Halloween is fast approaching, and Starbucks Korea has been casting spells on customers with their new Halloween menu and merchandise. This year, they’ve incorporated pumpkins, witches, black cats, and an extremely adorable ghost into their designs to enchant us – and it’s working.
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Starbucks Korea’s new Halloween menu includes tea lattes, frappuccinos, macarons, cakes, and toffee nut candy – all irresistibly adorned with adorable Halloween designs. Before these new items hit the stores, Starbucks Korea set the mood with cute short animations of their new Halloween menu items on Instagram.
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The first menu items to be released were the Little Witch Halloween Cream Frappuccino and the Little Witch Halloween Latte. Both drinks boast a savoury black sesame matcha flavour.
Left to right – Little Witch Halloween Cream Frappuccino, Little Witch Halloween Latte, and Iced Little Witch Halloween Latte
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The Pumpkin Halloween Tea Latte – topped with chocolate drizzle and sweet pumpkin sauce – is definitely a heart-stealer with its cute monster decoration.
Pumpkin Halloween Tea Latte (Iced & Hot)
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Halloween desserts don’t fall short of being adorable either, judging by the looks of the Halloween Macarons (KRW3,100, ~USD2.71), which feature 4 unique Halloween character designs. The macarons come in 4 flavours – Blueberry, Mint Chocolate, Pumpkin, Vanilla.
Halloween Macaron (Pumpkin, Blueberry, Vanilla, Mint Chocolate)
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If macarons aren’t for you, there’s also the Halloween Honey Chocolate Cake (KRW6,700, ~USD5.85) and the Halloween Pumpkin Black Tart (KRW6,900, ~USD6.02).
Halloween Honey Chocolate Cake and Halloween Pumpkin Black Tart
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Take home a Halloween Chocolate Toffeenut Candy trick-or-treat basket to fully immerse yourself in the spooky occasion. There are 2 designs – Pumpkin (KRW16,800, ~USD14.66) and Ghost (KRW19,800, ~USD17.28).
Halloween Chocolate Toffeenut Candy
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Starbucks Korea’s Halloween merchandise doesn’t disappoint. From glitter tumblers to special LED magnets, the new collection’s wide variety of items will hype you up for the annual event in an adorable manner.
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Ranging from KRW19,000-39,000 (~USD16.58-34.04), the Halloween tumblers, ceramic mugs and glass cups feature key Halloween colours – black and orange.
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The Halloween Water Globe Demi Mug (KRW24,000, ~USD20.95) is a one-of-a-kind mug that captures the essence of Halloween within its water globe lid, while the Ghost Double Wall Glass (KRW24,000, ~USD20.95) stands out with its cheeky ghost design.
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Even Starbucks’ Bearista is all dressed up for Halloween and you can take home your very own Halloween Black Cat Bearista for KRW24,000 (~USD20.95). There are also Halloween-themed pouches (KRW13,000, ~USD11.35) and keychains (KRW17,000, ~USD14.84) available.
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The collection also has homewares such as the Halloween LED Magnet Set (KRW16,000, ~USD13.97) and the Halloween Straw Set (KRW17,000, ~USD14.84), which will let you celebrate Halloween at home.
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To further treat customers, Starbucks Korea will hold a collaboration event with makeup brand Vidivici on 20th October 2020.
Starbucks customers who make a minimum purchase of KRW20,000 (~USD17.46), inclusive of any of the Halloween drinks, will receive either a limited edition Lipstick Kit or Eyeshadow Kit.
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The Lipstick Kit comes with a Millennial The Iconic (96 Dark Plum) lipstick and a black pouch, while the Eyeshadow Kit comes with a Single Eyeshadow (645 Copper Gold) and an orange pouch.
With Halloween approaching, it’s time to treat yourself with spooky-filled cuteness at Starbucks Korea. Don’t ponder for too long, lest you miss out on getting your hands on the limited edition Starbucks Korea Halloween merch.
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