Starbucks Chocolate Croissant and the Rest of the Bakery Menu

Starbucks Pastries at a Glance

The bakery group on the delivery menu covers croissants, danishes, a pull-apart, mini pies and a cream cheese dip, while cookies, brownies and blondies sit in a separate Treats group. This page treats them together, along with loaves, muffins and bagels, since you pick them from the same case.

• Delivery-app "from" prices run from $1.65 for the icing dip to $5.55 for the chocolate croissant.
• Most items can be warmed on request. Cookies and brownies are usually served as they are.
• Three bakery items carry a vegetarian label in their menu descriptions.

Items rotate with the seasons and with each store, so a pastry you love may not be in every case. The card prices on this page are delivery-app prices, not in-store prices.

Croissants and Danishes on the Starbucks Menu

A Starbucks croissant is the foundation of the laminated range: soft, flaky layers with a golden crust. The same dough carries the cheese danish, the cookie swirl and the cinnamon pull-apart, so they share a buttery base and differ in filling and topping.

Chocolate Croissant

$5.55+

Butter Croissant

$5.25+

Cheese Danish

$5.25+

Cookie Croissant Swirl

$5.55+

Cinnamon Pull-Apart

$5.25+

Chocolate Croissant: What You Get at Starbucks

The menu describes two generous pieces of chocolate wrapped in a butter croissant, with soft, flaky layers and a golden-brown crust. It is labeled vegetarian. The chocolate sits in the layers as pieces rather than a spread, so you get pockets of melted chocolate between flaky sheets of dough instead of one even filling.

Searching for chocolate croissant starbucks calories brings up figures from about 300 to 340 depending on the site, and the recipe has changed over time, so check the app for the current number before you rely on one. Ask for it warm and the chocolate softens while the outside stays crisp. Cold, it is firmer and more buttery. It is also the priciest single pastry in the case on the delivery app, tied with the Cookie Croissant Swirl.

Next to the Cookie Croissant Swirl, this one is the simpler pick: plain croissant dough with chocolate inside. The swirl mixes real cocoa into the dough itself and adds a chocolate streusel made from chocolate-cookie pieces on top, so it eats more like a dessert. If you want the pastry to taste of butter first and chocolate second, choose the chocolate croissant. If you want chocolate in every bite, choose the swirl.

Butter Croissant and Starbucks Ham and Cheese Croissant

The butter croissant Starbucks serves is the plain option, a classic with soft layers and a golden crust, also labeled vegetarian. A croissant from Starbucks in this form works with any drink because it has no filling to compete. Warmed, it is closest to a bakery croissant, and it is the cheapest of the croissants on the delivery menu. It also takes a spread well, so some people order it with a side of the sweet cream cheese icing described further down.

If you are after a ham and cheese croissant, the current delivery menu lists a Ham & Swiss on Baguette under Lunch instead, with Dijon butter and 25 g of protein. That is a sandwich, not a pastry, so it is not in the bakery case. See the Starbucks sandwiches and lunch page for it.

Cheese Danish, Cookie Croissant Swirl and Cinnamon Pull-Apart

The cheese danish is flaky croissant dough with soft, warm cheese in the center, and it is labeled vegetarian. The Cookie Croissant Swirl is the chocolatey one, with cocoa in the dough and cookie-piece streusel on top. The Cinnamon Pull-Apart is croissant pieces with cinnamon sugar and crunchy streusel, built to be torn apart by hand.

Of the three, the pull-apart is the one to share, and the swirl is the sweetest. The cheese danish is the most balanced, with a savory-sweet center that suits a plain black coffee. All three sit at the same delivery-app starting price band as the croissants, between $5.25 and $5.55.

Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookie, Brownie and Other Treats

The chocolate chip cookie is thick and chewy, with semisweet chocolate chips, soft inside and crunchy outside. The double chocolate brownie is a rich chocolate base with generous chunks of semisweet chocolate. The berry blondie is a buttery bar with white chocolate pieces, swirled with raspberry and blueberry jam for a tangy edge.

Chocolate Chip Cookie

$4.25+

Double Chocolate Brownie

$5.25+

Berry Blondie

$5.25+

These three are room-temperature treats. The cookie is the simplest with coffee, the brownie is the richest, and the blondie is the lightest in flavor because of the jam. Any of them pairs well with an Americano or a cold brew, where the bitterness balances the sweet.

The cookie is the cheapest of the three on the delivery app, while the brownie and the blondie cost a little more. The cookie also has the most contrast in texture, with a crisp edge around a soft middle. The brownie is dense and fudgy by comparison. The blondie is the only one of the three built around white chocolate, with the jam adding a tangy note that cuts through the butter. Cookies and brownies sit in the Treats group on the delivery menu, not in Bakery, which is why some lists leave them out.

