Starbucks' Valentine's Day : Chocolate trio

Starbucks Debuts 3 New Chocolate Laden Valentine's Day Coffee Drinks

Starbucks unveiled three limited-edition drinks Monday, all on the menu through Valentine's Day, all featuring a word you hear squealed a lot this time of year: Chocolate! 

The molten chocolate latte, available hot or iced, is espresso and mocha-infused steamed milk with chocolate chips melted into it.

Subtract the espresso from that and you have drink two, the molten hot chocolate.

Drink three is the molten chocolate Frappuccino: coffee, mocha-infused milk and chocolate chips blended with ice.

Chocolate!

Sarcasm about the cliches of Valentine's Day aside, the Molten Chocolate Trio, as it's Very Seriously called, is one of the better things Starbucks has introduced in years. This is coming from someone who cringes at the chain's seasonal drinks, most of which taste like a Mack truck carrying sugar crashed, the back door of the trailer opened and the entire contents spilled directly into my mouth.

The molten hot chocolate is still pretty sweet, but a slightly bitter backbone makes it more adult. This is especially nice compared with the regular Starbucks hot chocolate, which makes me feel like I need to find the closest bathroom and brush my teeth. (Just don't compare it with these hot chocolates, because it's no contest.)

Chocolate is a lovely accent to a latte; this was my favorite of the trio. Then, I tasted it against some of the best new bean-to-bar chocolate and it was a reminder that this is still Starbucks, where baristas are obviously not using $11-a-bar chocolate in your $4.25 drink. (It's also still a Starbucks latte; if you don't like how they brew their coffee, you won't like this.) I'd get it again, but I'm also eager to try the melt-chocolate-into-coffee formula at home with a rich, super-bitter dark chocolate.


The Frappuccino is nearing Mack truck territory, and not really discernable in taste from the longstanding chocolate chip Frappuccino, except for an important X factor: espresso-infused whipped cream, which is unequivocally delicious. You can also get this on the hot chocolate and latte. I say: Load 'er up.

Starbucks Debuts 3 New Chocolate Laden Valentine's Day Coffee Drinks

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Starbucks wants to be your valentine this year. Instead of giving out boxes of chocolates, the coffee giant wants to win over the hearts — and stomachs — of its fans with three chocolate-filled drinks! Click to find out all the tasty details.

Valentine’s Day is on its way and that means love, romance and most importantly of all: chocolate! Starbucks wants to be everyone’s bae with three drinks packed to the lid of chocolaty goodness. However, while true love may last forever, these drinks are only around for a limited time!

From Feb. 8 until Feb. 14 (that’s St. Valentine’s Day) Starbucks will offer a trio of choco-tastic drinks. You can start your day with a steamy Molten Chocolate Latté, or chill out with your bae and a Molten Frappuccino. Or, if you want to celebrate Valentine’s Day the classic way, curl up with a copy of Love Story while sipping a mug of Molten Hot Chocolate.

The latté, which you can get iced, features chocolate chips melted into espresso and topped with steamed milk. Add a dash of mocha sauce and it’ll make your taste buds melt. The Frappuccino also features mocha sauce and chocolate blended in. The hot chocolate is – surprise, surprise – mocha sauce and chocolate chips melted into steamed milk.

In addition to these treats, Starbucks will have a special Snapchat filter that you can only get when you are in your local store, according to Bustle. Plus, the coffee chain will have plenty of Valentine’s goodies — mugs, cookies and a special playlist on Spotify, reports E! News.

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Now, before everyone enjoys a little “death by chocolate,” how many calories are in these tasty treats? Starbucks doesn’t have the nutritional data for the chocolate latté online, as they say the “beverages are handcrafted and may be customized, [so] exact information may vary.” The regular hot chocolate is 400 calories per 16 fl. oz serving. The caffe latte is 190 calories while the blended Frappuccino is 240 calories. If you’re avoiding sugar or calories during this season of love, it might want to swipe left on these drinks. But if you love chocolate, these drinks are a dream come true!

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Hopefully, these drinks won’t cause another scandal. Starbucks came under fire for a racially incentive display in January, right after they were blasted for their plain red holiday cups. Plus, they also had those polar bear cookies that looked like their throats had been slit. Since everyone loves chocolate, maybe Starbucks will get through Valentine’s Day without any heartbreak.