So we know we’ve been writing about international Starbucks Frappuccinos a lot lately, and we’ve been genuinely excited about each and every one of them because we’re just those kind people. But rumors just started circulating about another new beverage, and not only would this one be launching stateside, it literally has us running around screaming. The reason that talk of this particular Frappuccino has us so deliriously happy is that it focuses on an ongoing food trend we can't seem to get enough of. Yes, you guessed it, the internet is buzzing about the possibility of a Unicorn Frappuccino coming to Starbucks, possibly very soon. Here’s what we know.
Yesterday, a photo posted by a user named hellabummed showed up in the /r/Starbucks subreddit. The image, which was brought to our attention by Cosmopolitan, features a shaker full of periwinkle sprinkles with a label reading, "Unicorn Dust." Desperate for more info, we dug around in the comments to see what we could find. One commenter — who, based on their previous posts, knows a lot about Sbux — wrote that the unicorn menu item is supposed to launch in seven days. If this person is right, we could be drinking Unicorn Frappuccinos in less than a week. WHAT?!
Unicorn frapp topping 💙 from starbucks
The same user, hellabummed, posted an addition image, which they labeled, "Unicorn Frappuccino 2017. So, even if the commenter was wrong about it being released sometime in the next week, the original poster is at least giving us hope that it could be real and will launch before 2017 is over. On this photo, a different commenter explained that the recipe card for the new drink won't come out until April 14, and that's backed up by an additional photo posted to Instagram.
Unicorn Frappuccino 2017 from starbucks
Despite that info, other Redditors are saying the actual drink won't be officially available until April 19. We reached out to Starbucks for an official comment, and a spokesperson told us, "We’re still working our Frappuccino magic and don’t have any details to share at this time." We're hoping that the use of "magic" could only mean good things for the Unicorn Frappuccino. Although, we will be the first to admit that basing our prediction off of one word isn't a whole lot to go on. It seems only fitting that we don't have official confirmation about the drink's existence since it is named after a mythical creature, after all. For now, we're playing the waiting game and killing time by scrolling through the #unicornlatte hashtag on Instagram. It's a pretty effective distraction.
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