Costa has unveiled its festive food menu for 2022, and it’s packed full of indulgent goodies to get you in the Christmas spirit.
The popular coffee shop chain is known and loved for its limited-edition seasonal menus each year, and now, with the countdown to the big day officially on, Costa has given fans what they’ve been waiting for and unveiled its 2022 Christmas food and drink menu – with a whole host of brand-new treats, as well as some returning fan favourites.
The star of the show this year has to be the Toblerone Latte and Hot Chocolate, which are described as a “true classic with a festive makeover”.
An indulgent chocolate and honey-flavour sauce gives that iconic Toblerone taste to each drink, which is the topped with a light dairy swirl, a festive twinkle topper, and, for that extra bit of seasonal magic, it also comes with a wrapped Toblerone tiny bar to enjoy on the side.
Other festive drinks on the menu this year include the comeback of the much-loved Gingerbread & Cream Latte, and the Terry’s Chocolate Orange Hot Chocolate, as well as the limited-edition Gingerbread Latte coffee in a can returning for a quick caffeine fix.
The festive drinks selection will also be available at 12,000 Costa Express machines nationwide.
Costa has unveiled its festive food menu for 2022, and it’s packed full of indulgent goodies / Credit: Costa
If you fancy tucking into a hearty festive feast to go along with your limited-edition drinks, then this year’s new food range includes the Brie & Cranberry Toastie, which is filled with creamy brie slices and sweet cranberry sauce, and the brand-new Maple Bacon Mac & Cheese, which features creamy macaroni and cheese with fresh spinach that’s topped with maple cured bacon and sprinkled with a parsley crumb.
There’s also a new Vegan P’gs & Blankets Panini, which is made up of plant-based sausages and bacon, sage and onion stuffing, sweet cranberry sauce, vegan mayonnaise and cheeZe, packed inside a sourdough panini.
Back by popular demand is the Turkey & The Trimmings Toastie, Pigs & Blankets Panini, Brie, Bacon & Cranberry Panini, and the Turkey Feast Sandwich.
As part of Costa’s ongoing M&S collaboration, there’s also a Turkey Feast Sandwich packed with succulent British turkey breast, pork, sage and onion stuffing, onion mayonnaise and cranberry chutney and with smoked British bacon on malted brown bread, and the vegan version of the same – the Plant Kitchen No Turkey Feast Sandwich.
There’s also a new Turkey Ham Hock Toastie too.
There’s a whole host of brand-new treats, as well as some returning fan favourites / Credit: Costa
For those with a sweet tooth, there’s the Toblerone Muffin and the Terry’s Chocolate Orange Muffin to accompany your hot drinks.
And of course, there’s a bunch of new treats too, including the new Loaded Chocolate & Hazelnut Cake, White Chocolate Trillionaire’s Slice, Crispy Festive Wreath, Christmas Tree Shortcake biscuit, Santa Gingerbread Biscuit, and the Reindeer Muffin – which is a vanilla muffin filled with raspberry sauce, topped with icing, and decorated with milk chocolate antlers and a red-coloured chocolate nose decoration.
There’s also a Raspberry Trifle Loaf Cake, made up of a sherry-flavoured sponge with raspberries, topped with custard-flavoured frosting, white chocolate, and freeze-dried raspberries.
On top of that, the scrumptious Mince Pie, and Gluten-Free Vegan Mince Tarts are back too.
The 2022 Christmas menu which will be available at all Costa branches and Costa self-serve machines from Thursday 3 November.
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Darts returns to Manchester as Premier League dates are confirmed for 2026
Danny Jones
The schedule for the 2026 Premier League Darts tour has been officially announced, with the PDC’s annual championship returning to Manchester once again.
PDC Premier League fixtures continue to grow in popularity both in TV figures and live match attendance, with a whole new generation of fans getting into ‘the arrows’.
Just as it has for decades now, league darts is coming back to Manchester city centre and the legendary AO Arena once again, with our date landing right in the middle of the season.
Booking a big night right in the middle of a crucial period in the competition? It sounds like 0161 is set to welcome another blockbuster night up at the oche.
