Apple and Maple Join Pumpkin in Fall Menus

Plus, QuickChek kicks off fall with pumpkin spice.

August 26, 2024

QuickChek is now serving its fresh brewed pumpkin spice coffee, available as self-serve, hot or iced coffee, at all 154 QuickChek stores throughout New Jersey, New York’s Hudson Valley and Long Island.

The convenience retailer is also serving a $5 breakfast bundle, which includes any size self-serve hot or iced coffee, a croissant or English muffin sandwich or a buttered Portuguese roll and 4-piece spuds.

QuickChek isn’t the only company to roll out their fall menu this August. At the beginning of the month, 7-Eleven launched its fall menu in stores. The retailer brought back its pumpkin cream cold brew, pumpkin spice coffee and pumpkin spice latte, and is testing out a pumpkin spice Slurpee in select stores.

Starbucks’ fall menu returned to stores on August 22. The fall lineup includes its pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin cream cold brew, iced pumpkin cream chai, apple crisp oat milk macchiato, iced apple crisp oat milk shaken espresso and new to the menu is the iced apple crisp nondairy cream chai, which the company said originated as a popular customer customization.

The coffee QSR is also offering two additional fall beverages that are only available in the Starbucks app: the iced caramel apple cream latte, which is made with espresso combined with milk and notes of apple, cinnamon and brown sugar, is served over ice and topped with smooth salted caramel cream cold foam, and the iced honey apple almond milk flat white, which features Starbucks blonde espresso and almond milk poured over ice with a hint of honey and nondairy apple crisp cold foam.

Dutch Bros released two new seasonal flavors for the fall season. The cookie butter latte is flavored with cookie butter, lined with a cookie butter swirl and topped with Soft Top and cookie butter drizzle. The new caramel apple rebel is a green apple and salted caramel energy drink with a green apple and salted caramel float.

Returning to the Dutch Bros menu is the caramel pumpkin brûlée breve, which combines pumpkin and salted caramel and is finished with Soft Top, pumpkin drizzle and raw sugar.

Paris Baguette recently unveiled its limited-edition fall menu of donuts, pastries and specialty coffee. In its pumpkin lineup, the bakery cafe is offering its pumpkin king cream donut, pumpkin spiced latte and a new pumpkin Danish.

Other treats for the season include:

  • Maple pecan layer cake: Three layers of vanilla sponge filled with maple pecan soft cream and topped with caramel sauce; also available in a slice.
  • Pecan tart: Classic sweet and nutty pecan pie flavor in a buttery tart shell.
  • Chocolate cream puff tart: Three chocolate-covered cream puffs filled with chocolate custard cream nestled in a chocolate-coated buttery tart shell.
  • Chocolate chip scone: Buttery scone with chocolate chips and a hint of vanilla.
  • Cookies and cream mochi donut: Chewy mochi donut topped with cookies and cream white chocolate icing and chocolate cookie crumbs.

For drinks, Paris Baguette is offering a new maple oat milk latte and maple sweet cream cold brew.

For the fall season, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is bringing back its collection of pumpkin beverages, along with some new drinks, and introducing salted maple to its menu. The company is debuting three new pumpkin drinks and two new maple drinks:

  • Iced pumpkin dirty chai latte with cream cap: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s classic pumpkin chai latte with a shot of espresso to make it dirty, topped with a cream cap.
  • Pumpkin dry iced americano with half and half: Shots of espresso poured over ice with no added water, flavored with vanilla and pumpkin, topped with half and half cream and caramel drizzle around the cup.
  • Pumpkin extreme ice blended: The company’s pumpkin ice blended with more caffeine and no milk added.
  • Salted maple ice blended: Sweet and rich maple sauce combined with vanilla powder, espresso and milk, creating a sweet and salty flavor.
  • Salted maple hot latte: The company describes this drink as “a unique twist on our fall beverages with a delicate touch of saltiness, balancing the warm and comforting flavor of maple for a delicious treat.”

Other QSRs recently unveiled their seasonal menus, including Tim Hortons, Caribou Coffee and Krispy Kreme.

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