Muffins, Loaves and Mini Pies

Loaves are sliced cake-style breads, muffins are single-serve and mini pies are small hand pies. Starbucks rotates all three, so what you find depends on your store and the season.

Starbucks Banana Bread Nutrition and Other Loaf Facts

The banana walnut pecan loaf is the long-running loaf, and the iced lemon loaf is the citrus one with a sweet glaze. Neither is on the delivery menu data this site uses, so availability varies by store.

Both are heavier than they look, because each slice is a large portion and both are dense, moist bakes. Calorie counts for the banana loaf run in the high 300s on third-party sites, and starbucks lemon loaf nutrition figures land near 400, but sources disagree and recipes change, so confirm either one in the Starbucks app. Neither loaf appears in the comparison table below, because there is no reliable figure to put in it.

Starbucks Blueberry Muffin and Seasonal Mini Pies

The blueberry streusel muffin has long been a regular in the case, topped with a crumbly streusel. It is not on the delivery menu data here, so availability depends on the store, and the calorie figure changes with the recipe, so look it up in the app. A Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin shows up in the fall picks, labeled vegetarian, with cream cheese filling and spiced pepitas.

Mini pies are the seasonal side. The Apple Crumble Mini Pie has tender apples under a buttery streusel, and the Pecan Mini Pie has a toasted nut filling in a flaky crust. A Pumpkin Mini Pie appears in fall.

Apple Crumble Mini Pie

$3.65+

Pecan Mini Pie

$3.65+

Both have a flaky crust and a streusel or nut top. Mini pies are normally warmed, so ask for that, since they taste best that way. The apple one is the lighter in flavor, and the pecan one is the sweeter and richer of the two.

Bagels and Savory Bakery Items

A bagel from Starbucks is not part of the delivery menu data this site uses, so whether you can get one depends on the store. If your store carries them, ask for the bagel toasted and pair it with a spread. The menu does list an Avocado Spread, made with lime, sea salt, garlic and a touch of spice.

For a savory bite without a bagel, look at the Starbucks breakfast menu, which has the sandwiches built on toasted English muffins, plus wraps and egg bites.

Cake Pops and Sweet Add-Ons

Cake pops live on their own page. See the Starbucks cake pops guide for flavors like Birthday Cake and Chocolate. The Sweet Cream Cheese Icing is a creamy vanilla dip made with real cream cheese, meant for dunking your favorite pastry.

Sweet Cream Cheese Icing

$1.65+

How Starbucks Bakery Items Are Warmed and Served

Croissants, danishes and mini pies can be warmed in the store oven if you ask, at no extra charge in most places. Warming softens the center and crisps the crust, and it melts the chocolate in the chocolate croissant. Cookies, brownies and loaves are normally served as they are. Warming a cookie is not standard, so do not count on it.

In the app, look for the warming option on the item screen. At the drive-thru, say "warmed" when you order. Warmed pastries take a minute or two longer. Stores restock their cases through the day, but how long a given item stays on the shelf varies, so earlier in the day gives the widest choice. On a delivery order you cannot control the warming, so expect the pastry to arrive at room temperature or just warm, and reheat it briefly at home if you want that fresh-from-the-oven texture.

Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten-Free Bakery Choices

The chocolate croissant, butter croissant and cheese danish are labeled vegetarian in their menu descriptions. Cake pops such as Birthday Cake and Chocolate carry the same label.

Vegan is a harder ask. Croissants and danishes use butter, and third-party listings for the chocolate croissant show milk and egg among its allergens, so none of these is vegan. Wheat and soy also appear on those lists. Ask the store for the current allergen statement for any item.

Gluten-free is also tough here, since the pastries are wheat-based and stores prepare and warm food in shared equipment, which means cross-contact is possible. Read the label in the app, and see the guide to gluten-free food and drinks at Starbucks for packaged options.

Which Starbucks Bakery Item to Order

• Flaky and simple: the butter croissant.
• Chocolate: the chocolate croissant for a lighter hit, the brownie for the heaviest.
• Light and fruity: the berry blondie or, when available, the lemon loaf.
• Shareable: the cinnamon pull-apart.
• Savory: a breakfast sandwich or the lunch sandwich, not a pastry.

For drinks, a plain croissant suits a latte, and a sweeter swirl or cookie goes with black coffee. Browse the hot coffee and espresso drinks or the Starbucks iced coffee drinks to choose your match.

New and Seasonal Bakery Items

Bakery items come and go. Mini pies and loaves follow the season, so apple and pecan lean toward the cooler months, and lighter fruit and citrus bakes lean toward warmer ones. The Berry Blondie, Cookie Croissant Swirl and Cinnamon Pull-Apart are listed on the delivery menu today, but Starbucks can swap items out at any point. To spot something new, look for a "New" or seasonal tag on the item in the app, and compare the app list with what the case shows in your store.

For everything beyond the pastry case, see the rest of the Starbucks food menu.