Confirmed on Thursday, 11 September, next year’s PDC Premier League Darts campaign will get underway in February, spanning the course of four months and eight countries.
Of the European cities on the circuit, the tournament will be heading to Belgium for the very first time, as the AFAS Dome in Antwerp replaces Exeter.
Elsewhere on the continent, there are two other mainland evenings in Germany and the Netherlands, along with multiple Northern dates here in the UK, such as Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield.
As for Manchester, we’ve been selected for round nine of 17 (including the finals), with the AO Arena set to welcome multiple favoured competitors from the North West, including 18-year-old phenomenon Luke Little from down the road in Warrington, as well as Stockport’s very own Nathan Aspinall.
It was an unforgettable experience for Aspinall last time around in his local event, as he finally managed to win a PDC Premier League night on home turf for the first time in his career.
Those hoping to enjoy a night of darts in front of a Manchester crowd on April 26, 2026, still have to be patient for now, as general admission is still a little way off.
However, if you are interested, you can sign up for the AO’s newsletter to find out more information and get yourself on the waiting list early.
Better, if you go straight through the PDC, you can throw your hat in the ring for the presale window right now and be first in line to grab tickets when they go live.
You can do so HERE and, until then, get your signs and fancy dress at the ready because we’ll be heading back to the ‘boring, boring tables’ soon enough.
See the 2026 PDC Premier League Darts schedule in full down below:
Manchester City said no to a pretty significant player swap with Liverpool last year
Danny Jones
Manchester City reportedly rejected a transfer proposal involving swapping one of their youngest and most exciting stars with close rivals Liverpool in 2024
This could have proved to be an interesting one…
Man City aren’t exactly short on forwards at the moment and have brought in plenty of attacking options over the past year, and with Erling Haaland breaking all manner of records up front for them, they didn’t find it too hard to sell on another promising young striker in Julián Álvarez for a club record sale.
However, as per recent claims made by a Telegraph Sport journalist, there was a possibility of Álvarez swapping the blue of City for the red of Liverpool.
🚨🚨| In summer 2024, when Liverpool realised Luis Díaz wanted to join Man City, their recruitment team proposed the Colombian to the Etihad Stadium in exchange for Julián Alvarez. Man City said: “We don’t sell to rivals." Liverpool said: “Neither do we then."
That’s according to football writer Chris Bascombe, anyway, who recently wrote that the two Premier League sides could have engaged in a player swap deal were the division’s then Treble-winners willing to negotiate with the only other team that has really contested the title with them in recent years.
As you can see, Bascombe states that Luis Díaz wanted a switch to the Etihad Stadium even before the current English champions shuffled their front three.
This has been backed up by The Times’ Paul Joyce as well, who says that the Colombian winger was ultimately “unsettled” by interest from City and others
Díaz (who recently signed for Bayern Munich) made it clear he wanted to play under Pep Guardiola, and it seems there was at least some willingness from the Merseyside outfit.
Provided they get an increasingly wantaway Julián Álvarez in return.
With Haaland having been brought in and making himself comfortably the go-to number nine for what could very well be the next decade, they clearly saw an opportunity to offer him an alternative, but Man City simply said, “We don’t sell to rivals.”
Ultimately, the now 25-year-old World Cup winner went to Europe, joining Atletico Madrid for a whopping £81.5m.
Regardless, it seems hard to imagine not only two top-flight English teams doing a deal like this but to picture what it would have been like to see Álvarez, who was still very highly thought of among a large section of supporters, being cheered on by the fans inside Anfield.
The Argentinian striker – though he has been utilised in a variety of positions at the top end of the pitch – has well and truly shone in La Liga, and now looks like he could be set to swap Madrid for Barcelona.
Álvarez has apparently made it clear to those closest to him that he wants Barca, and despite the summer window closing, the Catalan giants could pursue a deal to sign him next year when his contract expires, or indeed, even go after him this January.
Meanwhile, after bringing in plenty of new talent over the past few months, with Manchester City now effectively being given the green light to proceed with a major commercial sponsorship deal, you could very well see yet more big money being spent in seasons to come.
Emily Sergeant -
17th October 2022 
