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Costa Coffee is introducing its new spring menu, highlighting the return of its KitKat drinks with a new addition and a variety of savoury and sweet treats. The coffee giant is bringing back its KitKat drinks range, including the new KitKat Frappé, a creamy blended chocolate frappé, topped with light whip and KitKat pieces. The range also features the KitKat Mocha and KitKat Hot Chocolate, also topped with light whip and KitKat pieces. Costa's latest release also includes the Cinnamon Bun syrup for customising coffee. Other customisation options include toppings, light whip – which is suitable for vegans – syrups and sauces.

The spring menu also brings new savoury options such as the Halloumi and Chargrilled Veg Toastie, Chicken N'Duja Toastie, Roast Chicken and Bacon Sandwich and Melon Pot. For those craving something sweet, Costa offers a range of new treats. These include the Blooming Lovely chocolate Cake, with rich chocolate frosting and white chocolate flowers; Carrot and Walnut cake, filled and topped with cream cheese butter icing and walnut nibs; Chocolate Muffin made with Kitkat Bunny, filled with KitKat-flavoured paste and topped with frosting and a KitKat Bunny Mini. Mini Egg Cookie, made with egg-shaped solid milk chocolate in a coloured candy shell; and Chocolate Cornflake Nest, featuring chocolate-covered cornflakes in a nest-shaped cake, with candy-covered chocolate eggs. Naomi Matthews, food commercial director in the UK & Ireland at Costa Coffee, said: “...we’re excited to welcome back the return of the KitKat drinks range with an indulgent newcomer, as well as tasty new and returning favourites across our sweet and savoury ranges – spring has never tasted this good.”