot chocolate powder they use has milk in.
Please update your website as you could be misleading many people.
saying that i have had staff in a local branch tell me it’s not suitable in the past, branches seem to vary on how much they know but the official channels say it is vegan friendly
Hi Jaz, I got the info from Costa themselves-if you see the post-it embeds the actual tweets from their official twitter handle. I believe they say the powder has a may contain risk for milk but doesn’t actually contain milk in.