Autumn Drinks Are Here
We’ve put together some easy, crowd-pleasing recipes to help you serve up comfort in every cup. Need a hand with your seasonal menu? Get in touch and let’s get brewing.
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This season the Ringtons Out of Home team have picked four simple, crowd-pleasing drinks that look great and taste even better.
Whether you’re a café, hotel or garden centre, these recipes are designed to be quick to make, easy to sell and perfect for for the cosy season.
Cookie Dough Hot Chocolate
The trend is “New-stalgia”. Consumers are looking for the familiar but with a twist. The indulgence of cookie dough with a hot chocolate taps directly into the craving for fantasy comfort treats.
How to make
1. Add one scoop Hot Chocolate into a cup or mug
2. Add two pumps Cookie Dough Syrup
3. Mix thoroughly into a paste with hot water*
4. Top up with steamed milk.
*We’d recommend a mini whisk for this!
Taking it further
One of the best things about Sweetbird syrups is the flexibility. Cookie Dough also works well in coffee – if you think it will go down well, why not offer a Cookie Dough Latte too?
With a cost per serving of just 62p and a £3.00 selling price, your gross margin on a Cookie Dough Hot Chocolate is 79%. That includes 15p for syrup, 23p for hot chocolate, and 24p for milk.
Vanilla Raspberry Benefit Tea
Luxury, dual-flavour teas like vanilla-raspberry resonate with the growing market for both artisanal and wellness-driven infusions.
Herbal blends like camomile are valued for relaxation and calming appeal.
How to make
1. Add one pump Vanilla Syrup and one pump Raspberry Syrup to your serving cup or mug
2. Take a Ringtons Bedtime Teabag and place into the cup
3. Add your hot water to fill
Remember:
Ringtons Bedtime Tea is fortified with Vitamin B3, so can appeal to your health conscious customers.
Bedtime Tea is also great on it’s own, but when combined with syrup it offers a slow and calming, yet sweet treat.
With a cost per serving of 28.5p and a £2.50 selling price, your gross margin on a Vanilla Raspberry Tea is 88%. That includes 13.5p for the teabag and 15p for the syrups.
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Sticky Toffee Indulgence
Think the comfort of hot chocolate … but reinvented through the lens of British dessert heritage. Sticky toffee appeals to nostalgia and comfort eats—on-trend for autumn and winter menus.
This type of drink brings British authenticity without relying on hot chocolate, making it stand out in cosy seasonal offerings.
How to make
1. One scoop Sweetbird Sticky Toffee Frappe mix in a mug
2. Mix into a paste with hot water*
3. Top with steamed milk
*We’d recommend a mini whisk here to thoroughly mix your frappe powder into a paste.
Taking it further
Practice mixing the paste to your liking, you might need to use slightly more water or perhaps less than a full scoop.
We called this one an “indulgence” for a reason – sit back and enjoy!
With a cost per serving of £1.14 and a £3.95 selling price, your gross margin on a Sticky Toffee Frappe is 71%. That includes 90p for the frappe mix and 24p for milk.
Pumpkin Spice Chai
While pumpkin spice has been a seasonal staple for years. Blending pumpkin spice with chai taps into the trend for complex, hybrid autumn beverages.
You can really amp up the flavour combinations by making a Pumpkin Spice Dirty Chai, or a Pumpkin Spice Chai Matcha.
How to make
1. One pump Sweetbird Pumpkin Spice syrup
2. One pump Sweetbird Chai syrup
3. Top with steamed milk
Make it a “Pumpkin Spice Chai Matcha”
Add one scoop of matcha powder to your syrups and mix before adding the steamed milk.
Make it a “Pumpkin Spice Dirty Chai”
Add one shot of Ringtons espresso to your syrups before adding the steamed milk.
With a cost per serving of 54p and a £3.50 selling price, your gross margin on a Pumpkin Spice Chai is 85%. That includes 30p for syrups and 24p for milk.
Download a copy of our Autumn Drinks Booklet
Autumn Drinks 2025Point of Sale Posters and Allergen Sheets for syrups are available digitally here.
Ready to add some seasonal warmth to your autumn menu?
Comforting recipes, rich seasonal flavours and cosy crowd-pleasers that are simple to serve.
Looking to restock your syrup range for the colder months? Fancy adding point-of-sale materials or staff training to support your drinks launch? Just give your Ringtons account manager or trainer a shout — we’d love to help.
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