How To Order Starbucks' Viral Dubai Chocolate Drink

Did you lose your favorite drink in the 2025 drink menu cut at Starbucks? Fear not — most of these favorites live on through the magic of customization. In fact, Starbucks lovers continue to amaze with their commitment to turning just about every culinary trend into new, viral handcrafted Starbucks drinks, even with slimmed-down options. Take, for example, the trending Dubai Chocolate Drink, which takes a basic matcha latte and infuses it with the nutty, chocolatey panache of the fancy candy (like Carians' Dubai Chocolate Bars) that has taken the internet by storm.

Ask your barista for an iced matcha latte. The TikTok recipe is tailored for a grande, but you could certainly play with the amount of syrup and sauce to upsize it to a venti. Add two pumps of pistachio sauce, one pump of white chocolate mocha sauce, and top it off with chocolate cream cold foam. Voila! The resulting drink is bracingly verdant — kind of like the 2024 Starbucks St. Patrick's Day Frappuccino, which also utilized matcha — while also tasting nutty, sweet, and refreshing. 

Some optional tweaks on the theme include subbing the milk, adding classic syrup for a sweeter kick, and requesting a shake of salted brown butter topping. However, be warned that pistachio syrup is seasonal at Starbucks, meaning the Dubai Chocolate Drink is here for a good time, not a long time. Prepare to get creative with a substitute syrup or sauce, or simply wait until pistachio comes back around again.

A Dubai chocolate bar is made of crunchy, golden knafeh (shredded phyllo pastry) covered in pistachio cream and enrobed in rich chocolate. The treat has had netizens in a chokehold since 2024. Frankly, it's kind of astonishing that it has taken this long for TikTok to put a Starbucks spin on a trend. The Dubai Chocolate Drink is said to taste exactly like the cocoa and pistachio blend of the candy bar, but without the worry of it melting all over your hands. It's also not coffee-based, which might widen its appeal. 

Best of all, it's not even one of those drinks that's super-embarrassing to order because of a ton of customizations. It's basically already a menu item, just with a few simple additions. Of course, if you are too shy to order this delicious concoction at the counter, the Starbucks app makes it easy to whip up your order to perfect specifications without face-to-face interaction.