LOS ANGELES, Sept 8 — Along with the perennial favourites — pumpkin spiced and salted caramel lattes — Starbucks has added Sriracha sauce and peanut butter and jelly to its new autumn menu.

For Starbucks fans, it’s the one consolation in the wake of the dying days of summer: the brand’s annual menu roll-out in autumn.

And new this year, the coffee giant has joined in the hot sauce frenzy by offering complimentary Sriracha sauce packets to spice up breakfast sandwiches and salads.

Starbucks’ autumn baked goods.©Starbucks

Likewise, consumers will be able to tap into their inner child with back-to-school themed Peanut Butter and Jelly Bistro lunch box: peanut butter and strawberry jam on wheat bread, accompanied by mozzarella string cheese, vegetables, Greek yogurt ranch dip, apples, and milk chocolate-covered raisins.

Fans will rediscover autumn favourites such as Pumpkin Spice Latte, Salted Caramel Mocha, and baked goods infused with the flavours of pumpkin (pumpkin scone, pumpkin cream cheese muffin, pumpkin sugar cookie), and apples in the Washington Apple Pound Cake.

Dunkin’ Donuts Reese’s Peanut Butter Square and a Pumpkin Cheesecake Square.©PRNewsFoto/Dunkin’ Donuts

Dunkin’ Donuts has also added new autumn menu items this year, teaming up with The Hershey Company to release a Reese’s Peanut Butter Square and a Pumpkin Cheesecake Square donuts.

And Tim Hortons’ take on autumn is Apple Pie Fritters, Caramel Apple Bagels and Pumpkin Pie Iced Capp. — AFP-Relaxnews